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Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Government

• New guidance published to ensure transport network is safe for those who need to use itGuidance for safer travel and safer transport operations during the next phase of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

BBC News

• Coronavirus: Bus firms face struggle as lockdown easesSafety concerns and warnings against public transport will affect the industry, it says.
• Coronavirus: Rail firm seeks Covid-19 guidance from supermarketsRail firm Transport for Wales is looking for advice on social distancing measures on its trains.
• Coronavirus: Shapps on public transport with 2m distance ruleWorkers who need to commute should cycle or walk
• Coronavirus: How to socially distance on public transportLondon's transport authorities say travel is only for essential journeys during the pandemic.
• Coronavirus: Transport for London expects to lose £4bnDuring the lockdown Transport for London has lost 90% of its overall income, new documents reveal.
• Coronavirus: Cruise firm Carnival UK 'to cut 450 jobs'Carnival UK is planning to make hundreds of staff redundant at its headquarters in Southampton
• Coronavirus: Commuters told to 'prepare to queue' in new guidancePublic transport, even running at full capacity, will only be able to carry a tenth of normal numbers.
• Coronavirus: Ryanair flyers must ask for loo as flights ramp upThe airline aims to reintroduce 40% of its schedule from July, subject to travel restrictions being lifted.

Financial Times

• Ryanair's O'Leary slams UK quarantine plan as nonsenseAirline boss criticises measures at FT conference after he pledges to resume 40% of flights from July
• Tesla/Ryanair: lockdown mavericksThere is more to running a business than putting cars on the road and planes in the sky
• EasyJet's Stelios offers £5m reward in Airbus deal fightAirline's founder seeks useful information to help stop order for 107 aircraft

The Guardian

• Physical distancing may be impossible on bus or train, DfT admitsUK government advises returning workers who cannot avoid using public transport People who use public transport may not be able to practise physical distancing effectively, the government has admitted, as it published advice for those who cannot avoid buses and trains during a staged exit from lockdown.

The Independent

• Tui says travel should restart across Europe and vows to 'reinvent the holiday'Holiday giant has announced up to 8,000 job cuts as it seeks to reduce costs by one-third

Mail Online

• Car-sharing is now allowed in lockdown BritainGuidance from the Department for Transport suggests car sharing commutes will be permitted to limit the number of passengers piling on to public transport.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Ryanair reveals plan to fly again - and what you'll have to do to use the toiletThe budget airline has plans to restart 40% of its services with new rules in place aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus

London Evening Standard

• Million of commuters urged to 'walk a mile' to avoid catching Covid-19 as country returns to workUse quieter stations if you can't avoid the tube, passengers told
• No C-charge for another three weeks as TfL faces £4bn drop in incomeThe congestion charge and ultra-low emission zone levies will not be re-introduced for at least another three weeks, Mayor Sadiq Khan has indicated.
• Grant Shapps confirms 42 TfL workers have now died after contracting Covid-19A total of 42 Transport for London workers have died after contracting Covid-19, Grant Shapps said.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Number of Northern train services to increase from next weekThe number of train services across the north of England is set to increase next week, it was revealed at a meeting of rail chiefs.

Cambridge News

• Ryanair announces plan to restart flights this summerCrew and passengers will be required to wear face masks or face coverings

East Anglian Daily Times

• Keep up the pressure to improve rail services, says Greater Anglia managerThe campaign to improve rail services in East Anglia has lost momentum in recent years and needs to be given fresh impetus, Suffolk councillors have been warned by a senior Greater Anglia manager.

Leeds Live

• Northern train services to increase from next weekIt will still be a reduced timetable but more services will be put on

Reading Evening Post

• Reading's £9m pothole repair project delayedWork was due to begin in April, but was hampered by the number of parked cars left on roads

Other Regional Press

• Kent's first smart motorway is completeWork to transform a stretch of the M20 into a smart motorway and increase capacity has now been completed.
• How public transport will keep people safe as they return to workPeople are advised to wear face coverings and only use public transport if they need to

Train Operators

• £80k investment transforms Windermere station car parkNorthern’s gateway to the Lake District has been revamped thanks to resurfacing work at Windermere station.

Airportwatch

• "Performance, performance, performance" - Rail North Committee meetingTransport for the North’s Rail North Committee met virtually to discuss the Northern trains review and rail recovery post Covid-19.

Other News Sources

• Sleeper boss Soames under fire over Scottish tripCaledonian Sleeper boss Rupert Soames has been criticise by a rail union for travelling from England to Scotland despite the lockdown ban.
• Road in Amersham to shut next week to aid future HS2 worksThe stretch of Whielden Lane which links from Amersham Hospital to the junction with the Amersham to Wycombe A404 will be closed for seven weeks from next Monday (May 18) to aid HS2 traffic once construction begins.
• Lothian issue an update on bus services from next SundayLothian Buses has today announced an update to its critical services network from Sunday 17 May 2020 to help key workers across Edinburgh and the Lothians who need to get to work.