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Saturday, 23 March 2013

BBC News

• Research work starts on A9 upgradePreparatory work to take forward plans to upgrade a section of the A9 in Perthshire to dual carriageway gets under way.
• Plane vortex rips roof from houseTiles are ripped from the roof of a woman's house in Old Windsor by a vortex created from an aircraft landing at Heathrow Airport.
• 'Ex-gay' bus ad ban ruled lawfulThe banning of a proposed London bus advert about homosexuality by a Christian group is ruled

Financial Times

• Aviation report encourages quieter jetsAirlines could be allowed to increase flights if they use modern quieter jets under a proposal in the government’s aviation policy framework

The Telegraph

• It looks like Dr Beeching was too hasty after allFifty years after the Beeching Report axed a third of Britain's railways, pressure is on to rebuild them, says Jonathan Glancey

Daily Record

• Work begins on £3bn upgrade of notorious A9 road in PerthshireGROUNDWORK is underway on the scheme which will dual an 80-mile stretch of the road in Perthshire.
• Boeing 757 systems need reviewed, say passengers caught up in Glasgow Airport evacuation A Boeing 757 carrying 231 passengers and eight crew was evacuated on the airport runway last October after the cabin began filling up with smoke after arriving from Turkey.

Mail Online

• Worst parkers in Britain revealed: How Audi drivers are the ones to avoid in a car park and definitely give anyone in a Vauxhall Vectra a wide birthThe results come from a study of more than 8,000 cars were analysed during February by online company www.StressFreeAirportParking.com, the UK's biggest provider of 'meet and greet' parking at UK airports.

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published Deal brings better rail archive accessArticle

Edinburgh Evening News

• Edinburgh Airport security ask passengers religionPASSENGERS going through security checks at Edinburgh Airport are being asked what religion they are – sparking an unholy row over the nature of the personal question.

Journal Live

• High-speed rail company chairman tells North East critics to get on boardTRANSPORT chiefs leading the high-speed rail development last night issued an ultimatum as they told North East critics to get on board or risk hindering the region’s economic growth.

London Evening Standard

• Heathrow bosses new bid for third runwayHeathrow bosses today unleashed a full throttle bid for a third runway.

Manchester Evening News

• Metrolink passengers face delays after woman falls onto tracks Police and ambulance teams were called to Market Street tram stop at around 4.20pm and discovered a 65-year-old collapsed on the line outside Debenhams

Metro

• Northern line Tube extension work to begin in 2015, confirms Boris JohnsonThe London Mayor has released some details about the proposed changes to the Tube network, with work on the Northern Line extension due to begin in 2015, with alterations on the Bakerloo Line set to follow.

Sheffield Star

• Latest: Live traffic cameras – view Sheffield roadsWONDERING what the roads are like and how traffic is coping in and around Sheffield city centre - view live traffic camera pictures here, writes digital editor Graham Walker.

The York Press

• New bus service welcomed AN additional bus service from Haxby to York has been welcomed.

Bucks Free Press

• Free Wi-Fi for Chiltern Railways stations in Bucks FREE WiFi is coming to 24 Chiltern Railway stations over the next few months – including High Wycombe, Beaconsfield at Princes Risborough.
• First 57 roads announced for £25m pothole busting scheme TRANSPORT chiefs have this afternoon announced the first 57 roads to be fixed around Bucks as part of a two year £25m plan.

Carlisle News & Star

• Motorway and A75 closed by severe weather and crashes Severe snowfalls across Dumfries and Galloway continues to cause major disruptions across all roads in the region.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Buses collide outside QueensgateFriday, 3pm: Two buses have collided at Queensgate Bus Station this afternoon (March 22).

Other Regional Press

• £7 million scheme to improve roads in NorthamptonAlmost £7 million is to be spent on improvements to roads in Northampton town centre.
• Train hits fence post left on tracksVandals risked injuring someone or even derailing a train when they put a fence post on the rail tracks.
• Council seeking new fleet of grittersA NEW fleet of gritters will help keep the North-east on the move next winter.
• Police involved in 355 incidents at Aberdeen International AirportPOLICE have been involved with 355 incidents at Aberdeen International Airport since 2008.
• BUDGET REACTION: Richard Fuller, MP for Bedford and KempstonRichard Fuller, MP for Bedford and Kempston welcomed the Chancellor’s fuel duty freeze as part of Wednesday’s Budget.

