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Wednesday, 30 December 2009

BBC News

• Paid parking 'will be introduced' Guernsey's Environment Minister believes it is inevitable that paid parking will be introduced.
• Dutch press EU to adopt passenger scanners Dutch airport authorities want the EU to make passenger scanners mandatory, arguing that they might have stopped a man who tried to blow up a US airliner.
• Project aims for eco town status Plans for thousands of new homes in Cambridgeshire are to be resubmitted as part of an eco town scheme.
• Eurotunnel services hit by delaysEurotunnel passengers have faced delays of up to four hours, due to technical problems with trains.
• Japan Airlines shares hit new lowShares in Japan Airlines tumble as much as 11%, touching a new low of 85 yen, after reports the carrier may file for bankruptcy.

Financial Times

• JAL at record low amid restructuring threatThe airline's shares tumbled to a record low amid growing speculation that the company will end up being restructured in a court under the country's corporate rehabilitation law

The Guardian

• In praise of… the Settle to Carlisle line Michael Portillo likes to say that saving the Settle to Carlisle railway was his greatest achievement in politics, and, travelling on the line on a clear December morning, with views stretching far across open moorland, it is pretty hard to disagree.

The Herald

• Fine dodgers from Glasgow first to have cars clamped Three people from Glasgow have become the first in Scotland to have their cars clamped over unpaid fines as part of a crackdown on motorists who try to dodge the penalties.
• Extra stations will damage high-speed rail networkOne of the key architects of the UK™s new high-speed rail network has warned that ministers must limit the number of cities included and face down powerful local lobby groups or risk building an ineffective œmedium-speed railway.

The Independent

• Burnham launches hospital parking review The NHS has not given enough attention to hospital car parking charges, Health Secretary Andy Burnham said as he launched a consultation on the issue today.
• Met Police under fire after spending £4.7m on business class airfares Spending by the Metropolitan Police on air travel has risen by more than a third in a year, with the amount spent on business class tickets alone exceeding the cost of all flights in the previous two years.

Times Online

• High Speed Ahead A report today proposes that Britain should build the fastest railway in EuropeLord Adonis, the Transport Secretary, will be handed the report today of a commission he set up in January to look at new high-speed rail routes for Britain, and is set to announce that construction could begin in seven years’ time
• On the fast track to the easyTrain future [Andrew Adonis]Engineering ingenuity is forging a new era of high-speed travel. Commercial nous can make it available to everyoneIt’s a brave politician who predicts what 2010 holds in store, but I am confident that for Britain it will be the year of high-speed rail.
• Britain in line for Europe's fastest railwayA blueprint for the fastest railway in Europe will be handed to the Government today for approval.
• Bookie tips Monarch as 'next airline to go bankrupt'Paddy Power has opened a book on which airline will go bust next, and claims that the UK's largest charter airline, Monarch, is favourite to fold.
• Pontiac prices slide as GM eradicates dead brandsAmerican drivers could snap up a new car for as little as $8,000 ($£5,000) in General Motors™ last-minute push to sell its remaining Pontiacs and Saturns.

Network Rail

• NETWORK RAIL ENGINEERS HARD AT WORK OVER CHRISTMAS TO UPGRADE BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS
• O, HOLY NIGHT - DISS GETS NEW RAIL BRIDGE AFTER ROUND-THE-CLOCK EFFORT

Liverpool Post

• Expensive route Liverpool needs a transport infrastructure that is fit for purpose for the 21st century, if its development as a major European city is to continue on the ambitious lines it has established in the last 15 years.

London Evening Standard

• Fresh travel misery as snow returnsFurther snowfalls held up the post-Christmas return to work, with air, rail and road travel all affected.
• Pirates seize UK-flagged tanker

The York Press

• Bus hopes dashed for York residentsHouseholders in Holgate look set to lose their fight to revive their old bus service.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• West Yorkshire: Anger at early New Year's Eve stop for busesNew Year's Eve revellers in West Yorkshire will have to make their way home without any help from public transport.

Yorkshire Post

• Greg Mulholland: The facts add up for our high speed rail link I WAS delighted when the Yorkshire Post launched its Fast Track to Yorkshire campaign to galvanise all of us in the region to campaign for high speed rail. At that stage, we weren't really in the race. The debate has moved on. Now we are in the race for a high speed future, but we are currently trailing in second.

Carlisle News & Star

• Europe blamed for increase in weeds on Cumbria's roadsA European directive has been blamed for a big increase in weeds on roads and pavements in Cumbria.

Transport for London

• One ticket for London as Oyster pay as you go accepted on National Rail from 2 JanuaryNew TfL 2010 fares to come in to effect on the same day. Oyster now accepted on all commuter rail services plus Tube, bus, Docklands Light Railway (DLR), tram and river.

Other News Sources

• Light at the end of the tunnel THERE is light at the end of the tunnel at part of the £260m New Tyne Crossing scheme in South Tyneside.
• The biggest stories of 2009With the haulage industry having had a tough time in 2009, it's no surprise that the keywords in Roadtransport.com's list of most-read stories include 'administration', 'liquidation' and 'redundancies'...

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News from Europe

• Irish logistics company Syncreon buys US group for $35m SYNCREON, the Irish transport and logistics company formerly known as Walsh Western International, has bought US firm NAL Worldwide Holdings for an estimated $35 million (€24 million).
• Irish logistics company Syncreon buys US group for $35m SYNCREON, the Irish transport and logistics company formerly known as Walsh Western International, has bought US firm NAL Worldwide Holdings for an estimated $35 million (€24 million).

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