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Saturday, 06 January 2024

BBC News

• Cost of transport hub surges by more than £70kThe budget for Hereford’s planned transport hub has surged by more than £70,000 because of “numerous delays”.
• Work to relocate Waterbeach railway station held upWork to relocate a station has been delayed, but those behind the project say they hope it will still be completed by next year.
• Tesla recalls more than 1.6 million cars in China over steering software issuesThe issues with assisted driving functions and door-locking systems will be fixed by remote updates.
• Tube strikes: London Underground walkouts to go aheadStrike action by London Underground workers will go ahead from Friday evening, union bosses say.

Financial Times

• Shipping blues get a hand from Red Sea disruptionRebel attacks on ships boost share prices
• Maersk reroutes Red Sea ships for foreseeable future as container rates shoot higherShipping company says security risk significantly elevated while economists warn of inflationary threat from disruption
• The growing threat of aircraft collisions on the groundAs airports get busier, Tokyo crash shows why many aviation experts believe it is safer to be in the air

Times Online

• Tube strike to hit London for a week after talks collapse. [subscription]Underground services will start to wind down on Sunday evening

City AM

• More Tube strikes coming? Another union to ballot London Underground staff The TSSA (Transport Salaried Staffs' Association), which says it is the biggest union for Transport for London workers, will put a vote to its members for industrial action, after rejecting a new pay offer.  

Network Rail

• Amended: Transpennine Route Upgrade wraps up Christmas and New Year upgradesTranspennine Route Upgrade successfully concludes Christmas and New Year Projects, paving the way for a greener, faster and more reliable railway.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Speed limits cut tackled pollution on five Welsh roads and another cause found A stretch of the A494 has a 50mph limit in place to help reduce nitrogen dioxide concentrations

Edinburgh Evening News

• Edinburgh councillor blasts Transport for Edinburgh bus tracker app as 'utterly unusable'The councillor has called for answers about ’ghost buses’ and persistent problems with the app.

Nation. Cymru

• David TC Davies says his local county council is planning congestion chargesWelsh Secretary David TC Davies has renewed his attack on his local county council’s transport plan, accusing it of planning to introduce congestion charges in four market towns.

The York Press

• 'Cross-party' talks to consider future of York's Dial and Ride buses'Cross-party' talks to consider future of York's Dial and Ride buses

Wales Online

• Architect of Swansea Bay Metro rail project fears it will never happenProfessor Mark Barry says for the much needed scheme to happen rail needs to be devolved from Westminster to Wales.
• Developers behind Cardiff Parkway plans disappointed with project delays as planning hearing is reopened The hearing will take place on January 16

Bucks Free Press

• Walking, cycling and wheelchairs in new Wycombe planWalking, cycling and wheelchair use has been put at the centre of a new transport plan for High Wycombe.

Other Regional Press

• Train in vain: what does a future without HS2 look like?On 'Network North'; a brand new station for Liverpool and turbocharging Merseyrail on the cheap
• Final spacious £100m c2c trains set to enter service in 2024THE LAST of c2c’s new £100million fleet of trains will officially hit the tracks across south Essex this summer, bosses have revealed.
• Petition to bring West Yorkshire buses under public control signed by more than 12,000 peopleCampaigners took a giant banner filled with signatures to five major bus stations

Aviation Industry

• Encouraging Public Transport Use: London Gatwick Airport Raises Drop-Off Charges By 20%The airport argued that the new charges could encourage the use of public transportation.

Other News Sources

• The impressive changes Beaulieu Park Station has made in the past 12 monthsThe land has undergone quite impressive changes in around 12 months
• The impressive changes Beaulieu Park Station has made in the past 12 monthsThe land has undergone quite impressive changes in around 12 months
• Why modern train travel makes you long for a carPrior decides its better to travel by car and thinks the train ticketing system leaves you feeling foolish
• Views sought on Golborne station reopening The scheme would address one of Greater Manchester’s public transport blackspots and reduce journey times from the Wigan town into Manchester city centre by up to 30 minutes.
• What causes road rage between cyclists and drivers? We asked a transport historianWe’ve all heard it. Cyclists are ’a nuisance’ and should clear the road ’for those of us who pay road tax...' But where does this attitude come from?