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Wednesday, 04 September 2024

BBC News

• Travel plan promises wider paths and new bus lanePeople in Leeds have been giving their views on plans to improve a major route connecting the city centre with St James's Hospital.
• Lime bikes may be removed from borough over safetyAbandoned e-bikes are causing havoc in a north-west London borough, according to the local council.
• Will Labour’s plan make train tickets cheaper?What impact will Labour's pledge to nationalise the railways have?
• Trial of former VW boss begins over 'dieselgate' scandalMartin Winterkorn, who was head of the German carmaker in 2015, appeared in court on Tuesday.

Department for Transport

• Transport Secretary fires the starting gun on rail reform as Public Ownership Bill reaches final stages in CommonsGovernment to prioritise passengers over private companies and reverse decades of delays, cancellations and unreliable services on Britain's railways.

Financial Times

• Labour locked in to rebalancing transport investment around UK, Nandy saysCulture secretary says government committed to growth in 'every part' of country, singling out coastal towns' potential
• Investment, not ownership, is the issue for Britain’s railwaysNationalising train operators is no guarantee of better performance

The Guardian

• ‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger trainThe new zero-emission train, known as Zemu, will run through an area that has long suffered from poor air quality. Will it be the start of a clean energy rail movement in the US? There’s a new train pulling into the station in San Bernardino, a southern California city about 60 miles from Los Angeles. From the outside, it looks like any other commuter train, with three passenger carriages, blocky windows and a colourful blue exterior.But inside, it’s unlike anything the region – or the country – has seen before.

The Independent

• Rail nationalisation takes a step closer under Starmer’s first major public reform in Commons victory The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill has become the first major reform to clear the Commons since Labour was elected in July
• Government launches shadow body to overhaul Britain's railwaysA shadow version of a new public sector body to oversee Britain's railways has been launched by Transport Secretary Louise Haigh.

Mail Online

• Labour is accused of recklessly 'rushing through' legislation to renationalise Britain's railways as 'starting gun is fired' on the biggest reforms in a generationLast night the Passenger Railway Services Bill was waved through the Commons by MPs which if it becomes law will see privatised services renationalised.

Birmingham Post

• Ryanair and Wizz Air smash passenger records as demand soars in 'busiest summer'Ryanair and Wizz Air has reported record August passenger numbers as demand for travel continued to soar in one of the busiest summers on record

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• 'This is not acceptable': Concern over disabled access at rail stationA rail boss has acknowledged that disabled access at a local rail station is “a challenge” after one councillor said many found it impossible to catch a train there.

Bristol Live

• Pay-per-mile car tax could cost UK drivers £190 a yearThe changes come ahead of the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars in 2035

London Evening Standard

• Government launches shadow body to overhaul Britain's railwaysTransport Secretary Louise Haigh has established Shadow Great British Railways.

Manchester Evening News

• Inside the major M62 £22m project set to begin as huge disruption expectedThe M62 motorway will be closed for two weekends this month as the railway bridge is replaced

The York Press

• Anger as new single-decker electric buses too tall to fit under York bridgeResidents in a York suburb have lost a bus service because First’s new electric single-decker buses are too tall to go under a bridge, a councillor said.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• First Bus Leeds: 24-hour bus service between Leeds and Bradford officially launches in West YorkshireThe first-ever 24-hour bus service between Leeds and Bradford has officially begun.

Oxford Mail

• Government launches shadow body to overhaul Britain's railwaysA shadow version of a new public sector body to oversee Britain's railways has been launched by Transport Secretary Louise Haigh.

Other Regional Press

• The great West Yorkshire tram saga and 100 years of broken promisesWith proposals introduced to once again establish a tram network in West Yorkshire, it is time to take a look back in time
• Queensway regeneration scheme started with work on bus gateTHE ambitious ?575 million Queensway regeneration scheme has officially started with work on a new bus gate after councillors gave it the go-ahead at the 11th hour.
• Reading All-Bus ticket prices increase after discount endsThe tickets, more than 2.5 million of which have been sold since the scheme was introduced last year, enables passengers to travel all day using different bus companies including Reading Buses, Thames Valley Buses, Carousel Buses, and Thames Travel.
• Government launches shadow body to overhaul Britain's railwaysTransport Secretary Louise Haigh has established Shadow Great British Railways.

Coach and Bus Week

• Catch the Bus Month gets goingBus Users UK's annual Catch the Bus Month has begun and runs throughout September, with a focus on accessibility and improving access to bus services, following on from the organisations recently published research on the experiences of disabled bus passengers entitled Why are we waiting? which shows the impact accessible transport can have on people's lives and the difference even simple improvements can make.

New Civil Engineer

• Shadow Great British Railways launched as railways public ownership Bill progressesTransport secretary Louise Haigh has today, 3 September, launched Shadow Great British Railways (Shadow GBR) as the first step in the long-awaited major overhaul of the UK's rail network.

Rail Business Daily

• Rail reform: Public Ownership Bill reaches final stages in CommonsTransport Secretary Louise Haigh has fired the starting gun on rail reform ushering in a new era for our railways which aims to put passengers first.

Rail Magazine

• Transport Secretary Launches rail reform eraTransport Secretary Louise Haigh has unveiled the first steps to setting up the new body responsible for the country's rail network - Great British Railways (GBR).

Rail UK

• Starting gun fired on Great British RailwaysTransport Secretary Louise Haigh has today (Tuesday 3 September) fired the starting gun on rail reform by launching Shadow Great British Railways (Shadow GBR).

Railnews

• Shadow Great British Railways launchedTransport secretary Louise Haigh has launched a shadow version of the future directing mind Great British Railways, as the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill reaches its Third Reading in the House of Commons today.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• UTG warns city region zero-emission bus uptake must accelerateThe zero-emission bus fleet in city regions in England must expand by around 1,200 vehicles each year until 2036 if those locations are to meet net-zero targets, the Urban Transport Group (UTG) has said.
• CPT backs pay-per-mile vehicle taxThe Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) is getting behind the Campaign for Better Transport?s (CBT) call for a per-mile form of road taxation.

Urban Transport Group

• 15,000 city-region buses must become zero emissions by 2036 to hit net zero targets, report findsAround 15,000 buses operating in England?s major cities must become zero emissions by 2036, if city regions are to hit their ambitious net zero targets.

Other News Sources

• Rail reform is go, says Britain?s transport secretaryShadow Great British Railways created as legislation to end private operating contracts makes progress.