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Airport board backs runway plan
Birmingham Airport's directors back plans to extend the runway for flights to the Far East and the US west coast.
Extra carriages for city trains
Thousands of extra seats will be introduced on First TransPennine Express and London Midland rail services into nine UK cities next year.
National Express in record gains
BUS and train operator National Express hailed a dramatic turnaround in its business yesterday as car drivers switched to public transport and helped it to post record profits.
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BBC News
- Free transport may go to 'offset welfare reform' Free transport for better off pensioners may have to be withdrawn to help offset the impact of welfare reform in Northern Ireland, according to the Social Development Minister.
- Airport board backs runway planBirmingham Airport's directors back plans to extend the runway for flights to the Far East and the US west coast.
- Extra carriages for city trainsThousands of extra seats will be introduced on First TransPennine Express and London Midland rail services into nine UK cities next year.
- Decline in bus passenger journeysMost local Scottish bus operators have experienced a decline in passenger journeys, according to official statistics.
- Rail firm to 'admit' crash guiltNetwork Rail indicates it is to plead guilty to health and safety breaches over the 2007 Grayrigg crash in Cumbria in which a woman died.
- BA owner IAG sees profits climbIAG, the parent firm of British Airways and Spain's Iberia, reports an increase in annual profits and revenues.
- GM and Peugeot announce allianceGeneral Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen announce a global alliance that will see them develop cars together.
Department for Transport
- Extra trains and faster journey times will boost capacityPassengers are on track to benefit from faster, longer trains and over 12,000 extra seats each day on journeys into London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow and Edinburgh, Rail Minister Theresa Villiers announced today.
Financial Times
- Ministers dared to rethink position on HeathrowHead of International Airlines Group sees further runway as quickest solution to UKs capacity crunch, with a four-runway hub airport in the long term
- NatExpress continues its turnroundA two-year turnround at the UK public transport group is nearing completion and volume growth for 2012 is being predicted
The Guardian
- National Express backs rail despite popularity of buses and coaches Further austerity measures, fuel and train fare increases in 2012 are expected to continue to push passengers on to the cheaper modes of travel
The Herald
- Plans for faster and longer trainsRAIL passengers will benefit from faster, longer trains due to be introduced between Manchester and Scotland at the end of 2013, the Department for Transport said.
- Bus passenger numbers drop to lowest in decade as routes cutBUS passenger numbers have fallen to their lowest level in more than a decade as firms cut back on the routes they operate, Government figures have shown.
The Scotsman
- Buses suffer biggest fall in passengers for a decade BUS journeys in Scotland have slumped to their lowest level for more than a decade, according to the Scottish Governments Transport Scotland agency.
Daily Express
- BA fares to rise despite take-off in IAG profitsBRITISH AIRWAYS owner IAG yesterday reported a five-fold increase in annual profits but warned of further fare rises and lower six months profits because of soaring fuel costs and eurozone woes.
- National Express in record gainsBUS and train operator National Express hailed a dramatic turnaround in its business yesterday as car drivers switched to public transport and helped it to post record profits.
This is Money
- IAG boss Willie Walsh warns over rising costs despite jump in profitsThe parent company of British Airways made 425million in 2011 compared to 71million the previous year, on revenues up 10.4 per cent to 13.8billion.
Bristol Live
- Bristol Evening Post published Should Bristol have car-free daysINTERESTING idea from Labour MP Kerry McCarthy, building on the positive experience of Bogotá in Colombia, to have...
- Bristol Evening Post published Bus links are a major problemArticle
London Evening Standard
- National Express backs rail despite popularity of buses and coaches The continuing lure of cheap bus and coach tickets for cash-strapped Britons helped National Express today post a 12% rise in pre-tax profit to a record 180.2 million.
Metro
- Network Rail says it will plead guilty to Grayrigg train crash chargesNetwork Rail has indicated it will plead guilty to health and safety breaches that led to the fatal Grayrigg crash five years ago this month.
Sheffield Telegraph
- Tickets scheme leads to rise in bus passengersBUS passenger levels have grown strongly on routes in Sheffield with shared ticketing and service arrangements between operators against an overall decline across South Yorkshire which officials believe is down to the poor state of the economy.
The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)
- ScotRail says sorry to passengers up in arms over nightmare trip ScotRail apologised yesterday after a commuters suffered a nightmare journey between Inverness and Aberdeen because of overcrowding.
Yorkshire Post
- Video: Behind the scenes at Leeds Airports new extensionBOSSES at Leeds Airport today unveiled the soon-to-be-finished extension to the terminal building.
Other Regional Press
- Harlow passengers invited to express their views on train service upgradesNEW train operator Greater Anglia has pledged to take on board passengers suggestions as it starts work on improving the service.
Global Rail News
- Network Rail looks at alternative rail solutionsNetwork Rail has said it is looking at alternative rail solutions as ‘part of its continued efforts to deliver a better value-for-money railway’. Tram and train, community rail initiatives and more innovative ways of replacing diesel traction with electrically-powered trains will all be studied in more detail as part of the companys alternative solutions route [...]
- Talking about TrainsWith its world famous collection, Yorks National Railway Museum (NRM) is truly a Mecca for railways enthusiasts. Impressive though its locomotives are, the museums small exhibits can be equally worthy of the visitors interest. This is certainly true of the eight cases forming the NRMs Talking about Trains exhibition celebrating the birth of the Institution [...]
- Blue Train wins againThe Blue Train in South Africa has been named the best luxury train in the world. The train runs 1,000 miles between Cape Town and Pretoria. The train which started operations in 1923 boasts butler service and en-suite compartments with full sized baths. The Blue Train won the Luxury Train award for the third consecutive [...]
- Infrarail comes togetherThe number of companies planning to take part in this years Infrarail exhibition of rail infrastructure products and services stood at more than 160 by mid-February, with plenty of new products expected to be on display and innovation promising to be a key feature of the event. The NEC in Birmingham is again the venue [...]
- Collaboration is key to meeting rail challenges says ORROffice of Rail Regulation (ORR) Chief Executive Richard Price has said that the UK’s rail industry’must work together to meet the big challenges ahead’. Speaking at the Waterfront Rail Industry Reform Conference in London yesterday, Richard Price praised recent moves to bring the railways closer to local communities through Network Rails devolution, as well as [...]
- Rail improvements underway at ElyThe cross-country Felixstowe to Nuneaton rail route is set for further improvements as Network Rail begins work on building two 775m loops parallel to existing track east of Ely station. The work will enable better regulation of trains through the junctions at Ely and should be complete by summer 2013. The Ely loops form an [...]
- London Midland & FTPE order new trains from SiemensLondon Midland and First TransPennine Express have placed orders with Siemens for new Desiro electrical multiple units. The new trains will delivered between the end of 2013 and the middle of 2014. Ten class 350/3 electrical multiple units will be used by London Midland to strengthen existing commuter services into London and along the West [...]
Other News Sources
- Eurostar/ St Pancras International cleaners strike action suspended to allow for further talksRAIL UNION RMT confirmed today that in order to allow for further negotiations to try and resolve the pay dispute with Initial on the Eurostar contract tomorrows strike action has been suspended.
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