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Tuesday, 05 October 2021

BBC News

• TfL bid for £1.7bn bailout to keep services runningAn extra £1.7bn is needed to keep London's transport services running until 2023, Transport for London (TfL) says. Transport bosses also asked for £1-1.5bn extra funding per year to improve TfL services in their written response to the chancellor's Spending Review.

Department for Transport

• New competition to find first HQ of Great British RailwaysGreat British Railways national headquarters to be based outside of London to ensure that skilled jobs and economic benefits are focused beyond the capital.

Financial Times

• Grant Shapps signals major rethink of HS2 rail lineTransport secretary says ministers cannot blindly follow blueprint and endorses newer rail schemes

The Herald

• Scottish Secretary Alister Jack hails pro-Union transport blueprintTHE Scottish Secretary will today defend a new pro-Union transport plan for the first time since Boris Johnson abandoned one its big ideas, a fixed link between Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The Telegraph

• We'd rather backtrack on HS2 than blindly follow plans, says Grant Shapps [subscription]Plans for the line between Birmingham and Leeds may no longer benefit people in ‘the best way’, says Transport Secretary

i News

• Train forced to reverse after passenger mutiny over missed stopA train headed for London was forced to reverse after passengers launched a mutiny over a skipped station stop.

The Mirror

• Fears mount that Boris Johnson will ditch key HS2 railway to Red WallThe Government is refusing to say whether the high speed line's eastern leg will go ahead

Belfast Telegraph

• More people will have to use public transport before fares can come down – RyanThe Transport Minister said the revenues from public transport are not rising fast enough, and this year’s budget will be ‘tight’.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Great British Railways HQ: York to bid to be home to new national railways bodyTHE leader of City of York Council has confirmed the city will bid to become the home for the new national body for the country’s railways.

London Evening Standard

• PM and Chancellor joke about levelling up on Manchester rail upgrade visitBoris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were shown track improvements which will create shorter journey times across the North of England.
• £3.50-a-day Greater London boundary charge ‘remains an option’ as TfL seeks £3bn a year fundingMotorists still face threat of levy to enter capital under latest bid for long-term deal

Metro

• Torrential downpours leave parts of London flooded overnightParts of London have been battered by torrential rain overnight, sparking transport misery ahead of the Tuesday morning commute.

The York Press

• Great British Railways HQ: York to bid to be home to new national railways bodyTHE leader of City of York Council has confirmed the city will bid to become the home for the new national body for the country’s railways.

Other Regional Press

• Scotrail: Rail workers announce 24-hour strike action during COP26 in pay rowIt comes following a number of industrial action measures taken by union members demanding a fair pay from the rail operator.
• New North Yorkshire railway station step closer under council dealYork council has agreed to spend £250k on a site where the new station could be built

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Network Rail announces £25M investment to secure Wales and Borders transport linkNetwork Rail has revealed the details of a multi-million-pound plan to rescue a railway line increasingly ravaged by climate change and extreme weather.    The Newport-Gloucester line connects South Wales with the West Country, Midlands and north of England, providing a vital link for passengers and freight.    Running alongside the Severn Estuary - exposed to rain, wind and sea - more frequent extreme weather has seen the line devastated by five major landslips in the last two years alone.    This has led to extended closures of the railway and temporary speed re...

New Civil Engineer

• Crossrail | How staff morale is being prioritised to see project over the lineWith work on Crossrail’s Elizabeth line heading into its final stages, staff morale and wellbeing is being prioritised, according to Transport for London (TfL) commissioner Andy Byford.
• Contractor returns to patch up concrete crisis on Edinburgh’s blighted tram lineBilfinger has returned to Edinburgh to carry out concrete repairs on the city’s blighted tram line.

Rail Advent

• Transport for Wales supports Alzheimer’s Society with new design on one of its flagships trainsTransport for Wales has shown its support for the Alzheimer’s Society by unveiling a new design on one of its trains.

Railway Gazette

• Eurostar brand to remain after Thalys mergerEUROPE: European high speed operators Eurostar and Thalys confirmed on October 4 that their planned merger announced in September 2019 is on course to be completed ‘within two to three years’, with a formal submission to the European Commission’s competition authority expected in 2022.

Other News Sources

• Government looks set to scrap HS2’s eastern leg in favour of regional linksBoris Johnson expected to make announcement on new rail policy at this week’s conference