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Tuesday, 21 May 2024

BBC News

• Preston drivers warned as new bus gate opens in cityA new bus gate in a city centre has started operating with drivers warned to obey the changed layout.
• Virtual reality to show plan for £100m rail stationRail passengers will get chance to see what a planned £100m railway station could look like using virtual reality.
• LEZ: Dundee businesses 'don't have anything to fear' The scheme aims to cut emissions and pollution in the city centre by stopping some vehicles from entering.
• Diplomats owe more than £143m in London congestion chargesThe US Embassy owes £14m while Togo owes £40, figures from Transport for London reveal.
• Ryanair sees rises in air fares easing over summerAirline profits rise despite fuel costs as it warns deliveries of Boeing jets could be further delayed
• BMW and Jaguar used banned China parts - US probeThe car makers used parts made by a supplier banned over alleged links to Chinese forced labour.

Financial Times

• European airlines signal surge in ticket prices is near peakRyanair says ticket prices will either be flat or modestly higher this summer than 2023

Times Online

• Self-driving cars ’will be on British roads by 2026’. [subscription]The Automated Vehicles Act paves the way for driverless cars in the hope that letting AI take the wheel will improve safety — though “robotaxis” are still years away
• Times letters: Rogue cyclists and improving road safety. [subscription]Sir, Edward Lucas may be right to condemn the behaviour of aggressive cyclists

City AM

• New images of how £100m Liverpool train station will look revealedNew images of how a planned £100m Liverpool train station will look once completed have been revealed for the first time.

Local Government

• Stunning new images of planned £100m Liverpool Baltic station revealedStunning new images of the £100m Liverpool Baltic station scheme have been revealed – showing how the new rail link will look in the heart of one of the city region’s fastest growing areas.

Birmingham Post

• Investors sought for Cornwall Airport and new transport quarter in NewquaySenior leaders from the county are hoping to attract funding for eight huge development projects across the Duchy

Bolton News

• Yasmin Qureshi writes to Northern on Bolton railway station liftsThe lifts at Bolton railway station have been branded “not acceptable” after frequently breaking down.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Airbus secures £15bn order with Saudi Arabia's state backed airline as part of tourism pushThe deal will further boost the wing assembly plant at Broughton in Flintshire

Liverpool Echo

• New images show how £100m Liverpool Baltic station could lookNew images have been released showing what the latest Merseyrail station could look like in two years time.

Yorkshire Post

• Billionaire hoping to buy 49% share of Teesside Airport and cancel passenger servicesMr Flacks, who is CEO of US-based investment firm Flacks Group which specialises in buying distressed companies, told the Financial Times he was in talks with Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) to buy a minority share in the regional airport.

Bucks Free Press

• Politicians attack Arriva plans to cancel bus servicesLabour and the Liberal Democrats have lined up to attack Arriva’s plans to cancel bus services between High Wycombe and Aylesbury.
• Heathrow Airport and Carousel Buses expand bus serviceCarousel Buses has partnered with Heathrow Airport to launch its first 'Flightline' double-deck bus designed to improve links for travellers and workers on the A40 corridor.
• HS2 viaduct reaches halfway point of construction in BucksHS2's Thame Valley Viaduct, one of the longest on the high-speed rail project, recently passed the halfway point of its construction, with significant progress on its innovative design.

Other Regional Press

• 'Get your bum on board' encourages bus travel in North EastThe campaign was launched at the Quayside in Gateshead, featuring a parade across the Millenium Bridge with a 'flamboyant cast'.
• Minister says East West Rail is ’critical’ for Cambridge to compete on global stageEast West Rail is “critical” if Cambridge is to continue to compete on the global stage, according to rail minister Huw Merriman.
• Still no re-opening date for fire damaged cliff lift as council thanks public for their patienceListed building consent was needed to refurbish the station belonging to the Saltburn tramway, which is now in place
• Bike parking spaces installed across town centreNew storage spaces for bicycles have been installed in a town to encourage more people to take up cycling and help reduce traffic and air pollution.
• Every new bus service coming to Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford and Leamington this weekSome start as soon as this Saturday (May 25)

New Civil Engineer

• Network Rail Scotland procuring for £150M civils and £70M buildings reactive work contractsNetwork Rail is procuring for two contracts to cover reactive and minor maintenance works on civils and buildings in Scotland.

Rail Magazine

• Government’s infrastructure advisers call for long-term rail planThe National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) says the Government needs to flesh out its railway proposals in northern England and the Midlands following the cancellation of High Speed 2 north of Birmingham, and produce a long-term plan for rail.

The Business Desk

• Rail freight firm commits to 40-acre Leicestershire facilityMaritime Transport, the road and rail freight logistics provider, is set to develop a 40-acre strategic rail freight interchange (SRFI) at Tritax Symmetry’s Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange (HNRFI) in Leicestershire.

Other News Sources

• Ryanair announces profit jump and predicts cheaper-than-expected summer faresYearly earnings for the budget airline are at a record level despite rises in fuel prices, higher staffing costs and delivery delays.
• Ferrovial set to offload UK regional airports amid Heathrow deal uncertaintyFerrovial is planning to sell its stake in three UK regional airports amid difficulties in finalising its £2.4bn sale of a 25% stake in Heathrow.
• Sellar making changes to £1.5bn Liverpool Street station redevelopment following flood of objectionsDeveloper in talks with the City of London over way forward with planning decision now expected to be delayed until next year