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Thursday, 18 July 2013

BBC News

• An aerial view of Heathrow's third runway options Heathrow Airport has unveiled three options for a new runway, saying each one would be "quicker and cheaper" than plans for a rival hub airport.
• Heathrow Airport chief executive on third runway bid Closing Heathrow Airport would cost 100,000 jobs, said its chief executive who explained the bid for a third runway, announced on Wednesday.
• Call for direct rail link to cityDirect rail links between north east Wales and Liverpool should be restored, according to a report calling for cross-border transport improvements.
• FirstGroup shareholders rebel on payTransport company FirstGroup's directors face down a shareholder rebellion over their pay packages at the firm's annual meeting.
• Railway trespassers 'risk death'More than 100 people are seen trespassing on railway lines in Northern Ireland since the beginning of June.
• VIDEO: Airport capacity situation a 'disgrace'The chief executive of Gatwick airport has said unless a plan for London's airports is drawn up soon the city will be out of capacity
• VIDEO: Residents unaware of Heathrow plansResidents of a village near Heathrow Airport have said they are unaware of the impact plans to expand the airport would have on their village.
• Heathrow plans 'frightening' realityHeathrow plans 'scare' residents

Financial Times

• Spanish shipbuilding subsidies ruled illegalBrussels declared Spanish state subsidies for shipbuilders illegal on Wednesday, but offered the struggling sector a reprieve by limiting the repayments required
• Maersk’s chief made cost cuts a priorityLike rivals, Maersk was badly affected as rates plunged at weak demand, fuel prices and oversupply – a legacy of orders placed during boom years
• Heathrow makes its case for expansionHeathrow has identified three possible sites on which to build a third runway, but its proposals for the Davies commission have already run into severe turbulence

The Guardian

• Britain and Heathrow: gearing up for Airstrip One It is hard to imagine how the UK will cut greenhouse gases by 80% by 2050 if it is building a third or fourth runway
• Heathrow extension: residents of villages facing demolition feel 'trapped' Villagers in Harmondsworth and Stanwell Moor, threatened under plans to expand Heathrow, tell of their fears for the future
• Heathrow finally spells out what we all knew: it wants that third runway Boris Johnson and others have put in rival claims, but few in the industry argue against an expansion for Europe's busiest hub
• Train maker Bombardier wins Southern contract in £180m deal UK-based company selected to supply 116 electric rolling stock for London Thameslink route, with potential for extra 140
• Australia's love affair with cars is leaving public transport behind The Melbourne east west road link is likely to cost $8bn. Proponents of roads claim that Australian cities simply aren't like London or Paris, but public transport is still needed
• Heathrow third runway plans will bring 'louder sky of sound', say opponentsAirport unveils expansion options to increase number of flights to 740,000 a year at cost of up to £18bnHeathrow airport has revealed three proposals for a third runway, putting tens of thousands of homes either under new flight paths or at risk of demolition.
• From the archive, 18 July 1967: Green light for Manchester tube project Not only will the Picc-Vic line finally link two large stations, it will also serve as symbol of Manchester's pride and ambition

The Herald

• Heathrow runway optionsHeathrow chiefs have put forward three options for a new third runway at the west London airport, saying that any of the proposals will be essential for Britain.

The Telegraph

• CBI attacks Government on tax and HS2 John Cridland, the Director-General of influential business group CBI, has criticised "careless talk" from senior politicians over companies' tax affairs and dropped his support for the Government's HS2 rail programme.
• Expanding Heathrow is the only logical option Britain, as Heathrow helpfully pointed out on Wednesday, is a small island surrounded by a large amount of water. What we have lacked in land links with our economic trading partners we have made up for with ports, of the sea or air variety.
• Heathrow: third runway 'best solution' A new third runway at Heathrow would generate £100bn of benefits for the UK economy and be “quicker and cheaper” than building a new hub to the east of London, the airport has said.

Mail Online

• Great Heathrow shambles: Airport unveils plan for third and FOURTH runway in rebuff to Boris's call to bulldoze airport completelyThe airport set out three options for an extra runway, claiming it can host more than 240,000 extra flights with ‘minimum’ impact on people living nearby.

The Mirror

• Heathrow bosses warn of “biggest mass redundancies in British history” if rivals winBosses warned that building a rival airport or runways elsewhere in the UK could kill off the West London hub,

Network Rail

• Network Rail announces completion of work on first phase of North West electrificationElectric trains will be able to run between Manchester Airport and Scotland from December 2013, Network Rail said today, as it announced completion of the first phase of the £400m North West electrification programme.

