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Stand by for take-off: D-Day looms for multi-billion-pound airport plan - David Cameron must decide...and Boris Johnson may have to lie down in front of bulldozers
The Prime Minister’s hand-picked committee of MPs will make their recommendation on Tuesday on one of the most controversial decisions of our times: Heathrow or Gatwick?
Virgin Mortgages Heathrow Slots In £250m Deal
Virgin Atlantic is finalising a landmark deal that will enable it to raise hundreds of millions of pounds from its lucrative take-off and landing rights at London's Heathrow Airport.
Sunday, 29 November 2015
BBC News
- Sir Terry Matthews: Rail electrification delays 'damaging'Delays to electrifying the rail line between Cardiff and Swansea has created a "damaging air of uncertainty", Sir Terry Matthews has said.
London Evening Standard
- Paddington station evacuated after fire alertPaddington station was evacuated this morning after a fire alert. Passengers were told to leave the station at about 9.15am today when a fire alarm was triggered.
Other Regional Press
- Newport East AM: Ebbw Vale to Newport rail link a mustTHE success of Newport’s new Friars Walk development has shown how important it is that a rail link to Ebbw Vale is completed, a Labour Assembly Member has said.
- Woman dangled legs over railway station’s platformA WOMAN who was seen dangling her legs over a train platform turned aggressive when transport officers questioned her.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Borders Railway: Scotland’s symbol of a golden age On 6 September, trains returned to the Scottish Borders for the first time in 46 years. The opening of the new Borders Railway, running between Tweedbank and Edinburgh, is the longest new domestic railway built in Britain for over a century. However,…
- Teltronic Selected for Qatar’s First Tram System Teltronic, part of the Sepura Group, has been chosen to provide a radio communications solution for Qatar's first tram system, as part of the country's ambitious Education City project.
- SaZ-Road-Rail Vehicles for Track Maintenance SaZ designs, manufactures and repairs specialised road and railway machinery for municipal transport authorities, firefighting and other rescue services, in addition to small companies that fix and m...
- Road-Rail Vehicles SaZ is a specialised manufacturer in the field of design, production and repairs of special road and railway machinery, road-rail vehicles with superstructures, insulated and non-insulated scissor-type and telescopic working platforms, flash butt wel…
Railway Gazette
- Mitsubishi Electric opens Indian traction equipment factory INDIA: Mitsubishi Electric Corp subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric India has opened a US$8m factory at...
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