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Monday, 15 August 2011

BBC News

• 30 hurt after city bus overturnsAround 30 people, including two children and a pregnant woman, have been injured after a bus overturned at Central Station in Belfast.

Financial Times

• Rail passengers face 30% rise in fares by 2014The transport secretary is to brave the wrath of commuters by pressing ahead with plans to cut the £5bn a year train subsidy
• Rail chief prepares for the long haulMatt Rose, BNSF chief, is a potential successor to Warren Buffett but is focused on keeping his own company on track, writes Robert Wright

The Guardian

• Ports cry foul as Liverpool seeks bigger share of cruise ship trade Port owners fear Liverpool will get go-ahead to use its publicly funded cruise terminal for lucrative 'turnaround' journeys
• Rail fare rises of 13% 'may break government', campaigners warn Passenger groups, environmental lobbyists and unions predict average fares will rise four times faster than wages in 2012

The Independent

• Campaigners call for fairer fares Campaigners calling for fairer rail fares will stage a protest this week as commuters learn how much more they will have to pay for their tickets next January.
• Motorists fume as Olympic rehearsal closes capital's roads In a sign that does not bode well for next summer's celebration of sporting excellence, the biggest test event so far for the 2012 Olympic Games was marred yesterday by angry confrontations between drivers and stewards.

Daily Express

• Brussels threatens huge rail fare rises EU chiefs want to force through huge rail fare rises in the name of integration, a policy document revealed yesterday

Mail Online

• Brussels bid to raise our rail fares by 50 per centBrussels bureaucrats are trying to force through rules which could see rail fares in Britain rise by 50 per cent, it emerged yesterday.

The Mirror

• Commuters stung by 8% rise in train fares as privatisation bites Rail travellers face an 8% rise in fares – despite private firms sucking £6.6billion from the industry.

Network Rail

• THE VITAL ROLE OF RAIL FREIGHT: NETWORK RAIL APPOINTS NEW ROLE OF FREIGHT DIRECTOR

Derby Telegraph

• Hammond quizzed over double role of rail project consultantsA DERBYSHIRE MP has written to Transport Secretary Philip Hammond to ask whether he knew that consultants used by his department on the Thameslink rail project had also advised the firm that won the contract to build its trains.

The York Press

• York bus route boost COUNCILLORS say an area of York has kept a bus service after they raised concerns that local people were set to lose all public transport.

Yorkshire Post

• Demand for transparency in debt debate over Humber BridgeA businessman has called for transparency after the board that runs the Humber Bridge borrowed his idea to buy the debt and cut tolls.
• ˜Fair fares™ campaigners to protest over rising costCampaigners calling for fairer rail fares will stage a protest this week as commuters learn how much more they will have to pay for their tickets next January.
• Rail link benefits may come earlyTHE Government’s planned £32bn high-speed rail network could offer benefits to Yorkshire several years earlier than planned with major cost savings, according to new analysis published today.

Other Regional Press

• Blackfriars Station: Network Rail invites views on name and signs Network Rail says that it would cost too much money to rename Blackfriars Station to include Bankside in its name when the new southern entrance opens this winter.
• Councillor hits out at authority over possible busway bailoutA councillor has said any bailout by a council to its neighbouring authority over funding for a busway would be a slap in the face for its workers. Cllr Ken Lynch, who sits on Sandy Parish Council,
• East-West rail link could give UK economy a £38m boostThe proposed East-West Rail Link connecting Oxford and Aylesbury with Milton Keynes and Bedford could generate more than 38 million for the UK economy. Oxford Economics has published a report that
• East-West rail link could give UK economy a £38m boostThe proposed East-West Rail Link connecting Oxford and Aylesbury with Milton Keynes and Bedford could generate more than 38 million for the UK economy. Oxford Economics has published a report that

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• MPs issue bus services warningCuts to bus services in the UK are placing the quality of life of the most vulnerable people in society at risk.This is the warning that has been issued by MPs in a new report on provision that raises concerns about where budget reductions are being imposed in the wake of the Spending Review.According to the House of Commons transport select committee, rural, evening and weekend bus services in England are being reduced, which has a disproportionate effect on old, young and disabled individuals.It also, the report continues, prevents people from participating as much as they would like in volu...

Other News Sources

• Exclusive: 90% of English councils slashing bus subsidiesMost local authorities are cutting subsidies to unprofitable bus routes in a move that threatens to leave pensioners out in the cold, Channel 4 News has learned.