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Monday, 06 April 2020

BBC News

• Coronavirus: Ferries need financial help to survive pandemic, says trade associationServices providing supplies of food, medical equipment and other imported goods could be at risk.
• Coronavirus: New car registrations may drop more than 40%March is usually one of the strongest months of the year for the car industry.

Financial Times

• Ryanair hit by wrong way bet on fuelAirline caught out by oil price fall after hedging against rising market

The Guardian

• London bus drivers 'scared to death' by lack of virus protectionUnion demands action for staff ˜terrorised by deaths" of colleagues. London bus drivers mourning the loss of five colleagues are scared to death of catching coronavirus and still do not have full hygiene measures in place, their union has warned.

The Telegraph

• Medieval shrine from the 14th century discovered by rail workers following landslide

Times Online

• Plan to turn grounded jets into intensive care wards [subscription]A group of medical, technology and aviation experts has called on the government to back a plan to create hundreds, possibly thousands, of intensive care beds in grounded aircraft.
• Speeding drivers let off by overstretched police [subscription]Speeding motorists are being let off with nothing more than a written warning by police because of mounting workloads caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Mail Online

• Megabus announce suspension of all services in England and WalesIt comes after its rival National Express also announced it would temporarily stop all UK coach services in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
• More than 80% of fines for driving in bus lanes are overturned on appealMotoring organisations said the numbers are 'staggering' and called on councils to issue warning letters rather than fines for first-time offenders.

Office of Rail and Road (ORR)

• HS1 applications, decisions and consolidated agreementsHigh Speed 1 (HS1) track access application consultations, decisions and consolidated agreements...

Sky News

• No masks, buses 'not cleaned' and colleagues dying – bus drivers explain they're 'all scared'Bus drivers in London have told Sky News they do not believe they have the proper protective equipment to do their job safely.

Birmingham Post

• Cardiff Airport to receive Welsh Government aid during coronavirus pandemicThe Welsh Government will provide finance to support the reduced operations and to maintain solvency, half the staff at the airport will be put on furlough

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• £10.6m is collected in Bradford bus lane fines in 6 years BRADFORD Council has collected more than £10 million in penalty charges notice fines from drivers across the district in the last six years.

Other Regional Press

• Road markings drawn on Sheffield street mid-way through tarmackingSuper efficient contractors don't let unfinished surface stand in their way.
• Urgent appeal amid fears Swanage Railway could collapse AN URGENT appeal has been launched to help the Swanage Railway stay on track in the wake of the economic effects of the coronavirus.
• This is how the railway lines are being used to feed the nationAll kinds of things are transported on the railways - from steel, to toilet paper and even post

C.N.N.

• India has closed its railways for the first time in 167 years. Now trains are being turned into hospitalsNormally, Indian Railways runs more than 20,000 passenger trains a day, on long-distance and suburban routes, from 7,349 stations across India.

Railnews

• 6 April: news in brief ++ West Midlands Railway axes trains

Other News Sources

• Severn Trent to make entire transport fleet electric by 2030 The UK's second-biggest water company has joined the Climate Group's EV100 initiative, pledging to convert 100% of its transport fleet to electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030.