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Thursday, 16 December 2021

BBC News

• Middlesbrough rail station: Plans for £34m of repairs submittedPlans for £34m of repairs to Middlesbrough's 19th Century railway station have been submitted to prevent it deteriorating further.
• Transport for London: Mayor could raise council tax to cover fundingSadiq Khan is proposing a £20-a-year rise in council tax and a phasing out of over-60s free travel.

Times Online

• Refunds for rail delays made simple with push notifications“The process for making a delay compensation claim will be a whole lot clearer for passengers,” said Stephanie Tobyn, the regulator’s deputy director for consumers. “When things go wrong, passengers will now have a clear understanding of the eligibility criteria for making a claim, the levels of payment, methods to claim, what information they will need to provide, timescales, payment options and how to contest a rejection.”
• Government slashes electric car grants by 40% [Transport]Ministers have cut grants to buy new electric cars by 40 per cent. The maximum discount motorists can now receive has been cut from £2,500 to £1,500. A surge in demand for plug-in vehicles had placed a massive strain on the scheme.

City AM

• Sadiq Khan hikes council tax as the government refuses to ‘properly fund’ London’s public transportLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced plans to raise council tax by around £20 a year as the Government refuses to “properly fundâ€� Transport for London (TfL).  The post Sadiq Khan hikes council tax as the government refuses to ‘properly fund’ London’s public transport appeared first on CityAM.

i News

• Sadiq Khan: London mayor announces plans to raise council tax to help fund capital’s transportCouncil tax will rise by around £20 a year for households in the capital, while free travel for over 60s could be reduced

Birmingham Post

• Andy Burnham calls for first class to be scrapped on northern trains until 'managed decline' stoppedAndy Burnham has refused to back a new timetable through Manchester until the Government provides plans to solve the Castlefield bottleneck

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Snowdonia railway planning more trains over fears Britain will still be 'in the shadow of Covid-19'The railway is said to have had a 'hugely successful' 2021 as less people travelled abroad

Yorkshire Post

• Northern leaders urged to stand against 'managed decline' of railwaysNorthern leaders have been urged to stand against a "period of managed decline” of the railways and resist plans to reduce passenger services

Kent Online

• The quietest railway stations in Kent that see fewer than 160 passengers a weekThe pandemic hasn't made a difference to some of Kent's eerily deserted stations

Train Operators

• Northern’s new trains get better and betterRail passengers across the north of England are benefitting from 100 newly introduced trains and improved service reliability.

New Civil Engineer

• ‘Euston Stampede’ ended with platform access improvements completedNetwork Rail has said that improvements to the ramped access to platforms at Euston Station in London have removed bottlenecks and will bring to an end the “Euston Stampede” that resulted as passengers rushed through the restricted space.
• Manchester mayor will object to new rail timetables unless DfT makes infrastructure assurancesManchester mayor Andy Burnham will be objecting to any new timetable proposals until assurances of infrastructure upgrades are received from the Department of Transport (DfT), he told Transport for the North’s (TfN) Rail North Committee during a consultation call on December 15.

Other News Sources

• We need more focus on transport linksI HAVE to agree that there should be more focus on local transport links for the good of our citizens and the local economy.
• Christmas travel: Are London Underground services and buses running over the holidays?Reduced services on public transport to and around London will run over the Christmas holiday period as travellers are warned to plan ahead.
• European Commission adopts transport proposals to reduce emissionsTHE European Commission has adopted four proposals to modernise the European Union’s (EU) transport system as it sets about formulating plans to deliver planned 90% reductions in transport emissions.