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Is transport a barrier to work for Valleys communities?
Infrastructure and employment are top of the list when it comes to things that people living in the South Wales Valleys would like to see improved.
MP's anger as study reveals Londoners get ten times transport cash of Yorkshire folk
A BRADFORD MP has said he is “sick and tired” of Yorkshire being short-changed, after a report showed the region has England’s lowest investment in transport.
Labour MP Sir Keir Starmer warns HS2 work will 'devastate' the lives of Londoners for 17 years
A Labour frontbencher has warned that construction work on the long-awaited HS2 rail project will "devastate" the lives of residents for 17 years.
HS3 success key to closing bleak north-south divide, says IPPR
Success with HS3 is key to readdressing the imbalance in investment between the north and London, influential think tank IPPR North has argued. In the report written by researcher Grace Blakeley, it was reported that the north is experiencing a “chronic lack of investment”
RAIB: Croydon tram driver had 'lost awareness' before fatal derailment
The driver of the fatal Sandilands junction tram accident in Croydon, London, had “lost awareness” before the carriage he was controlling derailed, killing seven people, the latest interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Bureau has reported. The late application of the...
Luton airport’s plans submitted for mass passenger transit system
Plans for a £200m (US$249m) mass passenger transit (MPT) system to link London Luton Airport (LLA) with Luton Airport Parkway rail station have been submitted.
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
BBC News
- Sky's not the limit: Glasgow's spaceportCould the UK be going where it has never been before? Detailed plans to create the country's first spaceports are set to be unveiled.
- UK Vauxhall pensions 'could scupper GM Peugeot sale'The carmaker's pension scheme is one of the UK's largest and is estimated to have a �1bn deficit.
- 'No reason to fear' Vauxhall job losses, Clark saysTakeover talks should not make Vauxhall workers worry about their jobs, the business secretary says.
- Volkswagen 'fixes 470,000 UK diesel cars'VW's top UK executive says most UK cars affected by the diesel emissions scandal are yet to be mended.
ITV News
- Is transport a barrier to work for Valleys communities?Infrastructure and employment are top of the list when it comes to things that people living in the South Wales Valleys would like to see improved.
Financial Times
- EU on collision course with China over rail planProbe of Beijing-funded Belgrade-Budapest link hits Xi’s hallmark scheme
The Guardian
- Cardiff v Cambridge: can the Welsh capital steal the crown of Britain's top cycling city?Cardiff’s ambitious new cycling strategy aims to double the number of trips taken by bike, part of its ultimate goal to become Europe’s most liveable capital. But Cambridge, the reigning champ of cycling, won’t be beaten easily
- London night tube drivers to vote on strikesRail, Maritime and Transport union claims London Underground is discriminating against night staff in pay and jobs disputeDrivers on London’s night tube are to be balloted for strikes in a row over pay and jobs.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action. Continue reading...
- Volkswagen boss says firm in Europe 'misled nobody' over emissionsMPs on transport select committee attack Paul Willis for failing to give straight answers as he says there is ‘no legal basis’ for compensation claimsMPs have reacted with incredulity after the boss of Volkswagen told them the company in Europe had done nothing wrong and “misled nobody”, despite having agreed a multibillion-dollar settlement in the US over the emissions-rigging scandal.Paul Willis, giving evidence to the transport select committee on Monday, insisted there was “no legal basis” for compensation claims because there was “no degradation” to the vehicles. Continue reading...
The Herald
- Scottish Labour to vote on 'people's railway' Scottish Labour members are to vote on proposals to take railways into public ownership at the party's conference.
- Traffic moving well through M8 diversion, transport chiefs sayA major diversion on Scotland's busiest road has seen traffic moving well, according to transport bosses.
The Scotsman
- Edinburgh-Glasgow mainline railway celebrates 175th birthday It’s Scotland’s busiest passenger railway and a vital link between the nation’s capital and its largest city.
The Telegraph
- London Underground Night Tube drivers to vote on strike action in pay dispute
- Vandalised Devon bus shelter gets mystery 'Banksy-style' makeover
Times Online
- Dash for gas could solve the diesel crisis [Subscription]Despite the gloom, traffic pollution is on the wane – but don’t assume electric is the only way to power cars of the future
- North left behind by transport spending in capital [subscription]Up to ten times more money is spent on transport in London than in parts of northern England, according to figures published today.
