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Heathrow link 'could be ringfenced'

Air routes from Belfast to London Heathrow could be ringfenced to protect regional services, the UK Transport Minister has said.

Rail services plan to be outlined

Scottish Transport Minister Keith Brown is due to outline his plans for train services, ahead of the current rail contract ending in 2014.

Thursday, 21 June 2012

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  • UK railways “ value for money?We are constantly being told by the popular media that Britain™s railways are less efficient and more costly than those of our European counterparts. So strong is this belief that successive governments have commissioned expensive consultative studies to determine the reason and to put forward recommendations by which this perception can be reversed. Imagine, therefore, [...]
  • Collaboration to work on regenerative braking systemBombardier, Artemis Intelligent Power and Ricardo are collaborating on a research project to create a regenerative braking system suitable for diesel-powered multiple units. Commencing in the next five months, the three partners will work together on the Digital Displacement Rail Transmission with Flywheel Energy Storage Project, with some funding coming  from the UK government, which [...]
  • Cosalt to move to new siteCosalt™s Workwear Division is moving to new improved premises in Stockport, Cheshire. The move to the new offices enables Cosalt to consolidate its workwear business departments and improve its services to discerning customers in the rail industry. Says Andy Hart, Marketing Manager, “There was a clear need for a more efficient office to improve our [...]
  • Gatwick Express sees passenger increaseGatwick Express, the non-stop rail-air link between central London and Gatwick Airport, has seen a 17 per cent increase in passengers in the past year. The service continues to attract air passengers away from road and other rail services. Says Alex Foulds, Development Director for Southern Railway which now runs the Gatwick Express, ˜Considering the [...]
  • Right royal welcome at Hitchin stationStaff at Hitchin station welcomed royalty last week when the Queen arrived as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour. More than 600 people lined up outside the station on June 14 armed with Union flags to welcome the Queen, who is celebrating 60 years on the throne this year. Her Majesty arrived on the Royal [...]
  • Crossrail donation protects grassroots football teamA £4,000 donation from Crossrail has helped protect a grassroots youth football team which was threatened with closure. Premier League stars to come through the Tower Hamlets-based Senrab F.C. have included John Terry, Sol Campbell, Ledley King and Jermaine Defoe. A combination of spiralling costs and a lack of funding left the club’s survival in [...]
  • Reward proposals œdivisive and wholly inadequate, says rail unionRail union RMT has described Greater Anglia’s Olympics recognition and rewards proposals as “both divisive and wholly inadequate” as its members prepare for a ballot over strike action. The union announced today (June 20) it is making urgent preparations for a ballot for both strike action and action short of a strike of all members [...]

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  • London TravelWatch welcomes visitors from China and SingaporeOver the last week, London TravelWatch has welcomed transport officials from China and Singapore to its offices. Both delegations contacted the independent passenger watchdog ahead of their visits to London as they were interested in finding out more about passenger representation in the capital.

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  • Bombardier offers charge on the go e-mobility solution ... While companies do not rule out a future for electric cars, they are yet to come out with a price and quality relevant vehicle to entice the discerning customers. And in such a scenario, Bombardier, a global leader in rail technology, has forcefully come out with a technology, which is simple (in scientific terms) but promises to reduce environmental degradation by redefining transportation and revolutionising electric mobility across the globe.
  • HS2 Heathrow 'spur shocker' link revealed EVERYONE in the borough must get involved in the battle to stop HS2 after a major clue to the route of the Heathrow spur was revealed.
  • RMT campaign exposes truth behind £350 million Scottish Ferries privatisation rip-offSHIPPING UNION RMT today chalked up an important victory in its campaign to save Scottish Ferries services, dragging out the full facts behind the value of the £350 million deal with Serco who are due to take over the Northern Isles routes on the 5th July.
  • RMT demands assurances on CalMac ferries pensions as the routes are lined up for privatisationFOLLOWING THE NEWS that the Northern Isles ferries are due to be sold off to private company Serco from the 5th July, with shipping union RMT preparing to ballot for action over a threat to pensions, the union today wrote to David MacBrayne Ferries demanding assurances that there will be no repeat of the Norlink stitch-up on the CalMac routes.
  • Olympics chiefs exclude London Taxi's from disabled transport planningTAXI UNION RMT today demanded that Olympics chiefs take a fresh look at their transport arrangements for the entire games period and that they factor in the crucial role that could be played by London's existing fleet of licensed taxis
  • RMT to ballot for action on Greater Anglia over Olympics paymentsRAIL UNION RMT announced today that it is making urgent preparations for a ballot for both strike action and action short of a strike of all members on the Greater Anglia franchise following Olympics recognition and reward proposals from the company that RMT dismissed as 'both divisive and wholly inadequate.'
  • Boris airport ˜vanity project™ slammed by Assembly 20 June, 2012 - 14:54 The London Assembly today called on the Mayor to abandon his plans for a new airport in the Thames Estuary, describing them as a simplistic and ill-conceived vanity project. A motion agreed by Assembly Members[1] urges the Mayor to abandon proposals which they warned would have a devastating effect on the west London economy, with up to 100,000 jobs at risk should Heathrow be forced to close. 360-house-thumb.jpg ...
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  • ICAO Secretary General Successfully Completes Pioneering Biofuels JourneyThe International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO's) Secretary General, Raymond Benjamin, touched down in Rio de Janeiro yesterday after having completed an unprecedented series of...

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