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Unaccompanied Honduran teen dies in US custody as Title 42 expires

Investigators trying to determine cause for teen’s death, which occurred in a Florida shelter on Wednesday

The Guardian - US

Arvind Kumar explains TOT for ORR

The Hindu

TransPennine Express 'cancelled equivalent of one in six trains in March'

Calls for the train operator to be stripped of its contract next month have been renewed

Manchester Evening News

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TransPennine Express cancelled equivalent of one in six services in March

There are renewed calls for the Department for Transport to take over control of services when TPE’s current contract expires on May 28.

The Independent UK

TransPennine Express – Transport Secretary says no option is off the table as contract expiry nears

MPs told passengers have suffered “horrendous experience” recently

Birmingham Post

Florida grand jury focused on unaccompanied migrant children, blasts feds in new report

MIAMI — In a stunning report that may spark new hostilities between the Biden Administration and Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s statewide prosecutor Thursday explicitly accused federal immigration authorities of “human trafficking” in their oversight of unaccompanied migrant children in the state.

Miami Herald

Cost of the South Wales rail Metro electrification project hits £1bn

Covid and soaring inflation has pushed up the cost of the Welsh Government's flagship transport project by around 40%

Birmingham Post

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TransPennine Express cancelled equivalent of nearly one in four trains in month

The operator has been badly affected by drivers no longer volunteering to work paid overtime shifts.

The Independent UK

Rail passengers suffer biggest fares rise in 11 years despite poor performance

Analysis of Office of Rail and Road (ORR) data found the annual fares rise is the largest since a 6.1 per cent jump across Britain in 2012

Evening Standard

TransPennine Express cancellations almost three times higher than reported

Office of Rail and Road figures expose how train companies use legal loophole to under-report cancellations

The Guardian - UK

TransPennine Express cancelled almost a quarter of all trains in a month, including 1,048 the night before

Mayor Andy Burnham has repeated a call for the operator to be stripped of its franchise

Manchester Evening News

Train reliability sinks to new low with 4% of services cancelled in past year

Services have been disrupted by a series of issues such as staff shortages and sickness, industrial action and severe weather.

The Independent UK

Rail regulator 'secures key improvements' for passengers over Avanti train tickets

But it warns the train operator's 'more resilient recovery plan' is months away from 'industry norms'

Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast faces fresh criticism from rail regulator

Tickets for weekend travel have only been available to buy just a few days in advance

Evening Standard

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Birmingham Post

Avanti West Coast ordered to stop releasing tickets late or face 'formal measures'

Avanti West Coast runs trains on the West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Glasgow Central with branches to Birmingham, North Wales, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh

The Independent UK

Avanti West Coast ordered to give passengers more notice to book tickets

Passengers wanting to book tickets for weekend travel this month have only been able to buy tickets a few days in advance.

Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast threatened as passengers STILL unable to book Manchester to London tickets far in advance

Avanti passengers have been unable to book tickets for more than a few days notice

The Guardian - UK

Reliability of UK trains fell to new lows in December, official figures show

Labour says figures underline railways are in crisis, as almost one in 12 services due to run ended up cancelled

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Train firms ordered to stop misusing cancellation loophole that sees services disappear in 24 hours

For passengers, it means a train they expected to catch when they went to bed can disappear from the timetable by the time they leave for the station the following morning

The Guardian - UK

UK rail firms ordered to stop abusing train cancellations loophole

Cancellations far higher than official data suggests, says ORR, driven by use of unrecorded ‘pre-cancellations’

Chicago Sun-Times

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Smart motorway radar misses a third of broken-down vehicles, says regulator

Safety technology added after public concern is missing performance targets across England, according to ORR

The Independent UK

Smart motorway safety targets missed

Detection rates of stopped vehicles by radar-based technology is below minimum requirements.

The Guardian - UK

Train reliability dips sharply in northern England despite reduced service

Review of passenger operations by regulator paints damning picture of growing north-south divide

Bristol Post

Railway regulator approves rival train operator to run new mainline services via Bristol Parkway

Grand Union Trains hopes to launch the service in two years time

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