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Monday, 22 July 2024

BBC News

• CCTV captures 'irresponsible railway photoshoot'Network Rail has released footage of people risking their lives by taking part in railway photoshoots, crossing in front of oncoming trains and even laying down between the tracks.
• Night buses trial to begin in September Night buses will run across Bolton, Leigh, Salford and Manchester from September.
• Floating bus stops are terrifying - campaignerSimon Kennedy is now backing a national campaign which is urging the government to get rid of them.

Financial Times

• Ryanair reports sharp profit decline as fares set to fallBudget airline’s warning expected to deepen investor concern over durability of two-year travel boom

The Guardian

• Cycling campaigners call for end to culture war on active travelExclusive: New government urged to make coherent and committed investment in cycling for transport. The new government should end the previous culture war-based approach to active travel and start investing properly in safe bike routes, the country's biggest cycling campaign group has said.The call from Cycling UK comes after a survey it commissioned, which looked into the reasons people don't ride a bike, found that almost half cited safety worries, with older riders particularly concerned about this.

The Independent

• Tui cancels flights and holidays as passengers wait at departure gatesEurope’s biggest holiday firm is cancelling entire package holidays to manage down the scale of its problems

The Scotsman

• The new commuter belt train station that 'must open' 12 miles from EdinburghSNP ministers have warned “a number of issues require detailed investigation” before a firm commitment can be made over the station.

The Telegraph

• Avanti railway to stay private until 2026 despite dire cancellation record. [subscription]Britain’s least punctual railway line will be among the last to fall into public hands under Labour’s nationalisation plans, Telegraph analysis suggests.

City AM

• HS2 back in the spotlight amid job cuts and Euston woes Louise Haigh announced on Thursday there would be an early review into the future of the embattled project's Euston terminus.

i News

• Dozens more flights cancelled across UK as CrowdStrike outage continues to cause chaosDozens more flights have been cancelled across the UK following the global outage caused by CrowdStrike’s software update.

Network Rail

• A life risked on the railway every half hour: Network Rail issues new trespass safety warning as summer holiday season beginsNetwork Rail is urging people to stay off the tracks and not put themselves and others at risk new safety figures reveal that there were more than 19,300 trespass incidents on the rail network in the 2023/24 financial year – that’s one every half an hour.

Sky News

• Ryanair warns shareholders of weaker summer fares as profits slipRyanair has reported weaker profits than expected for its first financial quarter, blaming a need to "stimulate" flight sales amid heightened consumer caution.

Birmingham Post

• Mandy Rail steams ahead to become latest Port of Blyth tenantThe port has added the freight wagon repair and maintenance company to its growing list of tenants.
• Opinion: Long-awaited Liverpool Baltic station is vital to the city’s creative and digital economyLynn Haime, CEO, Baltic Creative CIC, on the power of transport infrastructure

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• 'Day of reckoning' as major transport projects delayed - MayorThe Mayor of the West Midlands said a ‘day of reckoning’ had arrived as major transport projects including the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension were formally delayed again.

Other Regional Press

• Construction work for new Park and Ride facility serving TreorchyWork will soon begin to create 52 car parking spaces at Treorchy Railway Station, with the Council supporting Transport for Wales to create a new Park and Ride facility. Minimal overall disruption is expected during the work.
• Huddersfield Railway Station to be closed on four weekends in August as part of TransPennine Route Upgrade worksFour weeks of rail improvement works between Huddersfield and Leeds have been successfully completed but passengers are being warned of weekend closures of Huddersfield Railway Station in August.
• Vital bus service for elderly in Dorset axedA long-running shuttle bus service for elderly residents in west Dorset hailed as a ‘vital lifeline’ has been scrapped due to a lack of funding

Railway Gazette

• Mail by metro train trialSINGAPORE: Singapore Post and operator SMRT are testing the use of metro trains for moving post.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Bus priority need highlighted by NCT as minister Lightwood visitsNottingham City Transport (NCT) Managing Director David Astill (pictured, right) has underlined the bus industry’s need for better priority measures after recently installed minister for the sector, Under-Secretary of State for Transport Simon Lightwood (pictured, left), was hosted by the operator.
• Paul Hennigan to join Transport UK London bus director teamTransport UK London Bus has appointed Paul Hennigan to the position of Fleet and Facilities Director. He is to join the business in September from Go-Ahead Group subsidiary Oxford Bus Company.

Other News Sources

• Getting Bristol’s bus network ready for electric busesChanges are being made to Bristol’s bus network this autumn in readiness for the arrival of new electric buses from next year, says First West of England.
• £25m settlement in lawsuit claiming South Western rail passengers were overcharged is now paying outTransport for London Travelcard holders who travelled on South Western trains can now make a compensation claim
• Northumberland railway maintenance firm will open new Port of Blyth baseA Northumberland railway maintenance firm has signed a tenancy with the Port of Blyth.
• Surrey streets that could soon have electric charging pointsRoads in Guildford, Woking and Leatherhead could soon see charging points