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Friday, 02 September 2011

BBC News

• U-turn expected over tram routeCouncillors in Edinburgh are expected to do a U-turn on the trams project and agree the line should be built into the city centre.
• Trespasser delays rail commutersA trespasser brings trains out of London Victoria to a temporary halt during the evening rush hour, with delays and disruption lasting all evening.
• Red Arrows resume public displaysThe Red Arrows are to perform in public for the first time since one of their pilots was killed in a jet crash.

Department for Transport

• Flying the flag for Merchant Navy DayThe Red Ensign flag will fly over the headquarters of the Department for Transport to mark the UK's twelfth Merchant Navy Day on Saturday 3 September.

Financial Times

• Go-Ahead boosted by rise in passengersThe bus and train operator's profit grow strongly as more Britons switch from roads to public transport due to the high cost of running cars
• Council set to save Edinburgh tramEdinburgh's city council and Scottish government at loggerheads over the future of the financially troubled project
• Cosco resumes shipowners' paymentsThe Chinese shipping group changes its stance after ship charterers started severing links, because of the risk of default

The Herald

• Trams councillors are told to seal deal or lose £161m EDINBURGH councillors have been given a blunt ultimatum to agree funding for a truncated tram route by 5pm tonight or face £161 million in immediate council cuts.

The Telegraph

• Rail company under fire from disabled passengers over ramp removalThe train company whose overcrowded trains triggered a passengers' protest following is now facing a revolt over the removal of a ramp used by disabled at one of the country's busiest stations.
• Thousands of communters delayed after man climbs under trainThousands of commuters were tonight facing severe delays after a man climbed under a train and refused to move, British Transport Police said.

Network Rail

• ENHANCEMENT WORKS CONTINUE ON BUSY RAIL ROUTEMajor engineering works each weekend in September as £170m project to increase capacity on Glasgow-Paisley rail corridor continuesScotRail providing replacement bus service between Glasgow Central and Paisley Gilmour Street / Johnstone
• NATIONAL TRAIN PERFORMANCE FOR PERIOD FIVE IS 92.3%
• NETWORK RAIL PUBLISHES RECOMMENDATIONS TO TACKLE CONGESTION AT STATIONS

Birmingham Post

• Chiltern Railways launches premium economy class for Birmingham to London A railway company is to introduce an airline-style

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published Minister's 'full support' for Derby after talks with leadersArticle
• Derby Telegraph published Battle to save rail jobs 'very much alive' as big-hitters...Article

Edinburgh Evening News

• Deidre Brock: Trams U-turn the only option We have long-argued that the case for the trams presented under the previous Labour administration was flawed.
• SNP city group leader rejects claims he was told to perform U-turn EDINBURGH'S SNP group leader, Steve Cardownie, today denied opposition claims that Scottish Government ministers had told him to do a U-turn and back the trams in tomorrow

Liverpool Echo

• Southampton ’hypocrisy’ over £54m of public cash to improve access to city’s port SOUTHAMPTON was today accused of “hypocrisy” after receiving £54m of public money to upgrade access to their port, while standing in the way of Liverpool’s cruise terminal ambitions.

Liverpool Post

• Merseyside road fatalities fall by 41% as speeding tickets go up THE number of deaths on Merseyside’s roads has plummeted 41%, according to police figures.

Metro

• Car key puts parental limits on young driversBoy racers could soon be brought down to Earth by their parents thanks to a simple key.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post published BMI Frankfurt flights set to boost businessArticle

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Fuel discount plan could shut filling stationsFilling-station operators say a cheaper fuel scheme, being introduced in the northern and Western Isles to help them, risks œputting them out of business.

Yorkshire Post

• Hi-tech control for parents of young driversParents will be able to “control” their children’s driving under a new hi-tech system to be introduced by the UK’s biggest-selling car company, Ford.

Other Regional Press

• Network Rail calls for Watford Junction station to 'ease' overcrowdingWatford Junction needs to take action to ease overcrowding, according to Network Rail.
• Action to be taken on station overcrowdingRail campaigners have called for a dormant railway platform to be opened up, after Preston Station was named among the most overcrowded in the UK.
• Bus driver clocks up 25 years and 250,000 driving tourists around Stratford A BUS driver has clocked up 25 years and 250,000 miles driving tourists around Stratford.
• Police tackle 'unacceptable' behaviour on railwaysSpitting, smoking and anti-social behaviour prompts a crackdown on crime on trains and in stations.
• New Glasgow budget flights to GreeceA budget airline is bringing another two new routes to Glasgow Airport.

Global Rail News

• Bombardier announces financial resultsBombardier has reported its financial results for the second quarter that ended on July 31, 2011. Revenues increased by 17% to reach $4.7 billion, compared to ...
• National rail punctuality at 92.3%Punctuality on the railways reached 92.3% during period five, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. The data for Britain’s train services covers ...
• c2c tops rail punctuality charts againNational Express train operator c2c has once again topped the rail industry punctuality charts, meaning that for 6 of the last 7 months c2c has hit ...

Aviation Industry

• Stansted Airport app now available on Android phonesFollowing the launch of London Stansted™s free iPhone app last year, the popular application is now available on Android phones...
• BA announces new loyalty scheme Global programme with Iberia

Other News Sources

• Chiltern Railways introduces ’premium economy’ class for trainsChiltern Railways is introducing an airline-style ’premium economy’ class on services between London and Birmingham.
• Hilton opens new hotel at HeathrowGroup™s second hotel at the UK airport
• bmi Regional announce new flights to global hub Frankfurt Airport from East Midlands Airportbmi Regional has today announced a new service from East Midlands Airport to Frankfurt, the world's 9th largest airport and one of Europe's primary business centres. The new service, starting on ...
• Go-Ahead profits surge confirms rail franchising rip-offRAIL UNION RMT said today that the announcement of a surge in profits by private train operator Go-Ahead confirms that the franchising of UK rail services remains a cast-iron licence to print money.
• Manufacturing in UK at 26-month lowManufacturing activity shrank at its fastest pace in more than two years in August, fuelling fears of a double-dip recession in the UK.