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Thursday, 14 July 2016

BBC News

• Funding call to help link north Wales and Cheshire with HS2 trainsA campaign is launched to secure £1bn of rail improvements to link north Wales and Cheshire with the planned HS2 line and fast trains to London.
• Tesla says autopilot involved in second car crashTesla admits its autopilot feature was activated when one of its cars crashed on Sunday.
• ScotRail 'minimising strike disruption' for The Open travelScotRail promises an
• Boeing: 100 years of flying historyThe US aerospace firm Boeing is celebrating its 100th year in business at the Farnborough Airshow.

Financial Times

• Airbus’s move casts cloud over A380’s futureSlashing the production rate for the A380 will buy it time for a reinvention
• No comfort for Southern rail commutersIrate passengers are calling for the company to be stripped of its franchise

The Herald

• Extra train services for Open amid conductors' strike - as First Glasgow bus drivers threaten new wave of walkoutsPLANNING is
• Passenger plane with 207 on board suffers 'tailstrike' damage during Glasgow Airport landingA PASSENGER plane landing at Glasgow Airport was damaged in a tailstrike incident last summer, it has emerged.

Daily Express

• Bus stop that had a £1.4m makeover shut down over HEALTH AND SAFETY fearsA BUS stop that had a taxpayer-funded £1.4million makeover has been shut down over safety fears because it is too dangerous for buses to use.
• Keep calm and queue nicely!' Bus company issue etiquette guide to rude pensionersUNRULY pensioners pushing to get on one of Britain’s most scenic bus routes have forced company bosses to issue a queuing etiquette guide.

Mail Online

• UK rail passenger safety concerns after hackers broke into network's systems 4 times last year� Hackers have penetrated into Britain's rail network with four cyber attacks in the past year. Security experts have said this could create 'mayhem' on the tracks as trains could go off the rails or crash.
• Brighton bus stop is closed just days after taxpayer-funded �1.4m upgrade Costly project was meant to improve disabled access to buses in Brighton. But now no-one can use the stop on the busy A27 as it is too short for vehicles to pull out safely onto the road.
• Clapham Junction fire breaks out on industrial estate on Culvert Place More than 100 fire fighters are tackling a blaze at an industrial estate next to the country's busiest railway station. The fire broke out near Clapham Junction shortly after 8pm according to London Fire Brigade.

The Mirror

• Clapham Junction fire: 100 firefighters tackling blaze at industrial estate next to railway station Commuters are being warned they could face delays due to the huge fire in Battersea

Birmingham Mail

• Contactless payment coming to Birmingham buses and tramsThe way we pay for public transport will become a lot more straight forward

Birmingham Post

• MPs barred from taking part in HS2 inquiry MPs representing communities affected by HS2 are asking the House of Lords to listen to their concerns about the rail line

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Plan for third Menai Strait CrossingKen Skates AM says work will be accelerated as part of proposals to increase connectivity between north east and north west Wales
• The �1bn rail electrification vision for North Wales and Cheshire Bid to back rail electrification and increases in train speeds and frequency in investment that could create 70,000 jobs

Liverpool Echo

• Campaign aims to secure £1bn to transform rail links between Merseyside, Cheshire and North WalesGrowth Track 360 says the plan could offer a huge boost to the economy across the region

London Evening Standard

• Giving rail passengers choice is the route to keeping them happyWhat makes King’s Cross unique among London’s mainline stations? Why do passengers who use the station rate most of its train services the very best in the country? What are the lessons for the rest of the rail network?
• Tube passengers lost 26 million hours to delays last yearTube passengers “lost” more than 26 million hours due to problems on the London Underground network in the past year.
• Southern Rail: Commuters' fury as south London station is left without any trainsCommuters today vented their anger after arriving at a south London station - to find it was no longer served by any trains.
• Clapham Junction fire: Huge blaze in Battersea triggers warnings of Southern rail delaysCommuters this morning faced the prospect of delays through Clapham Junction after a huge fire broke out in a nearby coffee roastery.
• Oxford Street to be pedestrianised by 2020London transport bosses have announced Oxford Street will be pedestrianised by 2020.
• Safety fears as hackers infiltrate rail network systemsFears have been raised for the safety of train passengers after it was revealed hackers have infiltrated systems with four major cyber attacks in the past year.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• What will Prime Minister Theresa May do about the Northern Powerhouse?New Prime Minister Theresa May appeared to suggest she would end the Government's obsession with Manchester

Wales Online

• Hundreds of jobs at risk as bus company closesHundreds of jobs are at risk after it was announced a bus company will close.
• Traffic wardens in Cardiff will now patrol the streets wearing body camerasAll traffic wardens in the city will wear the cameras which have cost £34,000

Yorkshire Evening Post

• The top seven things Theresa May MUST do for YorkshireTheresa May comes to office just over a year after the Conservatives made a series of pledges to Yorkshire to help win a string of marginal seats.

