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Thursday, 03 October 2013

BBC News

• Plans for Manston Airport railway station drawn up Plans for a railway station and improved road access near Manston Airport in Kent have been drawn up.
• Mayor questions Londonderry rail upgrade delay The Mayor of Derry is to meet the transport minister about a delay on the upgrade to the city's railway line.
• Arriva Bus Wales route losses is 'body blow' for towns Plans to scrap several bus routes in mid and west Wales is a "body blow" for rural communities, according to the Protection of Rural Wales campaign group.
• £44m Wrexham rail plan to go aheadA revised plan to upgrade the train line between Wrexham and Chester is to go ahead.
• Double-decker bus catches on fireFire crews extinguish a fire on a double-decker bus near to a university campus.

Department for Transport

• Franchising deal to boost services on Great Western Main LineFirst Greater Western Ltd will operate trains between London Paddington, the Cotswolds, south Wales and the south west until September 2015.

Financial Times

• Japanese airline dogfight in public twistAll Nippon Airways’ war of words against Japan Airlines could lead to tighter rules over the conduct of Japanese companies receiving state support
• French court hits Ryanair with €9m penaltyAirline to appeal ‘all the way to the European courts’ after being found guilty of breaking local labour laws at now-closed base at Marignane
• Air France-KLM seeks Alitalia revampShareholder, itself in restructuring, wants to see fewer staff, fewer aircraft and less debt, before any cash injection at the Italian group

The Herald

• Call for inquiry as city parking firm loses £22mGlasgow City Council is facing accusations of having

The Telegraph

• Cyclist narrowly avoids train collision after ignoring level crossing barriersThe British Transport Police has released footage of the shocking moment a cyclist ignores the barriers at a rail crossing and narrowly avoids being hit by a train.    
• AA warns of surge in private parking finesThere has been a

The Mirror

• Next stop David Beckham: Tube map renamed after footy legendsThe famous map has a new look for the 150th anniversaries of the London Underground and the FA

Birmingham Mail

• Severn Valley Railway steams into the past for Classic Car and Bike Day Visitors can hop on and off at stations along the line to view displays of iconic vehicles from yesteryear in celebration of British transport industry's heritage

Birmingham Post

• City switched on to potential of electric carsPlugged in Midlands scheme aiming to develop 500 charging points across the region

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Boris Johnson adviser: ’Heathrow flight from Leeds-Bradford will be axed’ West Yorkshire is doomed to lose its direct air link to London, Boris Johnson’s aviation adviser has warned.
• Railway station for Low Moor moves 'ever closer' A long-awaited railway station for Low Moor has moved “ever increasingly closer”, a meeting in Bradford heard last night.

Bristol Live

• The Bristol Post published Fare play Biggest shake-up of bus prices the city has ever seenArticle

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Changes to bus services could leave towns 'in the wilderness' People in Gwynedd and Ceredigion say they will be isolated if proposed changes to Arriva’s routes and stations take effect.

London Evening Standard

• Airport fees ruling to be madeBosses at the UK's two biggest airports will get a good indication today of just how much they can charge airlines over the next five years.

Manchester Evening News

• MAG enjoys boost in letting its property Manchester Airports Groups’ property arm says a spate of international arrivals means its office space is 90 per cent let.

Doncaster Free Press

• Train operator announces £2.2 million upgradeTrain operator East Coast today reveals a £2.2 million upgrade of its on-board wireless internet systems – 24 hours after Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin announced plans to make high-speed mobile broadband available to 70 per cent of train passengers across the country.    

Other Regional Press

• Motorists could be forced to drive at 20mph on more of the county's roads if Kent County Council brings in new restrictionsMotorists could be forced to drive at 20mph on more of the county's roads... in a scheme partly to encourage more walking.
• Poundbury's electric buses temporarily taken off road POUNDBURY’S electric buses have temporarily been taken off the road as a new operator prepares to take over the running of the service.
• Bus services axed in winter shake-up BUS passengers are facing a winter of discontent as services are axed in Weymouth and Portland.
• Bus reversing equipment nicked from Bedford depoPOLICE are on the lookout for 'bus reversing monitors' which were stolen earlier this month in a theft from a bus depot in Bedford.

Bus and Coach.com

• E200 look-alike from CannonHere's a riddle: When is an Enviro200 not an Enviro200? The answer? When it's a Cannon.
• New choices coming from MANMAN is  still in a period of transition following its management changes in the UK earlier this year and has yet to confirm its Euro 6 line-up.
• Rear-engined Touring from UnviThe Unvi Touring is now available on a rear-engined MAN chassis as an alternative to the established model based on the Mercedes-Benz Atego.
• Beaver successor from Moseley?A potential new product for the UK market was exhibited by Moseley.
• Strong orders for Plaxton with new modelIt was an upbeat show for ADL, with chief executive Colin Robertson unveiling new products and announcing new orders.

Campaign for Better Transport

• South Bristol Link faces strengthening opposition2 October 2013: The South Bristol Link is one of the most pointless and damaging proposed road schemes. Campaigner Pip Sheard has recently helped launch a new website, bringing together local groups to oppose the road's planning application. read more

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• FIRST CAPITAL CONNECT INVESTS £350,000 TO GIVE PASSENGERS CLEANER TRAINS First Capital Connect (FCC) is investing £350,000 to make its trains cleaner for passengers. All 221 trains will receive a thorough ’deep clean’ in the coming months using new steam cleaning equipment normally deployed in hospitals.

Global Rail News

• SNCF orders new bimodal trains for intercity routesSNCF has placed an order for 34 new bimodal Coradia Liner trains to replace the country’s ageing fleet of Corail vehicles. The order, which is worth €350 million, comes off[...]
• BAM to build Network Rail signalling centreBAM Construction has been awarded a £30 million contract to build a new Network Rail signalling control centre in Basingstoke. The operating centre, which will manage signalling for the Wessex[...]
• Australia sees ‘staggering’ increase in rail popularityRail usage in Australia is increasing at a ’staggering’ rate, increasing by 84 million passenger journeys in the past four years. The Australian Rail Industry Report, commissioned by the Australasian[...]
• BRB (Residuary) abolishedThe British government has finally abolished a public body set up at the birth rail privitisation to manage non-operational property owned by British Rail. BRB (Residuary) (BRBR) Ltd was set[...]
• Siemens and VINCI to build new metro line for RennesSiemens has been awarded a €178 million turnkey contract to deliver a second automated metro line for the French city of Rennes. The project will see Siemens France supply 19[...]

Aviation Industry

• Bombardier CSeries conducts second flightBombardier collected the first noise data on its CSeries airliner during its Oct. 1 second flight from Mirabel, near Montreal. read more
• Airline traffic set to grow faster - IATAGlobal demand for flights predicted to “accelerate” during the rest of 2013
• Ryanair ordered to pay €8 million by French courtAirline says it will appeal against decision on staff tax payments

Other News Sources

• MP appalled at Arriva Buses Wales cutbacks Ceredigion's Welsh liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams said he was appalled at Arriva's course of action. Commenting, he said:
• Businesses need to show united front on transport EDP transport/logistics roundtable at Marsh where topics included air, rail, and sea links and also how local businesses are impacted by the infrastructure links.
• Taylor Woodrow shows public how tram extension will boost NottinghamOpening a project such as the Nottingham Tram extension to the public was not going to be easy.

Other Subscription Services

• Wrexham to Chester rail redoubling scheme agreed Wales Transport Minister Edwina Hart has announced a 44m project to improve north-south train journey times and increase rail capacity between Wrexham and Chester.Following a review a ...