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Network Rail has announced a new managing director, network operations to take over from Robin Gisby who has decided to leave next year. Phil Hufton, currently chief operating officer of London Underground, will be joining in early 2015 and will have an orderly handover from Robin.

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  • Network Rail announces new managing director, network operationsNetwork Rail has announced a new managing director, network operations to take over from Robin Gisby who has decided to leave next year. Phil Hufton, currently chief operating officer of London Underground, will be joining in early 2015 and will have an orderly handover from Robin.

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  • Developer offers patch of land for new railway station AHOUSING developer has offered to sell a patch of land for a new railway station at Portishead. Persimmon Homes, which has built new houses and apartments in the town, has suggested using land at Moor Farm, Sheepway, for the station which would be needed when the line between Portishead and Bristol Temple Meads is opened up to passenger trains.

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  • ICrowsonDT published Derby residents angered by bus company's damage to carsRESIDENTS on a Derby road say they are being subjected to hell because a bus company has allegedly damaged several cars.But Linburg Touring, on Roman Road, believes the way residents park has caused some of the issues.Local people dispute this and also claim they are being kept awake at night by drivers sounding their horns when they are unable to pass down the street.The company has confirmed it has dismissed a driver after two incidents on the road.Liam Casson, 34, of Roman Road, said some...

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  • Planning applications - SpaldingNetwork Rail, Littleworth Signal Box, Littleworth Drove, Deeping St Nicholas. Demolition of signal box. Network Rail, Spalding Signal Box, Winsover Road, Spalding. Demolition of signal box.
  • Letter: Thanks for boost to signal box fight[Copy of letter sent to Deepings MP John Hayes] Dear Mr Hayes, First of all, thank you very much for attending our Public Meeting in Deeping St James on the evening of Tuesday, September 2nd, to support us in our campaign to save our 19th century signal box, which is threatened by improvements being carried out along the line by Network Rail.

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Bus and Coach.com

  • UK Coach Awards launches 2015 eventThe seventh annual competition for the UK Coach Awards was launched this week.
  • Cash and carbon calculator from CentroAn online and mobile tool, My Trip Tracker, has been launched by Centro, the West Midlands PTE, which allows users to calculate calories burned and money saved based on how they travel.
  • Micro Hybrids for Edinburgh servicesThe first of 18 Wrightbus StreetLite Micro Hybrids are now in service with First Scotland East.
  • Johnsons expands bus operationsJohnsons of Henley-in-Arden is running new services under contract to Worcestershire county council, linking Redditch to Bromsgrove and Worcester.
  • More hybrid school buses for ManchesterThirteen Optare Versa hybrids have been added to Transport for Greater Manchester’s fleet of yellow school buses.
  • Irizar performance impresses SwansSwans Travel of Chadderton says it is satisfied with the “almost faultless” performance of five Irizar i6 integrals which it added to its fleet a few months ago.
  • RATP revenue riseParis-based transport group RATP reports its revenue in the first half of 2014 was €2,674million (£2,125million) up 3.
  • CNG for SofiaThe first 20 of an order for 126 CNG-powered MAN articulated buses are now entering service in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.
  • Danes take SetrasSetra has delivered ten S517HDH touring coaches to three Danish operators, Papuga Bus, Dana Turist and Kobenhavns Bustrafik.
  • Plug-in hybrid launchedGolden Dragon has unveiled a plug-in hybrid bus which features a super capacitor and a lithium battery.

Railway Gazette

  • Rail industry news in brief - September 2014 A three-year memorandum signed by China and Myanmar in 2011 for construction of a US$20bn Kyaukpyu – Kunming railway has expired, and the government of Myanmar has said local opposition means the...
  • Alstom-RZD consortium signs Serbian signalling contractSERBIA: A consortium led by Alstom and RZD International and including local partner Institut Mihajlo Pupin has signed a contract to supply signalling systems for an upgrading of a section of the...
  • Navi Mumbai orders metro trainsINDIA: CSR Zhuzhou signed a contract on September 10 to supply rolling stock for the first phase of Navi Mumbai metro’s Line 1. The contract is worth 300m yuan, including maintenance. The three-car...
  • Manila selects LRT Line 1 concessionairePHILIPPINES: On September 12 the Department of Transportation & Communications selected the Light Rail Manila consortium to extend and operate Manila LRT Line 1. The consortium of Metro Pacific...
  • Minneapolis light rail moves forwardUSA: Construction of the 25·4 km Southwest LRT linking Minneapolis with St Louis Park, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie is expected to get underway in 2016. The Metropolitan Council’s Southwest LRT...
  • Storm damaged tunnels reopen after 13 monthsUSA: The Montague Tubes metro tunnel linking Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York has reopened following extensive repairs to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. Services on the R Broadway Local line...
  • UK’s biggest rail franchise launchedUK: Rail Minister Claire Perry joined senior executives and VIPs at The Shard, the landmark tower overlooking London Bridge station, on September 15 to mark the launch of Govia Thameslink Railway....

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