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Monday, 06 May 2024

BBC News

• Victoria Station: Families' safety plea as third woman hit by busThe families of two women killed at a central London bus station have called for change after another woman was seriously injured.
• Transport festival cancelled over funding shortfallA popular transport festival has been cancelled due to a shortage of volunteers and funding, its chairman said.
• Eurotunnel says no queues with new travel systemThe firm's boss says extra lanes and technology means changes starting in October will go smoothly.

Financial Times

• Wizz Air CEO: Crisis management became a constantWars, soaring oil prices and engine troubles have thrown European airline off course
• Eurotunnel operator offers to subsidise new cross-Channel rail servicesGetlink chief puts forward €50mn pot for companies considering launching rivals to Eurostar
• Investment in rail freight imperilled by government and Labour plansFreightliner boss says cargo operators must have robust rights to track access to ensure future growth

The Guardian

• Why Labour leapt on board with private open access train providersA direct train from London to Wrexham? The chance to whiz to Scotland for less than £50? Trains run by a firm specialising in a single route, competing to lure customers away from the expensive big operators? What’s not to like?
• Rail strikes restart as Aslef train drivers embark on new actionUnion to roll out 24-hour strikes across England's train operators for three days this week and six-day overtime ban from Monday. Rail passengers face a week of disruption as train drivers embark on another round of industrial action on Monday, despite tentative attempts by the industry to restart talks.

The Telegraph

• Why Britain has failed miserably to solve its potholes crisis – and how to fix it. [subscription]Despite the promise of billions of investment, the nation’s roads are crumbling... but new technology may offer a solution

Times Online

• Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary: Labour can’t be as bad as the current lot. [subscription]Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary is cautiously optimistic that Sir Keir Starmer and a Labour government could revive the fortunes of the UK economy as he says it is time to draw a line under recriminations about Brexit.
• CalMac ferries mired in LNG green credentials ’fiasco’Imports of liquid natural gas from Qatar by sea and road followed by projected delays in quayside fuelling lead to further criticism of much-maligned project

City AM

• How to get UK space SMEs beyond the final investment frontier The UK has 2000 space SMEs but few have managed to scale. With the right incentives and regulatory environment the industry can go interstellar, says Andrew Turner Shipping in the 1700s, cars in the 1800s and aviation in the 1900s throughout history London has been the global hub for financing era-defining technology.

Mail Online

• Furious passengers berate Chiltern Railways as it asks them not to travel at all after reeling out FOUR excuses for diabolical Sunday servicesFurious passengers have berated Chiltern Railways after the company told passengers not to travel at all today after reeling out four excuses for its diabolical Sunday services.

Birmingham Mail

• How much M6 Toll fee has increased over 4 years as drivers left £1,056 out of pocketA single Class 2 entry (car) on the M6 Toll, from north to south, now costs £8.90 - a rise of £2.20 since 2020

Other Regional Press

• Neil Bibby MSP urges public to have say on bus franchisingTHE bus market in Scotland has been broken and unfit for purpose for some time.
• Macclesfield: New local bus users group set up to amplify the passenger voiceWith buses being the most used form of public transport nationally, Macclesfield is sadly lacking in quality of services - a view expressed almost every day by disgruntled passengers.
• SPT £1 million funding for community transport groupsCoalfield Community Transport and South Ayrshire Community Transport are set to receive a share of £1million of funding going towards 18 companies.
• GWR train named after Princess Anne at London PaddingtonGreat Western Railway has named a train after Princess Anne in recognition of her support for more than 300 charities, organisations and military regiments.

Other News Sources

• A third of Britons support railway workers taking strike action - IpsosAhead of upcoming disruption, a third of Britons support railway workers taking strike action while over half support Labour’s policy to renationalise passenger rail, according to Ipsos polling.
• Chris Edmonston appointed as the CEO of SaferBoaterChris Edmonston is joining SaferBoater as CEO, spearheading the My New Boat program, and contributing his skills, experience, and knowledge to help grow the program.