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Monday, 27 May 2019

BBC News

• Why is Norway the land of electric cars?In Norway you can drive in the bus lane, park for free and get a 25% tax break when you buy an electric car.

ITV News

• Cambridgeshire 'Rail Community Group' marks first year of workA community group set up in South Cambridgeshire to encourage people to use trains more has celebrated its first year of work.

The Herald

• Transport chief makes plea for bold action on networksTRANSPORT is an ever-present item on the daily news agenda, and more often than not for negative reasons – be it cancelled trains or chaos on the roads.

Times Online

• Carlisle Lake District airport finally cleared for take-off [subscription]The long-awaited airfield revival is seen as vital for boosting the Cumbrian economy
• Poor range will hamper sales of electric cars ‘for a decade’ [Subscription]Most motorists will consider an electric car only when they can travel at least 300 miles on a single charge, according to a study.

The Mirror

• Bus services services plunged into damaging decline by Tory cuts, MPs warnSince 2010 passenger numbers have fallen by 10% but services have been reduced and fares have soared by 32%

Daily Post (North Wales)

• The famous Irish Mail express train will be recreated on the North Wales main lineThe service ran from Holyhead to London's Euston station from 1848 until 2002

Edinburgh Evening News

• Taxi row ends with Edinburgh Airport boss spreadeagled on bonnetA SPECTACULAR stramash in front of shocked passengers ended with Edinburgh Airport boss Gordon Dewar lying on the bonnet of a taxi, the Evening News has been told.

London Evening Standard

• Graffiti vandal tells how he turned his life around from tagging Tube trains at night to photographing life on the Bakerloo lineA graffiti vandal who was jailed after spraying his distinctive tag across the Tube network today tells how he turned his life around to become a photographer documenting the Bakerloo line.

Other Regional Press

• MP floats staggered booking idea to combat Islanders’ ferry squeeze outIdeas on how to make ferry travel for the Western Isles work for both residents and visitors is a tough ask.
• Fresh review of sponsored bus services in SuffolkA new system to grade Suffolk's sponsored bus routes is to be set up to help transport bosses determine future funding for services.

Rail Advent

• East Midlands Trains release Dog Train-ing guideEast Midlands Trains have announced that they have released a dog guide for train travel after research was completed.

Other News Sources

• TfL’s Crossrail debts seem certain to shunt Sutton tram linkAll prospect of City Hall or the government stumping up the £330million-plus needed to build an extension to the Croydon tram network appears to have vanished. Finance reports released last week by Transport for London show that further delays to Crossrail have gobbled up the budget to the point where TfL admit to having “maxed out” on borrowing, forcing the postponement of a series of infrastructure projects throughout the capital.
• Waterloo tube station reopens its Southbank entranceRather later than planned, the Southbank entrance to Waterloo tube station finally reopened to the public over the weekend. The old entrance was built into the ground floor of the Shell centre office buildings, but as those have been demolished to be replaced with tiny expensive flats, the tube station entrance had to close.

News from Europe

• FR: Private funding scheme to electrify public transitTotal Direct Energie and Bolloré Energy fund a 36-million-euro scheme for electric buses and charging infrastructure called MoéBUS with partners. Public and private transit companies in France may now apply for subsidies.