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Monday, 03 March 2014

BBC News

• New Machynlleth Dyfi bridge moves a step closerPlans to replace a 200-year-old Grade II-listed, flood-hit bridge between Powys and Gwynedd have moved a step closer.
• Storm-hit Dawlish: 'Difficult' to get alternative rail lineA transport expert has said it would be "very difficult" to get a second railway line into the south-west of England approved, despite the main link at Dawlish being destroyed by storms.
• Ballymartin park and ride scheme gets the go-aheadPlans to build a £3.8m park and ride facility at Ballymartin, County Antrim, have been given the go-ahead.
• Consortium bids for HS2 collegeA consortium is putting together a bid for Birmingham to be the site of a college to train skilled workers for the planned HS2 railway.
• Campaign calls for 'rail revolution'Transport campaigners issue a list of key developments they say could make rail travel in Scotland faster, safer and greener.
• 'Two Together Railcard' goes on saleA new national railcard allowing two people travelling together to save a third on train fares has gone on sale - the first to be launched in 30 years.

The Guardian

• Cancelling HS2 will cost UK investment and jobs, warn rail leadersShelving £42.6bn high-speed rail project would result in clogged transport networks and engineering brain drain, claims report

The Herald

• Transport activists in call for rail revolutionRAIL journey times from ­Inverness, Aberdeen and Dundee to the central belt could be cut if tracks were doubled and electrified, transport campaigners have said.

The Independent

• Cancelling HS2 would lead to congestion on roads and less reliable trains, report warns Cancelling the HS2 high-speed rail project would risk a nationwide economic catastrophe, with slower, less reliable trains and congested roads stifling London and hampering the regeneration of the Midlands and the North, according to an industry report.    

The Scotsman

• Campaigners call for Scots rail ‘revolution’A TRANSPORT campaign group has called for a “rail revolution” to make train travel in Scotland faster, safer and greener.

The Telegraph

• British fuel tax highest in EuropeBritish drivers are more heavily taxed at the pump than any other motorists in Europe, a study has found    

London Evening Standard

• Railcard lets two travel and saveA new railcard allowing two people travelling together to save a third on train fares will go on sale tomorrow.

Sheffield Star

• Trains in bloom to support cancer care campaignNorthern Rail has joined forces with Marie Curie Cancer Care to go full steam ahead for the annual Great Daffodil appeal.
• East Midlands Trains win top customer service awardEast Midlands Trains has scooped one of the top awards at the 2013 Rail Business Awards for its customer information and service during last year’s Nottingham re-signalling scheme.

Wales Online

• Every passenger on the Cardiff Airport shuttle has cost the taxpayer £11New figures reveal the subsidy to the controversial airport shuttle is even higher than previously thought

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds trolleybus plan given new vote of confidenceTransport bosses have reaffirmed their commitment to Leeds’s trolleybus plans ahead of the preliminary stage of the public inquiry that will decide the scheme’s fate.

Western Daily Press

• David Cameron promises West Country a transport system 'fit for the future' David Cameron has promised the South West a transport system "fit for the future" after floods underlined the inadequacy of the region's road, rail and air links.

Other Regional Press

• West's need for additional rail link cannot be forgotten Tomorrow the Westcountry will ’celebrate’ exactly one month without a main link rail link to the rest of the country.
• McNicholas bags £100m rail electrification dealMcNicholas Construction has picked up two key packages in a £417m Network Rail framework covering electrical renewals and upgrades on the Kent, Sussex and Wessex routes over the next five years.
• Traders want a decision over plans for railway compulsory purchase order BICESTER businesses say they have been left in “limbo” over when they will have to vacate their premises to make way for a new station.
• New trains don't impress travellersINDUSTRY groups have warned that rail passengers will not be happy with the design of new trains after it emerged there will be fewer seats and more standing on long journeys.
• Council hopes to finish Bedford Western Bypass before Network Rail demolish Bromham Road bridgeASSURANCES have been made by a council that the next phase of the Bedford Western Bypass should be built BEFORE Bromham Road bridge is knocked down.

Other News Sources

• Work to begin on Blackburn's new bus station WORK will begin on Blackburn’s new £5 million bus station on Monday.
• Plans to fully re-open Hastings to London rail line pushed back Plans to reopen a railway line disrupted by landslips have been pushed back.