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Saturday, 04 September 2021

Government

• £9 million fund for local authorities to tackle air pollutionNew round of Air Quality Grants for local authorities opens to benefit communities and reduce the impact of polluted air on people's health
• Rail industry on track to win big in UK-Australia trade deal British rail companies are on track for a potential export boom thanks to the UK-Australia trade deal.

BBC News

• Bristol Temple Meads upheaval ends as upgrade work completedA £140m scheme to increase capacity into Bristol Temple Meads station is due to be completed by the weekend.
• London Underground: Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station set to openCommuters will be able to travel from Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station from 20 September.
• What's it like to be in the 1% of female lorry drivers?The chronic shortage of lorry drivers has led haulage firms to try to attract more women to the role.

ITV News

• Work starts to electrify train line for South Wales Metro scheme which promises faster journey timesA major rail line has been closed for over two weeks as Transport for Wales prepares for the introduction of brand new electric-tram trains.

STV

• New Glasgow Central museum opens as part of train station tourIt charts the history of the station from its construction in the 19th century through world wars and into the present day.

The Guardian

• BA pilots to vote on new short-haul subsidiary at GatwickThe airline plans to base up to 17 short-haul planes at UK's second-biggest airport from next summer. British Airways pilots are to vote on whether to back a proposed new subsidiary at Gatwick, which the airline says will be a full-service, BA-branded carrier.
• Electric cars: Ofgem plans easier way for drivers to sell energy back to gridProposal by Great Britain's regulator is to help make the switch from fossil fuel cars more affordable. Ofgem plans to make it easier for electric vehicle drivers to sell the energy stored in their car batteries back to power grid as part of a move to help make the switch away from fossil fuel cars more affordable.

Times Online

• Low-traffic neighbourhoods hinder ambulances, says top paramedic [subscription]The rapid installation of low-traffic neighbourhoods has led to delayed ambulance response times, particularly for crews unfamiliar with local roads, according to a leading paramedic.
• Lorry drivers could get road ban for crashing into railway bridges [subscription]Negligent HGV drivers face being banned from the road because of concerns over the chaos caused by lorries hitting low railway bridges.

City AM

• The new carriers looking to shake up transatlantic air travelAfter nearly 15 months of closed borders and grounded planes travellers have flocked back to airlines, desperate for a taste The post The new carriers looking to shake up transatlantic air travel appeared first on CityAM.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Recycled tyres used to resurface road in first for regionRECYCLED tyres have been used to re-lay a Bradford District road in a project thought to be the first of its kind in the region.

London Evening Standard

• When is the London Ulez expanding and who will have to pay? The ultra-low emission zone is due to expand from central London to the boundaries of the North and South Circular roads, here is everything you need to know ahead of the major change for motorists in London.
• TfL fare increases not a pre-determined outcome, says transport chiefThe head of TfL has said that fare rises in January are not a pre-determined outcome despite it being a condition of the Government's funding deal.
• BA insists its Gatwick subsidiary will offer the same serviceThe airline wants to restart short-haul flying from the West Sussex airport.

Yorkshire Post

• HS2 to Leeds cancellation would be a betrayal - The Yorkshire Post saysYORKSHIRE would be betrayed if the HS2 link to Sheffield and Leeds was to be abandoned, as is increasingly rumoured.

Other Regional Press

• Sowerby Bridge rail firm secures Belgian supply contractSowerby Bridge-based Rosehill Rail, a global manufacturer of railway crossing systems and safety solutions, has been awarded an eight-year contract with Infrabel, operator of the Belgian national railway, to supply level crossing systems across its network.
• First Wessex bus changesBUS services in Weymouth and west Dorset are being cut ahead of the winter, passengers are warned.

Rail Advent

• TransPennine Express invests £170,000 in an upgrade for Malton station bringing better facilities for customersTranspennine Express has completed improvements at Malton railway station.

Other News Sources

• There are two brand new stations opening on the Northern lineThe new stations at Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station will carry passengers to the City and West End in 15 minutes
• Northumberland rail campaigners welcome extra trains but call for further improvementsA rail campaign group has welcomed news that TransPennine Express is to launch a new service in Northumberland.
• New HS2 project to restore one of the world’s oldest railway buildingsHS2 Ltd begins a major restoration project to refurb one of the world’s longest surviving pieces of monumental railway architecture, the Grade One listed Old Curzon Street Station in Birmingham.
• Bus stop removed on Sarum Road and Romsey Road junctionRESIDENTS living in a part of Winchester have been left “extremely dismayedâ€� after their bus stop was moved, leaving the area without a convenient place to catch the public transport.