Bus and Coach.com

• Van Hool to supply Aberdeen fuel-cellsAn order has been confirmed for the supply of ten Ballard-equipped Van Hool fuel-cell buses for operation in Aberdeen.
• More Green Bus cash for ScotlandThe Scottish government is funding another 25 low-carbon buses at a cost of £2million.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• UK needs to boost airport capacity, Heathrow chiefs sayBosses at Heathrow have reiterated the desperate need for greater airport capacity in the UK.They have submitted their thoughts and concerns to the Airports Commission, which is assessing the best ways to accommodate the huge influx of people expected to visit Britain in the coming years.In the report, Heathrow chiefs confirmed the airport is already operating at its capacity each year and figures supplied by the Department for Transport show there will be 11 million unserviced passengers wishing to fly from the London-based aviation hub by 2020.This figure will rise to 28 million by 2030 unle...

Global Rail News

• British Rail hands over BrunelA portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, which once hung in the office of Sir Peter Parker, famed chairman of British Rail, has been handed over to the Brunel Museum in south east London. The museum sits directly above Brunel’s Thames Tunnel which first opened to the public 170 years ago. Commissioned by the late Sir [...]
• Suppliers prepare to welcome Railtex visitorsAs Railtex 2013 gets closer, we have more details of what visitors to the exhibition can expect to see. In the rolling stock sector, Bombardier will present its solutions for future UK rolling stock needs, such as its Aventra EMU and the TRAXX P200 AC electric locomotive, while Hitachi Rail Europe will feature bogie innovations [...]
• Future of rail travel: SkyTranWhere will rail be in 10, 20 or even 30 years time? For the US and the UK, the future of national rail travel is high-speed (HSR), but there are concepts in various stages of development that could revolutionise not only how we use rail systems to move across cities but how we move around [...]
• MTA carry out emergency repairs after derailmentNew York’s public transport authority, MTA, has released a video showing engineers repairing a section of track more than a kilometre in length following a derailment earlier this week. Services along the city’s Long Island Railroad were cancelled after four carriages came off the track between Jamaica and Penn Station. An investigation is now being [...]
• TBM arrives in Rio for Line 4 constructionTunnel boring machine (TBM) Tatuzão has arrived in Rio de Janeiro to begin construction of the city’s metro Line 4. Rio’s state government has said that Tatuzão, which weighs 2000 tonnes stretches for 120 metres, is the largest TBM in Latin America. After arriving in the Port of Rio, the TBM was transported by road [...]

Aviation Industry

• New Government aviation policy no longer advocates new runways, but leaves big gaps over how noise and climate change impacts should be tackledThe Government has today published its aviation framework document, setting out its vision for the long-term development of the sector in the UK, including the environmental framework in which future questions about airport capacity and new runways should be assessed. The Framework replaces the 2003 Air Transport White Paper, against which AEF campaigned for many [...]
• Easyjet to ditch airport check-in desksNo-frills airline wants to drive up the number of passengers checking in online
• Norwegian reveals plans for Dreamliner delayCarrier will lease alternative aircraft to launch long-haul routes

Other Subscription Services

• Derry to Coleraine rail line brought back to life Northern Ireland's Londonderry to Coleraine rail line reopens this weekend following nearly eight months of work to relay track.The project, the cost of which has risen from £27m to more than £30m...
• Council ratifies Preston bus station demolition Preston City Council has rejected a proposal to sell the city's vast brutalist bus station to a property developer as an alternative to demolition.At a cabinet meeting on Thursday (21 November),...
• New roles for ORR but Villiers reforms parked Responsibility for approving train operators' passenger complaints handling procedures and disabled people's protection policies is to be transferred to the Office of Regulation from the Secretary of...