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Monday, 21 November 2022

BBC News

• Cars dumped in West Midlands canals leave charity with £30k billThree vehicles have been found in a week which is
• BBC video diary on linked up Elizabeth LineOur reporter records the commute from Whitechapel to Reading Station on the newly-connected service.

Financial Times

• Northern England hit hardest by decline in UK rail services Driver shortages, industrial unrest and infrastructure problems leave travellers stuck

The Guardian

• Train cancellations in Great Britain hit highest level on recordFigures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) show that the proportion of cancelled services has more than doubled since 2015, rising to one in 26 of all train journeys being disrupted in the year to 15 October, the latest date for which figures are available.

Times Online

• Carbon tracker: how much are countries doing to reduce emissions? [subscription]The world has a new curve to flatten. To prevent the worst possible climate disasters, the world has less than eight years to halve fossil fuel carbon emissions if it is to stay below 1.5C and 28 years to reduce them almost completely if it is to reach net zero by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement.
• Trains off track with most cancellations ever, figures show. [subscription]Rail cancellations have reached their highest level on record, with figures showing that the proportion of cancelled services has more than doubled since 2015.

Daily Record

• Lanarkshire train station to be more disabled-friendly as works confirmed for step-free accessThe disabled access improvements at Carstairs railway station are expected to be completed by next summer.

Mail Online

• Extra cost of diesel compared to petrol soars to new high of nearly 25p per litreThe extra cost of diesel compared to petrol has reached a new high of nearly 25p per litre, latest Government figures show,

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• All-electric train operator based in Newcastle welcomes its one-millionth passengerLumo launched in October 2021 and now runs ten services every day, but its boss says they are not currently looking to expand away from its London to Edinburgh service

Carlisle News & Star

• ScotRail’s half price student offer returns this ChristmasScotRail has confirmed its half price offer for Scottish students will return this Christmas. 

Peterborough Telegraph

• Passengers warned of disruption on railways from Peterborough in new year“We are sorry for the disruption that this will cause passengers, and I urge people to plan ahead and check before you travel”.

Other Regional Press

• Welsh bus company go into England to rescue Stagecoach passengers stranded by Gloucestershire cutsA Welsh bus company is sending coaches to England to rescue passengers left stranded by Stagecoach’s decision to pull some services across Gloucestershire. From Monday (November 21) Newport Bus coaches will travel over the border into the Forest of Dean.
• With the Radstock railway plans in the sidings - there IS a local rail line re-opening moving aheadPlans to re-open a branch line from Radstock over to Frome and therefore linked to London - hit the buffers back in 2021.
• I gave up my car after 31 years - could I last a week?We're constantly being told to ditch our cars and use public transport instead - but is that really feasible for people living in Kent?

Construction Enquirer

• Five win £40m Network Rail decarbonisation dealNetwork Rail has appointed five partner firms to deliver a decarbonisation/ energy efficiency programme across a range of built assets.

New Civil Engineer

• East Midlands railway line to reopen following repairs to damaged Rutland bridgePassenger services between Leicester and Peterborough will resume this week after Network Rail engineers carried out emergency repairs to a bridge in Ketton, Rutland.
• London councils unite efforts to finally deliver Diamond Jubilee BridgeThree London borough councils are “coordinating efforts” to finally deliver the long-awaited Cremorne Bridge.
• Transport for Wales bridge renewal budget to more than triple next yearTransport for Wales (TfW) will spend three times more on the design and construction of existing bridges over the next financial year compared to the current one, figures obtained by NCE via a Freedom of Information (FOI) request have revealed.

Railway Gazette

• AI to improve Transpennine Route Upgrade project schedulingUK: The Transpennine Route Upgrade programme is using data-driven forecasting and risk management software from nPlan to reduce the optimism, recency and salience biases in its project schedule forecasts.

Other News Sources

• Ralph Hosier officially opens college electric car training facilityRalph Hosier, presenter of the TV series Supercar Megabuild and Scrapyard Supercar officially opened a new electric car training facility.

News from Europe

• Night train connecting Amsterdam and Prague could launch next SpringDespite months of delay, the night train from Amsterdam to Prague is expected to launch in spring 2023, European Sleeper hopes. However, there are still some hurdles to overcome before the big start.