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Monday, 12 February 2024

BBC News

• Siemens' Goole factory to build more Tube trainsA factory in East Yorkshire will build most of the new trains for a London Underground line, it has been announced.
• Ashton Vale to get bus service again after a year cut offA bus service will return to Bedminster a year after it was cancelled leaving residents "isolated and forgotten".
• New electric train fleet to carry first passengersThe West Midlands Trains fleet can carry more people on-board, the operator says.
• Probe after airport security staff miss trainingTwo managers at Birmingham Airport are sacked after bag-scanning staff failed to have vital training.
• Northern line found to have highest dust levelsThe findings were revealed in a report commissioned by Transport for London.

Financial Times

• Ships shun Red Sea and Suez Canal despite reduced Houthi menaceAttacks by US and UK forces have curtailed but not eliminated risks to marine traffic from militants in Yemen

The Guardian

• Ticket to ride: why 2024 could be your year of travelling sustainablyFrom cutting your carbon footprint to watching the world go by, here are just some of the reasons to fall in love with rail this year from those in the know. There's something truly joyful about travelling by train. Swapping roads clogged with cars for a cosy seat on board isn't just more comfortable and enjoyable think views of rolling countryside as you snake towards your destination it's significantly better for the environment, too.Taking the train instead of driving creates 67% less CO2*,

Times Online

• Green jet fuel firm Velocys to quit Aim in $40m rescue deal. [subscription]Government-backed company to be taken private as chief executive tells The Times it now has ’a massive export opportunity for the UK’
• Heathrow of the north? Manchester airport cuts ambitions after HS2 debacle. [subscription]Bosses are now backing moves by the mayors of Manchester and Birmingham to revive the high-speed rail link between their cities with private funding
• Siemens moves more London Underground train production to UK. [subscription]Factory in Goole, East Yorkshire, given three years of work to replace rolling stock on the Tube’s Piccadilly Line

City AM

• Heathrow: Britain has ’shut the door’ on home-grown growth with tourist taxEurope’s largest airport, Heathrow, has warned that Britain has “shut the door” on home grown growth by abolishing VAT-free shopping for overseas visitors.

Birmingham Post

• Uber bids to start operations in Hull with around 250 driversTaxi app Uber has lodged a bid to start operating in Hull and plans to have around 250 drivers.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• New EV charging station for Bradford is given the go aheadAn underused Bradford city centre site can become an electric vehicle charging station.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Minister who scrapped village's bypass admits 'slow' progress on alternative road Llanbedr has been waiting for years for road to relieve its traffic headache
• Council still 'investigating' how its two '£500,000' electric buses will be usedModern, eco-friendly vehicles kept at depot for months

London Evening Standard

• Another 6 million passengers fly through Heathrow in JanuaryBut Heathrow bosses warned that the lack of VAT-free shopping for international travellers was continuing to hold back the UK

Nation. Cymru

• Where next for Transport for Wales? Lee Waters MS – Deputy Minister for Climate ChangeIt would be better, and a lot less painful, to put alternatives to car use in place before trying to reduce car use. But that’s not the world we find ourselves in – and global warming won’t wait for us to get all our ducks in a row.
• Bus routes axed in 2023 restored as contracts for 42 local bus services are awardedContracts have been awarded for 42 local bus services and a number of services which were axed in 2023 have been restored following lengthy negotiations.

Wales Online

• Welsh Government got 20mph 'messaging wrong', Vaughan Gething says The Welsh Government must 'listen and not lecture' after row about default speed limit, Labour leadership candidate says

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Major rail engineering work on weekdays due to change in travel patternsNo long-distance services will run to or from London King’s Cross on two weekdays this month.

Bucks Free Press

• Heathrow passenger numbers narrowly below pre-coronavirus levelsHeathrow Airport’s passenger numbers in January were narrowly below pre-pandemic levels.

Lancashire Telegraph

• Darwen MP claims town short-changed in bus boost planA council has been condemned for failing to spend enough cash on buses for one of its main towns.

Other Regional Press

• New electric busses to boost Gwynedd’s transport networkBrand-new electric buses that will support sustainable travel in Gwynedd will begin operating on Monday 12 February, Transport for Wales and Cyngor Gwynedd have announced.

Rail Advent

• Lancashire and Yorkshire railway stations to benefit from £1.9m investmentA substantial investment by Northern is poised to bring about a noteworthy enhancement in passenger comfort at 21 stations within its network.

The Business Desk

• Yorkshire factory chosen to make more trains for London UndergroundSiemens Mobility’s factory in East Yorkshire has been selected to manufacture most of the new trains for a London Underground line.

Other News Sources

• Heathrow joins lobby against UK tourism taxHeathrow is adding its weight behind a campaign to re-instate tax free shopping for international tourists ahead of the spring Budget on March 6.