Government rejects claims it has failed travel and aviation
Other News Sources - Aviation and maritime minister Robert Courts has rejected MPs allegations that the government has failed to support the aviation and travel sectors.
Other News Sources - Aviation and maritime minister Robert Courts has rejected MPs allegations that the government has failed to support the aviation and travel sectors.
Transportxtra - The challenges of Covid-19 and the Governments net zero carbon dioxide target are prompting new thinking about how bus investment is financed. Transport Scotland has just published a paper looking at potential solutions
Transportxtra - Bus operators were seeing profitability fall before Covid-19 struck, according to an analysis of operator accounts for 2018/19.
Transportxtra - The House of Commons transport committee is calling on the Government to regard 3,200 bridges, tunnels and viaducts across Britain that make up the Historical Railways Estate as assets rather than liabilities.
Transportxtra - Bus operators in England this week urged the Government not to set an overambitious deadline for ending the sale of new diesel buses.
Transportxtra - Free bikes will be given to Scottish schoolchildren of low income households if the SNP is returned to Government next month.
Transportxtra - The DfT plans to give train operator First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Ltd a ten-year direct award contract for the West Coast Partnership rail franchise.
Railway Gazette - FINLAND: VR Transpoint has begun regular operation of 7 000 tonne trains carrying Russian transit freight to the port of Hamina. The 1 km long trains with 80 wagons and the capacity of 92 lorries have been branded Mrk, meaning a giant monster or ogre from fairy tales.
Other Regional Press - Transport campaigners are calling for a bus station to be rebuilt in a town centre and for all residential streets to be made 20mph.
Other Regional Press - An invaluable "bible" of railway operations in the 1920s in Shropshire and further afield has been saved from a rubbish heap by a member of the Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust.
Other Regional Press - Revamp plans for Weymouth rail station have been officially submitted to Dorset Council and are now open for public comments.
Other Regional Press - A major railway bridge in Grantham Springfield Road reopened on Friday afternoon following the completion of a £2.7 million project by Network Rail that took seven months to complete.
Hull Daily Mail - Transport Director Paul Abbott said getting passengers back on buses would be an 'uphill battle'
Blackpool Gazette - Works planned in the region to disrupt services
Wales Online - Concerns have been raised about packed trains as people from Wales travel across the border to make the most of the first weekend of beer gardens being opened in England and a forecast for good weather.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Planned Blyth Bebside station is likely to be axed as part of Department for Transport drive to cut costs
London Evening Standard - London Overground lines are to be renamed by Sadiq Khan if he is re-elected mayor as part of his plan to ensure the capitals infrastructure better reflects its diverse history.
London Evening Standard - Passengers in England will be able to purchase French-style carnet tickets from June, it has been reported.
Birmingham Mail - The pollution-busting scheme will mean daily charges for those whose vehicles don't comply with emission standards and are not exempt
i News - Planes flying into or out of Heathrow Airport will be delayed on Saturday afternoon to ensure the Royal Family is not disturbed as they pay tribute to Prince Philip.
i News - Rail bosses are concerned that trains from Wales will be packed as people cross the border in order to take advantage of pub gardens being open in England, with forecasts of good weather for the weekend.
City AM - Car giant Nissan will reportedly put 800 staff at its factory in Sunderland on furlough due to the worldwide shortage The post Nissan to idle Sunderland staff amid semiconductor shortage appeared first on CityAM.
The Telegraph - The Tories also propose a smart travel card that would work on public transport across Scotland, akin to an Oyster Card in London
The Guardian - Radical new plans to reduce traffic and limit our dependence on cars have sparked bitter conflict. As legal challenges escalate, will Britains great traffic experiment be shut down before we have time to see the benefits? By Niamh McIntyre
STV - Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross said his partys infrastructure plans would create tens of thousands of jobs.