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Wednesday, 06 January 2021

BBC News

• New York transit workers: 'We don't get respect'A subway conductor and a bus driver in New York share their stories of working during the pandemic.

Mail Online

• Half of all rail services may be cut due to 'ghost trains'Rail services could be slashed again under proposals being drawn up by officials after England was plunged into a third national lockdown.
• Steam trains could stop running as plans for new coal mine are blockedThe Heritage Railway Association has warned that the industry could be jeopardised by Newcastle City Council's refusal to grant planning permission for a new mine.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• North East to London rail service suspended until March due to lockdown 3Grand Central said it would serve the best interests of staff and its business to place it into 'hibernation' due to tighter coronavirus rules

The York Press

• York rail operator Grand Central suspends all services A YORK rail operator is suspending services until March 1.

Bucks Free Press

• More than 45,000 people sign new petition to stop HS2 More than 45,000 people have signed a new petition to stop .

Peterborough Telegraph

• Railway works in Peterborough to cause disruption this monthMajor works on the East Coast Mainline will cause disruption to some rail services travelling to and from Peterborough later this month.

Business Live

• Hull Trains 'hibernates' once more as lockdown three hitsLondon route will cease on Saturday with majority of staff furloughed

New Civil Engineer

• Crossrail boss celebrates ‘tremendous’ safety record at Woolwich siteCrossrail chief executive Mark Wild has heralded the safety record at the project’s Woolwich station site as “a tremendous achievement”.
• Main work begins on huge logistics hub and rail freight interchangeMain construction has begun on Segro’s Logistics Park Northampton Gateway, a 182ha multi-modal logistics hub.
• Calls to create ‘capital cities axis’ driven by Irish Sea tunnelTransport thinktank Greengauge 21 has called for the creation of a Scotland-Northern Ireland tunnel which could form part of a ‘capital cities axis’ between Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
• Plan to demolish and infill hundreds of unused rail bridges and tunnels must be stopped, DfT tolThe Department for Transport (DfT) has been urged to stop Highways England from demolishing and infilling hundreds of decommissioned railway assets that could instead be used by walkers and cyclists.

Railnews

• Highways England is ˜finishing off what Beeching started" Plans by Highways England to demolish more than a hundred structures on disused railways have been condemned for potentially preventing future railway reopenings. Many structures, particularly bridges, must still be maintained for safety reasons, even though they are no longer on active railway routes, and Highways England is currently planning to remove 134 of these structures to reduce the risks they present. But the plan has been criticised by campaigners because it could make future reopenings less likely and also block heritage trails used by cyclists and walkers.
• Operators react to new lockdown by reviewing timetables Train operators have started to react to the new national lockdown announced by the Prime Minister last night by reviewing their services again.
• Open access operators cancel services for third time Open access operators Grand Central and Hull Trains are withdrawing their services from the end of this week in response to the new lockdown in England.