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Friday, 24 September 2021

Mail Online

• HS2 will be delayed by a DECADE: 'Loss making' project will not be completed before 2041 - as budget swells to more than £106bnThe HS2 high-speed rail line is a 'loss-making' project, which will not be completed before 2041, a Conservative MP has told the Commons.

Birmingham Post

• Andy Burnham, levelling up and Shaun of the Dead - what we learnt from Manchester's biggest business event since Covid-19The event was staged at Manchester Central and saw 4,000 people attend

Derby Telegraph

• Derby train firm drops competition prize because public's ideas were so rubbishA train company serving Derby railway station has been criticised after it withdrew a competition prize due to the poor quality of entries from the public. East Midlands Railways (EMR) had offered £5,000 to passengers who suggested the best ideas for improving train journeys in its "Build Back Better" competition.

London Evening Standard

• ‘Loss-making’ HS2 to be delayed by a decade, says Tory MPThe HS2 high-speed rail line is a “loss-making” project, which will not be completed before 2041, a Conservative MP has told the Commons.

Yorkshire Post

• no clear end in sight” for HSMPs warn there is 'no clear end in sight' to HS2 delays and MPs have warned there is “no clear end in sight” for HS2 as there are ongoing concerns about rising costs and delays.

New Civil Engineer

• Jacobs: ‘Insufficient time for Crossrail target dates to be met’ Train testing failures and late station handovers have put Crossrail’s entire schedule at risk, according to the project’s representative (PREP) Jacobs.
• Network Rail calls in choppers to help repair remote ventilation shaftNetwork Rail has called in helicopters to help engineers go “down under” and carry out essential repairs to one of the UK’s deepest ventilations shafts in the Peak District.

Railnews

• New board to be set up for Welsh railways THURSDAY BRIEFING: New board to be set up for Welsh railways ++ Rail freight back to pre-pandemic levels
• ScotRail ticket examiners vote to continue strikes FRIDAY BRIEFING: ScotRail ticket examiners vote to continue strikes ++

Other News Sources

• A ridiculously low number of London buses take way longer to show up than the countdown timer saysLondoners love using public transport in the city. According to TfL, London's buses carry around 6.5m passengers a day. That's more than the whole population of Scotland.