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Monday, 07 October 2024

BBC News

• ScotRail timetable returns to normal after pay rowA reduced service has been running since July but the normal schedule will resume after a pay dispute was resolved.
• Northern rail services disrupted over lack of staffServices from stations in Manchester, Chester and Preston will be affected throughout Sunday.
• New timetable as rail firm prepares for leaf fallA rail operator is introducing a new timetable for the autumn and winter to help deal with the problem of leaves on the track.

The Guardian

• Canada’s carbon tax is popular, innovative and helps save the planet – but now it faces the axeAs prime minister Justin Trudeau trails in polls, opposition seek to persuade voters environmental policy is a burdenMass hunger and malnutrition. A looming nuclear winter. An existential threat to the Canadian way of life. For months, the country’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has issued dire and increasingly apocalyptic warnings about the future.

The Herald

• SNP ScotRail fares decision storm has missed the pointThe return of peak rail fares has been the subject of some very heated debate in the last week.

Times Online

• Southeastern trains subsidy jumps to £415m despite fare rises [subscription]The cost to taxpayers of bankrolling the rail company has quadrupled since 2019

Daily Express

• The busy Scottish Airport set for a £5.8m faceliftEdinburgh Airport highlighted its expectation that the work would be complete by next spring - "in time for the busy summer season".
• Huge £200m factory opens in town that will make London Underground journeys fasterSiemens is opening the new factory in East Yorkshire. The company produces commuter trains for UK operators, including Transport for London.

Network Rail

• Island Line services resume following completion of large programme of vital maintenanceSouth Western Railway (SWR) services resume this morning (Monday 7 October) following a month-long closure of the Island Line while engineers completed a comprehensive programme of critical maintenance.

Bucks Free Press

• Aylesbury MP Laura Kyrke-Smith visits HS2 construction siteAylesbury MP Laura Kyrke-Smith has vowed to "hold HS2 to account every step of the way," after vocalising residents' complaints.

Plymouth Herald

• Push for Plymouth rail link as 'thousands of homes in the pipeline''If they want extra houses, they must be prepared for the infrastructure to support them'

Other Regional Press

• Flint Station accessibility work impresses local MPAn MP is impressed by progress to make a railway station fully accessible to all. Mark Tami, MP for Alyn and Deeside, met Network Rail, Transport for Wales and Amco-Giffen representatives at Flint station on September 26 to discuss the work that has been taking place.
• Western Link supporters say road is vital for housingSupporters of a controversial road project have hit out at government officials they say are holding up the construction of a dual carriageway vital for the building of a massive housing development.
• ‘If we installed new fans we could have contraflow for more than 18 months’Shelved plans to install new jet fans in a closed-off tunnel on a busy road could have taken more than 18 months to complete, it has been revealed.
• Reader?s letter: ?When will Greater Anglia do something about the side of our railway station that time forgot??Greater Anglia runs our trains and our stations, writes Cllr Yvonne Estop. I am glad to read that they won the national Passenger Operator of the Year (Indie, Sept 16) because I agree their service is excellent, despite weather and line issues not in their control, and the wider serious issue of ticket pricing.
• Signage plans at Rainhill railway station get go aheadPLANS to install three signs at a railway station have been granted permission.

Construction Enquirer

• Network Rail reveals top suppliers spendNetwork Rail's top suppliers were paid nearly £4.1bn last year 42% of the infrastructure provider's total spend with suppliers.

Railway Gazette

• Regulator accepts Network Rail?s plan to address performance issuesUK: The Office of Rail & Road has accepted Network Rail's detailed plan to address underlying issues leading to poor train reliability and punctuality in the Wales & Western region.

Railway-News

• Hitachi Rail to Modernise Lisbon Metro's Passenger Information SystemHitachi Rail has secured a contract to modernise the Passenger Information System for the Lisbon Metro network.

Other News Sources

• Blackpool Airport MD rules out commercial holiday flights returnBlackpool Airport is flying high two years into its 10-year master plan but the return of commercial holiday flights is still being ruled out.
• Euston station is the best of LondonIgnore the critics, it's an architectural marvel
• Councillor calls for 'better' transport links in North GlasgowOne of the most deprived areas in Glasgow has been described as a desert has it has no supermarket, needs a new road and kids have to get two buses to high school.
• Transport in Devon set for huge shake-upPeople across Devon are being invited to have their say on future plans for transport in the county. A public consultation has been launched on the Devon and Torbay Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4) which sets out the transport priorities across the county between 2025 and 2040.
• Return of peak rail fares a costly blow for commuters and climate, Scottish Greens sayThe return of peak rail fares in Scotland will be a costly blow for commuters and our climate, the Scottish Greens have claimed. Green MSP Mark Ruskell made this claim on the morning that peak rail fares returned to Scotland. This followed a 12 month pilot to remove them that the Scottish Greens delivered when they were in government with the SNP.