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Thursday, 23 December 2021

BBC News

• Barcombe: Former railway bridge saved from infilling planProposals to infill a former railway bridge with concrete have been halted following a campaign by the community.
• Isolation rule change will mean fewer rail cancellations, says industryShorter Covid self-isolation in England should mean fewer cancelled trains, says the Rail Delivery Group.

Parliament

• The future of railThis briefing provides an overview of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, the Government's White Paper on rail reform, and some of the key challenges ahead for the railway in Great Britain, along with an explanation of the arrangements the Government has put in place to ensure services continued to run during the Covid-19 pandemic. This briefing also provides an overview of the current system and how the railway in Great Britain has been structured over the last 30 years.

The Mirror

• Families 'clobbered' by cost of travelling home for Christmas, says LabourFamilies travelling to see loved ones to celebrate Christmas are being "clobbered with massive costs" for train fares, bus tickets and fuel.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Barmouth Viaduct to reopen for Christmas as major repairs to 'rotten' structure continueWalkers will get a Christmas bonus when an iconic railway bridge temporarily reopens over the festive period.

London Evening Standard

• Tube line closed for rest of year because of staff shortages due to CovidTransport chiefs have been forced to close a Tube line because of driver shortages due to Covid.

Northern Echo

• Fresh Leamside Line hopes for County Durham communitiesDISCUSSIONS about resurrecting a ‘mothballed’ rail route in the North East are expected to take place in the new year after fresh hopes of returning the train network to its ‘former glory’ have been tabled.

Sheffield Star

• HS2 Sheffield: Green councillor in charge of Sheffield transport is pleased high speed rail link was scrappedThe councillor in charge of transport in Sheffield says he ‘won’t shed a tear’ about HS2 being axed.

Chester Standard

• Merseyrail services to be cut back next week due to Covid-related staff absencesA REDUCED timetable will be running on Merseyrail services between Chester, Ellesmere Port and Liverpool next week due to the impact of Covid-19's latest wave of cases.

Transport Network

• DfT calls for local resilience reviews to manage Omicron impactTransport minister Baroness Vere has written to all local transport and highway authorities, bus and light rail operators in England asking them to review resilience plans in light of the Omicron variant.