Is the return of ScotRail?s peak rail fares a betrayal of Dundee passengers?
Other News Sources - The Scottish Government plans to reintroduce peak rail tickets later this month. But how will more expensive fares impact passengers?
Other News Sources - The Scottish Government plans to reintroduce peak rail tickets later this month. But how will more expensive fares impact passengers?
Other News Sources - A SENIOR Oswestry councillor has called on Shropshire Council to financially support any proposal that would establish a shuttle bus to Gobowen railway station.
Transportxtra - The Department for Transport?s accounts for 2023/24 lay bare the high cost of governmental inconsistency, with losses declared in relation to changes to HS2, smart motorways and the department?s shared services programme. Departmental Group losses during the year were almost ?2.4bn, compared with ?90.6m in 2022/23.
Railway Technology - The supermarket company will use its new rail services to provide onward travel for containers carried by its Tailwind shipping line.
Railnews - The only National Rail line on the Isle of Wight will close again tomorrow, for a new engineersmp;#146; possession. The latest closure will mean no trains until 6 October, when the line will reopen between Ryde Esplanade and Shanklin, but the pier section will remain closed until 4 May. These latest closures are being described as essential in mp;#145;futureproofing the servicemp;#146;.
Rail Advent - Network Rail has issued an update on work to provide step-free access to trains at Warwick station, including alerting passengers to a six-month closure of the station?s subway.
Other Regional Press - The aim is to provide a mp;#39;seamlessmp;#39; transport network that will be mp;#39;long-term, forward thinking and sustainablemp;#39; and reduce reliance on cars
Other Regional Press - A residents group is saying Oxfordshire County Councilmp;#39;s Watlington Relief Road and HIF1 Didcot schemes need a mp;quot;rethinkmp;quot; in terms of costs.
Other Regional Press - Chiltern Railways is offering thousands of tickets at discounted prices to travel on Fridays throughout September.
Other Regional Press - This week it works on the next phase of dedicated bus lanes which will connect Colchester began.
Other Regional Press - Bosses say it would mean longer trains and 'simpler' timetables with 'turn up and go' services
Other Regional Press - Former Prime Minister and Maidenhead MP Theresa May joined the town?s current MP, council leader and other figures to formally open the new facilities at Maidenhead Railway Station.
Other Regional Press - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes MP Melanie Onn secured a debate on transport in northern Lincolnshire, highlighting A180 issues and getting a direct London to Cleethorpes train service
Other Regional Press - MSPs have called for action in Scotland to crackdown on the dangerous use of off road bikes and motorised bikes.
Manchester Evening News - A huge area of car park is being transformed with larger spaces to suit the needs of mp;#39;premium shoppersmp;#39; - and parking charges will soon follow
Manchester Evening News - he train was carrying a load of construction aggregate towards Manchester on the Stockport to Stalybridge line and was said to have been travelling at 'low speed' at the time
Local Government - Plans to build the first phase of Barton-upon-Humber?s link road ? connecting Barrow Road, the A1077 and Caistor Road, have been given the green light.
Local Government - A major new strategy to shape transport development across Newcastle over the next 20 years is being drawn up.
Liberal Democrat Party - On September 4th The Independent ran a story on the problems that have beset the HS2 railway project to connect ?major cities? in England. It reported that the figure for total cost of the project, was something like 67 billion pounds, one new station at Birmingham alone costing half a billion, an extraordinary figure even if one accepts that it is over 15 years.
i News - A chronic lack of drivers will mean services will continue to face disruption in the coming years
The Guardian - Nasamp;#146;s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who flew Starliner amid technical failures, will remain at ISS until FebruaryBoeingmp;#146;s Starliner spacecraft landed in a New Mexico desert late on Friday, months after its original departure date and without the two astronauts it carried when it launched in early June.Starliner returned to Earth seemingly without a hitch, a Nasa live stream showed, nailing the critical final phase of its mission. Continue reading...
The Guardian - The company is seen as crucial not just to local but national wellbeing mp;#150; and never before have its workers been threatened in their own homeland like thismp;#145;Earthquake at Volkswagenmp;#148; ran the stark headline in the Wolfsburger Nachrichten, the newspaper serving the north German city that is synonymous with the carmaker.
The Guardian - Decision affects services such as Citymapper, while TfL says incident not believed to be ransomware attack
BBC News - The new Pendle and Clitheroe MP, Jonathan Hinder, has used his maiden speech in Parliament to call for the restoration of the Colne to Skipton rail link.
BBC News - Sections of a disused railway line between Bristol and Portishead have been donated to a heritage railway.