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Friday, 07 August 2020

Sheffield Star

• Freedom Rider campaigers call on politicians to introduce annual fee to allow pensioners to claim free travel across South YorkshireCampaigners are calling on politicians to introduce an annual fee for pensioners to claim free travel across South Yorkshire, six years after the concession was taken away from the county's elderly.

Bucks Free Press

• The 17-metre high headwall built by HS2 is finished - this is what it looks likeA 17-metre high headwall at what will become the south portal of the 10-mile long HS2 Chiltern tunnel has been completed.

Other Regional Press

• Huddersfield Railway Station's pillars to be brightened up by yarn bombingCraze has seen areas from Edgerton to Hepworth given the yarn bombing treatment
• £195,000 Scottish Government and Victa Railfreight trial to remove 250 lorry loads of timber from roads in Caithness, Sutherland, Ross-shire and InvernessHUNDREDS of lorry loads of timber could be removed from the A9 in Ross-shire after almost £200,000 was allocated to a rail freight trial.
• Nottingham’s tram network has resumed full service as travel restrictions continue to easeThe full tram service has now resumed as government restrictions around public transport continue to ease.
• Blackpool commuter’s frustration after facing ‘zero social distancing’ on rush hour tramThe tram company are making services more frequent later this month in response
• Departure boards vandalised with social distancing stickers at Welshpool Railway StationTransport police are investigating an incident at Welshpool Railway Station after social distancing signs were found plastered on the display boards.

British Trams Online

• More Tyne & Wear Metro trackworks to take place in AugustThe culmination of 12 month project to replace the track on the Tyne and Wear Metro in Gateshead and Tyne and Wear will take place over four weekends in August, it has been confirmed. This is the latest phase of a £8 million track renewals programme and will centre on an 1.8km stretch of line between Heworth and Pelaw.
• New fares for BlackpoolSunday 9th August will see the introduction of a new simplified fare structure by Blackpool Transport which for the tramway will see a flat single fare of £2.10 – regardless of length of journey. So, whether you travel from North Pier to Tower or from Starr Gate to Fleetwood your single fare will be £2.10 making one of those journeys excellent value and the other not so much! These fares only apply to the core Flexity service.

Rail Advent

• Major Tyne and Wear Metro track replacement set to take placeNexus has announced that a major track replacement scheme between Gateshead and South Tyneside will be carried out on the Tyne and Wear Metro during August 2020.

Other News Sources

• How the return of sleeper trains will keep Europe connectedANDREW ADONIS looks forward to a renaissance in overnight trains as a way to keep Europe connected