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Wednesday, 01 December 2021

BBC News

• London Underground: Entire Tube line may close, mayor warnsA funding gap of nearly £2bn could send transport services

ITV News

• Union warns compulsory face coverings on trains leaves staff 'seriously exposed' to abuseTransport union the RMT, says making face coverings compulsory again on public transport leaves staff "seriously exposed" to violence and abuse from passengers.

The Independent

• Unvaccinated Canadians banned from planes and trains beginning todayCanada’s strict new policy comes into effect two days after the country reported its first cases of the omicron Covid variant

Birmingham Post

• Northern leaders tell Government of 'disappointment and dismay' over rail plansTransport for the North has called for an urgent meeting with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to discuss the region's rail network

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Naz Shah MP: Rail announcement is a 'shocking betrayal'IT shouldn’t come as a great surprise that the government continues to derail from its own promises and policy objectives, but this latest rail announcement is a shocking betrayal of communities in the north.

Nottingham Evening Post

• 'Further action' planned as Nottingham tram staff reject pay offerFurther action is now planned after Nottingham tram staff rejected a fresh pay offer.

Kent Online

• Plans for a controversial 'flyover' have been ditched.Medway Council has decided to drop the proposals for an overbridge which would have made a new access point onto the Hoo Peninsula as part of a multi-million pound infrastructure improvement programme.

Other Regional Press

• London Underground: Sadiq Khan warns that Tube line could shut foreverA London Underground line could close for good if Transport for London doesn’t get a “proper” bailout in 11 days, Sadiq Khan has warned today.

New Civil Engineer

• Concerns raised over abandoned Portishead line electrification costsConcerns have been raised that additional funding to modify tunnels and enable electrification may be needed for the proposed Portishead line.
• Transport for the North demands to see DfT’s technical work underpinning rail cutsNorthern leaders have called on the Department for Transport (DfT) to publish the technical work which led to rail cuts within the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) “as a matter of urgency”.

Rail Advent

• Integrated rail and bus ticket for travel between South Wales and AberystwythPassengers can now travel between South Wales and Aberystwyth with a single ticket, saving both money and time.

Railnews

• Union warning as facemasks become compulsory again Facemasks must be worn on all public transport in Britain from this morning, as the first step towards defending the population from the new omicron variant of Covid-19, which has triggered warnings from the world health community. The RMT, meanwhile, fears that enforcing the new rule could put its members at risk.