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Friday, 22 April 2011

BBC News

• Man fined for lying on rail trackA man has been fined £400 for lying down on tracks at Nairn train station.
• Easter airport passenger increaseManchester Airport predicts its busiest Easter since 2005 as workers make the most of the succession of April and May bank holidays.
• Rail lines open after blast fearsFears of an explosion after a blaze at an industrial shed caused major disruption to rush hour rail travel across central Scotland.

Financial Times

• Airline ownership reform aims to boost investmentBrazil is preparing legislation to allow greater foreign ownership of its airlines, in what is expected to be the country's first big reform under Dilma Rousseff, the new president

The Herald

• Blast fear sparks rail chaosTHOUSANDS of commuters across the Central Belt faced travel chaos yesterday when gas canisters in a blazing shed sparked concerns of an explosion, closing a high-speed railway line.

The Telegraph

• Easter getaway hit by price rises and travel chaosBritons are faced with soaring costs, as well as hundreds of miles of railway track closures, roadworks and traffic jams.

Network Rail

• VAST MAJORITY OF RAIL PASSENGERS UNAFFECTED BY BANK HOLIDAY IMPROVEMENT WORKS
• STUNNING NEW IMAGES OF FUTURE MANCHESTER VICTORIA STATIONNetwork Rail today reveals stunning new images of the future station at Manchester Victoria. The announcement came on the day that George Osborne, MP for Tatton, visited the station to hear about the benefits rail investment brings to local people and businesses.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Buses accountant standing for SNP calls for trams axeA LOTHIAN Buses accountant who is standing for election as an MSP has called for the Capital's trams project to be scrapped, saying "no viable financial solution exist

Liverpool Post

• George Osborne says the Government is "committed" to Airbus THE coalition Government is totally committed to the future of Airbus, according to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• A9 demonstrators get cross over ˜Berlin Wall™ barring right-of-wayBuilding a new dual-carriageway section on the A9 Inverness to Perth road was described yesterday as the Scottish version of the Berlin Wall as ramblers, cyclists and horse riders mounted a protest at the Highland roadside.

Yorkshire Post

• Record petrol prices as Britain sets off on Easter getawayTHE first of an estimated two million Britons going abroad over Easter set off today wondering whether the foreign weather would match that of the UK.
• Business leaders back rail link callsMORE than 100 business leaders from across the North have declared their support for plans to build a high-speed rail network linking London to Yorkshire.
• Sunshine as Britons head out for EasterThe first of an estimated two million Britons heading abroad over Easter set off yesterday wondering whether the foreign weather would match that of the UK.

Other Regional Press

• AA predict busiest Easter getaway by motorists for yearsThe M5 and roads heading for the beaches of the South West are expected to be busiest for Gloucestershire residents.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Motorists 'pushing the boundaries' on UK roadsDrivers in the UK tend to "push the boundaries" when they are behind the wheel, it has been claimed. Director of RoadSafe, Adrian Walsh, warned that individuals often take risks when they are in vehicles and this can lead to crashes when "error compounds this". "This human behaviour occurs in all activities, not just driving," he added, noting this is why firms choose to "carefully review the way their employees drive", something that can reduce the number of accidents workers are involved in. Mr Walsh's remarks...

Railway Gazette

• Deutsche Bahn agrees ICx train order with Siemens GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has reached agreement with Siemens to order up to 300 ICx trainsets. Approved at an extraordinary meeting of the DB board in Frankfurt on April 21, the deal is due to be signed after a 14-day 'waiting and information period', at which point DB plans to place a firm order for an initial 130 trainsets. A further 90 trainsets are to be ordered later with a final batch of 80 expected in the longer term. The first trains are due to enter service in December 2016 with delivery completed around 2030. Described by DB as 'the largest single investment in the company's history' a...

Transport for London

• Tour of Britain cycle race to return to central London this SeptemberTour of Britain, the UK's biggest professional cycle race, will return to the Capital's streets this year on the final stage of the Tour.

Other News Sources

• UK car production up in March but impact of Japan quake to hit soonUK car production rose last month but is set to be hit soon by manufacturing cutbacks by quake-affected Japanese companies.
• Aviation unions set to take global action through labour councilAviation union leaders from five continents have outlined the establishment of a new labour alliance to coordinate a multilateral union response to globalisation in civil aviation.
• Year of petrol rises take toll on bank holiday driversDrivers will pay £2 more in fuel costs for every 100 miles they drive over the Easter weekend compared with this time last year, the AA said today
• Bullet trains to run slow on Beijing-Shanghai routeBullet trains, which were expected to speed between Shanghai and Beijing at 350 km an hour, will now run at a slower speed of 300 km per hour, authorities have decided.
• China to remove luxury seats from bullet trainsLuxury seats will be removed from many of China's bullet trains traveling between Beijing and Shanghai, giving passengers more space and making the ride cheaper, said country's railway sources.
• Pirates seize Italian bulkerPIRATES seized an Italian bulker with 21 crew members off Somalia today, according to EU NAVFOR.
• All three M1 lanes re-openedThe Highways Agency has announced that there are now three lanes open in both directions between junctions 1 and 4 of the M1 north of London, following an intense fire on Friday that necessitated road closures.