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Boeing tells airlines to pull dozens of aircraft with certain engine from active service after emergency landing in DenverBoeing has recommended grounding more than 120 of its 777 jets worldwide following a catastrophic engine failure on a United Airlines plane in Denver.
Monday, 22 February 2021
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- Tyne and Wear Metro and bus networks 'need funding certainty’The North East needs "continued emergency funding" for rail and bus services impacted by Covid-19, the area's transport leader has said.
The Telegraph
- Working from home boom could impact future public transport planning [subscription]Answers to the census are used to plan infrastructure development in the future
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Leeds MP warns Government could be ‘going cold’ on HS2A Leeds MP has warned that he believes the Government is “going cold” on the Leeds leg of the HS2 project.
Yorkshire Post
- How to get rail services back on track to avoid Beeching-like cuts – Christian WolmarTHE railway service between Yorkshire and London is about to get better. Over the next few weeks, work being carried out at King’s Cross station will enable the state-owned operator, LNER, to run ‘faster, more frequent services connecting London, the North of England and Scotland’.
Other Regional Press
- Hinksey flood scheme allows trains to keep runningA PROJECT to tackle flooding has allowed trains to keep running despite recent heavy rain.
- Plans for new cafe at Grantham Railway StationA planning application has been submitted to change the use of a lot at Grantham station, previously used as an estate agents, into a cafe.
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- Parapet failure rail line reopens after five weeks of repairsRail services between Stonehaven and Montrose have resumed today following completion of bridge repairs that closed the line in mid-January.
- More supervisor time on site critical to track worker safetyNetwork Rail’s latest board minutes reveal that track worker safety was a top priority and that members hoped the three most common causes for incidents would be addressed by new training rolled out last month.
Rail Advent
- Rail Operations UK Purchase Ex-Heathrow Express Class 360/2 trainsRail Operations UK Limited (ROUK) have agreed with Heathrow Airport Limited to purchase five Class 360/2, along with spares.
Railway Gazette
- Transport for the North delays next steps in Northern Powerhouse Rail schemeUK: Transport for the North has ‘reluctantly’ agreed to delay the submission of its Outline Business Case for Northern Powerhouse Rail, at the request of the Secretary of State for Transport.
Other News Sources
- Transport chiefs leave group 'in the dark' over Largs railway line re-openingA COMMUNITY group say they have been left in the dark over the re-opening of a Largs railway line.
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