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• National Transport Awards 2023 Book of Winners

  19-10-2023 21:43 via passengertransport.co.uk
  The twentieth National Transport Awards took place on October 5 in London and you can read all about the winners in this official Souvenir Brochure. Click on the image below to view National Transport Awards Book of Winners 2023.
   
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• Out now: Issue 299 of Passenger Transport

  19-10-2023 21:25 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 299 of Passenger Transport is published on October 20.Contents include:
   
   LEAD STORY
  Waters attacks ‘grubby’ Westminster tacticsWelsh Government’s deputy minister for climate change tells audience in London that the government is no longer making long term decisions
   NEWS
  Report urges radical action on transportNational Infrastructure Commission outlines bold plan to enhance UK infrastructure, focusing on public transport and long-term funding
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• Waters attacks ‘grubby’ Westminster tactics

  19-10-2023 21:06 via passengertransport.co.uk
  The Welsh Government’s deputy minister for climate change used the National Transport Awards to hit back at critics and issue a rallying cry
   Lee Waters: ‘We have to make the right thing to do, the easiest thing to do’
   The National Transport Awards is a great opportunity to recognise those who are going above and beyond across all modes of transport. It’s also an opportunity to consider the challenges that the sector faces and present a vision for the future.
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• Forget Hs2 and focus on local investments

  19-10-2023 20:51 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  The transport community needs to recognise the country has big problems to solve and concentrate on where we can really help
   HS2 will no longer reach north of Birmingham. The government decided that there were greater priorities
   I know it might seem odd for me, of all people to say this, but I’ll be blunt, I think there’s far more pressing priorities – so the decision not to proceed with the second phase of HS2 was the right one. This, from a government whic
  
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• Transport needs clarity and certainty

  19-10-2023 20:38 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Some of the real positives from the government’s Network North announcements have got lost in the malaise. Details are required
   Greater Manchester’s Bee Network is an example of what can be achieved
   I am writing this on what feels like the first proper day of Autumn and just over 100 days from taking up the role as director of the Urban Transport Group. Why is 100 days important? Because that is the timeline I set myself to refresh this brilliant organisation to m
  
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• Train strikes in England could continue for six months after union vote

  19-10-2023 19:09
  
  Backing of 90% of RMT members gives leverage for improved offer, says union leader Mick LynchRail workers at English train operating companies have voted overwhelming for another six months of potential strikes, the RMT union announced.More than 20,000 union members were balloted across the 14 companies contracted to the Department for Transport, with 90% voting to give the union a continued mandate for strikes, on a 64% turnout. Continue reading...
  
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• Rail union in England votes for continued strikes in jobs, pay and conditions dispute

  19-10-2023 19:09
  
  Backing of 90% of members across 14 firms gives leverage for improved offer, says union leader, Mick LynchRail workers at English train operating companies have voted overwhelming for another six months of potential strikes, the RMT union announced.More than 20,000 union members were balloted across the 14 companies contracted to the Department for Transport, with 90% voting to give the union a continued mandate for strikes, on a 64% turnout. Continue reading...
  
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• Why high-speed trains may not be right for us in the UK | Letters

  19-10-2023 19:03
  
  Cathy Swann argues that the high-speed rail networks seen in Spain and France may not be suitable for our small, densely populated landscape, but Steven Clark says the negativity about HS2 is a blight on progressHaving recently returned from my favourite holiday destination in southern Spain, travelling by train to avoid flying, I can testify to the excellence of the Spanish rail system, as described by María Ramírez (Spain’s high-speed trains aren’t just efficient, the
  
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• Either we all win, or we all lose

  19-10-2023 19:01 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  How do we prevent short-term thinking and political expediency from driving critical decisions on tackling climate change?
   The Prime Minister’s Net Zero press conference in Downing Street last month
   Like so many, I could scarcely believe what I was hearing when prime minister Rishi Sunak made his Net Zero speech at Downing Street on September 20. At a stroke he smashed the UK’s highly cherished cross-party consensus on climate change and threw down the gauntlet to
  
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• Making the case for public transport

  19-10-2023 18:29 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Brent Toderian, a passionate advocate of public transport, spoke at this month’s CPT Scotland Conference. Robert Jack reports
   Brent Toderian spent six years as chief planner for Vancouver, Canada
   Brent Toderian is an internationally renowned practitioner and thought leader on city planning and transport, consulting on cities and projects across the globe. 
  He set up his own consultancy business, TODERIAN UrbanWORKS, in 2012 following six years as chief planner for the Cana
  
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• Stagecoach leads UK Bus Awards shortlist

  19-10-2023 15:34 via passengertransport.co.uk
  A total of 135 finalists have made the shortlist of this year’s prestigious UK Bus Awards, with the winners set to be announced on November 28
   Koli Begum of Go-Ahead London won last year’s Top London Bus Driver award
   The UK Bus Awards, the flagship national award scheme, has announced a 135-strong shortlist after another bumper year for entries.
  People, projects and bus operators will be competing across 23 categories, with the presentation ceremony taking place on Novemb
  
