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Thursday, 22 September 2022

BBC News

• Arriva London bus drivers to take continuous strike actionArriva workers who are Unite members reject an 11.2% pay rise and will go on continuous strike.

ITV News

• One in five Northerners at risk of transport-related social exclusionMillions of people in the North are at risk of social exclusion due to "poorly connected" transport infrastructure, it has been claimed.

Financial Times

• The airline industry is in trouble. Is bottomless caviar the answer? Lobster thermidor, Michelin star chefs and recipes that come with NDAs: inside the test kitchens of the world’s most experimental airlines

The Guardian

• Over 3m people in north of England ˜face social exclusion due to poor transportFifth of region's population prevented from taking part in opportunities and communities around them, research finds. More than 3 million people in the north of England are at risk of social exclusion as a result of poor transport services, research has found. A fifth of people living in northern England are prevented from participating in the opportunities and communities around them because of poor mobility and connectivity, according to the report by the devolved government agency Transport for the North (TfN).

The Telegraph

• New Transport Secretary to meet union bosses in olive branch after months of rail strikes [subscription]Liz Truss’s new Transport Secretary has begun peace talks with rail union chiefs in the hope of breaking the deadlock following months of industrial unrest.
• New Transport Secretary to meet union bosses in olive branch after months of rail strikes [subscription]Liz Truss’s new Transport Secretary has begun peace talks with rail union chiefs in the hope of breaking the deadlock following months of industrial unrest.

Times Online

• Go to work, Liz Truss tells rail strikers [subscription]Striking rail workers should “get back to work”, Liz Truss has said. The prime minister denounced the wave of strikes over pay and working conditions as she prepared laws to curb industrial action. She said during a trip to the UN general assembly in New York that she was “committed to bringing in legislation for minimum service levels on rail as soon as possible”.

City AM

• Third day of rail disruption at Paddington as cable issues persistRail disruption at Paddington has continued today as engineers tackle the cable damage that prevented thousands from attending the Queen’s funeral on Monday.

The Mirror

• Liz Truss lashes out at rail strikes disrupting Tory conference - 'get back to work'Train drivers at 12 operators will walk out over pay on Saturday, October 1 and Wednesday, October 5, the Aslef union announced. The Prime Minister hit out while travelling in New York

Sky News

• Worst performing rail operator revealed as reliability hits new lowAvanti West Coast was identified as the worst individual operator, with other poor performers including London North Eastern Railway, East Midlands Railways, and Grand Central.
• London transport chief Byford quits after securing long-term funding dealAndy Byford, who took the helm at TfL in June 2020, is to step down later this year after steering it through the worst crisis in its history

Birmingham Post

• Zero emissions vessel concept for wind farm industry unveiled by long-term operatorTidal Transit has provided crew transfer vessels to developers and support companies in Grimsby for a decade

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Northern refuses to move InPost lockers at Baildon stationNORTHERN has said it will not remove an InPost locker at Baildon railway station, despite complaints from local groups.
• Bricks thrown at trains and prams on tracks at Bradford stationsNORTHERN trains suffered 70 dangerous attacks in the last year - including brick throwing incidents and prams being pushed onto tracks at Bradford district stations.

London Evening Standard

• TfL commissioner Andy Byford ’set to announce his resignation’It comes just weeks after Mr Byford helped deliver a funding package with the Department for Transport

Wales Online

• Ryanair confirms which routes it will run from Cardiff Airport through the winterThrough the winter it will continue to fly to Faro while also operating services to Dublin

Other Regional Press

• Clydebank transport: Disability access at town train stations branded 'woefully insufficient'DISABILITY access at train stations in Clydebank has been branded “woefully insufficient” as figures reveal fewer than a third of stations are fully accessible for disabled passengers.

New Civil Engineer

• Green light for £24M West Midlands stationThe £24M Dudley Interchange station has secured full planning permission from Dudley Council's planning committee.
• Transport infrastructure designers hail DfT’s social value guidanceTransport infrastructure developers will be required to follow new guidelines relating to social value when drawing up project proposals.
• Decision on National Highways’ £100M Norwich roundabout revamp delayedThe planning decision on the £100M revamp of the Thickthorn junction in Norwich has been postponed.

Rail Advent

• Class 43 locomotive successfully tested with in-cab signalling in LeicestershireThe East Coast Digital Programme has reached another milestone as Network Rail’s Class 43s, which form part of the New Measurement Train, have been successfully tested with digital in-cab signalling.

Rail Technology Magazine

• TfW to showcase new £800m train fleetTransport for Wales are set to unveil their modernised trains at the biennial InnoTrans trade fare in Berlin, with The FLIRT (Fast, Light, Intercity and Regional Train) tri-mode and CITYLINK trains set to revolutionise the Welsh rolling stock game.

Transportxtra

• West Midlands to get contactless fare capping systemA fare capping system is to be developed in the West Midlands to allow passengers to use credit and debit cards across a range of transport modes.

Other News Sources

• ’Trains of the future’: German rail operator plans huge modernisationGermany's national railway company, Deutsche Bahn, is launching a modernisation offensive and plans to invest more than €19 billion in new trains over the next few years.
• Thales’s digital rail solutions contribute to offer greener rides to passengersRailways can play a vital role in mitigating climate change while supporting the economy and connecting communities. Indeed, what makes railway so important, and so attractive, is that they can enable economic growth while being one of the high-volume modes of transportation
• UK transport secretary Trevelyan takes on shipping briefRobert Courts, who has lost his job as shipping minister, said it had been an honour to representing the UK's `truly world-leading aviation & maritime sectors'