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Sunday, 05 December 2021

BBC News

• Nightly bus service returns to Oswestry 'to support economy'Oswestry has suffered from a lack of taxis so the service is being reintroduced from Saturday to boost the night-time economy, the town's business improvement group said.

The Independent

• Six-day deadline to avoid drastic cuts to London trains and buses, Sadiq Khan warnsWithout more government cash, network faces ‘managed decline’

The Telegraph

• Sadiq Khan stages last-ditch battle to stop the London Underground going down the tube [subscription]Mayor of London has just days left to convince Boris Johnson to save the capital’s public transport network from going bankrupt
• ‘Star chamber’ to wage war on Whitehall’s wasteful spending [subscription]Move designed to put pressure on ministers to achieve value for money for billions of pounds of spending on public services ...Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, will be asked to account for billions being poured into infrastructure projects such as the HS2 rail link.

Times Online

• Bosses beg Rishi Sunak to bail out TfL after threat to axe Tube lines [subscription]Eighty business and charity leaders have urged Rishi Sunak to extend his Covid-19 bailout to Transport for London this week to avoid derailing the government’s levelling up agenda.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Cost of repair works to Bradford Interchange rises from £2m to £8.5mWORK to repair and resurface sections of Bradford Interchange will cost £6.5 MILLION more than originally planned.

Wales Online

• I visited Wales' least-used train station where nobody ever gets on or offOne workman carrying out annual checks at the station said: 'You’re the first person I’ve ever seen get off the train'
• The most ridiculously long train journeys in WalesFor many of us living in Wales, long train journeys are the norm. This is largely the result of historic under-investment in Welsh railways by the UK Government and the way in which responsibility for the network in Wales is managed.

Wrexham.com

• New trains introduced on the Transport for Wales networkNew trains aiming to provide more capacity and improved services for rail passengers have arrived in Wales.

Other Regional Press

• Letter on rail passenger numbers to and from WeymouthWhat great news! Weymouth railway station is the busiest in Dorset (Echo, Thursday December 2).
• HS2 in Cheshire: How high speed rail could improve journey timesThe new line will see a new hub created in Crewe improving links to London, Birmingham and Manchester

Rail Advent

• £1.2m train carriage washer installed in IlfordA new carriage washing machine has been installed at Greater Anglia’s Ilford depot and is set to bring a sparkle and shine for commuter trains near London.