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Monday, 18 November 2013

BBC News

• Fatal bus crash changes 'not enough'Road safety legislation after the M40 crash
• Boeing leads Dubai order books raceUS plane maker Boeing, and European rival Airbus, see strong sales on the opening day of the Dubai Air Show.

Financial Times

• Gulf airlines unveil $140bn jet dealsOrders highlight how Gulf carriers have become some of the fastest-growing airlines in the world, putting pressure on western rivals
• Airlines: upgradedOnly one thing can keep the excess capacity threat off the radar: more consolidation.
• Stagecoach questions renationalisationStagecoach’s chief executive does not think it is right or affordable to shift the risk of running trains back to UK taxpayers
• Plan for north to run rail network stallsPlans to hand control of the bulk of the north of England's rail network over to local councils to help improve services have stalled in Whitehall

The Guardian

• Gulf carriers place £100bn aircraft orderEmirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways together order over 200 of new Boeing 777X, a more fuel-efficient version of the 777 jumbo
• Unions urge Ed Balls to support HS2 rail projectFailure to build high-speed line would be 'disastrous for the British economy', Labour-affiliated unions tell shadow chancellor

Mail Online

• Campaigners call on motorists to turn off their phones and put them in the bootAt the beginning of Road Safety Week, charity Brake, supported by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), are also urging everyone to refuse to speak to on the phone to drivers.

This is Money

• easyJet set to report higher profits than Ryanair for the first timeThe orange airline is expected to report pre-tax earnings of £476million this year, up some 50 per cent on last year.
• Rolls-Royce wins £3billion engine order from Etihad AirwaysThe engines will power 50 Airbus A350 XWBs, an aircraft for which they were specifically designed, but that has yet to take to the skies for a commercial flight.
• Buy train tickets in advance and pay just a TENTH of the full priceAccording to ticket seller, a total of £5m is saved by rail travellers buying Christmas tickets this month rather than waiting until December. Sam Leutton (pictured) profited.

Birmingham Post

• Monarch expands Midlands operation in deal with East Midlands Airport owner MAG Deal commits Monarch to East Midlands for at least five years following a successful first year operating from the airport situated close to the M42

Manchester Evening News

• Woodhead rail line campaigners welcome move to seal up tunnels It means that the three mile-long tunnels, which opened in 1845 and 1852, will not form part of any new trans-Pennine rail link.
• Ordsall Chord rail plans met with anger by city centre householdersThe Ordsall Chord is set to run through the city centre by 2017, connecting Victoria and Piccadilly stations.
• Manchester Airport’s golden girl Janet is just the ticket Janet Peppin, who works at the Executive Lounge, helps many of the 80,000 British Airways customers who use the lounge every year.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottngham's tram ticket price cut for ChristmasREGULAR tram users will see a discount to their monthly tickets this Christmas.
• Nottingham Post commented Notts house prices 'set to soar' if high-speed rail station is...HIGH-SPEED rail plans for Notts and the East Midlands faced scrutiny this week as developers discussed proposals at a public consultation.And it was revealed that house prices within three miles of the proposed station at Toton could rise by ten per cent if it goes ahead.The public viewed and contributed opinions on the second phase of HS2, which would run from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds.At the event yesterday at West Park Leisure Centre, in Long Eaton, organisers exhibited plans for...

Wales Online

• Transport gap opens between Welsh communities with rail and bus servicesSome communities are being deprived of public transport because they don't have railway stations and their bus routes are being slashed or stopped completely

Other Regional Press

• Stortford station installs scheme inspired by Boris bikesA PUBLIC cycle sharing scheme similar to London’s Boris Bikes is set to open at Bishop’s Stortford train station.
• Government ’willing to talk’ to Wakefield Council over £50bn HS2 plansGovernment ministers are willing to meet Wakefield Council leaders over their concerns that cash spent on the HS2 rail line could be better spent on infrastructure.
• Proposals to change free school transport in Torfaen A CONSULTATION on proposed changes to Torfaen council’s school and college transport policy has started which could see reductions to the recommended mileage criteria from September 2015.

Wall Street Journal

• Siemens Rail Automation to Upgrade Train Control Systems on Two Largest Commuter Lines in U.S.Positive Train Control (PTC) technologies to be installed on MTA Metro-North Railroad and MTA Long Island Rail Road in New York

Global Rail News

• Nottingham trams begin street testingNottingham’s new Citadis tram has begun dynamic testing on the city’s streets ahead of its arrival on Line 1 next year. Initial test runs began in the city centre in[...]

Railway Gazette

• Staying on touch on the metroCHINA: Hong Kong's MTR Corp has announced that its entire network is to have 4G coverage by the end of the year, in addition to the free wi-fi hotspots now available at all stations.
• World rail infrastructure market November 2013Australia: Transport for New South Wales has appointed Network Rail Consulting as independent safety assessor for the North West Rail Link project in Sydney.
• Paris inaugurates tram Line T7FRANCE: The latest tram line in Paris opened on November 16 with two days of free travel. Line T7 runs from Villejuif-Louis Aragon, the southern terminus of metro Line 7, to Athis-Mons with 18 stops and a depot at Vitry-sur-Seine. The end-to-end journey time on the 11·2 km line is 30 min.

Other News Sources

• If not Heathrow, what…….HACAN’s opposition to Heathrow expansion is well-known. However, people often ask us, what’s out alternative? It is a legitimate question which I’m going to try to answer in this blog.