Reuters News
- VW says it has fixed 470,000 cars in Britain affected by diesel scandalLONDON (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen has fixed 470,000 cars out of 1.2 million affected by the diesel emissions scandal in Britain, the firm's UK managing director told lawmakers on Monday.
The Mirror
- Volkswagen's boss accused of telling 'blatant lies' over diesel emissions scandal Paul Willis was condemned as he appeared before MPs to explain the affair which led to the recall of 12 million cars in the UK
Birmingham Post
- BBC Travel: This is why the BBC has closed its traffic and travel site The broadcaster shut down the site this month as part of a plan to save £15 million
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Rail company wins award for work with children's author GRAND Central Rail has scooped a prestigious award due to a partnership with a children’s author.
- MP's anger as study reveals Londoners get ten times transport cash of Yorkshire folk A BRADFORD MP has said he is “sick and tired” of Yorkshire being short-changed, after a report showed the region has England’s lowest investment in transport.
London Evening Standard
- Revealed: London commuters paid £365m for forgetting to tap in and out at stationsLondon's commuters have been charged £365 million in the past six years for forgetting to tap in and out at train stations, the Evening Standard can reveal.
- Tube strike February 2017: Transport for London 'open to fresh talks' as unions fail to come to agreementTransport chiefs have said they are still open to reconciliation talks with unions in the lead up to Tuesday's planned Tube strike.
- Labour MP Sir Keir Starmer warns HS2 work will 'devastate' the lives of Londoners for 17 yearsA Labour frontbencher has warned that construction work on the long-awaited HS2 rail project will "devastate" the lives of residents for 17 years.
Manchester Evening News
- This is the future of Manchester Airport - featuring a showcase 'Super Terminal' after a £1bn expansion The transformation has been dubbed the biggest single construction project ever to take place in Greater Manchester
Nottingham Evening Post
- 50 jobs created at Ilkeston rail firm working on HS2 after £500,000 investment An engineering firm that has worked on some of the UK's biggest rail projects expects to grow by 50 percent after making a £500,000 investment at its Ilkeston head office.
Wales Online
- These are the busiest roads in Cardiff and SwanseaA second report in two days has highlighted the congestion problem in Wales' main cities
Yorkshire Post
- College on track for tackling rail skills shortage Following his first visit to the National College for High Speed Rail in Doncaster, Transport Secretary Andrew Jones said the new engineering and technology facility would help to pave the way in providing a new “digital high speed future” for the country’s rail network.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Disruption clears on Greater Anglia trains between Ipswich and LondonTwo points failures at London Liverpool Street which saw thousands of rail passengers heading towards Ipswich delayed this evening have been fixed.
Other Regional Press
- Carmarthen to Aberystwyth train could be in service by 2022 THERE are fresh hopes that Carmarthen and Ceredigion could be connected by rail for the first time in more than 50 years.
- Campaigners call for 20mph speed limit after boy knocked down RESIDENTS have rallied together to campaign for Botley Road to be reduced to a 20mph zone after a nine-year-old boy was left seriously injured after being hit by a car.
- Is this the most congested road in Middlesbrough? TomTom says it isNew figures have revealed that the town was the 24th most congested in the UK
C.N.N.
- Security breach at JFK Airport reportedA security incident at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday has federal and local authorities at odds over what happened.
Buying Business Travel
- Taxpayers’ Alliance: HS2 bill could hit £90bnThink tank warns the high-speed rail link could run billions of pounds over budget
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Have your say on bus & coach national occupational standardsPeople 1st has been working with business across the UK to review the national occupational standards for bus and coach driving. Following a period of consultation, the standards have been redrafted and now require feedback from industry. This is your opportunity to have your say and make sure the updates accurately reflect the competencies required. Take the survey now. Please review the revised standards and respond to the short survey by 26 February 2017. If you would prefer to feedback via email or set up a call to speak to People 1st directly, please email trailblazer@people1st.co.u...
Rail Technology Magazine
- Deutsche Bahn orders 39 trainsets from Siemens Deutsche Bahn's mass transit arm DB Regio has ordered 39 trainsets from Siemens to operate on the Rhine Valley rail network in south-west Germany.
- SNCF uses IBM IoT solution for improved rail safety French railways operator SNCF is using IBM Watson's internet of yhings (IoT) platform to provide improved rail safety for 13.5 million daily passengers.
- East Wind: a new era of freight between the UK and China China has launched a direct rail freight service to London, as part of its drive to develop trade and investment ties with Europe through the New Silk Road. What will this mean for rail freight between the UK and Asia’s superpower?
