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Network Rail plans more job cuts

Network Rail is planning to cut hundreds more jobs over and above the 1,800 planned cuts it announced at the end of last month.

National Express close to £765m takeover by Spanish consortium

National Express is close to accepting a £765m takeover bid after agreeing to open its books to a Spanish-led consortium.

Pressure builds for high speed rail network

Leaders from Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield have joined forces in pressing for a far more ambitious programme than currently proposed by any of the major parties thus far.

Carbon emissions cap may halt third Heathrow runway

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow came under fresh assault today as the Government's own climate change adviser called for deep cuts in Britain's carbon dioxide emission levels.

Thursday, 10 September 2009

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  • Flight punctuality improves A total of 81 per cent of scheduled flights at 10 major UK airports were on time in spring this year (April-June), the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said.

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  • National Express set to accept £765m CVC-Cosmen bid The bus and rail operator, which is encumbered with £1bn of debt, voted to allow the consortium of private equity house CVC and Spain's Cosmen family to conduct due diligence with a view to recommending its £765m bid. An announcement could be made as early as Thursday.
  • AA: Excessive traffic calming bad for environment Edmund King, the motoring organisation's president, has also voiced fears that the growth of 20mph zones could be environmentally damaging even if they do promote road safety.
  • Pressure builds for high speed rail network Leaders from Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield have joined forces in pressing for a far more ambitious programme than currently proposed by any of the major parties thus far.

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  • UK's Network Rail to cut 700 sub-contractor jobs British rail operator Network Rail [NETRA.UL] plans to reduce the number of sub-contractors working on maintenance jobs by around 700, on top of the 1,800 staff it is cutting from its own maintenance workforce.

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Belfast Telegraph

  • Bombardier will stay, says Empey Employment Minister Sir Reg Empey has said he is convinced Bombardier intends to keep a manufacturing base in Northern Ireland following a meeting with the company’s senior management in Canada. Related Stories£2m food centre an Asset to Queen’sOutput boosted by higher car productionConsumers more confident economy will improveUS loses out to Switzerland in competitiveness rankingAer Lingus axes five of its Belfast routes in winter cuts

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Daily Post (North Wales)

  • Transport opinions for people of PowysPEOPLE in Powys can have their say on their council’s school/college transport policy at a meeting at County Hall, Llandrindod Wells on Tuesday, September 15.

Derby Telegraph

  • £40m plan to improve roads SERIOUS defects on roads throughout Derbyshire could now be fixed within 24 hours after the county council unlocked a £40m funding package.

London Evening Standard

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

Sheffield Star

  • Wrong signals lead to poor rail service [letter]HE choice of the West Coast main line by Network Rail (August 27) in respect of High Speed 2 will leave Sheffield well and truly as the big city rail pauper unless there is a rethink. By opting for the West coast route, Network Rail has committed itself to the construction of a new line and all the potential delays associated with such a scheme as well as reflecting more investment for this corridor.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

  • Network Rail jobs cull would lead to disaster, says union NETWORK Rail is planning a “cull” of more than 2,500 jobs, almost a fifth of its workforce, including directly-employed staff and contractors, the main union claimed yesterday. The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said the figure was revealed during talks yesterday and represented a “significant” increase on a previous warning of 1,800 job losses.
  • Alford Railway Children climb aboard for tiny treat PRIMARY pupils yesterday signalled the start of an Alford Railway Children project to develop an education centre at the town™s station.
  • MSP calls on Stevenson to resign in wake of death crashTransport Minister Stewart Stevenson was urged to resign last night after a death crash at a notorious north-east road junction he œrepeatedly refused to upgrade.
  • Bus-stop concernsTHE multimillion-pound Streetscape improvements to Inverness city centre are completed, leaving some people puzzled as to why bus stops in Queensgate and Church Street look very unprofessional and untidy.

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Wales Online

  • High-speed rail could link UK’s major cities and cut travel times ELEVEN UK cities, including Cardiff, yesterday called for the development of a high-speed rail network that would drastically reduce journey times. The cities’ leaders envisage London-Manchester journey times coming down to one hour 13 minutes, London to Scotland trips taking less than three hours and from Cardiff to the English capital a mere 70 minutes

Yorkshire Evening Post

  • Leeds may still get high speed rail link PROPOSALS for a high-speed rail network will include the option of going to Leeds, a top government adviser has revealed. Sir David Rowlands, chairman of High Speed 2, the company charged with developing the nation's fast-track rail system, said he is not leaving Yorkshire out of plans he will present to ministers by the end of this year.
  • Leeds demands high speed rail linkEleven UK cities today called for the development of a high-speed rail network that would drastically reduce journey times.

Yorkshire Post

  • Cycle route brings tourism hopes A new cycling and walking route which is due to be officially unveiled next week is expected to boost tourism in the heart of Airedale. Thousands of people in Keighley, Bingley and Shipley can now walk or pedal their way into some of the region's most picturesque settings via the Airedale Greenway.
  • High-speed railway supremo's pledge to Yorkshire A HIGH-speed rail network that includes links to Yorkshire will be among proposals handed to Ministers by the Government's top adviser. Campaigners "shouldn't be too worried" about plans recently revealed by Network Rail that would see Yorkshire bypassed by a 200mph west coast line, said David Rowlands, the man tasked with drawing up proposals for the Government for routes to the North

Blackpool Gazette

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Peterborough Telegraph

  • Pay row continues after trains cancelledTrain services running out of Bedford station face further disruption as the rail firm which cancelled most of its services last Sunday because of staff shortages is facing th

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Forbes

  • Heathrow airport has busiest August everHeathrow airport had its busiest August ever as leisure travel made up for falling business trade, airport operator BAA Ltd. said Thursday. Total traffic for the group, however, dropped by 3.1 percent in August.

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Aviation Industry

  • Heathrow clocks up flight-time improvementHeathrow Airport has recorded a 14% increase in the number of punctual flights between April and June 2009, and the average delay fell by eight minutes, from 18 to ten, according to statistics published today by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)...

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