HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off 13 new Multi-Modal Transport Service (MMTS) train services for the suburban section of Hyderabad – Secunderabad twin city commuters. This was part of the long-awaited second phase of the MMTS trains extension which was finally inaugurated. The MMTS trains provide commuters including students, office goers,
good morning. a fairly quiet day weather wise, a lot of cloud around and the odd light shower, but most of us seeing a few glimmers of brightness coming through. all of the details coming up shortly. it s friday 27th january. our main story. there are growing calls for transpennine express, the train operator which provides services across the north of england and into scotland, to be stripped of its franchise. it comes as the company continues to cancel services on a daily basis, with 40% of train journeys axed last week alone. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin reports. for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more
buying and selling stocks and shares but if you imagine the data you have on companies and individuals and that has real value and you can then sell that to other people. people at bloomberg have a huge amount of data from their screens. this will allow some of that stock exchange to provide data to other providers and also for themselves and be able to compete that way. so it is a different sort of exchange from the old style exchange that i came from but it means that there will be. the main european market will be going through a similar process. thank you. good to see you and have a lovely day. let s get some of the day s other news. rail commuters across the uk are braced for major disruption from today, as a series of strikes is set to bring the rail network to a standstill. about 40,000 rail workers will walk out as part of a long running row over jobs, pay and conditions. it comes after members of the uk s biggest rail union,
pretty rare when things actually do move quickly. and you need all the senators on board. right now they are trying to get as fast as they can get interesting congress. on monday, you probably know, the president actually praised proposed contract which would have called for 24% wage increase over five years and five annual lump sum payments to those workers. and yet the urgency remains even at this hour to get something done. that, of course, is all happening as you heard by now a potential rail stoppage that would freeze 30% of u.s. cargo ship around the country. it can impact 7 million rail commuters, todd and carley. they are hoping here in town to get something done. carley: the ramifications of all of this, kevin, thank you so much. congresswoman lisa mcclain, congresswoman, good morning to you. this will be brought to the house for later today. how will you bow on it and how will it pass?