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Monday, 05 February 2024

BBC News

• Northern yet to fix Aspatria mispronunciationA train operator has been criticised for continuing to mispronounce a station name six months after re-recording its announcements.
• Female apprentices: Rail operator sees 50% rise in numbersA rail operator said it has seen a 50% increase in female apprentices in the past year.
• Speed limit error sees hundreds of drivers finedMotorists caught speeding are planning legal action against TfL over a road sign error.
• CalMac bosses to be quizzed by islanders at summitManagement will take questions on cancellations to services and lengthy delays to new ships.
• Boeing in last chance saloon, Emirates boss saysSir Tim Clark's comments come after a panel broke off a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet mid-air.
• One million electric cars sold in the UK since 2002But new private registrations fell by a quarter in January, threatening to undermine the UK's net zero promises.

Department for Transport

• Rollout of electric vehicle chargepoints to be acceleratedNew measures will mean EV owners benefit from easier and more convenient access to chargepoints.

Financial Times

• Boeing in last chance saloon, warns Emirates headTim Clark blames management and governance mis-steps for progressive decline in US plane maker's manufacturing standards

The Independent

• Further disruption for rail services amid ongoing train drivers’ strikeRail services will continue to be disrupted on Monday because of ongoing industrial action by train drivers in their long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

City AM

• Second week of train strikes begins: Here’s everything you need to know Brits are facing yet another week of disruption next week as train drivers from the Aslef union walk-out in an ongoing feud over pay and working conditions.

Bolton News

• Bee Network buses to publish weekly 'punctuality data'Buses across Bolton and Greater Manchester will be publishing updates on their performances on arriving on time from now on every week.
• Greater Manchester's 'challenge' to improve Bolton busesImproving Bolton’s bus services will be a “challenge”, that authorities at regional level must set themselves to meet, an MP says.
• Bolton bus service falls by nearly a third say Friends of the EarthBus users in Bolton have been hit by a “silent war” after a report found services have fallen by nearly a third in 13 years.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Funds to help schools install subsidised car chargers and sell energy to driversSchools in England will be able to apply for grants to buy and install electric vehicle chargers, and then sell the energy back to motorists.
• EV charging pilot could be 'game changer' for BradfordTERRACED streets in Bradford could soon get EV charging points thanks to a game changing pilot involving BT.

Liverpool Echo

• Liverpool to stage huge event for new Cunard ship's naming ceremonyThe ship will make her maiden voyage to Cunard's 'spiritual home'

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Funds to help schools install subsidised car chargers and sell energy to driversThe Department for Transport said it will provide up to 75% of the cost to install chargers, up to a maximum of £2,500 per socket.

Other Regional Press

• New N518 night bus route could be introduced in LondonA new night bus route could be introduced connecting central London to areas in Brent, Harrow, Ealing and Hillingdon.
• Parents 'disgusted' as council propose to scrap school bus serviceParents have been left outraged after a council proposal plans to scrap bus transportation for high school pupils across South Lanarkshire, which has been branded 'deplorable'.
• HS2 shortlists two bidders to run 'automated people mover' between stations near CoventryThe mass transit system will transport up to 3,900 people an hour between four different train stations

Forbes

• Paris Votes To Triple Parking Charges For SUVsParisians have voted to increase parking rates for SUVs in the French capital. The proposals were approved by 54.55% of voters in a referedum held Sunday 4 February.

Rail Business Daily

• Transpennine Route Upgrade places apprentices at heart of Northern rail ambitionThe Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is close to reaching the halfway mark of its ambitious aim to take on 590 apprentices across the rail upgrade between Manchester and York, via Leeds and Huddersfield.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Go-Ahead aims for 600 new apprentice bus drivers in 2024The Go-Ahead Group plans to recruit 600 apprentice bus drivers this year in London and the North West.

Other News Sources

• What does the 2023 IMO Greenhouse Gas Strategy mean for shipping?The new greenhouse gas strategy agreed at MEPC80 has raised ambitions in the maritime sector to hit net-zero emissions by 2050.
• 50,000 passenger journeys and rising for Inverness Airport railway station on track for success on first anniversaryScotRail’s newest railway station in the Highlands is celebrating its first anniversary – after clocking up more than 50,000 passenger journeys.
• School minibuses 'are polluting the air' in HerefordON a very pleasant sunny Tuesday afternoon, January 23, at approximately 3.30pm I walked along Broad and King Street in Hereford and noticed seven small Transit diesel minibuses parked with their engines running.
• East Sussex schools will rent electric vehicle chargers to publicSchools will be given £5 million of government money to pay for electric vehicles chargers and can rent them out to the public to generate extra cash.