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Tuesday, 04 April 2023

BBC News

• Charity calls for sight-loss friendly public transportA former Paralympic athlete from Leicestershire is calling for more to be done to help people with sight loss use public transport.
• A6 Londonderry-Dungiven road to open before Easter holidayWork on the upgrade of the Londonderry to Belfast road started in 2018 and has faced several delays.
• Bury road junction called confusing and dangerousA new cycle lane junction, where the A56 meets the A58 in Bury, is labelled a
• Tight finances will limit Night Tube - City HallAny plans to expand the service would be met with challenges, London's
• Soaring bus fares 'devastating' for passengersA ticket price rise of up to 15% comes after the Scottish government removed Covid recovery funding.
• Airport scraps 100ml liquid rule with new scannersPassengers at London City Airport can take two litres of liquids and electronics in their hand luggage.

ITV News

• East Kent railway stations set to benefit from £4.4 million improvement programmeSoutheastern and Network Rail have announced a £4.4 million package of improvements across the network, with East Kent stations set to benefit from improved customer access, information, and upgrades to station buildings.

Department for Transport

• Transport investment turbocharges UK’s net zero ambitions and economic growth in ScotlandGovernment commitment to develop new green technologies in Scotland will improve connectivity, create jobs and encourage people to walk and cycle.

Financial Times

• Ferry operators explore capping coach numbers at DoverDiscussion of rationing with port officials prompts furious response from transport companies

The Guardian

• ‘Much less stressful’: London City airport ends 100ml liquid ruleUpgraded scanners allow travellers to bring containers of up to 2 litres in hand luggageThere’s a litre of water plus big bottles of shampoo, sun lotion and mouthwash sloshing around next to the clothes and laptop in my green wheelie case, which has just disappeared into the mouth of the scanner at London City airport. I had even recklessly bunged in my makeup bag.After years of being conditioned to travel with micro toiletries, my heart is beating faster. I’m waiting for a klaxon to go off and my unholy trinity of family-size Pantene, Soltan and Listerine, plus assorted cosmetics, to be uncer...

Times Online

• Dover considers cap on number of coaches to cut queueing chaos. [subscription]A cap on the number of coaches travelling at peak times is among emergency measures being considered for the port of Dover in an attempt to avoid a repeat of last week’s chaos.
• Ministers were warned net zero schemes won’t work. [subscription]Key climate schemes trumpeted as part of the government’s net zero strategy are likely to fail, ministers were told before last week’s “green day” announcements.

Sky News

• Second UK airport drops 100ml liquids in hand luggage rulePassengers travelling through London City Airport will no longer have to limit their liquids to 100ml in their hand luggage as high-tech CT scanners have been introduced at security.

Bristol Live

• Stranded Bristol bus passengers report more than 100 ’ghost buses’ in last monthStranded passengers reported more than 100 cases of “ghost buses” in Bristol last month as part of a new citizen science project. Darren Jones, Labour MP for Bristol North West, is collecting evidence from constituents to test promises made by bus bosses on improving reliability.

London Evening Standard

• Give London’s 11 bus Unesco world heritage status, say Tory MPsTory MPs battling to save the 11 bus want to have it listed by Unesco in recognition of its “world heritage” status.

Nation. Cymru

• Planes, trains and automobiles:The big Welsh Government gridlock“Our transport system is one of the most important national assets we have. It connects people to one another, binds communities together and enables businesses to grow and expand.” Delyth Jewell MS, Plaid Cymru spokesperson for transports

Yorkshire Post

• Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Majority of South Yorkshire business community 'support Compulsory Purchase Order to buy site'South Yorkshire’s three Chambers of Commerce have welcomed the recent report detailing plans to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Other Regional Press

• MP urges Rail Minister Huw Merriman to back Baschurch stationNORTH SHROPSHIRE MP calls for Rail Minister to get Baschurch Station plans ’on track’, after meeting about the best way to move the project forward.
• Talks are ongoing for Wrexham to Liverpool direct trainsTalks to establish regular direct trains between Wrexham and Liverpool are ongoing, according to a North Wales MS.
• Watford MP wants legal changes for bus route alterationsBus companies should be legally required to consult passengers before routes are changed, a Conservative MP has said.
• £2 government bus fare cap on routes across Teesside extended to June, including to WhitbyGet Around for £2 now runs until summer

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Longer-term bus support debated in ParliamentThe government will analyse how it supports the bus industry beyond the end of the Bus Recovery Grant (BRG) in England on 30 June, Under-Secretary of State for Transport Baroness Vere told the House of Lords last Thursday.

Other News Sources

• Network Rail acquires Crewe site for new depotNetwork Rail has acquired Crewe Truck Stop on Cowley Way for a new depot in a deal brokered by property consultancy Legat Owen.
• Cambridge Connect: ’Buses can’t solve city’s transport challenge alone but a phased light rail system is affordable’Independent campaign group Cambridge Connect has unveiled its proposals for a phased introduction of light rail to get the city moving.
• Blackburn transport row school sorts new bus - at £100 a monthA LANCASHIRE school at the centre of a transport to Blackburn dispute has secured a replacement bus for some of its pupils living in the town