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Monday, 12 June 2023

BBC News

• Calls for transport revamp in area with slowest roadsA local body has called for help in revamping transport systems in an area with three of the country's slowest roads.
• Plans released for peak time only bus lanes in HullPlans have been released on how Hull's controversial bus lanes would operate at peak time only.
• TransPennine cancellations causing Chester-le-Street 'chaos'Cancellations are causing "chaos" for passengers at a North East railway station, it has been claimed. Only two out of 18 planned TransPennine Express services stopped at Chester-le-Street, in County Durham, on Thursday with all others ditched overnight by the operator.

Financial Times

• US air taxi chief says European regulation ‘not good for business’Archer Aviation’s boss says new EU standard risks shutting down electric aircraft market

The Independent

• Hundreds of rail fares almost halve overnight as ’single-leg pricing’ takes effectBetween Durham and London, until today the super off-peak single cost £163 – with a return priced at only £1 more

The Scotsman

• Ferries scandal Scotland: Businesses would only receive £1,300 in compensation if taken from CalMac fines this year, new figures showScottish Conservatives said the sum is “a fraction” of what island businesses have lost as a result of ferry cancellations and delays.

Wales Online

• Electric bikes should have number plates and insurance, say MPsChildren are allowed to ride them from the age of 14

Wrexham.com

• Calls for Merseyrail trains to operate on Wrexham to Bidston lineA transport commission set up by the Welsh Government has recommended the use of new Merseyrail trains on the Wrexham to Bidston Line. ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​ ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

Kent Online

• Ashford residents call for Eurostar trains to be brought back to stop town centre declineFed-up residents say their town has “lost its vibrancy”, investment has plummeted and the high street has declined ever since international rail links were ripped away during the pandemic.

Other Regional Press

• Doncaster Council gets £3.1 million to help it buy Doncaster Sheffield AirportThe money has been given to Doncaster Council by the South Yorkshire Combined Authority
• East Lancs Railway joins nationwide campaign 'Love Your Railway’Heritage railways across the country, including the East Lancashire Railway, are joining forces again this summer to raise awareness of their importance as a unique tourism destination, educating and telling the story of Britain’s railways whilst also providing local jobs and volunteer community engagement.
• Neighbours' revolt after HS2 wants to send 42 HGVs-a-day down their streetNeighbours have won the latest stage of their David and Goliath fight against HS2 - after blocking up to 42 HGVs-a-day using their street. HS2 had wanted to use Pirehill Lane as a haul road to transport loads to its Yarlet compound.
• Merseyrail night trains under consideration for Liverpool City RegionThe Liverpool City Region said it will ’monitor the possibility’ of more night trains going forward after the success of the extra service during Eurovision.

Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast

• Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar, Episode 19Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker discuss how the tragic and very serious accident in Odisha should not be used to reinforce obsolete tropes about safety on Indian Railways [00:00]; Christian then returns to the subject of calls for graduated driving licences for young people in the UK by interviewing two trustees of the Under 17 Car Club which strives to enhance the skills and competences of young drivers from the outset [07:42] before reflecting on the transport infrastructure legacy of former Prime Minister (and now former MP) Boris Johnson [35:39].

New Civil Engineer

• Infrastructure inflation revealed to be ’more than double’ that seen in the building sectorNew construction market analysis has revealed that inflation in the infrastructure sector is currently sitting at "more than double" than the increased costs associated with building.
• Devon County Council seeks funding to restore another section of abandoned Dartmoor Line railwayLong term plans to reinstate the whole of the Dartmoor Line in Devon are coming closer to reality as Devon County Council await a decision on an outline business case to reinstate another 8km section of abandoned track.

Rail Advent

• Transport Disparity: Inner and Outer London’s Public Transport DivideA recent study released by the Centre for London on June 6th uncovered striking differences in transportation patterns between Inner and Outer London.

Rail Business Daily

• Rail Minister launches Rail Day, the first day of Better Transport Week at King’s Cross Railway StationRail Minister Huw Merriman is officially launching Rail Day, the first day of Better Transport Week, at King’s Cross Station in London today (12 June).

Railnews

• Rail minister launches Better Transport WeekRail minister Huw Merriman is launching Rail Day at King’s Cross station in London this morning.

Other News Sources

• Better Transport Week launched in WalesToday is the start of Better Transport Week – a week-long celebration of sustainable transport focusing on different transport themes each day.
• New cycling and walking route gets green lightFUNDING has been agreed for the first stage of a new walking and cycling route between Newton Abbot and Ogwell.
• HS2 has ’sucked life’ out of West Midlands, says councillorA West Midlands councill condemned the repeated delays and high cost of the West Midlands tram network development
• The Essex train station so small that it can't fit ticket barriersAn Essex train station is so tiny that it can't even fit ticket barriers and people have to 'tap in'. Our county is full of train stations, including those that are served by the underground.
• Campaigners aim to get Deeping St Nicholas rail link re-opened – and find new use for station buildingPlans to get a village rail link back on track and breathe new life into its former station building are ’within sight’, campaigners hope.
• Stroud MP Siobhan Baillie on rail strikesThere were rail strikes again last week and I have been surprised how little people are reacting to having disrupted travel.
• Station plans to go on showNEW improvement plans for Dumfries train station will be on display at the Cairndale Hotel next week.