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Wednesday, 19 April 2023

BBC News

• Bus operators agree to take on threatened Cheshire servicesRoutes which were at risk due to the closure of two Arriva depots will now continue, a council says.
• London Overground: Design work for West London Orbital route beginsTfL hopes the service will begin running in the 2030s although the scheme is currently unfunded.
• Mayor urged to help businesses swap from diesel vans to cargo bikesSadiq Khan needs to help businesses make the swap from diesel vans to cargo bikes, a report says.

ITV News

• HS2 Euston re-development suffers further setbackThe multi-billion-pound redevelopment of Euston as part of HS2 has suffered another major setback.

Financial Times

• Buoyant European airlines shrug off economic gloom Pent-up demand and excess savings after pandemic push travel to top of consumer spending list despite high prices

Times Online

• EasyJet approaches a profitable path. [subscription]Not for nothing are airlines an up and down business. No one knows that better than Johan Lundgren, the easyJet boss.
• Most drivers want hard shoulders back on smart motorways. [subscription]More than half of motorists want the hard shoulder to be retrofitted on smart motorways, new research found.

City AM

• Transport for London warns of huge crowds on Coronation weekend – and here’s what they’re doing about itService providers such as Transport for London which operates the tube and bus network in the Capital have warned of huge central London crowds between 6 and 8 May over the bank holiday weekend.
• HS2’s £1.2 billion Euston project pause confirmed, but length of delay unclear A delay on constructing a 7.2km HS2 tunnel to Euston until 2024 has been confirmed, with the project’s final shape remaining unclear. Both the DfT and HS2 did not disclose how long the delay would be for, when approached by City AM. The government has delayed the development between Euston and Old Oak Common due [...] The post HS2’s £1.2 billion Euston project pause confirmed, but length of delay unclear appeared first on CityAM.

Birmingham Post

• Ferries between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to receive £42m of private funding New passenger and freight vessels could be introduced by March 2026

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Arriva apologise after timetable blunder led hundreds to believe service was being cutOver 800 people signed a petition to save the service which Arriva claim wasn't being cut

Other Regional Press

• Wrexham General Station gets makeover with new plantingVOLUNTEERS were full steam ahead as they took part in a greenfingered event at Wrexham General Railway Station.
• Residents show support for campaign to reopen Cove Bay and Newtonhill stationsCampaigners have sought to bring train stations back to Cove Bay and Newtonhill since their closures in the 1950s as part of a wave of transport upgrade proposals across the north-east
• HS2 route crosses 'areas of known geohazard' says expertA MINING geologist says Cheshire's underground salt deposits pose a serious risk to HS2's future safety.

New Civil Engineer

• Ryde Pier rail restoration to allow line reopening by June but further work neededTrains between Ryde Pier Head and Ryde Esplanade stations will resume operation on 10 June Network Rail and South Western Railway have revealed in the latest update on the restoration project.
• Network Rail submits application for Old Oak compound siteNetwork Rail has submitted an application for a Transport Works Act Order (TWAO) to acquire land at Old Oak Common.

Rail Business Daily

• Jason Prince appointed new Director of Urban Transport GroupJason Prince has been appointed the new Director of the Urban Transport Group, the UK’s network of city region transport authorities.
• Encouraging sustainable transport and ridership in the UKAs Earth Day approaches this weekend, it is an appropriate time to reflect on how best to invest in our planet. The UK government has record plans for the transport network, with over £40 billion being invested in transformational transport schemes over the next two financial years.

Other News Sources

• UK, German help drive rise in National Express Q1 revenueTransport operator National Express reported a rise in first-quarter revenues driven by an improvement in UK buses and German rail.
• TfL to raid Home Counties passengers to make £40million extra per year as it plans to scrap Day TravelcardsIn the middle of a fierce battle with the Home Counties over the expansion of the ULEZ right up to their boundary, Transport for London (TfL) is now set to hit commuters travelling into London with a price hike. The city's transport authority has today (April 18) announced plans to scrap Day Travelcards, including those which are added on to National Rail tickets for people travelling from outside the Oyster zone.
• Time taken to get consent for major schemes could be nearly halved, infrastructure group saysPlanning wrangles continuing to hold up building work of critical jobs, new report warns The National Infrastructure Commission has said a new data platform to share environmental information and ways of addressing the impact of proposed infrastructure projects will mean stronger protection for natural habitats and speed up schemes.
• IKEA focuses on rail transport to lower carbon emissionsFurniture retailer IKEA is working with partners on a project to deliver its products using a non-stop rail route in Europe covering a distance of around 2,000km.
• Bus shelters and flower beds were part of Blackburn BoulevardThis was the view which would have greeted you had you come out of Blackburn Station in 1982.