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Tuesday, 27 August 2024

BBC News

• Details of Government Aurigny review releasedFurther details of an independent review into Aurigny's recent flight disruption have been released.
• Bus station will be demolished, councillor confirmsA transport hub will be demolished later this year as part of a town centre revamp, a councillor has confirmed.
• New station art aims to show town's good sideAn artist hoped her new paintings at Luton railway station would show visitors "the best scenes people don't usually see".
• Canada hits China-made electric cars with 100% tariffCanada says it will impose a 100% tariff on imports of China-made electric vehicles (EV) after similar announcements by the US and European Union.
• ScotRail driver strikes on hold but reduced timetable continuesTrain drivers' union Aslef withdraws its ballot for industrial action with members to vote on the offer.
• Work to start on 22m rail bridge over M62Passengers and motorists face travel disruption in September as works begin on a new railway bridge.
• 'Thoughtless' Tube station renaming nets ?500,000TfL twice temporarily changed station names in what campaigners say were
• Qantas sells cut-price first-class fares by mistakeThe airline said it will refund or rebook passengers who bought wrongly-priced tickets due to a coding error.

Financial Times

• How will Nasa return two US astronauts stranded in space?Agency turns to Elon Musk's SpaceX after Boeing's Starliner meant to take them home suffered technical problems

The Guardian

• Teenagers at more risk online than Interrailing in Europe, say expertsDebate follows TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp's decision to let 15-year-old make independent trip Safeguarding experts and child psychologists have said the risks to teenagers are increasingly far greater online at home than when travelling independently following the row about the television presenter Kirstie Allsopp allowing her teenage son to go Interrailing.
• Starmer to end 40m helicopter contract in break from Sunak eraFormer PM and ministers drew criticism for the VIP flights Labour says were symbol of their government

The National

• SNP ministers urged to 'reconsider' scrapping asylum seeker bus plansMINISTERS have been urged to reconsider scrapping plans to give asylum seekers free bus travel across Scotland ? and scolded for the ?unfair? way the news was made public.

Bolton News

• Days numbered for British Rail trains running through BoltonBritish Rail-era trains travelling through Bolton could soon be a thing of the past as rail bosses look to replace them.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• New railway bridge planned over North Wales mainline as good news on extra servicesNetwork Rail and Transport for Wales exploring options due to concerns over 'high-risk' crossings

Edinburgh Evening News

• Rail fare hikes are bad news for people and planet - Lorna SlaterThe announcement that peak rail fares are set to return in September will have caused despair for commuters all over our country.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Some Nottingham public transport ticket prices go up as operator explains decisionThe cost of Robin Hood season tickets recently rose across the board back in March

Wales Online

• Ready for take off? – What does the future hold for troubled airport?A Welsh airport is hoping for a brighter future after a period of turbulence which looked like it could land it in the the courtroom.
• The Welsh airport most people have never flown to anywhere from - and its far from certain futureIt's in a designated national landscape and once had flights to London, Ireland, Jersey and Amsterdam, but that was long ago and what happens next is far from definite

Plymouth Herald

• Great Western Railway says scammers are pretending to be train staffA national train operator has warned customers of scammers attempting to obtain personal details. Great Western Railway (GWR) has warned users of X, formerly known as Twitter, that a ?number of X accounts? have been set up to steal personal data from unsuspecting customers.

Other Regional Press

• Cambridge Connect calls for £5m to fund light rail studyIndependent campaign group Cambridge Connect is calling for the government to fund a ?5m feasibility study into a light rail network for the city.
• Every EU airport to enforce new hand luggage rule within daysHand luggage liquid rules have changed over recent months but it will become standard from September 1

Rail Advent

• New South Wales footbridge replaces level crossingA new footbridge near the railway station at Llandaf in South Wales has been opened for public use to replace a nearby level crossing.

Rail Magazine

• Opinion: Better WiFi would send out the right signals to passengersOne of the worst ideas of the previous Transport Secretary Mark Harper was to scrap WiFi provision for rail passengers.

Railnews

• Paralympian describes ‘crawling off’ a train at King’s Cross A Paralympian who missed her booked assistance on LNER and had to ‘crawl off’ a train at London King’s Cross has described how there was no one at the station who could help her. When she arrived in London she waited for 20 minutes, but no one arrived. Cleaners on the train said they could not give her any assistance because they were not insured to do so. LNER has launched an investigation.

Railway Gazette

• Network Rail looks at TOPS replacement optionsUK: Network Rail is undertaking market engagement on the possible replacement of its TOPS mainframe computer system originally procured by British Rail from the Southern Pacific Railroad in the USA in the early 1970s.

Other News Sources

• Concerns spark Norwich Cromer Road bus lane rule changesPeople power has led council bosses to agree traffic can use a controversial ?400,000 city bus lane at certain times.
• London Overground further expands drinking fountain networkNew fountains installed at Bethnal Green, Bush Hill Park, Chingford, Gospel Oak, Highams Park and Homerton stations
• New bus to Gatwick Airport launched and tickets are only ?2The extended journey will also go to Horley and Crawley
• Contract win boosts Petards subsidiary - firm will supply UK train builderA subsidiary of advanced security, communication and surveillance systems Petards has received orders worth in excess of 500,000 to supply a UK train builder with Petards eyeTrain systems.

News from Europe

• Most of Paris metro inaccessible to disabled users, transport chief admits ahead of ParalympicsThere is one day to go before the 2024 Paralympics get underway in Paris, but its public transport network is almost impossible for disabled people to use, regional transport chief Val?rie P?cresse said on Monday. Only a quarter of all rail services were found to be wheelchair-friendly, though the city's metro system is particularly "weak".