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Saturday, 03 November 2012

BBC News

• Plymouth bus lane cameras used to enforce restrictions Fifteen thousand fines have been issued to motorists caught driving in bus lanes in Plymouth in the last three months.
• Fresh offer in bus firm pay rowBus company First Aberdeen makes a revised offer to the Unite union, after two days of talks with the conciliation service Acas.
• Motorway to shut as bridge fittedThe M60 in Greater Manchester will be partially closed over the weekend as a new bridge is installed.
• Airport inquiry head explains aimLondon Mayor Boris Johnson says decisions over airport expansion are too slow as air capacity commission head Sir Howard Davies outlines his aims.
• Megabus to get new coach fleetStagecoach are to spend £3.2m on 11 new buses for its Megabus inter-city travel service.
• Airport inquiry head explains aimThe head of the coalition's aviation review says he aims to give the next government a
• Lower oil price knocks ChevronUS oil giant Chevron reports a drop in profits between July and September due to lower oil prices and falling production.

Department for Transport

• Airports Commission membershipA panel of six experts will take forward vital work to examine how the UK™s status as a leading global aviation hub can be maintained.

The Herald

• Dutch firm eyes Scots train dealTHE Dutch state-owned rail firm Abellio is to bid to take over train services in Scotland, promising to give passengers better information and improved connections with other forms of transport.

The Scotsman

• Falkirk bus builder Alexander Dennis to announce biggest ever overseas contractALEXANDER Dennis is set to announce its biggest-ever overseas order in a new contract win that will send the coach builder’s turnover surging through the £500 million barrier.
• Dutch first in the queue for new ScotRail franchise – and sleepers DUTCH national railways Nederlandse Spoorwegen subsidiary Abellio has become the first potential bidder for the next ScotRail franchise to throw its hat into the ring.

Reuters News

• London mayor slams LONDON (Reuters) - London's mayor accused the government on Friday of

Mail Online

• Boris slams airports tsar saying extra Heathrow runway would be toxic for ToriesLondon mayor tells Sir Howard Davies to speed up as he launches major investigation into Britain's airport capacity crisis. Review will not report until after the next election in 2015.

Network Rail

• Network Rail aims to replace Ufton Nervet level crossing with a road bridgeAfter months of careful examination, Network Rail has announced its preferred option for replacing a level crossing in Ufton Nervet will be a bridge.

Derby Telegraph

• £40k for new bus service to transport 350 elderlyA CHARITY will start running a bus service to help older people across the county get out and about.

London Evening Standard

• Rush hour misery with delays on two linesNorthern and Jubilee line services suffered disruption today.
• West End parking tickets to be issued by helpful 'traffic marshals'Traffic marshals are to be introduced across the West End to tackle congestion in the heart of London.
• Payouts ˜may be given to people under third runway flightpath™Cash compensation could be paid to west London residents if a third runway is built, the man leading the airports commission revealed today.
• Ministers are accused of wasting HS2 job chancesThe Government is squandering a chance to create tens of thousands of extra jobs from the new High Speed rail line, three London councils said today.

Manchester Evening News

• High speed rail link on track for 'quick decision' Rail passengers and business leaders look set to get a special Christmas present “ the proposed route of Manchester™s high-speed rail line.

The York Press

• Colour-coded buses to be introduced on York routes FIRST buses in York are being given new purple, lilac and white liveries as part of a wide-ranging plan to improve service delivery on key routes to increase passenger numbers.
• Illuminated event at the National Railway Museum A MAJOR event at one of York™s most popular tourist attractions sees locomotives displayed in a new light this month.

Wales Online

• Cardiff Airport could be "Heathrow's sixth terminal" - Sir Howard DaviesThe man leading a commission into the future for Britain's airports today said he would consider a plan to use Cardiff Airport as Heathrow's

Blackpool Gazette

• Drivers road test new bus station BUS drivers have been putting Cleveleys bus station to the test as £130,000 investment work nears completion.

Northants Evening Telegraph

• Chancellor visits Corby link road siteChancellor George Osborne was on the campaign trail today (Friday, November 3) and it took him to the A43 Corby link road site.

Other Regional Press

• Roundabout planned for Chatham bus station Chatham bus station will be dug up again in a bid to halt thousands of people driving through it by mistake.
• Aberdeen drivers warned as ice and snow forecastMOTORISTS are being urged to take care behind the wheel, with forecasters warning of freezing temperatures in Aberdeen and surrounding areas.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• FTA welcomes new EU tyre regulationsThe decision by EU ministers to implement a new certification system for tyres sold in the eurozone has been welcomed by the Freight Transport Association (FTA).EU regulation (1222/2009) has now been introduced and will provide information for commercial vehicle operators on the fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise performance of tyres they purchase.Ratings will range from A to G in each category, enabling buyers to more easily compare different products to meet their requirements.FTA head of engineering Andy Mair said: "The road transport sector in recent years has seen an increasingl...

Global Rail News

• Stabilising Hooley CuttingStabilising Hooley Cutting Issue 96 of the rail engineer (October 2012), covered the strategic approach being used by Network Rail to manage its earthworks and drainage assets. This month™s article looks at work being carried out on a classic example of a structure that a railway engineer would consider might cause serious risks to the [...]
• Gold medal performance for Olympics rail engineersHere we are in November, and yet it seems only yesterday that we were cheering on our athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. It was all a great success, in many ways, but now we are left with those memories and the clearing up, some of which is still going on. In [...]
• London orbital rail network completeLondon™s new orbital railway will be complete on 9 December 2012 when the new timetable will introduce a service of four trains per hour between Highbury and Islington and a new platform that Carillion has installed at Clapham Junction. It will not be a continuous service around the capital. (In fact, even the Tube™s Circle [...]
• Union members prepare for weekend strike action across London™s rail networkRail union members across London’s Underground and Overground networks are preparing for weekend strike action. This morning, rail union RMT confirmed that Overground security staff will be taking strike action on Saturday, November 3, in a dispute over contract terms and conditions. RMT members voted unanimously in favour of industrial action earlier this week and [...]

Aviation Industry

• Parliament votes for study into impact of APD MPs have called for the Treasury to commission a study into the impact of Air Passenger Duty on the UK economy. APD was debated in the House of Commons yesterday (November 1) in a motion, tabled by Conservative MPs Priti Patel and Henry Smith, which called for a œcomprehensive study into the effects of the duty which should report to chancellor George Osborne before the budget in spring 2013. The motion was passed unanimously by MPs following the debate and Treasury minister Sajid Javid said the government would œtake note of Parliament™s view on the issue. Patel told the Commons that the h...
• Davies unveils team to tackle airports capacity Sir Howard Davies has appointed a team of experts to look at how to solve the UK™s airport capacity squeeze. Davies is heading up a new independent commission to look at all options for increased capacity in the south-east including a third runway at Heathrow and a new hub airport in the Thames estuary. He will be aided in his task by five other experts from the fields of transport, aviation, business and economics: Sir John Armitt CBE, former chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority and former chief executive of Network Rail. Professor Ricky Burdett, professor of urban studies at the Londo...

Other News Sources

• Siemens pledge on railways plan A multinational engineering firm has vowed to press ahead with a contact which will create hundreds of Sussex jobs