- Automatic train operation: the future of UK mainline railways? There’s plenty of speculation as to the future of how trains will get from one station to another. Is automation a necessity? How might it be integrated? And how will unions respond if their members are pushed out of traditional train driver jobs?
- ORR confirms Joanna Whittington as CEO The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today officially confirmed the appointment of Joanna Whittington as its permanent CEO following an open public competition, effective immediately. Previously, Whittington had been the ORR’s director of railway markets and economics, and she has acted...
- HS3 success key to closing bleak north-south divide, says IPPRSuccess with HS3 is key to readdressing the imbalance in investment between the north and London, influential think tank IPPR North has argued. In the report written by researcher Grace Blakeley, it was reported that the north is experiencing a “chronic lack of investment”
- RAIB: Croydon tram driver had 'lost awareness' before fatal derailmentThe driver of the fatal Sandilands junction tram accident in Croydon, London, had “lost awareness” before the carriage he was controlling derailed, killing seven people, the latest interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Bureau has reported. The late application of the...
Railnews
- Railfreight grants drop could mean �thousands of additional lorries� Railfreight campaigners are concerned that a reduction in government support for railfreight facilities could bring thousands of additional lorries on to the roads, if hauliers decide that using rail is too expensive. It's being claimed that a loss of �4 million in railfreight grants could mean another 190,000 lorry journeys each year.
- Last-minute bid to block HS2 The complex Hybrid Bill authorising Phase 1 of HS2 is set to return to the House of Commons this week for the final approval of MPs before receiving Royal Assent, but two opposing groups have launched a last-ditch bid to block the project before it has been legally authorised. The two groups are the Taxpayers' Alliance, which refuses to accept the official cost of �56 billion for all phases, and Friends of the Earth, who back high speed rail in principle but say the HS2 routes are badly chosen and do not connect with HS1.
Railway Gazette
- New locos planned as Mercitalia targets European corridorsITALY: ‘Radical changes’ to the rail freight and logistics market were unveiled on February 20,...
- Siemens forms UK Mobility Digitalisation unitUK: Siemens Rail Automation announced a restructuring of its signalling and train control...
Aviation Industry
- Norwegian focuses on mid-size US cities for new Atlantic servicesLow-cost carrier Norwegian is planning to open up transatlantic services from several mid-sized US cities that do not have European flights, the airline’s CEO said Feb.20. read more
- European regional airlines urge safety agency to intervene in flight delay court casesThe European Regions Airline Association (ERA) is seeking assistance from the continent’s safety authority for carriers facing heavy compensation costs following flight delays. read more
- Russian airport reports international traffic up 70% in JanuarySamara’s Kurumoch International Airport in the Russian Volga region reported handling 28,000 international passengers in January, up 70% year-over-year (YOY). read more
- European regional carriers facing tough timesEurope’s regional airlines face a narrow – and shrinking – window of opportunity in which to make a profit, an industry consultant said in London Feb. 20. read more
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- Scotland’s labour party calls for cancellation of ScotRail franchiseScotland’s labour party members are preparing to vote on taking railways into public ownership at next week’s party conference, it has emerged
- Unlikely anti-HS2 lobbying allianceLast-ditch lobbying campaigns to derail HS2 are being mounted by two groups that do not usually see eye-to-eye on policy.
- Luton airport’s plans submitted for mass passenger transit systemPlans for a £200m (US$249m) mass passenger transit (MPT) system to link London Luton Airport (LLA) with Luton Airport Parkway rail station have been submitted.
- Newton Aycliffe landscaping firm links up with Hitachi Rail EuropeHitachi Rail Europe is continuing to boost local supply firms operating its Newton Aycliffe base, as Beaumont Grounds Maintenance is the latest North East business to benefit from the train manufacturing firm’s location in the region.
- This Heathrow cabbie's feelings about Uber are pretty clear This amusing sight was captured by "M25 Dave" at Heathrow Airport a black cab making their feelings about Uber clear
- Croydon tram crash: New report reveals driver did not apply emergency brake ahead of fatal derailmentA Rail Accident Investigation Branch report looked at how injuries to passengers, including seven people who tragically died, occurred in the crash
- South West Trains improvements: Commuters using Guildford to Waterloo line via Cobham face significant disruptionGet Surrey takes a look at how commuters on the Guildford to Waterloo via Cobham line will be affected by Network Rail's £800 million project to increase capacity on the network
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