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Wednesday, 15 September 2010

BBC News

• London bus workers protest against spending cuts Hundreds of London bus workers are to protest at City Hall against government spending cuts which they claim will hit transport services.
• Hopes remain for closed Colne to Skipton railway line A campaign to get the disused railway line between east Lancashire and North Yorkshire reopened remains on track, its backers have said.
• Close-up look at London's 19th century electric cabs [video]The world's first production hydrogen fuel cell car has arrived in the UK for the first time.
• Inside world's first hydrogen-powered production car [video]The world's first hydrogen-powered production car has arrived in the UK for the first time.
• Reward offered after East Coast rail theft A reward of £1,000 has been offered after copper cable was stolen from the East Coast mainline in Nottinghamshire which sparked severe passenger delays.
• Firms to have say on A453 dual carriageway plan Firms which want a main route widened have been asked to provide evidence of how their business would benefit.
• Lottery cash boost for rural Cumbria bus service Volunteers who run a cash-strapped rural minibus service in Cumbria have been given a £90,000 lifeline.
• Pope visitors transport angerPilgrims from Glasgow travelling to the Pope's mass at Bellahouston Park are told to use public transport.
• Bypass is blamed for 'trade drop'Businesses in Londonderry claim they are loosing up to 80 % of their trade due to a new road.
• JAL elderly pay price of bankruptcyJapan Airlines (JAL), Asia's biggest air carrier, filed for bankruptcy protection in January, in one of the country's biggest corporate failures.
• Toyota plans six new hybrid carsJapanese carmaker Toyota is to launch six new hybrid vehicles by the end of 2012, as competition to build greener cars increases.
• Hydrogen Honda arrives in the UKA fuel cell car claimed to be the world's first to come off a production line, arrives in the UK.
• Second-hand car complaints soarComplaints from second-hand car buyers rose by 18% in the first six months of the year, the Office of Fair Trading says.

Financial Times

• National Express agrees rail moveThe Department for Transport agrees an initial seven-month extension of National Express's contract to run the East Anglia train line

The Guardian

• Musicians to make big noise over Ryanair's 'unfair' luggage charges Musicians have set up a Facebook group and are threatening to boycott Ryanair over its policy of charging even small instruments that can fit easily into overhead lockers
• Public transport needs a hero city Major UK cities are put to shame by the metros of Europe. Let's create the Milton Keynes of public transport
• Southport: the bike-friendly seaside resort As well as a municipal cycle-hire scheme, the town's station has plentiful and secure bike parking, says the Association of Train Operating Companies
• Ryanair pilot has even cheaper ideaMorgan Fischer responds to Ryanair chief executive's call to ditch co-pilots by saying a cabin crew member could run airlineAs perhaps the most quotable and publicity-hungry head of a major company, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary has made an art out of generating newspaper coverage through supposed money-saving wheezes. Among the ideas mooted but somehow never implemented were a fat tax on bigger passengers and the introduction of standing-only tickets.Now O'Leary is on the receiving end after a senior Ryanair pilot proposed a novel way for the budget carrier to save even more money: replace the ch...

The Scotsman

• Surge in second-hand car complaintsConsumers have been urged to learn their rights before buying a used car after a surge in complaints.

The Telegraph

• German-built vehicles to transport Pope during visit When the Pope visited Britain in 1982 the four "Popemobiles" used transport him around the country carried two of the best-known badges in British motoring – Leyland and Range Rover.
• National Express wins extension to East Anglia rail franchise National Express, the company former transport secretary Lord Adonis tried to bar from the railways, has won a six-month extension to its East Anglia franchise.

Daily Express

• Aer Lingus in ally talkAER LINGUS is plotting a return course to membership of a global alliance, which could see it joining forces with British Airways, four years after announcing its departure from Oneworld.

Mail Online

• Almost 45 Ryanair passengers enter UK with no passport checks after Border Agency blunderIt is thought a break-down in communication meant that no officials from the UK Border Agency were at the airport to check the passports when the flight landed.

Birmingham Mail

• 200 mph supercar to go on sale in Brum A £6 MILLION luxury car showroom is to be built in the Midlands to sell the new 200 mph McLaren supercar.

Derby Telegraph

• Cuts delay railway station and three major bypasses ILKESTON'S 46-year wait for a new train station is set to get longer after it was announced there would be no funding for the project until at least 2016.

Liverpool Post

• Work on Edge Lane dual carriageway extension finally starts BUILDING work has finally started on the long-awaited extension of Liverpool’s Edge Lane dual carriageway.

London Evening Standard

• Con-Dems reverse Labour rap on National Express National Express, the transport group that handed back the East Coast franchise last year, was back in bed with the Government today.
• Boris bike cyclist collides with bus
• East Anglia deal 'rewards National Express failure'National Express wins a 28-week extension to its East Anglia rail franchise, leading to complaints that it is being rewarded for “failure”

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds Bradford Airport: Ryanair's new routesBudget airline Ryanair is still flying high at Leeds Bradford International Airport.
• Surge in complaints on second hand car purchasesConsumers were urged today to learn their rights before buying a used car after a surge in complaints.

Other Regional Press

• New airline jets into GlasgowGlasgow Airport has been given a major boost, attracting a new airline with new jobs.

Campaign for Better Transport

• Cities' car dependency shows how much we need to improve transport14 September: We've published today our report on how dependent on the car people are in English cities. It shows how much we still need to do to improve transport, but there's also a warning for the Government that spending cuts could threaten the progress there has been in recent years. read more

Railnews

• News: Time is called at Workington North The station built in just a few days late last year to help connect the two sides of flood-divided Workington is to close on 8 October.

Aviation Industry

• Jet2.com lands at Glasgow Airport with nine destinations and 150 new jobsJet2.com, the leisure airline with friendly low fares, is to launch its eighth base at Glasgow Airport.
• SkyRider: new 'saddle' seat allows airlines to 'cram' more passengersA new aircraft
• Aer Lingus shelves low-cost modelAer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller confirmed that EI has shelved its low-cost model and will not revert to offering uneconomically low fares to stimulate demand.

Other News Sources

• Car park extension plans at Rowley Regis railway station hits the buffers PLANS for a £4 million car park extension at Rowley Regis railway station have been put on hold pending the outcome of the Government’s spending review.
• Burton station ’is the worst in country’ –MP BURTON Railway Station is ’the worst in the country’ and must be refurbished urgently, says the town’s MP.
• Four Teams Shortlisted for Forth Bridge Motorway UpgradeFour teams, comprising seven construction companies, have been shortlisted by Transport Scotland for the contract to upgrade M9 Junction 1a, a key part of the Forth Replacement Crossing (FRC) scheme.
• County council transport plans anger Cirencester locals FRUSTRATED locals have slammed the county council after 50-year-old plans to revamp Cirencester's Market Place were once again shelved.
• Mobile charging station to rescue stranded electric carsA Swiss company has unveiled a mobile charging system for electric cars, providing technology for charging the batteries of stranded electric vehicles at the roadside.
• French maritime growth seenFRANCE'S maritime sector will return to turnover growth this year, French Maritime Cluster chairman Francis Vallat has told a conference in Marseilles.
• Nottingham bottom of car dependency tableNottingham the least car-dependent city according to research by the Campaign for Better Transport
• ˜Don't overburden travellers with technology' - BeckBusiness travellers should not be overburdened with technology, Matthew Beck, regional director UK for Rearden Commerce, warned today (September 14).read more