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Monday, 29 January 2024

BBC News

• Fareham-Eastleigh: Emergency stabilisation work to close railway lineEmergency work to stabilise a railway cutting will involve 25m-long (82ft) steel nails being drilled into a slope and reinforced with concrete.
• Birmingham railway station's new buildings open to publicA railway station's new buildings opened their doors to passengers for the first time on Sunday. The additions at University station in Birmingham include wider entrances, stairways and exits, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) said.
• The Cambridgeshire bus route that costs £124 per passengerThe 7A bus runs four times a day, six days a week. Its 12.5 mile (20 km) route connects four settlements in South Cambridgeshire.
• Rail disruption warning over rockfall worksRail users across Scotland's central belt have been warned of major disruption as four days of safety works begins. From Monday engineers will be installing netting above the railway at Ratho to prevent potential rockfall.
• Off-peak Friday fares trial to start for Tube and trains in LondonOff-peak Tube and train fares all day on Fridays will be trialled by Transport for London (TfL) in a bid to boost passenger numbers and support the capital's economy.
• York: Blue badge railway station parking change angers driverA motorist has said she has been left "angry" after disabled parking bays were moved at York's railway station. The spaces have been moved further away from the entrance to enable improvement work.

The Guardian

• We’d be stuck without it’: elderly Woking residents face loss of key transportCouncil set to cut back Dial-a-Ride service after speculative spree led it to bankruptcy

The Herald

• Business leaders raise concerns over public transportTwo of Scotland’s leading business gurus have questioned the shock decision by the Scottish Government to cut its proposed electric transport budget, despite the Low Emission Zones (LEZ) having only recently been introduced to Glasgow.

The Telegraph

• Rail bosses awarded big bonuses and pay rises despite strikesExecutives pocketed bonuses up to £1 million in 2023, despite failing to enforce new laws to minimise industrial action impacts

Daily Express

• Poland’s massive £7bn new airport will be Europe’s biggest ever transport projectCentralny Port Komunikacyjny airport has been called a "cornerstone in the transformation of European transport" and hopes to see 100 million passengers annually.

London Evening Standard

• London transport news LIVE: Aslef overtime ban hits rail network amid Tube train shortage on Central LineRail passengers are facing disruption to services this week as members of the Aslef union begin a nine-day overtime ban today before launching a rolling programme of walkouts from Tuesday.

Nation. Cymru

• Where the money should be spent to improve Wales’ rail networkProfessor Stuart Cole, CBE. Emeritus Professor of Transport Economics and Policy, Prifysgol de Cymru / University of South Wales.

Northern Echo

• Scarborough to Whitby bus route among UK's most scenicThe Arriva X93/X94 bus from Scarborough to Whitby in North Yorkshire has been named among the UK's most scenic by The Guardian but why?

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Almost a quarter of rail company's trains were cancelled over ChristmasAlmost a quarter of a beleaguered rail company's trains in the West Midlands were cancelled at short notice over the festive period. And just 44 per cent of Avanti West Coast's services in the region reached their destination on time.

Other Regional Press

• Stagecoach route cancellation 'paves way for better transport links'The cancellation of a Swindon bus service paves the way for "new and improved... east to west links" in the town, a bus company director has said.
• Plans to avoid London Underground 'bottlenecks' amid fears HS2 Euston station could 'overwhelm'Sadiq Khan says HS2’s own figures show 85 per cent of its passengers arriving at Euston will then need to use the Tube to continue their journeys
• Mayor hails 'landmark moment' for HS2 as work on new rail hub startsCurzon Street Station will be the first new intercity terminus station built in Britain since the 19th Century

Railway Gazette

• Capacity increase future-proofs Birmingham’s University stationUK: A three-year project to increase passenger capacity at University station on Birmingham’s Cross City Line was completed with the opening of two buildings on January 28.
• Sustainable design integrated into metro constructionCHINA: MTR Corp is working with Hong Kong University of Science & Technology to develop software to quantify the embodied carbon of rail projects and assist with the adoption of low-carbon construction.

Other News Sources

• London electric taxi fleet owner tells Transport Committee ’drivers can no longer afford to rent, let alone buy’The owner of London’s biggest electric taxi fleet has told the Transport Committee that drivers can ’no long afford to rent, let alone buy’ as concerns over the rising cost of the LEVC TX black cab reach boiling point.
• Rail chiefs failing to uphold minimum service laws as Britain faces nine days of rail strikes hellRail operators are failing to uphold the new minimum service laws ahead of nine days of train walkouts across Britain.