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Sunday, 04 June 2017

BBC News

• Tywyn's Talyllyn Railway opens doors to volunteersThe Talyllyn Railway is offering volunteers the chance to work on the locomotives and on the tracks.
• 'Goblin' rail works shuts line for eight weekendsThe works on the so-called
• Shippea Hill station: Least visited site joins challengeMore than 20 people travelled to the UK's least visited railway station to meet a couple attempting a train challenge with a difference.

Financial Times

• UK car industry pins hopes on battery technologyBritish government has promised to inject �250m in research and development

The Telegraph

• Labour pledge to renationalise rail 'does not stack up', says transport bossThe case for renationalising the railways proposed by the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn does not "stack up", according to a major transport chief.

Times Online

• Flight delayed? Your payout will be too [subscription]Passengers seeking compensation had been pointed in the wrong direction by British Airways
• Tram network safety put in doubt by cyclist’s death [subscription]Transport officials ignored advice to include cycle lanes that could have prevented last week’s fatality, say critics
• Heathrow plan to build third runway — on stilts over M25 [subscription]It is the engineering challenge from hell: how to build a runway across Britain’s busiest motorway.
• London to Edinburgh in half an hour? No need for HS2 then [subscription]Hyperloop systems could transform travel. But are they just a pipe dream? Danny Fortson reports from San Francisco

Daily Record

• ScotRail slammed for 'wanting to use prisoners as free labour' in day-release scheme while 90 vacancies go unfilledUnion bosses have criticised plans recruit long-term convicts in voluntary roles instead of hiring full-time staff.

Belfast Telegraph

• Piece of railway history back on track after 60 yearsAn historic railway signal cabin that lay in an orchard for nearly 60 years has been restored to its former glory by the Downpatrick and County Down Railway (DCDR).

London Evening Standard

• British Airways told to automatically compensate passengers caught up in Bank Holiday chaosBritish Airways has been urged to automatically compensate passengers caught up in its Bank Holiday computer meltdown rather than wait for them to submit claims.

Metro

• People going to One Love Manchester concert to get free transportPeople attending the One Love Manchester tribute concert this weekend will be able to travel to and from the venue for free.

Northern Echo

• Old photos shed new light on iconic Wensleydale RailwayA GENEROUS bequest of family photographs has inspired a remarkable research journey at the Wensleydale Railway.

Other Regional Press

• Oxford Airport evacuated after 'suspicious item' found POLICE have evacuated Oxford Airport after the discovery of a 'suspicious item'.�
• On your bike! Bike to School Week starts tomorrowSchoolchildren, teachers and parents across Dorset are being urged to get on their bikes this week.
• Campaign to stop RAF Northolt from becoming "another Luton by the back door" launchesA cross-party campaign has launched to stop commercial flights at RAF Northolt.
• Rail union calls for security summit saying driver-only trains increase terror riskBritain’s biggest rail union, the RMT, has called for a security summit and said that driver-only trains increase the terror risk to passengers.
• Rail user groups respond to price hike in trains from St Albans to LondonThe Association of Public Transport Users (APTU) and the Bedford Commuters Association (BCA) are calling on the train company to reverse the fare increase of 21 to 29 per cent, which was imposed on Monday, May 21.

Port Strategy

• EC call for port expertsThe European Commission’s directorate-general for mobility and transport has made a call for applications for a new group of experts called the ‘European Ports Forum’.
• Rotterdam gets nod for rail schemeSharon Dijksma, the state secretary for infrastructure and environment, has approved the Theemsweg Route decision to alter the course of the Port Railway Line in the port of Rotterdam.

RMT

• Rail union calls for security summit saying driver-only trains increase terror riskBritain’s biggest rail union, the RMT, has called for a security summit and said that driver-only trains increase the terror risk to passengers.

Other News Sources

• VAMOOZ offering bus trips for �1 donation to One Love Manchester concert featuring Ariana GrandeA BUS company is offering lifts to people from East Lancashire who are going to the One Love Manchester concert on Sunday.
• Ruth Cadbury Answers Your QuestionsHow many jobs will be created locally if the Third Runway proceeds and what would you say to those that lose their jobs if it doesn’t?
• Transition to Shared Mobility: How cities can deliver inclusive transport servicesA new study released by the International Transport Forum (ITF) examines how cities can manage the challenges of geographical scale and transition to shared mobility services.
• Ministers call for improved governance for transportTransport Ministers from the 57 member countries of the International Transport Forum have expressed their political will to improve the governance frameworks for transport in order to help achieve objectives agreed by the international community.
• Gilruth backs rail link bidKINGLASSIE MSP, Jenny Gilruth and David Torrance the Kirkcaldy MSP joined campaigners from the Levenmouth Rail
• HS2 pledge welcomed by rail industryThe rail industry has welcomed the fact that the Prime Minister pledged her support for investment in the High Speed 2 project that would link London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester.
• Pressure kept on train bosses Campaigners are keeping the pressure on railway chiefs to provide better services in Calderdale as they met with leading bosses for the train franchise.