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Wednesday, 22 May 2019

BBC News

• Thousands of HS2 newly planted trees died in droughtThousands of trees planted along the High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) route will have to be replaced after saplings were not watered in last summer's drought.

The Guardian

• Could you give up flying? Meet the no-plane pioneersGrowing numbers of travellers are abandoning air travel to help save the planet – even if it means spending 14 days on a train

The Herald

• Lanarkshire rail maintenance firm sold for £80m expandsQTS, the rail maintenance firm that Scots entrepreneur Alan McLeish sold for £80m last year, has helped its new owners achieve record trading results.

The Scotsman

• New luxury Caledonian Sleeper trains suffer further delayCaledonian Sleeper today announced a further delay to the introduction of its brand new trains on Highland routes.

Derby Telegraph

• MP calls for 'seriously flawed' HS2 to be scrappedStaffordshire MP Michael Fabricant has insisted there is still time for the £56 billion HS2 rail-line to be "halted in its tracks".

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Anger over delay to Caledonian Sleeper’s new luxury train fleetThe launch of a £150 million fleet of luxury trains on the Caledonian Sleeper’s Highland routes has been hit by another delay, it has emerged.

Yorkshire Post

• ‘Leeds to Manchester in seven minutes’: Why the ‘hyperloop’ is the future of public transportThere’s a future form of transport that would leave HS2 standing, and the North of England is a perfect fit for it. Mark Casci reports.

Other Regional Press

• New Tory leader could scrap HS2 amid rising costs and long delaysThe government is being urged to scrap HS2 by Conservative party members alarmed by the cost of the transport project.

Other News Sources

• Weaved frame keeps very light rail on trackA recyclable, extremely lightweight vehicle frame for Very Light Rail (VLR) has been developed in the UK.
• Extra train service between Shropshire and BirminghamTrain passengers travelling between Shrewsbury and Birmingham will now have an additional hourly service.