Other News Sources - With a focus on developing around railway stations, representatives from local authorities, Network Rail, and the private sector delved into the ins and outs of not only creating a great masterplan, but also ensuring it gets delivered at a roundtable discussion hosted by WW+P Architects and RJP Town Planners.
Aviation Industry - Heathrow quietly increased its drop-off fee to ?6 (charged each time a vehicle enters the area) from 1 January. This is up ?1 on the charge that was introduced back in October 2021.
Route One (Bus and Coach) - Cuts to bus services were responsible for an estimated mp;pound;2.6 billion reduction in Englandmp;#39;s economy between in 2011 and 2023, according to new analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) North.
Railway Gazette - CHINA: Two prototype CR450 high speed trainsets designed for a maximum speed of 450 km/h and an operating speed of 400 km/h have been unveiled in Beijing, ahead of testing to optimise the design and enable the sets to enter service as soon as possible.
Railnews - A group which lobbies on behalf of the private sector is urging the government to make the future prospects for open access passenger services clear, after transport secretary Heidi Alexander warned on Monday that she is advising the Office of Rail and Road to mp;#145;ensure that the benefits provided by open access operators outweigh the impacts they have on taxpayersmp;#146;.
New Civil Engineer - The installation of 120 mp;#39;giganticmp;#39; beams has been completed as part of a 14,500t box structure designed to take the HS2 under the A46 Kenilworth Bypass in Warwickshire.
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Park Signalling, a Unipart company, has won a mp;amp;pound;3 million contract with Network Rail to produce a Design Workstation supporting Solid State Interlocking (SSI) signalling systems in the UK. Configuring SSI systems requires specialised knowledge of railway signalling principles, interlocking logic, and the SSI technology being used. According to Park Signalling, its design will replace obsolete and unsupported technology and provide rail... Читать дальше...
Other Regional Press - More than 235 roadwork schemes are set to get underway
Other Regional Press - More than 100 people attended an event as part of local groupmp;#39;smp;nbsp;campaign to keep London Road Crossing open.
Other Regional Press - Darlington is one of the worst-affected areas in England by cuts to local bus services.
Other Regional Press - Worn-out Southeastern Metro trains that were branded mp;#39;embarrassingmp;#39; by the companymp;#39;s boss will finally be refurbished this year two years after plans were first announced.
Other Regional Press - Work to enable access for all at Biggleswade Railway Station is set to resume shortly, and could be completed later this year, a meeting heard.
Other Regional Press - Plans have been lodged for design mp;#39;refinementsmp;#39; for Birminghammp;#39;s new flagship high speed railway station.
Other Regional Press - ScotRail has issued advice to travellers as a busy Glasgow railway line is set to be close for almost five months.
Other Regional Press - Government delays and inflation are among the factors being blamed
Other Regional Press - Claims a controversial lorry park plan for hundreds of HGVs should be built at a motorway junction near a major Kent tourist attraction has sparked a spat between local Conservatives.
Other Regional Press - As the campaign for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing continues at pace, leading logistics provider Europa Worldwide Group has become one of the latest British business to lend its voice to the issue.
Sunderland Echo - The first new Tyne and Wear Metro train had to be taken out of action this morning after suffering a technical failure.
Kent Online - The Prime Minister has backed calls to reinstate international trains in Kent saying he is mp;#39;keenmp;#39; to see the services return.
Wales Online - The multi-million pound Porth Transport Hub has been sat empty for close to a year, much to the frustration of local residents
This Is Local London Network - A new Superloop route across the River Thames is set to be launched within months.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Stopping for up to 10 minutes in the drop-off zone has increased to mp;pound;5 as of today.
London Evening Standard - Now London mayor suggests offering free coffees to passengers after scrapping of peak fares made mp;#39;no differencemp;#39; to Friday commutes
Bristol Live - Repairs to the roof of Temple Meads train station have been delayed again and are now due to end in the summer next year. The painstaking work is more extensive than Network Rail first thought, although 1,900 individual repairs to steelwork on the roof have already been finished.
Bolton News - A dispute has broken out between an airport taxi servicemp;nbsp;and the airport over the picking up of disabled passengers.