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Villiers on expanding Heathrow and Gatwick airports
A former transport minister says Gatwick Airport is the better option to expand.
Alstom seeks to tilt HS2 train debate
French TVG-maker believes its design can solve high-speed route’s rolling stock conundrum
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
BBC News
- In pictures: Inside Glasgow's vintage bus garageVintage bus enthusiasts in Glasgow have thrown open the doors of their collection at the the city's Bridgeton Bus Garage.
- A48 closes between Carmarthen and Nantycaws for repairsThe A48 in Carmarthenshire shuts for six weeks eastbound between Carmarthen and Nantycaws with concerns it could cause
- Ride-hailing firm Lyft predicts driverless cabs in 5 yearsThe majority of ride-hailing company Lyft's rides will be in self-driving cars within five years, the company's president predicts.
- ScotRail and RMT 'in principle' agreement in trains disputeScotRail says it has reached an in-principle agreement with the RMT union to bring to an end a dispute over driver-only operated trains.
- Villiers on expanding Heathrow and Gatwick airportsA former transport minister says Gatwick Airport is the better option to expand.
- CEO Secrets: Skyscanner boss reveals his business tipsGareth Williams, co-founder of travel search engine Skyscanner, offers the business advice he wishes he had been given when he started out.
Financial Times
- Arm’s next chips to drive autonomous carsChip designer expanding into growing market with first product since SoftBank takeover
- Network Rail drops telecom cable sell-offMoney-raising plan shelved in favour of other assets
- Alstom seeks to tilt HS2 train debateFrench TVG-maker believes its design can solve high-speed route’s rolling stock conundrum
The Guardian
- HS2's promise of a jobs bonanza is an absurd way to look at thingsHS2 would indeed create a lot of jobs – the question is whether 27,000 people could be more usefully employed elsewhere
The Herald
- Big Bike Revival aims to get thousands back on bicyclesHundreds of free events will be held across Scotland in a national campaign aimed at getting tens of thousands of people back on their bikes.
- Rail experts: HS2 will have used 27,000 workers before end of decadeThe HS2 high speed rail project will have employed 27,000 people by the end of the decade, according to a new study.
- Call for fuel price regulator as campaigners say drivers are being fleeced as oil prices dropCAMPAIGNERS are calling for a fuel price regulator after accusing retailers of
- ScotRail 'fudge' over driver-only dispute will see conductors closing doors - and drivers opening themA BITTER dispute over who operates the doors on Scotland's trains has ended
The Scotsman
- ScotRail reaches in-principle agreement over driver-only trainsScotRail said it has reached an in-principle agreement with the RMT union to bring to an end a dispute over driver-only trains.
Times Online
- Southern promises rail revolution (in 2018) [subscription]The company behind the problem-hit Southern rail franchise has promised more rush-hour trains and a revolution in the timetable from 2018 — but critics immediately questioned whether it would be able to deliver them.
- ScotRail close to deal with unions over driver dispute [subscription]Hopes were rising last night that a lengthy industrial dispute over driver-only trains had been resolved after ScotRail announced that a deal “in principle” had been agreed with unions.
Mail Online
- Manchester Airport chaos as thousands of passengers are held up by broken door Delay took place at around 9.30am this morning. A spokesman said: 'Terminal Two arrivals was particularly busy this morning due to some flights arriving outside of their set time.'
Birmingham Mail
- Hopes for Moseley to Birmingham passenger trains given major boostGovernment reveals it is telling rail operator to work with local councils on bringing back the Camp Hill Line between Moseley, Kings Heath, Kings Norton and the city centre
Birmingham Post
- Every London Midland service will have new seats or a brand new train Better trains and more services between Wolverhampton and Birmingham are promised
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Airbus chief won't rule out job cuts after reports of restructure Tom Enders spoke after reports that the aerospace giant was set to launch a major restructure
- Airbus Broughton gives 100 apprentices a flying start The aerospace giant gives a group of young people a fantastic career opportunity
London Evening Standard
- Finally rail bosses announce major shake-up of London commuter trains... but it won't arrive until 2018Train chiefs at beleaguered Govia Thameslink Railway today announced a "once-in-a-lifetime" shake-up of the timetable and thousands more seats for commuters.
- Tower Bridge closure: more details released about three months of diversionsCommuters have been given new details on how to try to cope with Tower Bridge closing for three months.
- Watford Junction rail line reopens after landslip train derailmentA major London rail route has reopened today after a train derailed when it hit a landslip triggered by thunderstorms.
Sheffield Telegraph
- Sheffield bus fares ‘still among country’s cheapest’ despite new price riseBus fares for South Yorkshire children are still among the cheapest in the country despite a 10p increase that came into force this week.
The York Press
- Electric milestone for York eco-friendly buses AN environmental milestone has been celebrated in York this week.
- Have your say on safety at York station PASSENGERS and railway staff have been left feeling intimidated by revellers passing through York station.
Yorkshire Post
- ‘HS2 will create 27,000 jobs by end of decade’The HS2 high speed rail project will have employed 27,000 people by the end of the decade, according to a new study.
- YP Letters: Wrong line of thought over building HS2From: John Turley, Dronfield, Woodhouse.
Other Regional Press
- New trains and more carriages needed to improve East Midlands rail network East Midlands Trains wants to cut journey times between Leicestershire and London by investing £300 million in new trains and extra carriages.
- Chester council leader says local people deserve better rail servicesCllr Samantha Dixon outlines need for updated services in the region. The leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council has told an inquiry into the Wales and Borders Rail Franchise that local people deserve more frequent services and reduced journey times.
