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Sunday, 13 December 2009

BBC News

• More trains unveiled in timetableEast Midlands Trains passengers will benefit from improved services with the introduction of its new winter timetable, the firm has said.
• Extra staff to cover rail strikeExtra staff are brought in to minimise disruption as hundreds of railway signalling staff prepare for six days of strike action.
• Supermarkets start fuel price warTwo UK supermarkets begin a price war as they cut the cost of petrol and diesel by up to three pence per litre.

The Observer

• The world's greatest train tripsBack in the early 1980s Jimmy Savile fronted a series of TV ads with the tag line,

The Telegraph

• TfL draw up plans to take over Tube LinesTransport for London (TfL) has drawn up a series of options to end the Underground public-private partnership and take over the sole remaining contractor, Tube Lines, which faces a crunch decision on its finances this week.

Times Online

• Drivers™ personal details handed to EUThe personal details of nearly 40m UK motorists will be open to abuse when they are œautomatically trawled by foreign states, an internal police report has admitted.
• The last hurrah of petrol power The talk among car makers is that 2010 will come to be seen as a watershed year. It will, they say, be the last time that conventional vehicles dominate the new-car market. In 2011 pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars of a new breed are expected to make their debuts; with the help of tax incentives such as those outlined by Alistair Darling last week, they will gradually shunt their way into the mainstream. For now, many of the eco-friendly cars remain at prototype stage, and next year’s crop looks much more familiar. Without having thoroughly tested them on the roa...

Daily Record

• Exclusive: Limos off the road after new licence clampdownLIMO bosses claim they have been forced off the road because of costly delays in getting new licences.

The Mirror

• Electric vehicle trial switched onA one-year "real life" trial of low carbon vehicles has been launched to see how the UK will need to adapt for a green transport future.

London Evening Standard

• Electric vehicle trial switched onA one-year

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Argyll haulier™s fleet reduced An Argyll haulier is facing a busier festive season than usual following a transport agency ruling that cut his fleet from five to three vehicles.

The York Press

• National Railway Museum in York to catch rain on roof and re-use in building THE rain on the trains goes mainly down the drains¦ but not for long.

Wales Online

• Transport boffins call to drop traffic lightsTRANSPORT boffins have dreamed up a wacky solution to traffic jams – ditching traffic lights altogether.

Carlisle News & Star

• Threat to free Workington footbridge bus serviceChildren living less than three miles walking distance away from their school on the north side of the River Derwent could see the free bus service cancelled next term.
• Speeds on Settle to Carlisle rail line to doubleTrain speeds are set to double on the Settle to Carlisle rail line from this weekend with the lifting of a 30mph limit on a one-mile stretch of track.
• Threat to free Workington footbridge bus serviceChildren living less than three miles walking distance away from their school on the north side of the River Derwent could see the free bus service cancelled next term.

Washington Post

• Volkswagen starts production of first India car MUMBAI, India -- Volkswagen AG started production of its first compact car in India on Saturday, hoping to capture up to 10 percent of the country's fast-growing automobile market within the next six years, the company said.

Other News Sources

• Christmas boots for rail passengersImprovements to the First Scotrail timetable will boost the local economy and help shoppers this Christmas says MSP for Aberdeen North Brian Adam.
• Rail delays on Norwich to London Liverpool Street lineRail services on the Norwich to London Liverpool Street line are expected to return to normal this afternoon after passengers suffered a morning of delays and cancellations caused by the theft of signal cables.
• FAA glitch shines spotlight on troubled telco projectoutage of a computer system used by airline pilots to file flight plans in the U.S will likely prompt a closer look at a $2.4 billion telecommunications system that has grappled with numerous problems...
• Fleet suspended unless vehicles pass testsSelby-based Fleetbush will have its fleet suspended unless each vehicle has passed an annual vehicle test first time by the end of the year. The operator has received 16 prohibitions in four years.