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Monday, 16 October 2023

BBC News

• Stoke-on-Trent council wants clarity on HS2 transport investmentCouncil leaders in Staffordshire are calling for clarity on regional investment from the axed HS2 leg.
• Derbyshire bus service campaigners demand funding boostCampaigners in Derbyshire are calling for a regular, reliable, affordable, zero-emission bus services in every village and town in the county.
• Derbyshire bus service campaigners demand funding boostCampaigners in Derbyshire are calling for a regular, reliable, affordable, zero-emission bus services in every village and town in the county.
• Luton Airport fire cars 'unlikely to be salvageable'Emergency services have now handed back control of the multi-storey car park to the airport.
• Electric cars drive UK MG sales to more than £1bnThe car maker, owned by a Chinese state-controlled company, says it is in a

Financial Times

• Flying is getting better and also harderNew technology is easing years of travel tedium just as flight shaming enters a new phase
• Pilot project: airline captain turns entrepreneurA demanding executive MBA after cancer treatment inspired a virtual reality training start-up
• Shipping industry concern mounts over bullying and sexual harassment Danish government is latest authority to warn that incidents have reached ‘unacceptable’ levels

The Guardian

• Up to 1,500 cars in Luton airport fire ‘unlikely to be salvageable’Airport says it is working with insurers to see if any personal items can be saved from destroyed vehiclesLuton airport has said it is unlikely that any vehicles will be salvageable after a huge fire that caused a car park to collapse.Bedfordshire fire and rescue service has received a report about the blaze on level three of the airport’s terminal car park on Tuesday. Continue reading...
• SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study findsExclusive: UK climate campaign group Possible calls for ‘polluter pays’ tax based on vehicle sizeThe increasing popularity of ultra-heavy SUVs in England means a conventional-engined car bought in 2013 will, on average, have lower carbon emissions than one bought new today, new research has found.The study by the climate campaign group Possible said there was a strong correlation between income and owning a large SUV, which meant there was a sound argument for “polluter pays” taxes for vehicle emissions based on size. Continue reading...
• Points failure at London Euston causes hours-long delays for rail travellersNetwork Rail cautions passengers to check services as it reopens lines to and from station after disruptionRail passengers endured hours of delays on trains to and from Euston station in London after a points failure on Sunday.Network Rail warned passengers at Euston to expect “major disruption” as all trains were suspended from about 10.40am to 1pm at the earliest. Continue reading...

Birmingham Post

• Designs for five new stations on the South Wales mainline revealedThe public is being asked to have their say on the stations, which could cost as much as £300m

Bristol Live

• Images show what Temple Meads will look like after £95m Temple Quarter transformationWork has now started on one of the three new entrances to the station

Manchester Evening News

• The space-age Metrolink stop that cost £36m to build but stood empty for seven yearsWith its swooping copper-clad roof, Central Park became an instant landmark when it was built in 2005 - the only problem was it didn't have a tramline

Wales Online

• How five new railway stations for Wales could lookThe hope is the new stations will offer relief to the M4 Transport for Wales has revealed how five new railway stations in Wales could look. A public consultation has been launched today encouraging people to give their say on the designs for stations proposed for Cardiff East, Newport West, Somerton, Llanwen and Magor and Undy.

Kent Online

• Kings Ferry depot in Gillingham to be closed by National Express Transport Solutions along with Clarkes of London depot at Sydenham, LondonA coach company has announced it is closing a Kent depot after 55 years of operation.

North Wales Live

• I was crammed onto a packed Merseyrail train but found one positiveMerseyrail continue to disappoint passengers with woeful week

Other Regional Press

• Cycle ban zone bid for Nuneaton town centre to help put an end to 'wheelie-ing kids' on bikes The police have asked the borough council to look into it

New Civil Engineer

• Network Rail slashes track renewals team with 269 redundanciesIn the lead up to Control Period 7 (CP7), April 2024-March 2029, Network Rail has cut more than 500 posts in its Track Renewal Service (TRS), with 269 employees having lost their jobs.
• Devon rubberstamps Transport Capital Programme for rail and road projects worth £154MA £154M transport programme aimed at revolutionising rail and road travel for the county of Devon has been greenlit by the council’s cabinet committee.
• Network Rail slashes track renewals team with 269 redundanciesIn the lead up to Control Period 7 (CP7), April 2024-March 2029, Network Rail has cut more than 500 posts in its Track Renewal Service (TRS), with 269 employees having lost their jobs.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Parksafe: The tech supporting coach and bus safetyWe speak to Parksafe’s Peter Oughton about how the company is using technologies such as AI and GPS to try to cut down on dangerous incidents – and what the future might hold in this area
• Coach and bus is changing – and its trade shows are moving with itVolumes, or returns? It is a question that has long challenged parts of the industry, and arguably spawned the cliché that involves turnover, vanity, profit and sanity
• Cambridge Universal service shows bus collaboration possibilitiesThe scope for long-term collaboration to deliver improved bus services has been highlighted by work between the University of Cambridge and bus operator Whippet, which via an eight-year contract has enabled the Ascendal Group subsidiary to upgrade its Universal route in the city.
• Operators’ mixed feelings over latest £2 bus fare cap extensionThis month’s HS2 announcement means more money for BFCG, but some operators are feeling forced into the scheme
• Euro Bus Expo: Industry supports biennial focus for UK showsEuro Bus Expo is set to be bigger and better next year as leading figures in an evolving industry back move

Other News Sources

• Exeter city centre is getting a new and quicker bus routeThe bus gate proposed in Exeter would establish a contraflow bus lane on the one-way section of New North Road between Waterstones and John Lewis
• First pictures of huge metal beam over M25 for new Wisley Interchange bridgeThe road works is a major project to make the interchange safer
• Brighton: Nearly nine in ten neighbourhoods exposed to dirty airNearly nine in ten neighbourhoods in Brighton and Hove are exposed to dangerously high air pollution, new analysis has found