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News from Europe - Germany has stopped subsidizing electric trucks and buses. Such a decision follows a similar one concerning electric cars, taken not long ago. The Government used to subsidize the purchase of heavy-duty vehicles with alternative drives so to cover about 80 percent of the price difference compared to a diesel vehicle. Germany placed second in Europe in 2023

Other News Sources - Shadow rail minister Stephen Morgan has said railways are in a state of paralysis, and claimed that the sector has been subject to tinkering and meddling by government ministers.

Other News Sources - More than ten million affordable green journeys have been made by young people in the North East, thanks to a region-wide £1 single and £3 day ticket for those aged 21 and under using public transport.

RMT - Responding to the government's draft Rail Reform Bill, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: "This bill in its current form will do nothing to address the 30 year long decline in our railways since privatisation.

Route One (Bus and Coach) - The number of registrations of coaches, buses and minibuses in the UK rose in 2023 compared to the previous year, led by a sharp increase in sales of double-deckers, according to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Route One (Bus and Coach) - The Go-Ahead Group has carried 60 million passengers under the national £2 bus fare cap in England since the schemes introduction in 2023.

Railnews - Rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook is buying 49 per cent of Scottish railway firm Brodie Engineering, based in Kilmarnock. Porterbook said Brodie is the only active rail engineering business in Scotland, specialising in heavy maintenance, refurbishment and overhauls. The Caledonia Works were previously occupied by Wabtec and before that Brush-Barclay, the successor to Hunslet-Barclay. Porterbrook CEO Mary Grant said: A healthy supply chain is fundamental to a reliable and efficient railway.

Rail Magazine - Ministers today put forward a draft bill for the future of the railways for pre-legislative scrutiny. Subject to approval by each House of Parliament and it receiving Royal Assent, it would create the biggest rail reform programme in a generation, to become the Rail Reform Act 2024.

Rail Forum - Rail Forum statement in response to the publication of the draft Rail Reform Bill published on 20 February 2024.

New Civil Engineer - The government has announced it is backing the proposal to construct a new train station in St Athan, a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.

New Civil Engineer - Management of the UKs rail infrastructure and services has moved closer to being unified under the guiding mind of Great British Railways (GBR) with the publication of the draft Rail Reform Bill today, 20 February.

Coach and Bus Week - Flintshire County Council is still investigating how its two new electric buses will be used, says North Wales Live, the two vehicles having reportedly been unused for months. Purchased with grant funding from Welsh Government, local media reports that they have been parked since purchase without being put into regular service., although the local authority says it is investigating options for their use.

Bus and Coach Buyer - Newport Transport has ordered seven Yutong GT12s for use on its expanding FlixBus services.

Other Regional Press - The direct rail service connecting Shropshire to London will be scrapped in June due to falling passenger numbers and cuts in funding, the Shropshire Star can reveal.

Other Regional Press - The number of trains running along the coast is set to double as part of a timetable shakeup.

Other Regional Press - TfL has announced that work will resume at Northolt Tube station on the western end of the Central line to make it step-free. This is due to start again early next year after it was paused due to the Covid pandemic.

Doncaster Free Post - Conservative Don Valley MP shared yesterday (19 February) that he is set to launch five days of posts relating to the role of local and regional mayors in the closure of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Bucks Free Press - A section of concrete in a new viaduct set to carry the HS2 railway between London and Buckinghamshire is being removed, a contractor has admitted.

Yorkshire Post - A Yorkshire mayor has released a statement following accusations over the closure of Doncaster Sheffield Airport from an MP.

The York Press - Diesel buses were brought in to replace electric buses in York due to charging infrastructure work being delayed at Firsts James Street depot.

The York Press - A PRESSURE group calling for improved bus services in York has called a committee set up between the council and Yorks local bus operators a useful talking shop - but said progress has not been made on key issues.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Nexus has confirmed that it has withheld more than £1 million in contractual payments to Stadler, the firm responsible for maintaining the Metro's ageing train fleet

London Evening Standard - The Bakerloo line clocked up a total of 630,500 lost customer hours in 2022/23, up 370 per cent on 2012, due to 589 train cancellations

Local Government - Back in December, Nottingham City Council put forward a number of proposed budget cuts, including a variety of potential changes to how public transport.