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Saturday, 07 September 2024

BBC News

• Approval sought for station's cracking repairsPlans have been submitted to repair "structurally significant decay" at a Victorian rail station after "widespread cracking" was found.
• Northern Trains quizzed over poor performanceNorthern Trains has been quizzed by politicians and members of Transport for the North (TfN) over plans to improve its poor performance.
• Disused tracks donated to help heritage railwaySections of a disused railway line between Bristol and Portishead have been donated to a heritage railway.
• MP's maiden speech calls for rail link restorationThe new Pendle and Clitheroe MP, Jonathan Hinder, has used his maiden speech in Parliament to call for the restoration of the Colne to Skipton rail link.
• New bridge to be built to connect town centreThe new canal footbridge will be installed near Walsall's Light Cinema.
• Rail line closed after freight train derailsOne person suffers minor injuries after a freight train derails in Tameside, police say.
• TfL still affected by 'ongoing cyber incident'The organisation said it took action after the attack, including limiting access to some services.
• New £29.5m bridge opens across the River ClydeThe 377ft (115m) long bridge is one of the longest opening pedestrian and cycle bridges in Europe.

Financial Times

• London e-bike boom leads to clashes with councilsBadly parked and abandoned vehicles cause frustration for local authorities

The Guardian

• Transport for London cuts data feeds to travel apps amid cyber-attackDecision affects services such as Citymapper, while TfL says incident not believed to be ransomware attack
• An ‘earthquake’ at Volkswagen – and a crisis for Germany?The company is seen as crucial not just to local but national wellbeing – and never before have its workers been threatened in their own homeland like this‘Earthquake at Volkswagen” ran the stark headline in the Wolfsburger Nachrichten, the newspaper serving the north German city that is synonymous with the carmaker.
• Boeing’s Starliner lands on Earth – without its astronautsNasa’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who flew Starliner amid technical failures, will remain at ISS until FebruaryBoeing’s Starliner spacecraft landed in a New Mexico desert late on Friday, months after its original departure date and without the two astronauts it carried when it launched in early June.Starliner returned to Earth seemingly without a hitch, a Nasa live stream showed, nailing the critical final phase of its mission. Continue reading...

The Independent

• 6,000 passengers face British Airways cancellations as easyJet expect their busiest day of the yearThousands of British Airways passengers are waking up to discover their flights on one of the busiest days of the year have been cancelled.

i News

• Weekend rail disruptions to remain despite Labour reformsA chronic lack of drivers will mean services will continue to face disruption in the coming years
• Weekend rail disruptions to remain despite Labour reformsA chronic lack of drivers will mean services will continue to face disruption in the coming years

Liberal Democrat Party

• The case for restoring your railwaysOn September 4th The Independent ran a story on the problems that have beset the HS2 railway project to connect ?major cities? in England. It reported that the figure for total cost of the project, was something like 67 billion pounds, one new station at Birmingham alone costing half a billion, an extraordinary figure even if one accepts that it is over 15 years.

Local Government

• Plan set to shape future of city transport networkA major new strategy to shape transport development across Newcastle over the next 20 years is being drawn up.
• Green light given to build first phase of Barton link roadPlans to build the first phase of Barton-upon-Humber?s link road ? connecting Barrow Road, the A1077 and Caistor Road, have been given the green light.

Birmingham Post

• How two upgraded Greater Manchester train stations could look as Transpennine Route Upgrade continuesNetwork Rail plans to relocate Mossley station and upgrade Greenfield station in Greater Manchester

Manchester Evening News

• 'It sounded like a building was coming down' - Freight train travelling through Tameside derails injuring one personhe train was carrying a load of construction aggregate towards Manchester on the Stockport to Stalybridge line and was said to have been travelling at 'low speed' at the time
• Trafford Centre to charge for parking for first time at site for 'premium shoppers'A huge area of car park is being transformed with larger spaces to suit the needs of 'premium shoppers' - and parking charges will soon follow

Other Regional Press

• MSPs in call for crackdown on dangerous off road and e-bikesMSPs have called for action in Scotland to crackdown on the dangerous use of off road bikes and motorised bikes.
• Northern Lincolnshire MPs discuss drivers' 'juddering journeys' on the A180 and train services in ParliamentGreat Grimsby and Cleethorpes MP Melanie Onn secured a debate on transport in northern Lincolnshire, highlighting A180 issues and getting a direct London to Cleethorpes train service
• Theresa May joins Maidenhead MP for formal opening of Maidenhead station facilitiesFormer Prime Minister and Maidenhead MP Theresa May joined the town?s current MP, council leader and other figures to formally open the new facilities at Maidenhead Railway Station.
• TfL outlines what London commuter railways would be like under plan to make them like OvergroundBosses say it would mean longer trains and 'simpler' timetables with 'turn up and go' services
• What is the Colchester's Rapid Transport System bus laneThis week it works on the next phase of dedicated bus lanes which will connect Colchester began.
• Oxford to London Marylebone line train tickets to be discounted this monthChiltern Railways is offering thousands of tickets at discounted prices to travel on Fridays throughout September.
• County's 'biggest ever road building programme' needs rethink, group saysA residents group is saying Oxfordshire County Council's Watlington Relief Road and HIF1 Didcot schemes need a "rethink" in terms of costs.
• Bus 'super stops' and walking and cycling 'super routes' in 14-year Middlesbrough transport visionThe aim is to provide a 'seamless' transport network that will be 'long-term, forward thinking and sustainable' and reduce reliance on cars

Rail Advent

• Part of Warwick railway station to close for six monthsNetwork Rail has issued an update on work to provide step-free access to trains at Warwick station, including alerting passengers to a six-month closure of the station?s subway.

Railnews

• Island Line closes again for more engineering work The only National Rail line on the Isle of Wight will close again tomorrow, for a new engineers’ possession. The latest closure will mean no trains until 6 October, when the line will reopen between Ryde Esplanade and Shanklin, but the pier section will remain closed until 4 May. These latest closures are being described as essential in ‘futureproofing the service’.

Railway Technology

• Lidl enters rail market with Tailwind Intermodal businessThe supermarket company will use its new rail services to provide onward travel for containers carried by its Tailwind shipping line.

Transportxtra

• DfT accounts lay bare the cost of government U-turns and lossesThe Department for Transport?s accounts for 2023/24 lay bare the high cost of governmental inconsistency, with losses declared in relation to changes to HS2, smart motorways and the department?s shared services programme. Departmental Group losses during the year were almost ?2.4bn, compared with ?90.6m in 2022/23.

Other News Sources

• Gobowen to Oswestry shuttle bus proposed by town councillorA SENIOR Oswestry councillor has called on Shropshire Council to financially support any proposal that would establish a shuttle bus to Gobowen railway station.
• Is the return of ScotRail?s peak rail fares a betrayal of Dundee passengers?The Scottish Government plans to reintroduce peak rail tickets later this month. But how will more expensive fares impact passengers?
• Network Rail admonishes Blackhorse Road Station litter louts amid disgusting rubbish build-upLand behind the station's southbound Overground platform is strewn with rubbish, reports Marco Marcelline
• Surrey towns getting a 'on demand' bus you can book with 30 minutes noticeThe bus will now be operational in operational in East, Central, North and South West Surrey