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Sadiq Khan hints car-free days could come to London
Sadiq Khan has hinted car-free days could be on their way to London in a bid to get people walking and cut air pollution.
Uber-style app launched by North East bus company Stagecoach
Stagecoach Bus is a free app for iOS and Android users which bosses hope will make missing your bus a thing of the past
MP urges for West Anglia not to be overlooked
West Anglia Main Line Taskforce Chairman Sir Alan Haselhurst MP urges Government not to forget route to Stansted and Cambridge.
Rail chaos on Brighton Main Line if Gatwick expands
BUILDING an extra runway at Gatwick will cause the Brighton Main Line to go into “complete meltdown”, according to a group of campaigning MPs.
Friday, 23 September 2016
BBC News
- 'Lack of staffing' impeded London Tube emergency rescueThe emergency response to a woman slipping between a Tube train and platform was
- Terminally ill boy 'had to lie on Heathrow Airport floor'A terminally ill teenager was forced to lie on a Heathrow Airport floor for several hours as his family waited to change planes, his mother claims.
- Southern Railway travellers face more strikesSouthern Railway workers are to stage 14 days of strike action in five blocks from October in an ongoing dispute over the role of conductors on trains.
Financial Times
- Maersk conglomerate to splitOne of Europe’s leading industrial conglomerates to separate into transport and energy groups
- No step back on London’s walking and cycling pushModernisation programme to continue despite worsening congestion
The Herald
- SPT boss Ronnie Park quits 'suddenly' as director of bus operationsTHE head of bus operations at Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has sent shockwaves through the industry after quitting suddenly, less than two years after he was hired amid claims of a
Times Online
- Garden Bridge looking shaky as Khan orders fresh review [subscription]The future of the Thames Garden Bridge is looking increasingly less secure after Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, ordered another review.
London Evening Standard
- Sadiq Khan hints car-free days could come to LondonSadiq Khan has hinted car-free days could be on their way to London in a bid to get people walking and cut air pollution.
- Terminally-ill boy 'forced to lie on floor for hours' at Heathrow AirportA terminally-ill child was forced to spend several hours lying on the floor in a Heathrow Airport corridor while enduring a long wait to change planes, his mother has claimed.
Manchester Evening News
- EasyJet predicts busiest day ever The budget airline will operate more than 1,600 flights to cope with the demand.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Uber-style app launched by North East bus company StagecoachStagecoach Bus is a free app for iOS and Android users which bosses hope will make missing your bus a thing of the past
Yorkshire Post
- Healey secures promise on HS2 stationPROPOSALS FOR a second South Yorkshire station along the route of the planned high speed rail line are set to take a significant step forward.
Daventry Express
- New help for disabled rail travellers on West Coast Main LineRailway bosses have unveiled a number of new initiatives to make travelling easier for the disabled.
East Anglian Daily Times
- First look at plans to end ‘driver confusion’ and improve traffic on A133 in Colchester – Ipswich Road and Harwich Road double mini-roundabouts to be replacedA major scheme aimed at alleviating congestion and removing “driver confusion” in central Colchester was unveiled to the public for the first time yesterday.
Reading Evening Post
- Abandon first class on overcrowded late trains from Reading, urge passengersMP Alok Sharma wants the rail minister to make the declassification of first class carriages on late peak-time trains compulsory
Other Regional Press
- Robert Halfon attacks Abellio Greater Anglia over Harlow rail fares Rail fares for Harlow commuters are too high according to town MP Robert Halfon who has attacked franchise holder Abellio Greater Anglia.
- Turning circle row could scrap plans to pedestrianise Queen Street PLANS to pedestrianise Queen Street could be have to be abandoned if an Oxford college continues to block a new bus turning circle.
Buying Business Travel
- Google unveils mobile travel planning appDownload entire trips to use offline
Rail Magazine
- New ‘88s’ set to displace older DRS locomotivesDRS confirms it will “seek to deploy our newest assets onto as many services as possible”, which could spell the end for some of its older locomotives.
- PICTURE: First brand new train for Scotland arrives in UKThe first four-car Class 385 has arrived in the UK from Japan.
- MP urges for West Anglia not to be overlooked West Anglia Main Line Taskforce Chairman Sir Alan Haselhurst MP urges Government not to forget route to Stansted and Cambridge.
- LOROL claims top National Rail Awards accoladeLondon Overground Railway Operations Ltd has claimed the blue riband award at this year’s National Rail Awards - the Passenger Operator of the Year.
Rail Technology Magazine
- DRS and Beacon buy 10 new Stadler Class 88 locos for UK useThe Stadler Class 88 Eurodual UK dual-powered locomotive is due to start operating in the UK after being unveiled at InnoTrans earlier this week. Direct Rail Services, in partnership with Beacon Rail Leasing Limited, has ordered 10 of the locomotives to be used in passenger and freight services...
- RMT announces 14 days of strikes across SouthernSouthern rail services will face 14 days of strikes between now and Christmas as part of an escalating dispute with RMT. The union has called the strikes in protest against Southern’s plans to take away conductors’ powers to operate doors, which it claims are a safety risk and will...
- Track installed on Oxford to Marylebone lineTrack between Oxford station and Marylebone in London is now complete ahead of a new Chiltern line opening in December. Network Rail engineers finished laying track on what was an old branch line at Peartree and Wolvercote. Once the project is complete, two 100mph trains will run from Oxford to...
Railnews
- RMT calls new autumn walkouts on Southern Commuters on Southern face a new series of mostly three-day strikes this autumn, as the dispute between Govia Thameslink Railway and the RMT over driver-only operation continues. The RMT described the lack of progress in negotiations as 'disgraceful', while GTR responded that the union's action in calling new walkouts was 'shameful'. The decision to stage more strikes on Southern follows a provisional agreement this week with ScotRail over DOO proposals, which are now being put to union members north of the border in referendums.
- Oxford line ready for December launch The upgrading of the Oxford to Bicester line west of the new station at Oxford Parkway into the city itself has been completed by Network Rail, and the project is on schedule to open in December, when Chiltern Railways will start running services between Oxford and London Marylebone. The route, which includes a new chord at Bicester connecting the east west corridor with the Chiltern Main Line, will be the first ever to compete with GWR services between Oxford and London.
Other News Sources
- Bombardier unveils two new trainsDespite not having any trains on show at InnoTrans this year, Bombardier unveiled two new trains along with a system to improve infrastructure management.
- Bombardier targets $ 1 bn revenue from India biz in 5 yrs BERLIN: Buoyed by India's plans to expand rail and metro network, Bombardier Transportation has exuded confidence over tripling its Indian business revenue to $ 1 billion in the next five years and plans to open an engineering centre in the country.
- Dunblane conference aims to prepare transport managers for 2017Minister for Transport and Islands, Hamza Yousaf and Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, Joan Aitken head the line-up of speakers at FTA Transport ...
- Rail chaos on Brighton Main Line if Gatwick expands BUILDING an extra runway at Gatwick will cause the Brighton Main Line to go into “complete meltdown”, according to a group of campaigning MPs.
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