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Saturday, 07 May 2011

BBC News

• Two dead in Tyrone road accidentTwo people are in killed in a road traffic accident in County Tyrone on Friday.
• Rail plan is taken to WestminsterKent's rail action plan, which calls for major changes in the 2014 franchise, is handed to Transport Minister Theresa Villiers.
• BA-Iberia group sees losses fallInternational Airlines Group sees revenues up and losses down in the first results since the British Airways-Iberia merger.
• Bus competition 'needs improving'The bus market needs to be opened up to new firms as too many operators face little competition, the Competition Commission says.
• UK new car sales continue to fallSales of new cars in the UK fell for the 10th month in a row in April, an industry body says, but business sales were up.
• Jaguar to build a hybrid supercarJaguar plans to build a £700,000 petrol-electric hybrid supercar in the UK, in partnership with Formula 1 team Williams F1.

Financial Times

• National Express investors support chiefSome shareholders in the UK transport group say they approve the current management led by Dean Finch amid a drive by US hedge fund Elliott Advisors to change strategy
• IAG adds to airline warnings over fuel costsCompany formed from the merger of BA and Iberia has become the latest carrier to highlight the threat from high oil prices to the industry
• Bus operators escape drastic reformsRegulators shied away from remedies to boost competition among UK operators, in spite of finding that lack of rivals made services worse and fares higher than usual

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Fuel protest will create traffic chaos on A55 DRIVERS face traffic chaos with fuel protesters planning a mass go-slow and blockade of the region’s biggest oil refinery.

Journal Live

• Brakes put on pensioner's fight for Rothbury bus shelters A PENSIONER’S fight for a bus shelter in her Northumberland village has received a lukewarm response from council bosses.

Liverpool Post

• Easyjet passenger stats show impact of Icelandic volcano EASYJET saw passenger levels soar last month, due to the disruption caused to its schedules last year by the Icelandic volcano.

London Evening Standard

• Poor communications and lack of equipment made rescuers' job more difficultAs the emergency services and London Underground staff struggled to cope with the unprecedented horror of the bombings, their efforts were repeatedly frustrated by poor communications and a lack of equipment and medical supplies

Manchester Evening News

• Rush-hour delays after crash on M66 motorway leaves woman injuredA woman suffered minor injuries following a smash on the M66 near Ramsbottom. The driver of the Nissan Micra, travelling towards Haslingden, crashed into the central reservation near the turnoff of Haslingden and Ramsbottom at around 3.52pm.

Carlisle News & Star

• M6 crash closes carriageway near Carlisle A Cumbrian woman was trapped after her car flipped onto its roof on the M6 motorway.

Sunderland Echo

• Sunderland™s new-look railway station scoops another awardSUNDERLAND railway station’s new look is proving a real eye-catcher after picking up an award.

Western Daily Press

• Bikers going the extra mile to provide valuable serviceA BANK of bikers who provide a vital after-hours service to hospital patients are urging people not to take them for granted. The Yeovil Freewheelers say that people often forget that they are a charity as their brightly stickered motorbikes have become an increasingly familiar sight on the roads. Since 1978 the volunteers have been giving up their own time to ferry essential hospital equipment, medication and samples for testing across south Somerset, and on occasions much further afield. It is estimated that the group saves the local NHS £60,000 a year that would otherwise have to be spent o...

Other Regional Press

• Disruption for rail travellers in Gwent RAIL travellers may face disruption over the next week, as major improvement works are set to start in Newport tomorrow.

C.N.N.

• Official: Indonesian plane crashes into ocean with 27 aboardAn airplane carrying 27 people crashed into the ocean Saturday while preparing to land at an airport in the Indonesian province of West Papua, the transportation ministry said.

Global Rail News

• Heathrow team grab a gong for Commuter campaignThe Heathrow Commuter team have scooped the 2011 London Transport Award for Excellence in Travel Information and Marketing for their campaign to promote staff usage of ...
• New cycle parking facilities at Stevenage stationNew cycle parking facilities have recently been installed at Stevenage Station as part of a £36,000 investment by First Capital Connect in partnership with Hertfordshire County ...

Railway Gazette

• European Commission adopts TAP TSI timetable and fare standards EUROPE: On May 5 the European Commission formally adopted the Telematics Applications for Passenger Services Technical Specifications for Interoperability, designed to ensure key timetable and ticketing information can be exchanged between EU rail companies and ticket vendors (RG 1.11 p61). TAP TSI requires the provision of computerised fare and timetable data for services on the trans-European rail system. Many operators already provide this voluntarily, encouraged by UIC, and TAP TSI sets out protocols for harmonised data on the type of service, when and where it calls, accommodation types, ...
• GoldlinQ selected to build Gold Coast light rail AUSTRALIA: Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Transport Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on May 6 that the GoldlinQ consortium had been selected to build and operate the A$1bn Gold Coast rapid transit light rail line linking University Hospital to Broadbeach. The GoldlinQ consortium includes KDR Gold Coast Pty Ltd, a joint venture of Keolis and Downer EDI; McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd; Bombardier Transportation; and investment company Plenary Group Pty Ltd. ˜Over the last year the government™s project team has been pouring through 150 boxes of documents from the final th...

Aviation Industry

• Delta offering staff buyouts, early retirements to cut costsDelta Air Lines Inc. on Friday offered buyout and early retirement packages to most of its U.S. employees, as the airline plans to cut capacity by at least 4 percent by Labor Day, Bloomberg reports.
• At a premiumContinuing economic uncertainty is not holding back airlines™ investment in premium products. Gary Noakes examines developments¦
• Another safety exemption for aviation?Europe™s nuclear power plants would not have to prove their ability to withstand the force of an aircraft crash under stress tests being  drafted by regulators. An article from the FT on 3rd May says: “The possibility of an aeroplane collision was the most glaring omission among scenarios laid out in a proposal for the [...]

Green Miscellany

• Bicycle handlebars that double up as a lock Student Jaryn Miller has designed a set of removable handlebars that separate into three pieces to become a lock. read more

Other News Sources

• pteg welcomes Competition Commission bus report6 May 2011
• National Shipbuilding Research Program Awards$14.6 MILLION IN NEW COSTREDUCING SHIPBUILDING R&D PROJECTS The Executive Control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has awarded
• Emirates works with Boeing to get connectivity linefit to widebodiesEmirates is working with Boeing to ensure AeroMobile's in-flight mobile phone connectivity solution is line-fitted to its new widebodies as soon as possible.Last...
• Pirated ship recoveredCOMMANDOS have rescued a Chinese bulker and its crew from pirates in the Arabian Sea, Beijing said today.
• London Takes Just Four Months to Break 2011 Smog LimitsBreach in London air quality limit shows stronger action needed on air pollution