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Friday, 29 July 2022

BBC News

• Kent county councillors challenge £2.2m bus route cutsPlans to cut dozens of council subsidised bus routes in Kent have been challenged by councillors.
• Warburton Toll Bridge free to use during three months' roadworksWarburton Toll Bridge will go down to single-lane traffic but be free to cross for three months.
• Greater Manchester cheaper bus fare plan not signed off yet, mayor saysAndy Burnham says he cannot confirm when a new bus fare system will start, but adds it is coming.
• Paddington station: Inquiry after wheelie bin falls and blocks railsNetwork Rail said it was investigating, as some witnesses suggested a worker did it deliberately.
• Full Night Tube services to return this weekFrom Friday a full Night Tube network will run for the first time since the start of lockdown.
• Network Rail starts consultation over job reformsThe move comes as the company and the RMT union can't agree a way forward on pay and jobs.

Financial Times

• JetBlue agrees to buy Spirit Airlines for $7.6bnDeal will create fifth-largest US carrier but faces regulatory hurdles
• JetBlue: smells like deal SpiritAirline agrees to a cash offer from rival valuing it at $7.6bn
• Strike action threatens to shut down UK's biggest container port Felixstowe dispute adds to pressure on transport network amid rail walkouts and burden on Channel crossings

The Guardian

• Travel chaos and understaffed airports are a wake-up call: Britain is unravelling | Gaby HinsliffFrom passport delays to Brexit gridlock, the UK's failures are becoming impossible to hide even from those in denial

Times Online

• BAE Systems in shape to fly into Tempest [subscription]The biggest piece of news at last week’s Farnborough Airshow was the one that didn’t happen: details on how well the French competitor to Tempest is coming along. Tempest is the 2030s next-generation fighter jet that in time will replace the Typhoon but in a way as yet only seen in sci-fi films, an on-the-wing orchestrator of swarming squadrons of unmanned flying battle drones.
• We’re British Leyland in a Tesla world, says rail boss [subscription]Network Rail bosses are to force through modernisations to work practices whether unions agree or not.

City AM

• London’s ULEZ must be fair and effective or risk reversal THE CLIMATE is changing rapidly. We saw that with the heatwaves that swept the country and the fires raging in Europe. But climate action can’t steamroll over people, or make them poorer as an economic crisis sets in. Well-meaning but unfair policies will, after all, eventually be unwound. No policy is a better example than [...] The post London’s ULEZ must be fair and effective or risk reversal appeared first on CityAM.

This is Money

• National Express returns to profit as loosening lockdown curbs persuade passengers to get back on the busNational Express has bounced back to profit as the gradual unwinding of travel restrictions generated a resurgence in bus and coach passengers.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Government to take £2 from each Bradford Clean Air Zone fine, meeting toldTHE Government will take £2 from every fine once Bradford’s Clean Air Zone is introduced in September, Councillors have been told.

Liverpool Echo

• Manchester Airport issues check-in warning to all passengersIt comes amid reports of huge queues and delays in recent months

Wales Online

• Latest pictures of Cardiff's long-awaited bus station as building work continuesPassengers are expected to be able to use the station in 2023, however a date has yet to be confirmed
• Latest pictures of Cardiff's long-awaited bus station as building work continuesPassengers are expected to be able to use the station in 2023, however a date has yet to be confirmed

Cambridge News

• Peterborough Bus Depot to undergo 'ambitious' relocationIssues with the current location of Peterborough Bus Depot on Lincoln Road have been brought to light
• Potential A414 bypass between St Ives and Huntingdon step closer as deal reached for £6mThe funding received unanimous approval from the Combined Authority Board.
• Walking and cycling schemes slammed for being 'too Cambridge centric'The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has agreed extra funding after increased construction costs.

Other Regional Press

• Transport boss denies 'brutal slice and dice' of North East buses after route cuts come into forceReduced timetables on dozens of Go North East routes came into force last weekend and more cuts are expected
• Bus services cut after council misses out on £3m grantRutland County Council have announced a number of cuts to services due to increased costs and missing out on a multi-million pound grant

New Civil Engineer

• HS2 | DfT spent £52M developing Golborne link before scrapping itThe Department for Transport (DfT) spent £52M on developing the Golborne link section of HS2 before axing it from the plans.
• £65M Carlisle link road is latest half-built road job to be paused due to cost hikesCumbria County Council has indefinitely deferred the award of stage 2 of construction of its Carlisle Southern Link Road (CSLR) to Morgan Sindall as inflation has caused costs to rise.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• CPT survey to evaluate impact of Eurotunnel changesThe Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) is running a survey encouraging operators and holiday companies to share feedback of their experiences using Eurotunnel.
• Rebecca Rathore appointed Stagecoach Manchester Ops DirectorStagecoach Manchester has appointed Rebecca Rathore to the role of Operations Director. She takes over from Matthew Kitchin, who has taken up the role of Managing Director at Stagecoach Yorkshire.
• Baroness Vere helps launch Cornwall ‘tap and cap’ schemeParliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport Baroness Vere of Norbiton has joined Go-Ahead to launch a county-wide tap and cap scheme for bus users in Cornwall.
• Leeds City Council takes delivery of 10 Mellor OrionsLeeds City Council has taken delivery of 10 accessible Class B Orions from Mellor. The vehicles are 16-seater Orion minibuses and will be deployed across the Leeds City Council region providing school and adult services.

Other News Sources

• Fewer taxis running in Blackburn than before pandemicFewer private hire vehicles are transporting passengers through Blackburn with Darwen's streets than before the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show.
• Residents bemoan Hampshire's 'expensive, unreliable and infrequent' bus service as staff shortages and cuts rage onHAMPSHIRE residents have bemoaned the county's poor bus network as staff shortages and cuts continue to blight passengers relying on public transport.