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Monday, 01 April 2013

BBC News

• The Golden Age of Coach Travel ( TV Programme Info)Documentary which takes a glorious journey back to the 1950s, when the coach was king.
• Mansfield's new bus station opens to public A new £11m bus station has opened in the Nottinghamshire town of Mansfield.
• Virgin's Little Red service beginsThe airline Virgin Atlantic starts its first UK domestic services with a flight from Manchester Airport to Heathrow.
• Bus crashes into telephone boxSix people are injured after a bus crashes into a telephone box in the Calderwood area of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire.

ITV News

• New Heathrow flights from Manchester New domestic flights from Manchester Airport are getting underway. Virgin Atlantic will offer a service between Manchester Airport and Heathrow., their first domestic route. Known as Little Red the route will fly to the capital four times a day.

Financial Times

• Accelerating car sales fuel confidenceGrowing divergence between UK and Europe markets has its foundations in a combination of strong consumer demand and aggressive deals
• Air France-KLM calls for Gulf restrictionsHead of Franco-Dutch group says it would be suicide for European airlines if restrictions on Gulf carriers flying into European airports were removed

The Guardian

• HS2: the pebbledash people will rebel over high-speed rail David Cameron ignores those living in modest homes blighted by the HS2 rail link at his peril

The Herald

• Rail electrification delay claims 'nonsense'CLAIMS that electrification and other improvements to the Glasgow-Edinburgh rail link face a three-year delay have been dismissed by the Government.

The Scotsman

• 8,000 motorists escape disqualification in the UK MORE than 8,000 motorists in the UK are driving despite having picked up enough penalty points to be banned from the roads, it was revealed.

The Telegraph

• Moves toward privatisation of road network speeded upWork on an overhaul of the Highways Agency involving greater financial freedom and part privatisation of the road network is being accelerated by the Transport Department.
• HS2 'should move residents together'Residents of a hamlet which will be cut in two by the proposed high speed rail line want to sell up and rebuild their community elsewhere so they can stay together.
• Moves toward privatisation of road network speeded up Work on an overhaul of the Highways Agency involving greater financial freedom and part privatisation of the road network is being accelerated by the Transport Department.

Journal Live

• PM David Cameron hails the Nissan juggernautPRIME Minister David Cameron heaped praise on Nissan’s new Leaf electric car despite ongoing concerns that not enough has been done to support UK charging points.

Manchester Evening News

• Cross City bus plan is a ticket to chaos, says MP Graham Stringer The Blackley and Broughton says the scheme – which will link a string of communities around the city centre – will cause rat-running, pollution and traffic jams
• 70 potholes in half a mile... is this the most potholed street in Greater Manchester?A Wythenshawe road crippled with potholes and less than half a mile long has led residents to reckon they could be living on one of Greater Manchester’s most potholed roads.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post published £9 million bus station opens after fun dayArticle

The York Press

• Hopes remain over Haxby railway bid PLANS for a new York station could still go ahead despite it not being named among projects set to receive rail funding.
• New cycle route for north of York A NEW cycle route is planned for the north of York to improve links for more than 15,000 people.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• £280k Wolverhampton bus depot update unveiled An updated bus depot in Wolverhampton has been unveiled after a £280,000 revamp following a takeover deal.

Other Regional Press

• 'OAPs could be left stranded by bus shake-up' FEARS have been raised that pensioners will be left stranded in their homes when a shake-up of bus services is introduced.
• Teenage gangs continuing to strike fear at Ossett bus stationDrink and drug fuelled teenage gangs are continuing to intimidate passengers at Ossett bus station.
• Stonehouse leaders plan for second railway station on Bristol line as plan for 49 homes turned down TRAVEL times to Bristol could be slashed if a railway station is brought back into use.
• Cameras to give police clear view of railway yobs TRANSPORT Police in South Wales have new equipment to help tackle antisocial behaviour and crime on the railways.
• Heathrow campaigners express disappointment at aviation strategy Campaigners representing residents under Heathrow flight paths are disappointed with the Government’s new aviation strategy.
• Poor transport 'traps thousands of pensioners in their homes' Transport cuts have left thousands of Westcountry pensioners trapped in their own homes despite free bus passes, a new charity survey has found.

Other News Sources

• Crucial Leigh bus route may be saved as reduced service AN UNDER-THREAT bus service, which provides a lifeline to sick and elderly residents, could be saved.
• East Grinstead businesses climb aboard the Bluebell Railway 'gravy train' BUSINESSES are planning how to climb aboard the "gravy train" now the Bluebell Railway has arrived.
• Fighting fund for Beverley to York railway revival plan CAMPAIGNERS hoping the Beverley to York railway line will be reopened are appealing for sponsorship to fund a study into what it will cost.
• Busy Sussex road may get yellow lines Double yellow lines could be installed on a busy road where buses have been reportedly going on to kerbs to get past.

News from Europe

• Ministers’ transport costs reached almost €5m last year The cost of the provision of drivers and mileage to Government Ministers, the President and other office holders reached €4.9 million last year, according to figures revealed during a series of Dáil questions.