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Wednesday, 26 August 2020

BBC News

• Cardiff Airport 'needs true low cost airline' to competeCardiff Airport needs to attract a budget airline to compete with Bristol Airport, an expert claims.
• Stonehaven derailment: Task forces launched after fatal crashNetwork Rail has asked experts to improve its response to severe weather and management of land near rail lines.
• Further delays to CalMac ferries due to lockdown periodThe coronavirus lockdown affected work on the vessels at the Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow.
• Appledore Shipyard to reopen after £7m InfraStrata dealAppledore Shipyard in Devon closed in March 2019 but has now been bought by InfraStrata.
• American Airlines cuts 19,000 jobs amid travel slumpThe world's biggest airline says it will have 30% fewer staff by October.
• Virgin Atlantic wins backing for £1.2bn rescue dealA deal with creditors will secure the airline's future for the next 18 months and save 6,500 jobs.

ITV News

• Rail services to be increased from September 7Train services will be ramped up from next month as more schools reopen, the rail industry has announced.

Financial Times

• American Airlines to cut 19,000 jobs as demand fallsCarrier says furloughs will begin on October 1 unless Congress extends industry bailout
• Qantas slashes more jobs and sells pyjamas to survive Covid-19Australian carrier will outsource thousands of roles in latest effort to cut costs
• Virgin Atlantic creditors back £1.2bn rescue packageVote paves way for full recapitalisation of airline after pandemic brought commercial aviation to standstill

The Guardian

• Appledore Shipyard in Devon to reopen after £7m InfraStrata buyoutUnions welcome deal that will revive historic shipbuilding yard in Bideford A historic shipbuilding yard in north Devon is to reopen after it was bought by the natural gas storage company InfraStrata in a £7m deal on Tuesday.

The Scotsman

• Scottish engineers to lead key project to make nation's railways greenerScottish engineering businesses have been offered the chance to play a leading role in making the nation’s railways greener.

Times Online

• Virgin Atlantic wins £1.2bn ‘milestone’ rescue package [subscription]Creditors are on board with Virgin Atlantic’s plans to emerge into clear skies from a period of brinkmanship that had left the long-haul airline staring at bankruptcy.
• Two-pronged inquiry into fatal Stonehaven derailment [subscription]Network Rail has formed two independent task forces in response to the Stonehaven crash.
• Scoot along to Milton Keynes if you want to hire an e-scooter [subscription]Electric scooters will take to the roads of England in their numbers today with more cities likely to approve them in the coming weeks.
• Historic Appledore shipyard sets fresh course under new owner Infrastrata [subscription]Britain’s smallest large shipyard is to set sail again. Appledore in North Devon, which was closed down last year amid a political row with Gavin Williamson when he was defence secretary, has been bought by the owner of Harland & Wolff.

City AM

• From the modern Babylon to the city of canals: Eurostar goes to Amsterdam OpinionFrom October this year, passengers will be able to take the Eurostar from St Pancras right into the heart of Amsterdam, the great Gothic Revival Station Centraal on Stationsplein.
• Virgin Atlantic creditors back crunch £1.2bn bailout dealAn overwhelming majority of Virgin Atlantic’s creditors have this afternoon approved the embattled airline’s £1.2bn bailout package, a critical step The post Virgin Atlantic creditors back crunch £1.2bn bailout deal appeared first on CityAM.
• A CEO's guide to reaching net zero carbon emissionsFormer Bank of England governor Mark Carney warned last year that: “companies and industries that are not moving towards zero The post A CEO's guide to reaching net zero carbon emissions appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Record

• Ferries delayed again at Ferguson shipyardThe Scottish Government said lockdown added another six months to the already seriously delayed projects.

Mail Online

• Train services will be ramped up from September 7 to 90% of pre-Covid levels as schools reopen and more workers return to the officeTrain services will ramped up from September 7 to 90 per cent of pre-Covid levels as schools reopen and more workers return to the office.

Belfast Telegraph

• Now there's a Harland and Wolff in Devon as yard's owner expandsA second Harland & Wolff shipyard has been created in a deal to reopen a historic shipyard in Devon.

Birmingham Post

• West Midlands transport chiefs launch £26m railway tenderHunt is on for contractor to build replacements for two Black Country stations which closed in the 1960s

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Millions to be spent on improvements to Brighouse Rail StationBRIGHOUSE Rail Station could soon be getting a major upgrade as part of multi million pound plans to improve access to two local stations.
• £16m investment in major route linking Bradford and Dewsbury A £16 MILLION scheme to improve links between Bradford and Dewsbury will include a new “bus hubâ€� and improvements to the Spen Valley Greenway.

Reading Evening Post

• A34 fatal crash hotspot set for more safety improvementsThe road has seen a number of horrific fatal crashes

Other Regional Press

• Major upgrade planned for Brighouse train station as part of £7.4m schemeOn Tuesday members of West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Investment Committee will discuss a £7.4 million proposal to improve access to both Brighouse Station and the under development Elland Rail Station.
• Ancient ditches found in excavations for Bicester rail worksRAIL works in an Oxfordshire town have led to the discovery of ancient ditches.
• Mapped: The location of all bus gates in Oxford THE debate over whether Oxford should have more 'bus gates' has raged in recent weeks, with thousands of people taking part in a questionnaire on the plans.

Business Live

• West Midlands transport chiefs launch £26m railway tenderHunt is on for contractor to build replacements for two Black Country stations which closed in the 1960s

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• HS2 rail freight deliveries set to take 1.5 million lorries off Britain’s roadsTuesday 25 August saw the first rail freight delivery of aggregate arrive at HS2’s Washwood Heath site in Birmingham, signalling the start of HS2’s major programme to take up to 1.5 million lorries off the roads to cut carbon emissions. Over the next decade, up to 15,000 freight trains will haul 10 million tonnes of aggregate to HS2 construction sites. Each freight train replaces around 70 lorries, representing a massive reduction in carbon emissions and marking a significant investment for Britain’s rail freight sector. The Washwood Heath Railhead site, managed by HS2&rsqu...

New Civil Engineer

• Former ICE president to head new Network Rail task force on earthworksUniversity of Cambridge emeritus professor of civil engineering and director of research Lord Robert Mair, who was ICE president from 2017 to 2018, is set to lead one of two new Network Rail task forces set up in the wake of the fatal Stonehaven derailment.

Rail Advent

• PLAN AHEAD: Britain’s railways undergo an upgrade this Bank Holiday WeekendRail passengers are being urged to check before travelling this Bank Holiday Weekend as upgrades take place over the long weekend.

Other News Sources

• New consultation planned on key upgrade to West Norfolk rail linkA fresh consultation is set to be launched on how a crucial and long-sought upgrade of West Norfolk’s rail link might be achieved.
• 'Wasted chance' as Sussex cycle schemes set to be scrapped PLANS to scrap nine walking and cycling schemes are a “missed opportunityâ€�, council leaders say.