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Tuesday, 30 September 2014

BBC News

• Fines for nuisance railway parkingFines of £100 are introduced at railway car parks after Centro records 80 complaints in a year about incorrectly-parked vehicles.
• School buses leave pupils strandedPupils are left stranded after two school buses failed to turn up following a
• Bombardier boosted by 40 jets orderBombardier's C-Series aircraft programme is boosted by one of its biggest orders to date.
• Clydeport fined after tug deathsPort operator Clydeport is fined £650,000 over health and safety failures after three men drowned when their tug boat sank in the River Clyde.
• Supermarkets launch petrol price cutThree major UK supermarkets are to cut the prices of petrol and diesel by up to 5p, starting on Tuesday.
• Who was the world's first trainspotter?Was this image drawn by the first member of an exclusive and much misunderstood club? Back in September 1825, Jonathan Backhouse watched the inaugural journey of the Stockton to Darlington railway.

Financial Times

• Airbus executive to go on trial in ParisManagers allegedly knew of profit warning when selling shares
• Airports: holding patternHave decades of delay over expansion undermined London as a hub?

The Guardian

• Keeping east coast mainline in state hands ‘like letting RMT call the shots’Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin condemns Labour plan to allow state in franchise contests as Ed Miliband ‘obeying paymasters’

The Herald

• Passenger limit call over young driversLIMITING the number of passengers novice drivers can carry is the most popular measure among the public for improving young motorists' safety, according to a survey.
• After 90 years it's the end of the road for car tax disc as it disappears from viewMore than 90 years of motoring history will come to an end tomorrow with the abolition of the paper car tax disc.
• Chieftain train delayed by dampTHE only train that runs directly from Inverness to London Kings Cross was delayed for two hours due to

The Telegraph

• Man races the tube in a wheelchair to bring attention to accessibility problemsThis video highlights the often overlooked problem of public transport accessibility for disabled commuters in London
• 'Wicker Man' roundabout named best in BritainStonehills roundabout on A38 in Gloucestershire was designed to commemorate Battle of Tewkesbury
• Petrol price war in market townsSainsbury's announces 5p per litre reductions in petrol and diesel amid frenzied speculation over in-store sales figures

The Mirror

• Boy racers age group 'should be banned from motorways' to cut down on crashes More than half of 2,000 surveyed by insurers Direct Line want drivers to display probation P-plates for a while after passing their test

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Route and timetable changes for airport bus services take place next month CHANGES are to take place next month on airport bus services which include timetable alterations to better suit flight times as well as shift patterns of airport employees.

London Evening Standard

• Driverless Tube trains on London Underground 'won't run until 2030' Driverless Tube trains will not be introduced for at least another 14 years and are unlikely to be in operation until 2030, according to an internal Transport for London document seen by the Standard.
• Train firms get £167m for delays ... but give commuters just £50m in compensation Train companies were accused today of “ripping-offâ€� passengers by tens of millions of pounds a year over compensation for late and cancelled trains.

Manchester Evening News

• Watch: New video shows driver's eye view of Metrolink route to Wythenshawe and Manchester AirportThe 14.5km route should be ready for passengers this December - a year ahead of initial plans.

Newcastle Journal

• Conservative Party defend East Coast Main Line privatisationEd Miliband is a prisoner of the rail unions, claims Conservative Party Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin

The York Press

• Extra buses for York EXTRA early morning and early evening buses are set to run on several routes in York from next week, following an agreement between council officials and operators.

Wales Online

• Key Welsh train routes falling behind on investment despite soaring demand, Railfuture campaigners warnPassenger campaign group claims some of Wales' fastest growing services have seen the least investment

Yorkshire Post

• Transport Secretary defies calls for publicly owned East Coast Main LineFAILING to sell the East Coast Trains service would be akin to handing control to the RMT, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has told the Conservative Party conference.

Blackpool Gazette

• Further m-way closures in £7m schemeMotorists using the M6 and M55 are being warned of further closures as part of a multi-million pound widening project.

North Wales Live

• Liverpool Mayor bangs the drum for HS2 at Conservative party conference in Birmingham A packed fringe session saw Joe Anderson call for the 20-mile fast connection to be considered

Other Regional Press

• Crosscountry is worst timekeeperONLY four in ten trains operated by Crosscountry, which run through Oxfordshire, were on time last year, making them the worst in the country.
• Deeping St James signal box campaigners stage red ribbon protestPassionate protestors who tied red ribbons on a threatened signal box in Deeping St James are back on track with some good news – because their petition is on the fast train to the railway minister.

Aviation Industry

• Air France pilots end two-week strikeStrike action estimated to have cost the airline €280 million

Other News Sources

• McLoughlin briefed on National Express' German rail successesNational Express briefed Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin on the company’s plans for further expansion in the German rail market at the InnoTrans conference in Berlin.
• Royal Borough backs Heathrow over taxiways appealNEWS that Heathrow is appealing a decision which will hugely and widely affect Royal Borough residents has received a mixed reaction
• Tory candidate under fire over suicide tweet A COUNCIL candidate has come under fire for saying rail commuters “are regularly and severely inconveniencedâ€� by people committing suicide.