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Monday, 01 February 2016

BBC News

• Airport redevelopment to be detailedDetails of a multi-million pound redevelopment of Aberdeen International Airport are to be unveiled by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
• VIDEO: Women-only transport grows in IndonesiaIndonesia's capital, Jakarta, is seeing a growing number of transport services catering exclusively to women.

Financial Times

• Alstom’s new chief has eye on dealsPoupart-Lafarge says Europe is ripe for consolidation
• Chelsea set rails at station planCelebrity campaigners fear commercial development and effect on area’s identity

The Guardian

• Airports Commission case for Heathrow expansion 'opaque'Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie says more information required over reasons for Davies report’s conclusions. A decision on airport expansion is being taken on the basis of “opaque” information, a senior MP has warned.Andrew Tyrie, chair of the influential Commons Treasury select committee, said parliament and the public had been left partly in the dark on the case for a new runway at Heathrow. Continue reading...
• Industry chiefs weigh up Network Rail privatisation, new minutes showLabour warns against possible ‘return to dark days of Railtrack’ as meeting minutes show rail industry leaders exploring utility-style sell-offLabour has warned against returning to the “dark days of Railtrack” as it emerged that senior rail industry leaders have been exploring the breakup and privatisation of Network Rail.Freshly published minutes of a November meeting of the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which includes train operators and Network Rail, show that executives discussed privatising the rail infrastructure along the lines of utility firms. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Union anger at report which claims to bury bad news over rail servicesRail union leaders have expressed

The Telegraph

• Tube strikes: Come on, Mr Khan, condemn this lurch back to dinosaur socialismWe should all denounce this week's Tube strike - but Sadiq Khan won't
• 'Wonder emporium' of London's lost propertyAn envelope containing �15,000 and an urn of ashes were among the items lost on London's travel network and returned to their owners

Times Online

• Easier payouts for rail delays [Subscription]TRAIN passengers will get automatic compensation for delays as Tube-style “Oyster cards” are introduced across the rail network under plans unveiled today.
• We may not need a new runway at all, says senior Tory [Subscription]MPs will raise fresh doubts over plans for a new runway in the southeast today amid claims that the economic case for expansion had not yet been made.

Mail Online

• London TFL's lost property room where 300,000 misplaced items ended up Transport for London stores the goods at a three-storey depot next to Baker Street Station for three months before they are either donated to charity or auctioned of.
• Ryanair passengers sends in bailiffs to get �600 back from airline Lucas Marshall, of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, decided to take a stand after he was landed with a �320 bill at the airport because he was unable to print off his family's boarding passes.

Birmingham Post

• Birmingham's cycle revolution gets rolling as work starts on routesWork has started on creating safer cycle lanes on some of the major routes into Birmingham

Bolton News

• New pictures show progress on new Bolton Interchange WORK is progressing well on the multi-modal Bolton Interchange, with new pictures showing the on-site developments over the festive and new year period.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• A55 roadworks restart at Conwy tunnels heralding five weeks of misery for motorists Lane closures are in place in both directions at the Pen-y-Clip and Conwy tunnels in the latest stage of upgrade work

Liverpool Echo

• Northern Powerhouse is top of the agenda as business leaders for new lobby group Business North will include senior industry leaders from across northern England

London Evening Standard

• Journey numbers on UK railways more than double in two decadesThe number of journeys being made on Britain's railways has more than doubled over the past two decades, new figures show.
• Police slam 'idiots' who shone lasers at Heathrow planesPolice have slammed the actions of "idiots" who shone lasers at aircraft flying over Heathrow Airport.
• Brown envelope containing �15,000 cash among items lost on the Tube last yearA prosthetic leg, a life-sized Spiderman doll and "enough musical instruments to form a band" have been lost on London's travel network.

Manchester Evening News

• Revealed: Stockport train station's multi-million pound transformation plansStockport council chiefs have released their masterplan for the railway station in the heart of the town

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Discount rail fares to help boost flood hit Northumberland's tourist trade Tourism bosses hope to prove the North of England is open for business after December storms

Northern Echo

• New crossing to improve pedestrian crossing on busy dual carriageway A NEW pedestrian crossing on one of Hartlepool's busiest roads has been approved by councillors.

Sheffield Star

• Mountain bikers launch crowdfunding appeal to pay for new trail in SheffieldMountain bikers keen to create a new trail in Sheffield hope crowdfunding will pay for the project.
• Confusing Sheffield road markings to be redone in �6,000 blunderConfusing road markings painted on a Sheffield street are to be changed at a cost of £6,000 – because they increased the chance of crashes.

The York Press

• 800 York taxi drivers to get specialist training to help spot victims of child abuse HUNDREDS of taxi drivers in York are to be given special training to help them spot the warning signs of child sex exploitation.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Yob threat to lifeline Leeds bus routeA transport operator is axing a “lifeline” service in Leeds after one of its buses came under attack from stone-throwing yobs.

North Wales Live

• 17 things you only know if you travel on Merseyrail Early trains, late trains and rail replacement buses - Merseyrail users have seen it all

Other Regional Press

• Telford bus services under threat after council cuts funding by £1 millionTelford & Wrekin Council will cut its funding of bus services by nearly £1 million over the next five years - putting key services under threat.
• IS IT FARE?: Seats on school bus will cost teens �770- an increase of almost 60 per cent TEENAGERS will be paying �770 for a seat on the school bus as prices go up almost 60 per cent in a couple of years.
• Rail operator voted worst in the country by commutersThameslink Trains have the lowest level of customer satisfaction of any rail operator in Britain, according to a new survey.

Green Miscellany

• Ghost tube stations that can live againAbandoned tube stations lie hidden, but remain a poignant example of wasted space; now dormant transport hubs testament to lazy city planning. The post Ghost tube stations that can live again appeared first on ETA.

Other News Sources

• Child sexual exploitation training could be mandatory for Woking taxi driversA taxi driver said after reading the report she is not sure "what the signs of child sexual exploitation (CSE) are in a private hire and taxi environment"