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Wednesday, 28 July 2021

Birmingham Post

• Testing starts on new Wales and Borders trainsAs part of orders of £800m from Transport for Wales Stadler is testing new FLIRTs

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Plans to revamp Bradford's transport network are 'once in a generation' opportunitySENIOR figures at Bradford Council have described early plans to revamp the city’s transport network as a “once in a generationâ€� opportunity.

Bristol Live

• Public to have their say on £4bn Bristol underground plansThe mayor's office has shared the latest development on the proposal

London Evening Standard

• TfL still faces £500 million funding gap for the year despite progressTfL still faces a £500 million funding gap for the year despite showing “progress” towards financial sustainability, according to its revised budget.

Yorkshire Post

• Leeds rail sotware firm Tracsis cheers major contract winTransport software provider Tracsis has been awarded a significant new multi-year contract in the UK for its RailHub software product suite.

Other Regional Press

• TransPennine Express to add extra services on West Coast MainlineExtra train services are set to be introduced by TransPennine Express on the West Coast Mainline.
• London Underground Bakerloo line to get new trains in official TfL budget plansThe current almost half-a-century-old trains are finally on their way out!
• Rail minister tells North to agree 'substandard' timetable - or be stuck with even worse Covid services until 2023Rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris has told Northern leaders they should agree a new timetable or the Covid-affected service will remain in place

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Guidance released on proposed self-isolation exceptions for transport workersThe Department for Transport has issued new guidelines on the proposed process for transport workers receiving exceptions to leave self-isolation to perform critical work.    The Prime Minister recently announced that a limited number of fully vaccinated workers in critical roles, who have been identified as contacts of a positive case, may be permitted to continue to attend work as long as they are double vaccinated (with the final dose 14 days prior), do not have symptoms, and have tested negative via both a PCR, and daily lateral flow tests.    This is a short-term measu...

New Civil Engineer

• Track work begins to restore abandoned Scots rail linkThe Levenmouth rail link project has taken another huge step forward with the start of work to remove the old disused track and redundant infrastructure from the former branch line.
• Lords call for ‘accelerated’ rail electrificationThe House of Lords Science & Technology Committee has called for the government to accelerate the railway electrification programme in a report following an inquiry on batteries and fuel cells.
• Crossrail | Proposals to extend Elizabeth line to Ebbsfleet whittled down to three viable optionsBexley Council has whittled down its proposed options to extend Crossrail beyond Abbey Wood towards Kent and on to Ebbsfleet.

Transportxtra

• TDP ‘not about stopping people doing things’, says ShappsThere is little mention in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan (TPD) of actively curbing traffic. In the foreword, transport secretary Grant Shapps says: “It’s not about stopping people doing things: it’s about doing the same things differently... we will still drive on improved roads, but increasingly in zero-emission cars”. 
• Rail fully net zero by 2050The removal of all diesel-only trains from the railway network by 2040 and a fully net zero network by 2050 are among the ambitions stated in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan (TPD).

Other News Sources

• Council backs plan for world-leading £150m rail centre of excellenceCouncillors have backed the Welsh Government’s plan to build a world-leading railway testing facility in the south.