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Tuesday, 30 August 2022

BBC News

• Will Scotland build a hydrogen-powered ship?A 10-year study to develop a pioneering zero-emission small ferry is complete - but will it become a reality?
• London Bus Strikes: 'It's keep warm or eat' - bus driverAbout 1,600 London bus drivers at London United are striking over pay over the bank holiday weekend.

ITV News

• Take a look inside the first completed trains in the Tyne and Wear Metro's new £362m fleetTyne and Wear Metro passengers have been given an exciting new glimpse inside the network's new £362m train fleet.

Financial Times

• Airlines braced for grim winter as slowdown threatens recoveryGloomy economic outlook has prompted warnings passenger numbers could fall

The Independent

• Eurostar to axe direct Disneyland Paris trains, partly blaming BrexitExclusive: ’This appears to be another example of the fallout from leaving the EU for travelling Brits’ – Julia Lo Bue-Said, CEO, Advantage Travel Partnership

The Scotsman

• Green Freeports can provide new opportunities to integrate rail freight - Martin BignellWith bids now in, five contenders are hoping to secure one of two locations to be chosen to be Scotland’s new Green Freeports. Proposals from Orkney, Aberdeen, Cromarty, Forth and Clyde regions have set out why they should become a beneficiary of this new status and how that status will become a catalyst for growth, innovation and investment in their regions.

Times Online

• Islanders’ needs disregarded over Ferguson ferries delays [subscription]Scottish islanders have been “disregarded” in the long-running Ferguson ferries saga, the auditor-general has said. Stephen Boyle, who heads Audit Scotland, the public spending watchdog, has again urged SNP ministers to be more transparent in its financial dealings.
• Chinese pair join electric car chase [subscription]An electric car price war is set to erupt this autumn with the arrival in Britain of competition from China.
• Holyrood ’war on motorists’ is a media invention, say researchers [subscription]Claims that SNP ministers are waging a “war on motorists” have been dismissed by Holyrood researchers.

City AM

• EU airlines’ seat capacity almost back to pre-Covid levelsEU airlines’ seat capacity is almost back to pre-pandemic levels. According to an analysis by aviation market intelligence firm CAPA – Centre for Aviation, airline capacity is now at almost 89 per cent of 2019 levels.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Family event to mark official opening of improved canal towpathA family-friendly walking and cycling event will celebrate the new and improved Leeds Liverpool Canal towpath on September 10.

Liverpool Echo

• Ship that's a 'tribute to the great transatlantic liners of the past' to dock in Liverpool for first timeThe Costa Fortuna, which is on a 12-day round trip of Northern Europe, is inspired by the Roaring 20s

Manchester Evening News

• Daily Manchester flights cancelled as airline grounds planes from UK airportDaily flights to Manchester have been cancelled after an airline ground planes from a UK airport. Loganair, which operates journeys to Cornwall every day to Manchester and Edinburgh has suspended 300 of its winter flights with disruption expected until next year.
• Should bikes be allowed on trams?Edinburgh currently allows cyclists to take their bikes on trams

The York Press

• 'Can MP bring First York to table to save 11 bus service?''Can MP bring First York to table to save 11 bus service?' - letter

Yorkshire Post

• Government hub plan 'boosts York's case for Great British Railways HQ'Progress on plans to put new offices for 3,000 Government workers at the heart of the long-awaited York Central redevelopment scheme bolsters the city’s case to be the new home of Great British Railways, council leader Keith Aspden has suggested.

Cambridge News

• Levelling Up Fund bid of £48m for Peterborough redevelopment sent to governmentA Levelling Up Fund bid for around £48million for the first phase of redevelopment of the area around Peterborough Train Station – known as Station Quarter – has been submitted by the Combined Authority to the Government this month. Peterborough City Council and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) collaborated on the bid for the Peterborough Station Enhancements and Connectivity Project earlier this month.

Other Regional Press

• Tyne Valley Community Rail praised by Rail MinisterMP and Rail Minister are pleased with the investment works 'near completion' at a 'redundant' train station.
• More rail cuts coming down the line thanks to Tory TreasuryFunding formula for the country’s biggest railway operator represents  ’levelling down’ for London, according to a member of one of the largest passenger user groups
• Calls are made for improvements to Colchester's bus stationVISITORS to Colchester are being transported to “the most unwelcoming street in town”, according to a fed-up councillor.
• Southend Pier trains out of action with no answers on when they will be workingTHE absence of Southend’s new electric pier trains has been labelled an “embarrassment” for the city as the wait to see them return goes on.
• Oxford train station expansion link to Cowley Branch LineA MULTI-MILLION pound investment into expanding Oxford rail station could see the reopening of the Cowley Branch Line.
• A MURAL bearing the name Wareham on the side of the pedestrian rail bridge at the town rail station is to remain although not liked by everybody.

New Civil Engineer

• Emergency TfL board meeting to decide on £3.6bn capital funding settlement from DfTTransport for London’s (TfL) board will hold an emergency meeting today (30 August) at 12pm to discuss the final proposal from the Department for Transport (DfT) on a 20-month, £3.6bn settlement for capital funding.

Rail Advent

• Cumbrian railway station platforms to be extendedTo accommodate longer trains, platforms at five railway stations in Cumbria are to be extended in a £9.5m investment.

Other News Sources

• Craig Hoy MSP column: Concerns over X5 bus serviceLAST week, ScotRail announced a temporary timetable due to industrial action by Network Rail members of the RMT union.
• Network Rail completes upgrade work to key Elizabeth line stationRomford station has been given an internal upgrade and refurbishment, including an improved entrance hall, ticket office and lift access to Elizabeth line platforms.
• New Sunday bus service between Kimberley and Hucknall to start in OctoberA new Sunday service between Kimberley and Hucknall is one of the new changes being made to services by bus operator Trentbarton this autumn.
• South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay: PM, Manston, buses and energy capWe live through the last week of the Johnson administration with a new leader of the Conservative Party, and therefore Prime Minister, to be announced within days.
• US airline complaints up 270 per cent on pre-pandemic levelsThe US Department of Transportation (DOT) has published its latest Air Travel Consumer Report, showing a sharp increase in consumer complaints.