Get West London

• Theresa May urged to 'quickly rule out' Heathrow expansion by Hounslow ConservativesThe new Prime Minister's role as a local MP means she knows all about the 'noise and pollution' expansion would bring, councillors argue

Other Regional Press

• Rail petition calls for more evening stopsA PETITION which has gathered over 300 signatures so far is calling for an evening railway service to stop at all stations north of Barmouth.
• Electric car club and bike loan scheme launched at NW Bicester's eco town SIX people from Bicester's eco town are switching to electric cars after signing up at the launch of a new scheme.
• New horse drawn tram exhibit unveiled at the Oxford Bus Museum A NEW exhibit at the Oxford Bus Museum, the horse drawn tram,�was unveiled today by the�Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire�John Harwood.
• Airport success 
is soaring awayThe number of passengers using London Luton Airport (LLA) has increased for the 27th month in a row.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Licencing London’s contactless ticketing systemTransport for London (TfL) has announced its world-class contactless ticketing system is set to be used by other major cities across the globe as part of a deal worth up to £15m, which will be used to help deliver a fares freeze that the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has announced across TfL services for the next four years. TfL signed a deal today (13 July 2016) with Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic Corporation (NYSE:CUB), allowing them to adapt the capital's contactless ticketing system worldwide. It is the first of a number of planned agreements to sell TfL'...
• Comedian Francesca Martinez challenges rail industry’s disability ‘bolt-on’ cultureRenowned disabled comic, Francesca Martinez, has teamed up with Network Rail to launch a new campaign to improve disabled passengers’ experiences of travelling by rail after challenging its historic ‘bolt-on’ culture. With the number of railway passengers exceeding 1.6bn a year and two-thirds (67%) of disabled people saying they use the railway, Network Rail is launching its campaign, Spaces and Places for Everyone, to set out how it will make the railway more inclusive for every passenger. Francesca, who has cerebral palsy but prefers to describe herself as “a bit wobb...
• Alstom to further maintain Class 180 trains in the UKAlstom has been chosen to provide maintenance support for the Class 180 trains operated by Grand Central Railway Company Limited for the next ten years, from January 2017 until December 2026, for around €100 million.  Alstom will provide Grand Central with the specialised materials, parts, technical and engineering support needed to maintain its fleet of ten Class 180s. The support team for the fleet will be based initially at Alstom’s Chester Traincare Centre and will then co-locate with the Grand Central fleet operations team at its East Coast mainline maintenance location l...

Railnews

• Siemens u-turn over Brexit implications Siemens has said it will continue to invest in Britain, as the implications of the forthcoming Brexit continue to sink in. The company, which employs 14,000 people in this country, had warned its workforce before the referendum that a vote to leave could force it to reconsider its activities in the UK. Siemens railway businesses include maintaining the large fleets of Desiros for South West Trains and London Midland, while it is currently building new trains for Thameslink.
• Contactless export deal will help London fares freeze Fares on Transport for London services will be kept down over the next four years by a deal to export contactless technology worldwide, said TfL. A deal has been signed between TfL and smartcard contractor Cubic Transportation Systems to provide the technology which underlies the contactless system to cities around the world.

Railway Gazette

• Nomad Tech highlights energy saving and maintenance optimisationNOMAD TECHCH: The Nomad Tech joint venture of Nomad Digital and EMEF will also be showcasing their...

Other News Sources

• Bus Consultation Comes to BridlingtonA public consultation on East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s proposal for subsidised bus services is underway.
• May pledges infrastructure bonds - but Heathrow looks in doubtBritain’s next prime minister Theresa May has pledged to boost infrastructure spending and housing supply, as part of her plan to build a UK economy “that works for everyone”.
• London Heathrow Airport records growth in June passenger and cargo volumesLondon Heathrow has reported that more than 6.6 million passengers travelled to and from the airport in June.
• Transport Secretary urges quick decision on South East runwayThe expansion timetable set out by the Airports Commission might be met only if incoming prime minister Theresa May makes a decision on which project to back by October, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has warned.
• Tim Peake's on a new mission - to promote HeathrowBritish astronaut Tim Peake has landed in the UK and started a new mission helping to promote London's Heathrow Airport.
• Norfolk Council adopts Enterprise ‘car club’Programme designed to cut down on ‘grey fleet’ mileage