Birmingham Mail

• Damage of HS2 ’heartbreaking’ for countryside Michael Fabricant told Transport Minister Simon Burns during a speech in Westminster that “the damage it will do is heartbreaking”

Edinburgh Evening News

• Edinburgh trams: Sub-station blamed for power cutTRADERS piled into the street to berate tram workers after a blackout – only to later find the blame actually lay with a faulty power sub-station.

London Evening Standard

• Super Heathrow: airport unveils 4-runway plan which would let it handle a million flights per yearHeathrow could become a four-runway “superhub” with up to a million flights a year, it emerged today.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post published 'Bus gate' leads to fall in traffic near stationArticle
• Nottingham Post published John Flynn: Can we get a bus from city to county?Article

The York Press

• Government denies A64 upgrade claims THE Government has denied claims it is planning a major upgrade of the A64 between York and Scarborough.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Passengers get away with free internet inside Leeds and Bradford AirportPassengers at Leeds Bradford Airport can now take advantage of internet access that won’t cost them a penny.

Yorkshire Post

• East Coast line ˜better in public hands"A TRANSPORT union has claimed the state-run East Coast rail service is delivering more money for the taxpayer than its privately-operated counterparts.

Reading Evening Post

• Heathrow to present third runway proposals to Airports Commission Each of the options will mean the compulsory purchase and demolition of villages, but double the number of passengers will be able to use the West London airport

Other Regional Press

• Borough bus snub anger A WIGAN campaigner is claiming Transport for Greater Manchester snubbed the borough in a consultation exercise over new bus priority routes.
• Call for public inquiry into HS2 as cost spirals MP CHRIS White has again called on the Government to hold a public inquiry into HS2 after it emerged the line could cost an extra £10 billion.
• Bercow blasts HS2 environment study Buckingham’s MP said HS2 “fails to meet the test of serving the public interest” in his response to a draft paper on the environmental impact of the £50billion scheme.
• Heathrow to present third runway proposals to Airports Commission Each of the options will mean the compulsory purchase and demolition of villages, but double the number of passengers will be able to use the West London airport
• New cycleway and footpath moving forward as design is set for display PLANS for a new cycle link in Weymouth, including a long-awaited crossing moves closer to reality tomorrow when a recommended design goes on display.

Global Rail News

• HS2 launches phase 2 consultationUK residents on both side of the HS2 debate can now have their say on the proposed phase 2 route following the launch of today’s consultation. Phase two of the[...]
• Mexico reveals major rail infrastructure investment planMexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has said that 4 billion pesos ($317 million) will be spent on infrastructure projects over the next five years. As well as investing in roads,[...]
• New funding model revives Barcelona’s Sagrera station buildSpain’s political leaders have signed a new agreement, increasing the role of private investment in constructing a new intermodal railway station in Barcelona. Work can now continue on Sagrera station[...]
• Rail terminal confirmed for Dubai industrial centreAn industrial hub currently under construction in Dubai is to be connected to UAE’s new rail network under an agreement announced this week. Etihad Rail has signed a Memorandum of[...]
• Getting safer every year (statistically)Every year, the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) publishes its Annual Safety Performance Report. This reviews the rail industry’s safety performance over the latest financial year. The latest report, covering 2012/13, was released at the end of June. Once again, overall use of the railways has increased although freight dropped off slightly. Compared to [...]

Railnews

• Union pledges opposition to Overground DOO plan Plans to abolish conductors on London Overground have sparked determined opposition from the RMT union, which claims that safety will be put at risk. The union is staging a demonstration outside the Greater London Assembly today in protest at the imminent removal of 130 staff from Overground trains. TfL has said there are no safety implications, and that the reform will save £5 million a year.

Aviation Industry

• Heathrow announces new plans for a third runwayHeathrow’s proposals for consideration by the Airports Commission for a third runway have been published today, setting out 3 separate sets of plans for a runway to the North, North West or South West of the airport. But the airport’s case rests on a series of half truths and promises not backed by evidence. The [...]
• Heathrow unveils three options for third runwayHub airport makes its case for expansion to the Airports Commission

Other News Sources

• New Gatwick Airport shops open to customers as £21m revamp continues The first stage of a £21 million revamp of Gatwick airport's South Terminal shopping area has opened to customers.