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Calls for clarity after DfT bungles HS2 contract pipeline
The Department for Transport (DfT) has come under fire after admitting that procurement details recently published for major chunks of the High Speed 2 (HS2) project were incorrect.
Welsh Government asked to help restore confidence in bus use
A call on the Welsh Government to help to restore the public’s confidence in bus and wider public transport use have been backed by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT).
‘Pathway to a career in coaches’ among RHA policy priorities
The creation of “a clear pathway from education into a career in coaches” is among calls to governments from trade body RHA, which has published its policy direction document for the coach industry.
Friday, 27 August 2021
The Telegraph
- Sunak is right to put the brakes on the HS2 white elephantHigh speed rail link has little relevance to "Red Wall" voters and abandoning the leg to Leeds is the right thing to do
i News
- Don’t scrap our leg of HS2 and abandon ‘levelling up’ agenda, northern leaders urge Boris JohnsonPlans for the high-speed route linking Birmingham with Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds could be mothballed to save £40bn, according to reports
The National
- Scotland should be steering its own future on transportSTOP the Westminster bus, because Scotland can run her own transport infrastructure systems and has been doing so since the establishment of the devolved government in Scotland in 1999.
Bolton News
- Six minute tram service returns to Bury Altrincham lineFrom Tuesday August 31 more frequent six-minute trams will be reintroduced on Bury and Altrincham lines at peak hours from 7am-8pm from Monday to Saturday.
New Civil Engineer
- Northern leaders call for full HS2 route to be builtVoices from across Yorkshire and the north east have added to the mounting pressure on the government to commit to the full High Speed 2 (HS2) network.
- Restoring old rail links and creating new routes tabled to improve Lincolnshire connectivityRestoring lost railways, integrating rail and bus routes and proposals for a rail link at the end of the Viking Link interconnector are among suggestions to improve East Lincolnshire’s connectivity in a new Greengauge21 report.
- Restoring old rail links and creating new routes tabled to improve Lincolnshire connectivityRestoring lost railways, integrating rail and bus routes and proposals for a rail link at the end of the Viking Link interconnector are among suggestions to improve East Lincolnshire’s connectivity in a new Greengauge21 report.
- Calls for clarity after DfT bungles HS2 contract pipelineThe Department for Transport (DfT) has come under fire after admitting that procurement details recently published for major chunks of the High Speed 2 (HS2) project were incorrect.
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