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Saturday, 08 October 2016

BBC News

• Super Puma ban to remain in place despite EASA findingA ban on Super Puma helicopters is to remain in place despite restrictions being lifted by the European Aviation Safety Agency.
• Radio hacker 'caused havoc at Edinburgh airport and hospital'A hacker who caused
• Greater Manchester Metrolink tram map reveals life expectancy levelsAcademics create a map of Greater Manchester's tram network revealing the striking differences in life expectancy.
• Heathrow expansion: Zac Goldsmith warns taxpayers will foot billLondon Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith warned taxpayers they could pay for the expansion of Heathrow Airport if it goes ahead.
• Night Tube: Jubilee Line service to begin and Northern Line gets start dateThe Jubilee Line Night Tube service is to begin later as the mayor announces the date for when the Northern Line will run throughout the night.
• Zac Goldsmith: Heathrow project 'will never go ahead'The Conservative MP for Richmond says the third Heathrow runway has 'no prospect' of going ahead
• Boeing receives order for 40 planes from QatarUS aircraft maker Boeing announces a multi-billion dollar deal to supply Qatar Airways with wide-body jetliners.

The Guardian

• Brighton gears up for new fleet of solar-powered busesA fleet of 10 electric buses operating around town will be charged overnight at a bus depot which has solar panels on its roof
• Jubilee line joins London's busier than expected night tubeTransport for London hails success of all-night weekend running on Central and Victoria lines, with high passenger numbers and low crime rate, as Jubilee line starts 24-hour weekend serviceLondon Underground’s Jubilee line is set to open its night tube services in the next stage of Transport for London’s expansion of 24-hour weekend tubes across the city. The new services will begin on Friday evening. An additional six Jubilee line trains an hour will run through central London between 12.30am and 5.30am, which is expected to cut night-time journeys by an average of 20 minutes. Continue readi...
• Child-free sections on planes is a good start. Now let’s sort out the trains | Julie BindelIndiGo’s ‘quiet zone’ policy banning under-12s from premium seats is an all-too rare attempt to hold back the babyccino-swilling hordesI was once banned from my local Starbucks, in the Nappy Valley area of north London, because a woman in the queue in front of me had read my column from the day before, in which I railed against brattish middle-class kids.When I sighed loudly for the third time, getting sick of waiting while she patiently and somewhat smugly explained to her five-year-old the difference between a babyccino and a caramelised honey creme, she turned to look at me disapprovingly a...
• French train firm unveils plans for £20m plant in north-west EnglandAlstom’s new site in Widnes, Cheshire, will create about 600 jobs, and the firm aims to win contract to manufacture trains for HS2
• French train firm unveils plans for £20m plant in north-west EnglandAlstom’s new site in Widnes, Cheshire, will create about 600 jobs, and the firm aims to win contract to manufacture trains for HS2

The Herald

• New Queensferry crossing credited with boosting house prices in eastHOUSE prices in South Queensferry are rising at one of fastest rates in Scotland as the new road crossing nears completion.

The Telegraph

• Boris Johnson 'resigned' to Theresa May pushing ahead third runway at Heathrow, allies say

Times Online

• Slowly but surely, 20mph zones spread across nation [subscription]The urban speed limit is being cut by stealth after a surge in the number of 20mph zones being introduced in towns and cities.

Mail Online

• Business leaders issue last-ditch appeal to Theresa May to sanction Heathrow expansion A final decision is expected by the end of the month from Theresa May, with the Prime Minister to hold a series of Cabinet sub-committee meetings to make a decision over the coming weeks.

Birmingham Post

• Birmingham's High Speed Rail College nearing completionTransport Secretary Chris Grayling special guest at Venture Way site of new college
• Birmingham's new 20mph speed limits enforced from Monday The new limit markings and signs in place and speeding drivers may be pulled over by police

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Fare increases on buses from next week BUS operator First Bradford has announced that some of its fares will increase from Sunday October 16.
• Rail staff clear up fly-tipping and litter between Bradford and Shipley RAIL staff at Bradford Forster Square Station have carried out work to clear line-side litter after complaints about the build-up of rubbish.

Liverpool Echo

• Rail minister views start of construction work at Widnes rail technology centre siteRail minister Paul Maynard visited the site of a rail technology centre and training academy in Widnes being built by Alstom which could create up to 600 jobs. Paul Maynard and Halton Council leader Rob Polhill join Alstom's managing director, apprentices and graduates to celebrate the start of construction.

London Evening Standard

• Night Tube: Northern Line launch date announced by Sadiq KhanNight Tube services on the Northern Line will launch on November 18, it has been announced.
• Brexit 'has helped case for third runway at Heathrow Airport'Brexit has made the case for a third runway at Heathrow stronger, the head of Britain's Airports Commission said today.
• Evening Standard comment: The RMT must call off this damaging strikeThe dispute between the operator of the Southern rail franchise, Govia Thameslink, and the RMT shows no signs of abating. Negotiations to avert yet more strike action broke down yesterday and next week will see a three-day walkout. Further strikes are planned.
• Night Tube: the 10 most affordable stops to buy along the Jubilee LineNew research reveals the 10 most affordable stops to buy along the newest branch of London's weekend Night Tube network

Northern Echo

• Virgin hunts new train drivers - but there's only a week to apply VIRGIN Trains has launched what it claims is the largest recruitment of train drivers on the East Coast Mainline since the 1980s.

