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Monday, 11 March 2013

BBC News

• Road closed due to fallen craneA section of the A9 in the Highlands is closed after a crane crashed onto the railway line in a village in Sutherland.

Financial Times

• Norfolk Southern chief promises to investNorfolk Southern rail chief vows to resist price cutting after group reported coal volumes down 13% in 2012 and coal freight revenues down 17%
• Unease grows in Madrid over Iberia dealThe tone of the Spanish government is closely watched as it takes an increasingly protectionist stance at a time when the corporate sector is weak
• Peak fares rise set to be abandonedPatrick McLoughlin, transport secretary, is expected to say he has listened to passenger groups, who warned the idea would prompt outrage
• Budget airlines™ cost advantage shrinksWorld™s biggest full-service carriers see cost gap contract by nearly a third over six years
• Pilot plots longer Heathrow runwaysConcorde veteran Captain ˜Jock™ Lowe proposes extending existing northern and southern runways, from 3,900m and 3,700m to 7,500m, moving part of M25 in process

The Telegraph

• China to dismantle its entire railway minstry If Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin reckoned shaking up the department’s shambolic procurement system was a headache, he should spare a thought for the Chinese.
• Cheap petrol detours waste of timeIs it worth driving across town to find cheaper petrol? Not if the 5p a litre discount is more than ten miles away.
• Matchbox sized device will give motorists breakdown warningA device, no bigger than a matchbox, will give motorists advanced warning of their car breaking down.

Mail Online

• One will not be amused: Heathrow planning 1,700 extra night flights over Windsor Castle As the home of the Royal Family for almost a thousand years Windsor Castle has become a symbol of peace and harmony.
• The Crafty Traveller: A host of new flights for 2013 as the airlines stretch their wings The advent of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner was meant to make flying significantly more pleasant.

Bristol Live

• The Bristol Post published Closures robbed us of a public transport systemTHE next four years could signal major improvements in transport for Bristol. That is according to the bosses of the biggest transport providers in the city.
• The Bristol Post published We need more people to cycleTHE RAC reports that the poorest 10 per cent of car-owning households are spending more than 25 per cent of their disposable income on buying and running a vehicle.

Derby Telegraph

• Transport gets financial backing Community transport schemes across the county are getting financial backing from Derbyshire County Council again this year.

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester Airport records rise in passengers for February It's the tenth consecutive month the figures have risen - February was up 1.5pc to nearly 1.2 million year-on-year.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Railway works at Chester-le-Street cause disruption to trains travelling northOver-running engineering works on the railways in County Durham is causing chaos for train passengers.

Sheffield Telegraph

• Roads Roads experts defend M1 South Yorkshire plansHIGHWAYS Agency officials have defended plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds converting the hard shoulder into a fourth lane on two sections of the M1 near Sheffield.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• West Midlands MPs urging Cameron to drop HS2 rail planDavid Cameron should ditch high speed rail and not be œside-tracked by issues such as gay marriage if he wants a majority in 2015, West Midland Tories said today.

Blackpool Gazette

• ˜Why are we not on direct train link?™RAIL users have reacted with dismay after their station was omitted for plans for a direct route between Blackpool and London.

Plymouth Herald

• Rail task group fights for better trains to Plymouth A NEW rail task force is calling on Government ministers to flood-proof the line into Devon and Cornwall in the wake of last autumn's floods.

Sleaford Standard

• Sleaford MP in pledge to sort out bridge workSleaford and North Hykeham’s MP has pledged to fight for residents’ concerns about the safety of a village railway bridge.

Other Regional Press

• Rail task force lobbying for 'urgent' network investment in Westcountry A new regional task force is lobbying the Government and transport bosses for "urgent" investment in the Westcountry's rail network.
• Hotel chains show interest in Dundee Railway Station site Hotel chains have expressed an interest in opening premises at Dundee Railway Station.
• Train station doubts - plough cash into jobs I have always found the proposal to provide a new railway station in Ilkeston puzzling, particularly as it would be so inconveniently situated.

C.N.N.

• United Airlines delays flight for man to see dying mother

Other News Sources

• Crossrail chief: 'We will move the industry forward' Almost four years after he challenged the industry to improve through his Never Waste a Good Crisis report, Crossrail chief executive Andrew Wolstenholme is showing he is not afraid to lay down the law to suppliers.

News from Europe

• Airport in legal action against Ryanair over alleged debt BUDAPEST International Airport has initiated legal action against Ryanair, the Irish Independent has learned.