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• Manager – Unilink, part of Bluestar

  19-10-2023 13:22 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Manager – Unilink
   Salary range £41-44k
  We are looking for a sensational manager with operational experience to manage our prestigious Unilink Bus contract which we operate on behalf of the University of Southampton. Unilink is a bespoke bus service, so students and staff can get to work and lectures easily. The bus routes are also available for everyone to use in the wider community. Bluestar has successfully run this operation since 2008.
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• TransPennine Express to cut 20 services a day between Leeds and Manchester

  19-10-2023 12:49
  
  Passengers warned of fewer services and more crowded trains as rail firm seeks to ‘reset’ its operationsRail passengers in the north have been warned of fewer services and potentially more crowded trains after TransPennine Express said it would cut its timetable further in December.About 20 services a day between Leeds and Manchester will be taken out of the schedule as the firm seeks to “reset” its struggling operations. Continue reading...
  
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• Yorks big transport ideas Light rail transit, water taxis and cheaper parking for electric cars

  19-10-2023 02:00 via yorkmix.com
  Other News Sources - York could be on the verge of a transport revolution.City of York Council is committed to reducing traffic in the city by 20 by 2030.
  
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• 'Unacceptable' overcrowding at Euston station is 'putting people at risk

  19-10-2023 02:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - Network Rail is failing to prevent safety risks from unacceptable overcrowding at Londons Euston station, regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said.
  
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• Transport Secretary hopes that Alstom 'maintains a significant presence in Derby'

  19-10-2023 02:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derby Telegraph - He was responding to letters about the company's future from Derby City Council
  
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• Transport for Wales to benefit from £125 million budge increase

  19-10-2023 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - In an announcement in the Senedd today, Wednesday, 18 October, Rebecca Evans MS., Finance Minister said that Transport for Wales is to benefit from a £125 million increase in this year's budget, which will contribute towards helping to safeguard passenger services and continue the programme of transforming railways in Wales.
  
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• Transport for Wales behind on delivering 77 new trains this year - Drakeford

  19-10-2023 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - Only 33 new trains have been delivered and are operating so far
  
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• Tories' own adviser warns they must drop 'knee jerk' sale of land for axed HS2 route

  19-10-2023 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror - National Infrastructure Commission boss Sir John Armitt said that it would be a 'mistake' to sell land earmarked for HS2 in a rush after Rishi Sunak scrapped plans to extend the high speed rail line to Manchester
  
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• Three big reasons to be cheerful after Birmingham Airport announces good news

  19-10-2023 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Bosses at Birmingham Airport are in bullish mood. Big change is in the air and after the nightmare of Covid the future appears brighter than ever.
  
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• Sunak should reverse U-turn on HS2

  19-10-2023 02:00 via northeastbylines.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - High-speed has advantages for train travellers and takes passengers and freight off the roads and off the aeroplanes.
  
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• Siemens Mobility Goole Component Repair Facility

  19-10-2023 02:00 via railengineer.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Whilst the Siemens Mobility Goole train manufacturing plant and supply chain rail village is still being finished, and no train building work is expected to commence until March 2024, one part is already up and running: its component overhaul business. With nearly 4,000 Siemens carriages in service or on order, most of which Siemens maintains, there was a desire to become self-sufficient for some overhaul work.
  
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• Scotlands Transport Minister recognises RIA campaigning efforts

  19-10-2023 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - RIA Scotland holds lively fringe meeting at the SNP Conference with Scottish Transport Minister Fiona Hyslop MSP
  
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• RMT boss 'doesn't believe' major Cumbrian rail project will happen

  19-10-2023 02:00 via whitehavennews.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - RMT general secretary, Mick Lynch has cast doubts on the energy coast train line upgrade saying he doesnt believe that any of the projects announced by the government will happen.
  
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• Northamptonshire MP calls for train station at Silverstone following HS2 cancellation

  19-10-2023 02:00 via northantslive.news
  
  Other Regional Press - The Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire has called for the construction of Silverstone International, a train station at the High Speed 2 (HS2) compound off the A43 north of Brackley. Dame Andrea Leadsom MP has written to the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Transport and West Northamptonshire Council, to ask them to consider the proposal.
  
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• No fraud in Ferguson Marine ferry contract award, review finds

  19-10-2023 02:00 via thenational.scot
  
  The National - A REVIEW by a senior lawyer into the procurement of the delayed Ferguson Marine ferries found no evidence of fraud, though parts of the process were not entirely satisfactory.
  
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• Newport: Bassaleg must wait until 2027 for new bridge

  19-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The bridge shut in August 2021, and a replacement will not be open until at least January 2027.
  
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• Minister says HS2 will still benefit Wales after northern leg scrapped

  19-10-2023 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The now-cancelled Manchester leg of the project was said to be of most benefit to Wales
  
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• McGinley extends NIS partnership as HS2 apprentice milestone reached in the Midlands

  19-10-2023 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - One of the UKs leading recruitment and support services for the infrastructure markets has extended its long-term partnership with National Infrastructure Solutions (NIS).
  
