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Monday, 25 March 2019

BBC News

• Edinburgh Waverley: Station expansion plans to be revealedNetwork Rail is to begin consultation on a long-term development plan for Waverley Station in Edinburgh.
• Rail services between London and Luton running after 'major disruption'Rail passengers were unable to travel between Luton and and London St Pancras as the line was shut.
• Jet Airways: The riches to rags story of India's oldest private airlineThe airline was once the shining face of Indian aviation, but now it is struggling to survive.

The Guardian

• HS2’s friends in the north should take a closer lookProf Paul Salveson supports high-speed rail but does not believe the scheme represents value for money, Andrew Pendleton says it will deepen the existing regional divide, while John O’Dwyer thinks it is the wrong business model
• Motorway meals: how 60 years of the service station has shaped how Britain eatsThe first service station opened in Watford Gap in 1959 – and the motorway meal was born. What does its evolution tell us about British tastes, past and present?
• Ban cars outside UK schools to tackle air pollution, teachers sayGovernment must take urgent action to improve air quality around schools, report finds

The Herald

• Edinburgh Waverley: Multi-million pound station revamp plans revealedIT is the old Victorian train station that has become the second busiest in Scotland and an Edinburgh landmark.

Times Online

• Bike helmet ad is just pants, say critics [subscription]The German transport ministry has been criticised for seeking to encourage cyclists to wear helmets with adverts featuring semi-naked women.
• Pointless and confusing road signs to be removed [Subscription]Councils have been told to rip down pointless road signs amid warnings that they waste taxpayers’ money, clutter streets and confuse motorists.

Reuters News

• Germany to inject more money into Deutsche Bahn rail network: BildBERLIN (Reuters) - The German government wants to inject some 50 billion euros ($57 billion) into upgrading the national rail network over the next decade, mass-selling Bild newspaper reported on Sunday.

City AM

• American Airlines to cancel 90 flights a day due to grounded Boeing 737 Max jetsAmerican Airlines has extended its flight cancellation period to 24 April due to the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max planes involved in two fatal crashes in recent months.
• Global aircraft deliveries at highest year-to-date level since 2015Global aircraft deliveries have hit the highest level since 2015 so far this year, according to the latest figures, however, trade organisation ADS has warned that Brexit could risk the UK’s reputation in the sector.

Mail Online

• Scrap the HS2, says ex-Treasury chief who signed it off: Lord Macpherson claims £56bn project will be 'obsolete' by the time it is operational in 2030sThe HS2 rail line should be scrapped for being too costly, says the former Treasury chief who first signed off its funding.

Bristol Live

• Marvin Rees offers fresh hope for Primark bus stop campaignersBristol mayor Marvin Rees said it was 'really important that we will review what has happened here'

Liverpool Echo

• Commuters told to brace themselves for even more Merseyrail station closuresCustomers using Wirral's New Brighton and West Kirby lines are next in line for the rail replacement buses

Manchester Evening News

• 'Patchy, expensive and nonsensical' - what's up with Greater Manchester's bus service?SPECIAL REPORT: After decades of frustration about Greater Manchester’s bus network, calls for Andy Burnham to fix it are getting louder - both among passengers and his own colleagues. Jen Williams reports.
• We went to Shudehill bus station to ask passengers what they think about the service"I don't think the buses are reliable, look for yourself now, no buses to be seen anywhere"
• Plans for a new £120m transport interchange in Stockport - with a park on top - have been approvedThe new hub will stand in the shadows of the famous viaduct arches and is set to become the epicentre of the local transport network.

Yorkshire Post

• Tim Farron: One last chance for Chris Grayling to prove himself as Transport Secretary – he should take it Read more at: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/tim-farron-one-last-chance-for-chris-grayling-to-prove-himself-as-transport-secretary-hWITH another big rail timetable change on the horizon, no doubt giving rail bosses recurring nightmares of last May’s utter chaos, it is vital that the lessons are learnt from last year.

Cambridge News

• Network Rail begins noise testing as work gets under way on £20m Soham station to connect with Peterborough and IpswichEight years after East Cambridgeshire District Council began preparatory work, Network Rail put flesh on the £20 million proposal to re-open Soham station with noise monitoring tests ahead of a planning application.

Carlisle News & Star

• Carlisle Youth Zone transforms bus stop into comfy waiting areaYOUNG people from Carlisle Youth Zone have transformed a bus stop into a home from home for passengers.

Other Regional Press

• Council votes to scrap Scartho Road bus lane - but it might not happenA motion to scrap the bus lane on Scartho Road was approved at a meeting of the North East Lincolnshire Council Full Council
• Letters: Will Quince should push for better infrastructureWill Quince may be of the opinion that better roads will help unlock potential (County Standard, March 15). More cars, and more lorries certainly do have the potential for more air pollution, more ill health, more danger, more deterrent to exercise and further limitation to childhood freedoms.

Construction Enquirer

• HS2 to beef up project control and cost managementHS2 is looking to appoint two firms to support commercial and delivery controls services on the £56bn scheme.

New Civil Engineer

• Heathrow expansion boss reveals contractor procurement planThe man in charge of delivering Heathrow’s third runway has revealed the airport operator’s procurement plan.
• Welsh rail line left a 'complete washout' by stormsFloods caused by Storm Gareth have washed away several sections of the ground beneath Conwy Valley railway line in Wales.

Rail Advent

• First stage of Wolverhampton upgrade nearing completionWest Midlands Railway has announced that the steel framework for phase one of City of Wolverhampton’s new railway station building is close to completion.

Rail Magazine

• ScotRail takes three more ‘classic’ HSTsThree more ‘Classic’ High Speed Trains (HST) will be leased by ScotRail to combat poor performance as part of the operator’s Remedial Plan agreed with the Scottish Government.

Aviation Industry

• Icelandair-WOW Air talks collapse The fate of Icelandic ultra-LCC WOW Air seemed increasingly to lie with its creditors Mar. 24, after talks with Icelandair Group collapsed. read more

Other News Sources

• Direct train between Swindon and Oxford could happen soonTRAIN passengers could speed between Swindon and Oxford in under an hour, if a new railway co-operative has its way.