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Tuesday, 05 June 2012

BBC News

• Adonis: 'Dither and delay' over HS2 [Today Programme - Audio clip]The start of a public consultation on plans to compensate people whose homes are blighted by the planned high speed rail link, HS2, has been delayed.
• Diamond Jubilee: Rail firms miscalculate passenger numbers Rail companies have admitted they did not accurately predict the number of passengers there would be for Sunday's Jubilee celebrations in London.
• What makes a good service station? The thousands of us who have taken to the roads on a Bank Holiday know only too well that motorway service stations can leave a lot to be desired.
• Thousands in city take to bikesThe Great Manchester Cycle takes place across the city, with thousands of people cycling 13, 26 and 52 mile routes.
• How did London's transport cope?A look at how the rails, Tube and roads coped with the Diamond Jubilee
• HS2 'dither and delay' criticisedThe HS2 rail scheme might not be ready before 2030 because of "dither and delay" by ministers, former Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has said.
• Qantas profit to dip by up to 90%Qantas says it expects its profits to fall by as much as 90% amid growing losses at its international operations and higher fuel costs.

Financial Times

• EU airline consolidation: flightplans on holdOne theory says that Europe could live with three flag carriers a couple of budget airlines and, perhaps, a few niche players
• Turkish Airlines drops bid for LotLossmaking Polish carrier seeks new buyer after Istanbul-based group ends talks to acquire majority stake, amid claims the deal ˜made no sense™
• Investigators scour Lagos aircraft wreckFears over Nigeria™s air safety record are renewed but the cause of the Dana Air disaster, in which at least 163 people were killed, is unknown
• Qantas warns of 90% profit fallAustralian carrier blames soaring fuel costs and mounting domestic competition for the warning, which sent shares down as much as 18% to a record low

The Guardian

• Tripoli airport back in our control, says Libyan governmentInternational flights were diverted after militia protesting against reported kidnapping of their leader stormed airportArmed militias stormed Tripoli international airport on Monday in a protest against the reported kidnapping of their leader. The militias, from Tarhuna, 40 miles south of Tripoli, captured the airport, firing shots as their vehicles careered across the runway in front of planes waiting to take off, forcing international flights to be diverted to the capital's military airport.The attack on the airport, which was apparently unguarded, has raised fresh questions about the gover...

The Independent

• 'Flight game is not a fair fight' says Varwijk Other industries are far bigger polluters but the politicians win votes by coming down hardest on aviation sector, KLM executive Erik Varwijk tells Toby Green
• Adonis warns of 'dither and delay' on rail linkHigh-speed rail between London and Birmingham might not be achieved in the 2020s because of

The Telegraph

• Qantas warns of 90pc fall in profits Qantas, the Australian flag carrier, warned full-year profit could dive by up to 90pc on the back of steep losses in its international arm, sending its share price plunging to all-time lows.
• UK port operators blast Government over £35m Liverpool grant Britain's leading port operators are up in arms over a Government decision to give conditional approval to a £35m grant that they claim skews the market in favour of Liverpool's Peel Ports.

Reuters News

• Bombardier to Supply 300 New Subway Cars for New York City Transit BERLIN, GERMANY- - Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has signed a contract for 300 subway cars with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to be delivered to New York City Transit (NYCT). The order is valued at approximately $599 million US ($623 million CDN, 482 million euro). The MTA Board of Directors approved the award of a contract to Bombardier on March 28, 2012.

Bristol Live

• Bus firm extends service to take in new hospital and collegeA PRIVATELY-RUN bus service in South Bristol is being extended from Wednesday.

Liverpool Echo

• Merseyrail railway man Stuart Mason to have train named in his honourLIFELONG and dedicated railway man Stuart Mason will be remembered with a train named in his honour.

Manchester Evening News

• Thousands get on their bikes for the Great Manchester Cycle - video and picturesManchester was transformed into a sea of cyclists as the roads were closed-off for a mass bike ride. Some 7,000 took on the 13-mile course “ doing one, two or four laps “ in what was Britain's biggest-ever timed cycling event.

Sheffield Telegraph

• SOUTH YORKSHIRE: Campaigners win fight over railway plansPLANS to convert old railway arches into shops and build housing which campaigners feared could jeopardise chances of reopening the old Woodhead railway from Sheffield to Manchester have been rejected.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Crash sparks new call for action over A95A CRASH which wrecked a minibus and left its driver in hospital has prompted fresh calls for an upgrade of a notorious Moray road.
• Fuel revolt now backed by 40 MPsThe campaign to try to force Chancellor George Osborne to rethink plans for a summer rise in fuel duty is gathering pace.

The York Press

• Flypast marks launch of York rail celebrationA SPECTACULAR flypast by three iconic aircraft marked the opening of a nine-day celebration of the railways in York.
• Cyclists bare all for York World Naked Bike Ride THESE cyclists dared to bare as they pedalled through the streets of York in the nude to send out a safety message.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• 22 drivers a day caught speeding during M5 worksAround 22 drivers a day were caught speeding along just seven miles of the busy M5 motorway during a £9.32 million roadworks scheme, it emerged today.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds Councillors™ road fearsDEVELOPERS behind proposals to build 2,000 homes on the outskirts of Leeds have been warned “don’t even think about a planning application” until key road issues are sorted out.

Yorkshire Post

• High speed rail link ˜unlikely in Twenties™High speed rail travel between London and Birmingham might not be achieved in the 2020s because of “endless dither and delay” by the Government, former Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has warned.

Other Regional Press

• Road safety partnership supports action group Derby and Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership is encouraging firms to follow the example of Derbyshire County Council – one of the partnership’s member organisations – by displaying one of MAG’s warning stickers near the filler cap of all of their larger diesel vehicles.
• Hydrogen buses could hit Aberdeen streetsBUSES that produce water vapour instead of toxic fumes could be introduced in Aberdeen.
• Let there be...no lights on closed roadA road has had its street lights turned on every night despite having been closed for two years.

Global Rail News

• Record traffic levels for Eurotunnel™s Le Shuttle over the Jubilee weekendAmid the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, a glittering record for Eurotunnel Le Shuttle: 26,000 tourist vehicles carried in one weekend, exceeding the landmark figure of 10,000 vehicles in a 24 hour period. For the first time in its history Eurotunnel Le Shuttle has carried more than 10,000 tourist vehicles (*) in a 24 hour period between [...]