Sheffield Star

• South Yorkshire rail services return to normal after bridge crashCommuters were this afternoon caught up in Sheffield to Chesterfiled train delays and cancellations after the Dronfield accident, causing�disruption to�East Midlands Trains service between�London St Pancras and Sheffield.

Wales Online

• Cardiff council is to investigate the possibility of trams running through the city centreCardiff councillors will next week agree that a "regional city light tram system" is one of their priorities

Yorkshire Post

• Tom Richmond: Trains or planes, we need links that mean businessTHE promise of extra flights between Leeds Bradford Airport and Heathrow needs to be placed in a wider political context.

Blackpool Gazette

• BAE ‘confident’ as share earnings riseThe company which employs thousands making aircraft on the Fylde has said trading looks positive ahead of its end of year report this winter.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Bus strike cancelled after Ipswich Buses and Unite resolve pay disputeA 24-hour bus strike in Ipswich has been called off after a dispute over pay was resolved.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Fancy becoming an East Coast train driver no experience necessary says Virgin TrainsRail giant Virgin is launching a recruitment campaign for drivers ahead of a new fleet of trains which will “revolutionise” travel on its East Coast line.

Other Regional Press

• Camberley commuters face 'bitterly disappointing' decrease in direct train servicesRail commuters in Camberley face a "bitterly disappointing" decrease in the number of direct services to and from London Waterloo.
• Arriva bus drivers balloted on potential walk-out over plan for 'spies' on servicesBus drivers are considering strike action over plans by Arriva to install
• Jazz flashmob puts a smile on commuters' faces at Huddersfield Railway StationThe musical suprise was organised by Marsden Jazz Festival to kick off the weekend

Buying Business Travel

• Air New Zealand to add wifi in 2017Flights between NZ and Australia the first to experience the service
• Birmingham airport axes passenger drop-off chargesChanges are part of a �100m investment programme

Global Rail News

• Tampere names tram fleet supplierThe Tampere City Board has recommended Finnish manufacturer Transtech supply the light rail vehicles for phase one of its new tram network.
• Alstom starts work on Widnes technology centreAlstom has started construction of its new training academy and technology centre at Widnes in the UK

Rail Technology Magazine

• Aldridge Railway Signals-Railway Signals and Equipment Aldridge Railway Signals is a wholly Australian owned manufacturing company.
• Hendy: Private investment needed as 'doors shut to NR's never ending debt' Businesses should provide some of the investment Britain’s rail network needs to grow, the chair of Network Rail has said. Delivering the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) annual Rail Lecture in London this week, Sir Peter Hendy said he had a “very optimistic...
• RAIB: London Midland processes for assessing driver managers 'inadequate' A train carrying around 2,000 passengers broke a temporary speed restriction earlier this year because of a miscommunication in an incident that could have been ‘very serious’, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has said. At 08.28 on 5 January, the 07.39 London Midland...
• Rail academy construction progressing at paceIndustry efforts to deliver world-class training facilities for the next generation of rail workers are progressing at apace, as government ministers visited two sites this week. On Wednesday, transport secretary Chris Grayling visited the Birmingham site for the National College of High Speed...
• Network Rail begins �1.6m strengthening of Whalley ViaductThe Whalley Viaduct, a nineteenth-century rail structure in Lancashire, is to be reinforced by Network Rail in a £1.6m investment project lasting five months. Engineers will fix 2,800 steel brackets and 16,800 anchors to the side of the viaduct to improve its long-term stability. The work...

Aviation Industry

• Airbus, Boeing September commercial aircraft orders top $11.1 billionAirbus and Boeing booked over $11.1 billion in combined commercial aircraft orders in September. read more
• IATA: Air cargo traffic moderates to 3.9% growth in AugustThe global air freight market increased 3.9% year-over-year (YOY) in August, down slightly from July’s revised 4% growth, illustrating the “stiff headwind” air freight continues to encounter amidst “the ongoing sluggishness of global trade conditions,” according to IATA’s August Air Freight Market Analysis. read more

Green Miscellany

• Countdown to winter cycling: Look on the BrightsideWith only three weeks left before the end of British Summer Time and the official start of winter cycling, we have another set of lights to give away. The Brightside is a double-ended cycle light focused solely on protecting a cyclist’s blind spot. Mounted to the top tube of the frame or�handlebar stem, the powerful LED lights produce a flashing… The post Countdown to winter cycling: Look on the Brightside appeared first on ETA.

Other News Sources

• Council reviews Blackwater Valley cycle route roadworks after backlash from commutersDrivers slam "absolutely appalling" delays of more than an hour as project managers act to ease traffic
• Heathrow expansion must be part of PM’s post-Brexit visionThe Freight Transport Association (FTA) says the Government must back a third runway at Heathrow if the Prime Minister’s vision of a global ...