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Heathrow passengers reach record
The number of passengers using BAA's Heathrow airport reached a record last year while losses for the company narrowed, the airport operator says.
BAA calls for Heathrow third runway to be reconsidered
Airports boss Colin Matthews has urged the Coalition to put a third runway at Heathrow back on the negotiating table as the Government prepares to investigate how to solve Britain's worsening airports "capacity crunch".
MPs query £1bn transport underspend
The Department for Transport (DfT) accepted a budget cut of £683 million last year then underspent by more than £1 billion, a report by MPs has said.
Bus grants plea to shelter passengers from fare rises
City leaders are to demand that the Scottish Government thinks again about a grant cut that has forced Lothian Buses to increase fares and cut services.
Thursday, 23 February 2012
BBC News
- Rare bridge demolition approvedThe demolition of a rare Grade II-listed wooden viaduct and replace it with a new road and rail crossing is approved.
- Call for station taxi ban delayA call for a delay to a permanent ban on taxis and cars inside Edinburgh Waverley Station is not accepted by the station's owner.
The Telegraph
- London 2012 terror drill at the disused Aldwych tube stationIn pics: London 2012 terror drill at the disused Aldwych tube station.
Birmingham Mail
- Helium balloon tangled in power cables at Birmingham New Street Station causes rush hour chaos for rail commutersEVERYBODY’S heard of leaves on the line but commuters in Birmingham faced a headache this morning because of a helium balloon.
Liverpool Echo
- Huge delays after trains break down in Liverpool underground loopHUNDREDS of commuters are facing huge delays after two Merseyrail trains became stuck in the Liverpool underground loop.
Sheffield Star
- 100mph train hits bike on trackA SHEFFIELD-BOUND train travelling at about 100mph hit a bike thrown on to the tracks in a ‘mindless act of vandalism’.
Blackpool Gazette
- Tram crossing to shut despite furyCAMPAIGNERS have lost a last ditch attempt to keep a tram crossing open.
Plymouth Herald
- City's future must not be stifledPLYMOUTH is "a city on the move" and must not be stifled by lack of connectivity, business leaders were told yesterday, Keith Rossiter writes. They were urged to lobby the Government to make the case for a better train service.
Global Rail News
- Square deal for King™s CrossPlans to create a paved square with trees in front of King™s Cross station have been given the go ahead. The design, by architects Stanton Williams, will also reveal the Victorian Grade I listed station façade for the first time in 150 years. In place of the current 1970s concourse extension will be a 7,000 [...]
- Royal Salute for Rail BritanniaHRH Prince Charles braved torrential rain at Wakefield Kirkgate station to rename 70000 Britannia. The locomotive had just hauled the Royal Train on which the prince, a keen supporter of railways, had travelled. Greeting the many local children who had turned out to see him, Prince Charles made his way along the platform with Pete [...]
- Record run for St PancrasProving that high speed railways are good for business, HS1 Ltd, owner of St Pancras International, is reporting all time high retail sales and footfall in the three weeks before Christmas 2011. Sales rose 20 per cent in the run up to Christmas compared with the same period last year. Footfall was up by 18 per [...]
- Linlithgow Station™s 167 year old photoA new information panel has been installed at Linlithgow Station to record its claim to be the first station in the world to have been photographed. The photograph was taken in 1845 by David Octavius Hill. The panel also celebrates more recent additions to the station. These include a mural of the annual Marches procession, [...]
- Network Rail to sell plant subsidiaryNetwork Rail Infrastructure Limited has announced it intends to sell its subsidiary, Network Rail (NDS-Plant) Limited, only four months after setting it up. The NDS-Plant division was set up in November after Network Rail ‘rescued’ equipment supplier Hydrex from administration. Hydrex was the largest provider of road-rail vehicles to the industry and ‘vital for Network [...]
- Construction begins on Orlando™s SunRail projectConstruction of Orlando’s SunRail commuter rail project has officially begun after a ground breaking ceremony. Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad, Congressman John Mica, Congresswoman Corinne Brown and Federal Transit Administration Regional Administrator Dr. Yvette Taylor joined local funding partners and several hundred supporters at the future home of the SunRail station in Altamonte [...]
Other News Sources
- Crossrail chairman defends project from station upgrade criticismCrossrail™s chairman has defended the project from criticism that promises were made for station upgrades that will not be delivered.
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