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Sunday, 06 August 2017

BBC News

• Waterloo Station: £800m revamp begins with signal failureMajor engineering works that will cause severe disruption at the UK's busiest rail station have begun, as passengers were also delayed by a signal failure.
• Huddersfield and Dewsbury stations close for signal worksRail services have been disrupted as two stations in West Yorkshire are closed to allow for improvement works.

The Herald

• Electric car sales in sharp rise as diesels run out of gasSCOTTISH motorists are turning in increasing numbers to all-electric and hybrid vehicles as uncertainty reigns over the future of petrol and diesel cars that are due to be banned from 2040.
• Union claims scrapping rail electrification projects will harm ScotlandTHE scrapping of the electrification of rail lines across the North of England will have a knock-on effect on Scotland, UK ministers have been warned.

Times Online

• Revealed: £1bn of overspending that Crossrail bosses tried to hide [subscription]Some of the biggest contracts on the Crossrail project, Europe’s largest undergound construction scheme, cost up to 255% more than they were meant to, documents reveal.
• If it’s Tuesday evening, your train service is about to hit the buffers [subscription]Rail journeys are more likely to run late after work than in the morning peak, with one day particularly badly hit, official data shows
• What a way to run a railway [subscription]For rail passengers using London’s Waterloo station, the country’s busiest, the next three weeks promise to be frustrating. A major programme to increase capacity, including extending platforms, will mean a big reduction in services. Rail users have been advised to work at home or take a holiday. Nor is Waterloo, although perhaps the most dramatic example, alone in this.
• Islanders set sail on pollution-free ferries project [subscription]While motorists prepare for a ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2040, the tiny Orkney island of Eday is working on another green transport initiative that could revolutionise the world of sea transport.
• Total ban on cars ‘the only way to beat air pollution’ says expert Frank Kelly [Subscription]Electric vehicles will not solve Britain’s air pollution crisis and the government should instead try to rid cities of cars entirely, a leading government adviser has said.
• Total ban on cars ‘the only way to beat air pollution’ says expert Frank Kelly [Subscription]Electric vehicles will not solve Britain’s air pollution crisis and the government should instead try to rid cities of cars entirely, a leading government adviser has said.

City AM

• TfL launches London walking challenge to encourage more people to navigate the capital on footTransport for London (TfL) is challenging Londoners to get off the tube or out of their Uber and tackle the capital on foot.

Birmingham Post

• Motorways through the West Midlands could be covered by TUNNELS or canopies and this is whyThe canopies may be tested on hotspot A roads, too

Derby Telegraph

• Petition to reopen Derbyshire rail line closing in on 10,000 signaturesRestoring Matlock to Buxton route 'good for jobs'

London Evening Standard

• Waterloo passengers denied compensation as month of chaos beginsThousands of passengers who face huge disruption as they travel through Waterloo station this month may be denied compensation.
• Cyclists' fury after more than 100 oBike hire cycles are seized in clampdownFurious cyclists have criticised a London council's decision to seize more than 100 hire bikes from the borough's streets.
• London should embrace vegetable oil engines, charity behind Kindness bus saysCharity volunteers who converted a Sixties Routemaster to run on vegetable oil called on others to follow their example today.

Manchester Evening News

• 'Filthy and shambolic' - These negative reviews of Manchester Airport really don't pull any punchesAre airport bosses so focused on future renovation they've forgotten about the passengers of today?

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Community Dial-a-bus to be scrappedThe A2B link between Strathdon and Alford currently operates on a weekly basis between the two communities, but is due to be stopped from August 17.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• New bus service from Sheffield to Doncaster airport to launch next monthThe first ever direct bus service from Sheffield to Doncaster's Robin Hood airport is set to be launched next month.

Daventry Express

• 'All because of Tories' Owen Jones leaves BBC audience in an uproar in airport queue rantOWEN JONES left a BBC audience in an uproar after he blamed airport queues and Brexit on the Conservative Government.

Other Regional Press

• Villagers in Worth Matravers left without a bus service as council cuts take effectVILLAGERS in Purbeck no longer have a bus service as a result of council cuts.
• Bus festival rolling into townIT’S all aboard as the Buses Festival comes to the British Motor Museum.
• MP climbs aboard to discuss future of bus services in Milton Keynes Mr Stewart, MP for MK South, dropped in in support of this year’s ‘Catch the Bus Week’ campaign, where he climbed aboard one of the company’s new buses.
• Strong support for Bakerloo extensionResidents have shown strong support for Bakerloo line extension plans but concerns were expressed over the potential loss of a retail park and supermarket.
• 'More services needed' to attract park and ride usersMORE bus services to key locations are needed to get people off the roads and using Bicester's park and ride, it has been claimed.
• Got a train to catch? Rail passengers face month of chaos at UK's busiest station Three weeks of severe disruption to rail services has begun at the UK's busiest station.
• Birmingham Airport passengers facing MASSIVE delays as travel chaos hits The airport has been branded 'shambolic'

Other News Sources

• Heathrow corporate affairs boss Harbord lands at DraxClare Harbord led the lobbying campaign for Heathrow’s third runway.
• Waterloo upgrade: Severe reduction to South West Trains services this monthIt is the second day of major disruption on the trains across Surrey and Hampshire until the end of August. The platforms are being extended to accommodate longer trains with more seats. Up until then, the works will mean reduced services, fewer trains and delays until August 28.
• London Waterloo upgrade: Behind-the-scenes pictures show Network Rail 'orange army' get to work on new platforms South West Trains on Saturday post a string of pictures of the ongoing works at London Waterloo amid massive delays following a points failure
• London Waterloo upgrade: First day of £800m works derailed by delays, cancellations and diversions From points failures to system screen errors, the first day of upgrade work hit passengers trying to get in and out of the capital from Surrey hard