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• Mayor accused of 'naivety' by furious council leader as Leamside Line funding claims branded 'a lie'

  19-10-2023 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - A mayor has been accused of naivety over the furore surrounding the Leamside Line, as a North East council leader branded claims that the region will be given enough money to reopen the railway a lie.
  
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• Manchester mayor Andy Burnham offers to advise Humza Yousaf on bringing buses back into public control

  19-10-2023 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham has said he was willing to meet the Scottish Government to share expertise on bringing buses under local control.
  
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• London Euston: Office of Rail and Road issues Network Rail with improvement notice

  19-10-2023 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - The Office of Rail and Road has issued Network Rail with an improvement notice for London Euston Station to implement effective measures that will prevent risks to passengers and others during periods of surges and overcrowding.
  
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• Lawyer's Scottish ferries deal report finds no evidence of fraud

  19-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A lawyer-led review was prompted by a BBC documentary into the Ferguson ferries controversy.
  
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• Largs MSP Kenneth Gibson calls for faster trains to Glasgow

  19-10-2023 02:00 via largsandmillportnews.com
  Other Regional Press - Largs MSP Kenneth Gibson has urgedScotRail to deliver fasterservices on the Largs to Glasgow rail line.
  
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• Infrastructure chiefs urge Rishi Sunak to not sell off HS2 land. subscription

  19-10-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Land purchased for HS2 should not be sold off in a kneejerk, snap reaction and should be kept for up to three years, the governments infrastructure adviser has said.
  
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• HS2 will benefit Wales even after northern leg is scrapped

  19-10-2023 02:00 via freepressseries.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - WALES will continue to benefit from HS2 - even after its northern leg has been scrapped, a minister has claimed.
  
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• HS2: What challenges contributed to the scaling back of the megaproject?

  19-10-2023 02:00 via geplus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Geotechnical engineers have identified mismanagement and bad planning as key factors that may have contributed to the governments decision to axe the northern leg of High Speed 2 (HS2).
  
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• Heathrow passengers' hopes for cheaper flights dashed as charges fixed

  19-10-2023 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The decision has left both Heathrow airport and airlines like British Airways and Delta Air Lines unhappy
  
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• East Yorkshire transport survey launched for rural communities

  19-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - People who have no access to transport have been asked to have their say on future services in East Yorkshire.
  
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• Durham MP asks minister who was behind North East rail betrayal in just 24 hours

  19-10-2023 02:00 via northeastbylines.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Who was it who decided that they would water down the proposal? Who decided that the Leamside line was far too north to be worthy of government investment? Was it the Prime Minister, the Treasury or the Minister who sold out the North East?
  
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• Dominic Cummings gloats about HS2 cancellation and settles old scores

  19-10-2023 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Boris Johnson's former adviser has also drawn up a list of enemies
  
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• Department for Transport awards £200m to zero-emission trucking projects

  19-10-2023 02:00 via businessgreen.com
  
  Other News Sources - Funds will support roll out of electric and hydrogen trucks, as well as charging and refuelling infrastructure
  
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• BYD: The top electric car maker that is not Tesla

  19-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Chinese auto giant BYD is now ahead of Tesla in quarterly production - and second to it in global sales.
  
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• Bus operator claims council missed deadlines to resolve Route 21 cancellation

  19-10-2023 02:00 via bedfordindependent.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Bedford Borough Council has claimed that a bus operator ceased the 21 bus route without following the standard process.
  
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• Britishvolt aims to supply batteries to Australian military

  19-10-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - New owner, Recharge, hopes to close a deal on the Northumberland site, paving the way to make batteries for export.
  
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• Big names secure work on £100M Manchester roads framework

  19-10-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Civils contractors including Bam Nuttall, Colas and Eric Wright have secured spots on a £100M roads deal in the North West.
  
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• Axing HS2 Manchester leg could cost up to 157,000 jobs in the North, Rishi Sunak warned

  19-10-2023 02:00 via inews.co.uk
  
  i News - As many as 24,000 construction jobs will immediately be lost by scrapping HS2 Phase 2a of rail link
  
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• Angry reactions as PM Sunak pulls the plug on HS2

  19-10-2023 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - On October 3, Avanti West Coast 390126 waits at London Euston to head the 1830 to Glasgow Central. HS2 is still due to reach the London terminus but will no longer run north of Birmingham.
  
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• £22bn required for major transport projects in cities, says NIC

  19-10-2023 02:00 via theplanner.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) says the government should commit £22 billion in long-term funding for major transport projects in the four cities likely to have the greatest need for increased capacity.
  
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• 20mph: Mark Drakeford told MPs he will take the petition against 20mph 'seriously'

  19-10-2023 02:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - The First Minister has told MPs that he will take seriously the petition against the Welsh Governments 20mph policy but is standing by the change.
  
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