Station
demonstration
arrests

Five
people
were
arrested
for
taking
part
in
an
unlawful
protest
after
the
government
had
banned
a
demonstration
at
London
King’s
Cross
by
Palestinian
supporters
on
Friday
evening.
Transport
secretary
Mark
Harper
said:
‘While
the
right
to
peaceful
protest
is
a
key
part
of
our
democratic
society,
it
cannot
be
at
the
expense
of
other
people’s
right
not
to
be
seriously
disrupted
or
intimidated.
That’s
why
I
have
granted
consent
for
the
British
Transport
Police
to
make
an
order
under
Section
14A
of
the
Public
Order
Act
1986
prohibiting
the
planned
protest
at
Kings
Cross.’

DLR
walkouts

Two
strikes
are
expected
to
disrupt
Docklands
Light
Railway
services
tomorrow
and
Wednesday.
The
walkouts
have
been
called
by
the
RMT,
which
is
in
dispute
with
Transport
for
London’s
contractor
KeolisAmey
Docklands
over
pay
and
conditions.
Transport
for
London
warned
that
the
effect
of
the
strikes
could
spill
over
into
the
morning
of
9
November,
and
is
advising
its
passengers
to
seek
alternative
routes
on
strike
days.
If
any
DLR
services
do
run
they
are
expected
to
start
later
and
finish
much
earlier
than
usual.

Grand
Central
Voyagers

Open
access
operator
Grand
Central
has
introduced
newly
refurbished
Class
221
‘Super
Voyager’
units
on
its
West
Riding
route
from
Bradford
Interchange
to
London
King’s
Cross.
The
221s
were
originally
ordered
from
Bombardier
for
Virgin
Trains
at
the
start
of
the
century
and
were
a
tilting
version
of
the
Class
220
Voyagers,
for
use
on
the
West
Coast
Main
Line.

Cornwall
smartcards

A
pay-as-you-go
smartcard
is
set
to
be
launched
in
Cornwall
on
15
November.
The
first
stage
of
the
scheme
covers
the
west
of
the
county,
but
it
is
due
to
be
extended
to
lines
in
central
and
east
Cornwall
later
on
as
part
of
Cornwall
Council’s
Mid
Cornwall
Metro
scheme
between
Newquay
and
Falmouth,
which
has
been
approved
as
part
of
the
government’s
levelling-up
programme.
The
west
Cornwall
scheme
is
only
the
second
of
its
kind
on
GWR.

Engineers’
examination

An
historic
railway
bridge
which
carries
thousands
of
Tyne
&
Wear
Metro
services
has
been
undergoing
specialist
inspections
to
prepare
for
a
major
track
replacement
scheme.
Specially
trained
engineers
donned
harnesses
and
used
ropes
to
scale
the
24
metre
structure
and
conduct
a
meticulous
inspection
of
the
wrought
iron
arches
at
Howdon
viaduct
in
North
Tyneside.

Heart
help

The
Mayor
of
London
Sadiq
Khan
has
announced
that
all
London
Underground,
Overground
stations
and
Dial-a-Ride
vehicles
now
have
public
access
defibrillators,
which
can
be
used
if
a
passenger
suffers
a
cardiac
arrest.
Last
year,
the
London
Ambulance
Service
responded
to
around
13,000
calls
following
cardiac
arrests,
but
immediate
intervention
is
needed
if
lives
are
to
be
saved.