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Thursday, 18 November 2010

BBC News

• Maglev carriage to be auctionedA Maglev carriage, an off-ground people mover used at Birmingham Airport, is being auctioned for charity.
• Train drivers call off stoppageA planned strike on Friday by drivers at Arriva Trains Wales has been called off following an improved pay offer.
• Cyclists taking more of their share of the road? [blog]Walking over Southwark Bridge I noticed Cycling superhighway 7 is undergoing considerable work.
• Boris defended transport concessions for young & old A couple of interesting points about Transport from Mayor's Question Time today. Val Shawcross from the Labour Group produced a letter between the Government and the Mayor Boris Johnson.
• Legal action over airport plansResidents take a council to court over its decision to allow 50% more flights a year from London City Airport.

Financial Times

• Qantas sags after fresh 'turn back' incident The Australian airline's shares fall after yet another bout of bad luck when a Sydney-bound jet was forced to return to Johannesburg following a bird strike in one of the aircraft's four engines

The Guardian

• 50% of Airbus engines need replacingAfter explosion, Trent 900s are stripped from new aircraft on production line to keep airline planes flyingAround one in two of all Rolls-Royce engines in service on Airbus A380 aircraft are to be replaced after one broke apart during flight earlier this month, Australia's Qantas Airways said today.A Qantas A380 flying from London to Sydney with 466 people on board was forced to make an emergency landing after a stopover in Singapore two weeks ago, when one of its four Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines blew out.The airline has since grounded its six A380s since the incident, while its, rival Singa...

The Herald

• Will Hutton: Glasgow must become central hub with eight-lane motorwayGlasgow must be at the heart of a Central Belt super conurbation with an eight-lane motorway and 30-minute train journey times between the city and Edinburgh to ride out the downturn and prosper, according to a leading economic commentator.
• Blue Badge shake-up warningThousands of genuinely disabled drivers will lose access to parking permits under proposed Government reforms that follow reports of widespread abuse of the Blue Badge system, leading charities have warned.

The Telegraph

• Airport security: Britain prepares new scanner rules The row over the publication of scanner pictures in the USA has erupted as the British Government prepares to announce the rules it will apply to the technology in Britain.

Network Rail

• LIFT-OFF AT IPSWICH AS NEW STATION FOOTBRIDGE IS LIFTED INTO PLACE

Airwise News

• The great London City Airport jobs lie.Newham Council has always supported London City Airport and its expansion. They insist that it will bring jobs to Newham hence the green-light on expansion.

Birmingham Mail

• Jaguar Land Rover urges key staff to move abroad TALENTED Jaguar Land Rover managers are being urged to scale the jobs ladder and “move out of leafy Warwickshire” – to China, Russia or the US.

Derby Telegraph

• No seat belts on school buses 'unbelievable', says swim-protest dadA FATHER has stopped his daughter attending swimming lessons after discovering the bus transporting her to the pool does not have seat belts. Derby South MP Margaret Beckett has vowed to ask the Government questions about a legal loophole that allows children to be driven to lessons without being belted in. Mark Stacey called the loophole

Journal Live

• Vital A19 road upgrade on forum schedule BUSINESS leaders are to lobby the Transport Secretary for vital road improvements when he visits the region tomorrow.
• Newcastle airport resolves wind farm radar threat AIRPORT bosses will today unveil a new policy making way for more wind farms in the region.

Liverpool Post

• Easyjet CEO Carolyn McCall pledges further growth for Liverpool JLA LIVERPOOL will not suffer from budget carrier Easyjet’s development plans for Manchester Airport.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Buses in tight squeeze have Fortrose folk up in arms People living at Fortrose on the Black Isle fear for the safety of pedestrians after a service bus started using a narrow street as part of a turning loop.
• Three Stagecoach buses break down in nightmare journeyStagecoach bus passengers on an early-morning run from Caithness to Inverness suffered triple breakdown trouble, it emerged yesterday.

The York Press

• No 673 Maude locomotive goes on show at the National Railway Museum Staff at the National Railway Museum in York have welcomed the arrival of a Glasgow-built locomotive that is the last of its kind.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Anger as Leeds car parks closeThe closure of seven all-day car parks will end cheap city parking and bring "misery" to thousands of workers.

Carlisle News & Star

• Rail union blames cost-cutting for Cumbrian viaduct accident The RMT is blaming cost-cutting for an incident on the Cumbrian coast railway, which the trade union says could have ended in catastrophe.

Campaign for Better Transport

• Longdendale Bypass: time to accept that it's not getting built16 November: The Mottram-Tintwistle Bypass is not getting built, and neither is its replacement, the Longdendale Bypass. Just don't tell Tameside Council. read more

Aviation Industry

• FTF High Court Challenge - This ThursdayThe hearing for the legal challenge against Newham Council in regard of the approval to allow London City Airport to expand to 120,000 flights per year is to take place this thursday:
• JAL announces new organizational structure The JAL Group announced Wednesday a change in the financially troubled airline™s organizational structure under renewed management. In order to œrealize an effective and speedy revitalization, JAL said it aims to create a œleaner financial constitution while œmaintaining the highest levels of safety in its operation.

Other News Sources

• The Tube boss who is battling to rebuild the world’s oldest network Mike Brown is fighting to combat strikes and boost funds while trying to upgrade a 157-year-old railway