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UKs biggest rail operator Go-Ahead suspends shares after serious errors in accounts
Britains biggest rail operator is to suspend trading in its shares, as it grapples with the fallout from a failure to repay tens of millions of pounds of taxpayer cash.
Alstom and Hitachi win HS2 train bid [subscription]
The government and HS2 are on the verge of announcing that a 2.8 billion contract for the most prestigious train manufacturing project in the history of Britains railways is to be awarded to Derbys historic Litchurch Lane works and Hitachis much newer factory at Newton Aycliffe in Co Durham.
MPs back Integrate Rail Plan cuts to HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail
MPs on both sides of the bench clashed over the governments Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) which included cuts to High Speed 2 (HS2) and Northern Powerhouse Rail, during a parliamentary debate last night.
Thursday, 09 December 2021
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- Storm Barra leaves two ferries stuck outside Holyhead PortIt comes as 86mph winds batter Wales, sparking flood warnings, road closures and power cuts.
- Storm Barra causes North West road closures and rail delaysA stretch of the M57 in Merseyside reopens but flooding and fallen trees close roads and rail lines.
- Sadiq Khan 'melodramatic' over Tube funding - ministerGovernment sources have told BBC London that ministers have always been committed to helping TfL.
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- Werrington Tunnel opens unlocking faster journeys on the East Coast Main LineNew rail freight tunnel brings significant improvements to passenger journeys as part of the East Coast upgrade.
Financial Times
- Travel industry chiefs check out after sticking around during pandemicSlow rebound in airline, hotel and cruise industries has sparked executive turnover
- French shipping group CMA CGM agrees $3bn logistics dealCompany buys warehouses and cloud-based platform from US technology company Ingram Micro
- Travel industry chiefs check out after sticking around during pandemicSlow rebound in airline, hotel and cruise industries has sparked executive turnover
The Guardian
- Unions plan for national rail strike as job cuts loom‘Attacks on pay and pensions’ also expected after Department for Transport tells industry to find savings of 10%Rail unions are drawing up plans for a national strike as job cuts loom across the industry.The RMT is preparing to ballot its members for industrial action, with the union anticipating compulsory redundancies are highly probable at train operating companies and Network Rail. Such redundancies would mean “trains are coming to a halt”, the TSSA union said after it failed to get assurances over jobs. Continue reading...
The Independent
- Go-Ahead admits to serious errors over running of Southeastern trainsThe company said it expects to pay a fine but cannot say how much it will be.
The Telegraph
- UKs biggest rail operator Go-Ahead suspends shares after serious errors in accountsBritains biggest rail operator is to suspend trading in its shares, as it grapples with the fallout from a failure to repay tens of millions of pounds of taxpayer cash.
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- Closure of Bridge of Allan railway station called 'nonsensical'Bridge of Allan residents and businesses have hit out at proposals which suggest closing the towns railway station.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Batley MP launches petition to tackle reckless drivingAN MP has launched a petition to tackle reckless and dangerous driving in her constituency.
London Evening Standard
- Go-Ahead shares set to be suspended as it counts cost of London & Southeastern Railway failingsAccounts have been delayed yet again as Go Ahead tries to calculate the cost of a possible fine. Go Ahead has admitted to serious errors... over several years
- How Sadiq Khan gets a deal for TfLIt will be a "financial apocalypse" and "impending disaster" which could "drag London back to the 1970s." As a new TfL deal deadline approaches, Sadiq Khan and his supporters have once again been scouring the dictionary of doom. We are told that unless the government gives him 1.7 billion, TfL will collapse. It'll axe a hundred bus routes, close a whole Tube line, end its entire capital investment programme.
Metro
- Rail firm admits serious failings over how it ran trains in the South EastGo-Ahead group has admitted to serious errors and failings in the way it ran the Southeastern rail franchise.
Yorkshire Post
- Leeds Bradford Airport reveals plan to become net zero by 2030Leeds Bradford Airport has revealed plans to make the airport to become net zero carbon by 2030.
Kent Online
- Go-Ahead Group admits 'serious errors' in running of Southeastern rail franchise in Kent and south LondonSerious errors were made in the running of trains in Kent, the rail operator stripped of the Southeastern franchise has admitted.
Other Regional Press
- London Underground station could change forever as council plans 7.5m revampA London Underground station could be transformed for good as a council plans to invest 7.5 million in making it wheelchair friendly.
Train Operators
- Alstom and Hitachi win HS2 train bid [subscription]The government and HS2 are on the verge of announcing that a 2.8 billion contract for the most prestigious train manufacturing project in the history of Britains railways is to be awarded to Derbys historic Litchurch Lane works and Hitachis much newer factory at Newton Aycliffe in Co Durham.
Business Live
- List of 30 extra Transport for Wales train services that will start next weekA new timetable will launch from December 12 with some new services and others resuming after Covid cutbacks
New Civil Engineer
- Regulator vows to increase scrutiny of National Highways investment plansThe Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has vowed to increase its scrutiny of future road funding for the strategic road network as plans are drawn up for the third road investment strategy (RIS3).
- MPs back Integrate Rail Plan cuts to HS2 and Northern Powerhouse RailMPs on both sides of the bench clashed over the governments Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) which included cuts to High Speed 2 (HS2) and Northern Powerhouse Rail, during a parliamentary debate last night.
- Northern Powerhouse Rail in full is key to TfNs decarbonisation strategyDelivery of the full Northern Powerhouse Rail route is key to Transport for the Norths (TfN) decarbonisation strategy.
Rail Advent
- Sir Peter Hendy CBE appointed Chair of National Railway Museums Advisory BoardSir Peter Hendy CBE, Chair of Network Rail, has been appointed Chair of the National Railway Museums Advisory Board.
Rail Business Daily
- MPs vote on motion expressing regret at governments rail plansLabour pushed for a vote on an opposition day motion in the House of Commons yesterday evening, the wording of which expressed regret at the Integrated Rail Plan.
- Transport for the North reveals its regional Transport Decarbonisation StrategyTransport for the North (TfN) has released a strategy for cutting carbon emissions from surface transport to near zero by 2045.
Railway Technology
- Transport for Wales introduce more services to timetableTransport for Wales (TfW) have announced there will be an increase in the number of services running on its network from December this year.
Other News Sources
- Lack of developers cash leaves Greenwich Council with 8m Woolwich Crossrail billGreenwich Council has paid less than half of its contribution to Woolwichs new Crossrail station and needs to find 8 million by the end of March 2023 to pay the bill.
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