Buying Business Travel
- Theresa May urges tighter global airport securityPM heads to United Nations summit in New York
- Start-up Fly Kiss to launch Luton flightsAirline to operate services to three French destinations
- Icelandair announces Rentalcars Connect partnershipIcelandair has announced an agreement with car rental technology provider Rentalcars Connect.The partnership means the airline’s customers can select from an extensive inventory of vehicles.
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- City of Derry Airport set for funding boostThe Northern Ireland Executive has confirmed that �7 million is to be provided to help maintain services at the City of Derry Airport. Concerns about the continued financial viability of running the airport have been raised ever since Ryanair - the airport's main carrier - axed flights to London and reduced the number of services it operates to Liverpool. In order to keep this key transport hub running, up to �2.5 million in route development support will be provided by the regional government, while a further �4.5 million in capital investment will be provided in partnership with Derry and St...
Rail Magazine
- Transport Select Committee to scrutinise rail safetyTransport Select Committee (TSC) to hold an inquiry into railway safety, following previous investigations into safety at level crossings and security.
- GTR consults on 2018 timetable changesGovia Thameslink Railway is consulting passengers on a major recast of its timetables from 2018, when the Thameslink programme is due to be completed.
- Longer tunnel and new depot planned for HS2 Phase 2aA longer tunnel south of Crewe, revised connections to the WCML and a relocated construction railhead are planned for Phase 2a of HS2).
- Faster trains for the north?Trains running at full potential via infrastructure upgrades and full devolution by the end of the recently-awarded franchises are the aims of Rail North.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Austrak-Concrete Railway Sleepers / Ties Austrak was founded in 1980. Since then, it has grown to be Australia's largest railway sleeper manufacturer and a world-leader in prestressed concrete sleeper design and production technologies.
- TransCityRail SpeakersTransCityRail Northern Powerhouse Rail; Day-Time Conference and Evening Dinner
- GTR seeks views on 'complete redesign' of 2018 timetable with self-contained routesGovia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has opened a consultation on a new timetable following the opening of the expanded Thameslink network. GTR operates the UK’s largest rail franchise, but also has the worst PPM in the country after experiencing persistent delays, especially across...
- Four-year track renewal programme completed in YorkshireA four-year programme to renew track in Yorkshire has been successfully completed using a specialist train. The train renewal system (TRS) completed its final shift, on the East Coast Main Line between York and Doncaster, on 17 September. The train, which is over a third of a mile long and cost...
- 'Full Northern devolution needed' as more networks move towards local controlGreater rail devolution is needed to improve services, the Urban Transport Group has said in its latest policy paper, using Merseyrail, ScotRail and London Overground as examples where rail devolution “transformed” service quality. It argued that devolved transport authorities...
- Over 14,000 jobs 'would be lost if HS2 is cancelled'The HS2 contracts already let or tendered have already created 14,440 jobs, new analysis shows. A new report from High Speed Rail Industry Leaders said the analysis, carried out by Albion Economics, provides “an estimate of the number of HS2 jobs that are already a subject of issued...
Railnews
- Consultation launched over new Govia Thameslink services Govia Thameslink Railway has launched a major consultation about proposals for its timetables in two years from now, when the Thameslink Programme is completed. The draft outline of future service frequencies includes 16 trains an hour in the peaks on the London to Bedford section, with eight of those trains working through to Bedford. Some of the other changes include direct services from the Brighton direction between St Pancras and Great Northern stations, using a new connecting tunnel just north of St Pancras which will take trains on to the East Coast Main Line outside King's Cross.
Aviation Industry
- Rolls-Royce to cut 200 more management positionsUK engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is planning to cut another 200 management positions as part of a previously announced restructuring. read more
- Virgin America CEO: Moving to Dallas Love Field was ‘right decision’ Dallas Love Field could prove to be a profitable market for Alaska Airlines if it keeps the gates Virgin America acquired at the facility after the Seattle-based carrier merges with San Francisco-based Virgin America. read more
- Spirit Airlines is third airline to receive US-built A321Spirit Airlines has taken delivery of its first US-produced Airbus A321, making the Florida-based ultra low-cost carrier the third airline to receive an aircraft produced at Airbus’ Mobile, Alabama manufacturing facility. read more
- JetBlue to purchase 10 years’ worth of renewable jet fuelJetBlue Airways will purchase from Philadelphia-based biofuel provider SG Preston over 33 million gallons of blended jet fuel per year for at least 10 years, the New York-based airline said Sept. 19. read more
Green Miscellany
- Driverless cars that smileMost of us catch a motorist’s eye before we cross the street, so what will we do when confronted with driverless cars? Until we pedestrians and cyclists learn from experience that autonomous vehicles pose less of a risk than their human-controlled predecessors, the answer could be the Smiling Car concept. The Smiling Car uses an illuminated digital smile to let… The post Driverless cars that smile appeared first on ETA.
Other News Sources
- Welsh Govt takes action on troubled bus networkCampaigners and bus operators have welcomed the Welsh Government’s five-point plan to support the country’s bus industry after a summer that saw three companies go out of business.
- Rail Minister Paul Maynard has welcomed the launch of a new Rail Employment and Skills Academy on the 16 September 2016 in the East Midlands.The Rail Employment and Skills Academy is formed from a partnership between Derby College and the Rail Forum East Midlands, which represents over 150 rail related businesses across the East Midlands.
- Nottingham MP: ‘Essential’ to replace 40-year-old East Midlands Trains modelsA Nottingham MP says city rail services must get new trains to replace an ageing diesel fleet first launched in 1976. Lilian Greenwood, MP for Nottingham South, also called on the Government to spend more money on upgrades for the region, including the delayed electrification of the Midland Mainline.
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