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Monday, 03 February 2025

BBC News

• Trackless trams pilot due 'before end of the year'Plans to bring "trackless trams" to Teesside remain on schedule, the Tees Valley mayor has said.
• HS2 put hopes on bootcamp to boost local jobsFatima's laugh and enthusiasm are infectious - she clearly loves what she is doing. At the moment she is driving a dumper truck around a muddy site just off Hampstead Road.
• Contactless train payment rollout continuesMore rail stations in the South East have begun to allow passengers to pay contactless for tickets at barriers.

The Guardian

• Cap on-the-day British intercity rail fares, campaigners urgeTransport campaigners have urged the government to cap walk-up rail fares after research showed almost half of British travellers avoid travelling by train because of the cost.

The Telegraph

• Stop using the word 'passenger', Network Rail tells staff [subscription]Network Rail has told staff to stop using the word passengers' The company that maintains Britain's railways has issued new guidance to employees asking them to use less formal language in a bid to reduce customer frustration at train delays and cancellations.

Times Online

• Network Rail is sorry to announce the word 'passenger' is cancelled [subscription]Travellers held up by cancellations and delays will now be spoken to in everyday language

Daily Express

• Network Rail tells staff to say 'pregnant person' not woman and stop saying 'passengers'A language handbook for Network Rail workers is instructing them to stop using the word 'passenger', with the rather confusing aim of putting 'passengers first'

Birmingham Post

• New lab space and trackless trams – the vision for Liverpool's £1bn Knowledge Quarter as it bids to attract science and tech firms to the city region'If a customer grows and moves and expands and goes to somewhere else in the country, we lose them to Liverpool'

London Evening Standard

• Heathrow's third runway and the other public transport projects that will reshape London by 2035Gatwick, too, has an expansion plan, and other schemes include a Bakerloo line extension and a larger terminal at Stansted

Lancashire Telegraph

• Northern cancels meeting to discuss Blackburn train issuesA council leader has revealed that rail operator Northern has, ironically, cancelled a meeting to discuss its frequent cancellation of trains to East Lancashire.