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Thursday, 01 February 2024

BBC News

• Thanet Parkway: Passenger numbers up 40% at new stationMonthly passenger numbers at a Kent rail station have increased 40% since it opened six months ago.
• North West to Midlands rail plan 'not HS2' say regional mayorsRegional mayors have said a plan with private partners to improve rail links between Birmingham and Manchester is not an attempt to revive HS2.
• Pay-as-you-go train tickets piloted at 90 stationsThe tap-in tap-out trial will start in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester next year.
• NI strikes: Bus and train workers strike again despite Stormont progressPublic transport faces major disruption on Thursday as bus and rail workers take further action over pay.
• Boeing chief admits 'serious challenge' aheadThe firm updates investors for the first time since the Alaska Airlines blowout.

Financial Times

• Boeing postpones annual guidance amid 737 Max crisisChief executive Dave Calhoun says plane maker's outsourcing may have gone too far

The Guardian

• EasyJet announces grans go free deal on holidays to EuropeOffer comes as research shows half of families in UK have never holidayed abroad with grandparents

The Telegraph

• Labour to renationalise train operators with no compensation. [subscription]Shadow transport secretary says Britain’s railways are ‘broken’ and party’s plan to fix them will ‘bring significant savings’

Times Online

• First car without a rear window coming to Britain’s roads. [subscription]A car manufacturer promises drivers a far greater field of vision by replacing the rear-view mirror with a video feed said to be particularly effective at night

City AM

• Off-peak Fridays sound fun, but Londoners will end up footing the bill The mayor's reckless promise of lower fare Fridays is a sign of more disingenuous election politicking to come, writes John Oxley

Birmingham Post

• Shortlisted bidders vie for HS2 people mover contractTwo companies are hoping to win brief worth up £269 million to help build and maintain the automated people mover in Solihull
• Hospitality sector warns over hit of up to £350m from latest rail strikesNight Time Industries Association fears 'significant repercussions' from Aslef action - union says train companies must negotiate

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Disused Wortley Curve rail link sold at auction for £47,000The line connected the Wakefield to Leeds line to the Bradford to Leeds line, but was closed in 1985.
• Area around new station could be King's Cross of the NorthThe area around a new rail station in Bradford could become

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Gwynedd bus users feared 'life-changing disruption' with new timetablePlans to scrap an early-morning service would have left commuters and students stranded and 'lives ruined', they claimed
• Wales' 20mph default speed limit is blamed for village being axed from bus route There are fears the elderly and others will be stranded

Edinburgh Evening News

• If only we had more trams... - John McLellanNo surprise that some dog walkers and cyclists have taken to social media in outrage at the plan to run the Granton tram line along the Roseburn pathway, the old railway trackbed identified as the preferred route for over 20 years.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• How travelling by train will become easier with new ticketing systemHow travelling by train will become easier with new ticketing system

Bucks Free Press

• ‘Significant damage’ to roads during building of new railway“Significant damage and defectsâ€� have been caused to Bucks roads and verges from HGV traffic during the construction of a new railway line.

Other Regional Press

• Oxfordshire town may get relief road with roundaboutsThe Oxfordshire town of Watlington may get a new relief road with roundabouts and crossings to prevent people from travelling through the
• Council look to reverse ‘dog’s breakfast’ traffic projectKent’s transport chief has branded a new traffic scheme in Herne Bay a “dog’s breakfastâ€� and pledged to explore how it can be reversed.

New Civil Engineer

• Andy Burnham calls for devolution in transport ‘at every level’All public transport should be devolved and trying to run it all top down “hasn’t worked” according to Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

Other News Sources

• Labour will outline plans to nationalise the rail network in weeks, claims shadow transport secretaryLabour will set out its plans to nationalise the rail network in the next few weeks, the party’s Shadow Transport Secretary has revealed.
• New rail service between Ebbw Vale and Newport to run for the first time in 60 yearsRegular rail services between Ebbw Vale and Newport will run for the first time in more than 60 years thanks to a £70m Welsh Government investment.