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Tuesday, 06 September 2022

BBC News

• TransPennine: Under-pressure rail firm to run reduced timetableStaff sickness and a backlog in training are blamed for cuts to TransPennine Express services.
• Capped £2 bus fares introduced early in Greater ManchesterCheaper bus fares in Greater Manchester are brought in a year early due to the rising cost of living.
• Dumped e-bikes causing accidents for blind peopleVisually impaired people are put off visiting central London due to abandoned bikes, a charity warns.
• TransPennine: Under-pressure rail firm to run reduced timetableStaff sickness and a backlog in training are blamed for cuts to TransPennine Express services.

Financial Times

• Second UK train operator to cut services amid staff shortagesTranspennine Express move will pile pressure on rail industry and north of country after summer of disruption

Birmingham Post

• New HS2 Interchange station will bring in 1,000 jobs, says West Midlands MayorAndy Street has praised the job-creating prospects of new station which is one of four new sites being built for phase one of HS2

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Northern Powerhouse Rail pledge must be delivered, Truss toldNEW Prime Minister Liz Truss has been urged to deliver on her commitment to
• Consultation on cycleway that will link city centre to West of Bradford beginsPEOPLE have been invited to comment on plans for a multimillion-pound cycleway from Bradford city centre to the West of the city.

Bristol Live

• Bristol's buses face 'toxic mix of challenges' as public meeting planned to discuss crisis"I understand local people are feeling frustrated and disheartened"
• Cyclists to take part in mass ride for safer routes through the cityThe family event looks set to attract hundreds of two-wheeled protestors

Derby Telegraph

• Success for people power as Peak District rail link to Nottingham reinstatedA cancelled railway link taking visitors to and from a Peak District beauty spot has been reinstated after ten thousand people signed a petition demanding its return. The route between Matlock and Nottingham was one of 43 services to be axed last year by East Midlands Railway (EMR), with hourly services running between Matlock and Derby instead.

Liverpool Echo

• Northern Rail offering free tickets to 1,000 passengersThe operator, which runs many services across the region- including trains from Liverpool to Manchester, is planning to reward 1,000 people by covering the cost of their commute. Anyone who buys a daily, weekly or annual season ticket during September or October will be entered into a draw, from which 500 people a month will win back the cost of their ticket - up to the value of £100.

Manchester Evening News

• Transpennine Express to cut services from Manchester due to staff shortages in yet another blow to rail industryThe rail provider said temporary changes had to be made following 'a range of issues' including 'sustained high levels of sickness'

The York Press

• Bring new rail HQ to York, PM Liz Truss urgedLiz Truss should bring the HQ of new rail body Great British Railways to York as part of a renewed commitment to levelling up, council leader Keith Aspden says.

Yorkshire Post

• Transport unions don't want to strike but we've been left no option - Manuel Cortes, TSSAMonths ago I warned that we were facing a summer of discontent with strikes across our railways and that has come to pass – with no resolution in sight.

Cambridge News

• Cambridge congestion charge could ‘split community in two’ - What Cambridgeshire MPs say about proposalWhile concerns over Greater Cambridge Partnership's potential congestion charge were raised, there was support for improvements to public transport

Hull Daily Mail

• Network Rail announce refurbishment plans for 'rotting' Beverley Station footbridgeBeverley station’s 130-year-old Grade II-listed footbridge will close this week to keep station users, train drivers and passengers safe, before being sympathetically refurbished next year.

Other Regional Press

• Council pledges more cash for access study at Thurston railway stationA study into safer and more convenient access at a Suffolk railway station has been given more cash, despite Network Rail failing to complete the initial study within the two-year time limit.
• Major Gloucestershire rail route reopens as £25m landslides project continuesA major rail route between Gloucestershire and south Wales has reopened after a seven-week closure caused by repeated landslides. High above the tracks between Lydney and Gloucester, a multi-million-pound project is underway to protect the future of the railway and make passengers’ journeys more reliable.
• Cleethorpes MP shows state of local transport to ministerLincoln MP Karl McCartney joined Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers to see the state of transport links to North East Lincolnshire

Train Operators

• Ely becomes first Greater Anglia rail station to have Changing Places accessible toilet facilityEly rail station is now more accessible following the completion of redevelopment work. Greater Anglia has spent £1.7 million to reconfigure and upgrade the station buildings on platform 1 to create an improved layout and better facilities for passengers.

New Civil Engineer

• Transport is now just ’years away’ from the ’age of hyperloop’The "age of hyperloop" is just "years away", according to Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) chief marketing officer Robert Miller.
• What could Liz Truss as prime minister mean for infrastructure?During the extensive campaign process, Truss made some pledges for infrastructure while promising to boost the country’s economy, which should benefit the construction sector.

Rail Business Daily

• RIA urges new PM to adopt six-point plan for the future of UK railThe Railway Industry Association (RIA) has set out six key priorities for the future of rail, which it is urging new Prime Minister Liz Truss to adopt.

Other News Sources

• RIA urges new PM to adopt six-point plan for the future of UK railThe Railway Industry Association (RIA) has today set out six key priorities for the future of rail, which it is urging new Prime Minister Liz Truss to adopt. Taken together, these priorities would boost economic growth and levelling up, create jobs and facilitate the UK’s journey towards Net Zero.
• Changes to Southern rail timetables come into forceCOMMUTERS could face some disruption to their regular commute after a series of timetable changes.