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CalMac cuts will leave island with fewer services than in Covid [subscription]

Colonsay faces losing its Monday ferries under CalMac?s winter timetable, angering locals who depend on the boats for deliveries and hospital appointments

Avanti West Coast boss insists 'laser focus' will help cut cancellations and delays

Avanti West Coast needs to maintain a 'laser focus'; on cutting cancellations and delays to its train services, its boss has said. Managing director Andy Mellors also insisted that the operator is “making progress” in improving its performance but that there is “still more to do”. The MD was speaking to the PA news agency [...]

Multi-billion-pound funding secured for Transpennine Route and A57 road upgrade

Following the recent budget announcement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Transport Secretary Louise Haigh have confirmed that two major transport projects, the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) and the A57 road upgrade have secured the necessary multi-billion-pound funding to proceed. The TRU programme is expected to transform the key rail line from Manchester to York, via Leeds and Huddersfield, into a high-performing, reliable, and electrified railway. Once complete, the full 70-mile TRU route will be fully electrified, helping save 87,000 tonnes of carbon each year...