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Veteran pilot tested to the limit of endurance on record-breaking solar-powered flight across the Pacific, on the eighth leg of round-the-world journeyA solar plane attempting the world’s first flight around the globe has landed in Hawaii, after breaking the record for the longest non-stop solo flight in history.Solar Impulse 2, piloted by the Swiss pilot André Borschberg, took off from Nagoya in Japan at 3am on Monday, for the five-day crossing of the Pacific Ocean, the riskiest leg of its journey. Continue reading...
Next week's Tube strike will be most chaotic for a decade
Prepare to dust down your bicycle, scooter or Segway – or at least get ready to cram on to an overcrowded bus.
BREAKING: Chaos as 150 migrants heading for Britain 'storm the Channel Tunnel'
BRITISH truckers have been forced into long queues on the motorway again after 150 migrants tried to storm the Channel Tunnel in a desperate bid to get into Britain.
Week-long rail strike set to bring fresh misery for London commuters
A week of rail strikes on some of London’s busiest commuter lines was ordered today by union chiefs.
Saturday, 04 July 2015
BBC News
- Talyllyn Railway's 150th birthdayThe inspirational railway behind Thomas the Tank Engine is 150
- Rail workers vote for strike actionCommuters could be set for a summer of delays as rail workers on several train routes vote for strike action.
The Guardian
- Rail strikes planned after workers at two train companies vote for actionWorkers on Northern Rail have voted to strike over jobs and safety while Southern engineers are to walk out after breakdown in industrial relationsTrain passengers face disruption after employees at two train companies voted to go on strike.Workers on Northern Rail have voted to strike over jobs and safety, while engineers at Southern are to stage a five-day walkout after a “comprehensive breakdown” in industrial relations. Continue reading...
- 'What matters is that it works': Peter Hendy on TfL, Network Rail and mayorsLondon’s ex-transport chief was hired to fix troubled rail operator – and his first task is to review which parts of a £38.5bn upgrade plan can still be deliveredIt only took five days. On Saturday 20 June, Sir Peter Hendy was approached to be the new chair of Network Rail. By 5pm on Wednesday he had accepted, and less than 24 hours later ministers were publicly admitting the depth of the crisis in the railways, scrapping pledges of major upgrades and announcing the new faces being parachuted in to run the system.The speed of Hendy’s move, after almost a decade as London’s transport commission...
The Independent
- Transport police have very British reaction to man 'threatening to blow up a train' Transport officers in York have issued a very British response after a man threatened to blow up a northern-bound train.
- Next week's Tube strike will be most chaotic for a decade Prepare to dust down your bicycle, scooter or Segway – or at least get ready to cram on to an overcrowded bus.
The Telegraph
- Train travel is steaming back into its romantic pastYears after Beeching and British Rail killed the glamour of trains, things are looking up. High Speed 2 is a more attractive project than you might imagine
- Forth Bridge set for World Heritage recognitionIconic bridge, built in 1890, will be Scotland's sixth Unesco World Heritage Site site if proposals approved next week
Mail Online
- How to use toilet signs erected by Swiss railway 'for benefit of Asians' One of the places the pictograms are on display is Mount Rigi railway, at Lake Lucerne. Surrounded by the Alps, the site is popular with Asian tourists.
- Forth Bridge set to become Unesco World Heritage site The cantilever railway bridge sits over the Firth of Forth estuary in the east of Scotland, nine miles west of Edinburgh City Centre. the decision is due to be finalised tomorrow night.
Birmingham Post
- Liam Byrne vows sit-in if HS2 railroads deal to use land for jobs Birmingham MP Liam Byrne has condemned HS2 Ltd for failing to listen to the concerns of Birmingham City Council and MPs.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Northern Rail workers vote to take strike action WORKERS on Northern Rail, which runs services on the Airedale, Wharfedale and Calder Valley lines, have voted to go on strike in a row over jobs and safety.
London Evening Standard
- Week-long rail strike set to bring fresh misery for London commuters A week of rail strikes on some of London’s busiest commuter lines was ordered today by union chiefs.
The York Press
- Rail strikes loom for York passengers STRIKE action may be looming on Northern Rail trains in a row over jobs, services and safety.
The Shields Gazette
- North East set for train chaos as rail workers vote to go on strikeTrain staff in the North East will be among those who have voted to take industrial action.
Other Regional Press
- First Great Western rail services likely to be hit with changes or cancellations during RMT strike Rail services will be affected by a planned strike by union members next week, First Great Western has confirmed.
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Northern Ireland rail upgrades get Ł17m EU fundingEU funding of 24m euros (Ł17m) has been secured for two railway upgrades in Northern Ireland, including the Londonderry-Coleraine line. The Derry-Coleraine line will receive 14,373,993 euros (Ł10.2m), while the Knockmore to Lurgan line has received 9,684,520 euros (Ł6.9m). In April, work on a major update to the Derry-Coleraine line was delayed for four months. Transport Minister Danny Kennedy said the funding was
Other News Sources
- UPDATED: Southern Rail engineers to strike for five days Engineers on Southern Rail are to stage a five day strike over claims of a
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