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Wednesday, 05 February 2014

BBC News

• VIDEO: Rural roads 'may need to shut'Councils in England have warned that parts of the road network could become so unsafe they need to be shut completely.
• £5.5m facelift for Salford canalA five-mile stretch of the Bridgewater Canal in Salford is to be improved as part of a £5.5m scheme.
• What's the Tube strike really about?The origins of London's latest transport dispute
• Millions face Tube strike disruptionCommuters face travel chaos as London Underground workers walk out over proposals by Transport for London to cut jobs and close ticket offices.
• Toyota expects record annual profitToyota forecasts record annual operating profits as the weaker yen helps to boost overseas sales for the export-oriented car manufacturer.

Financial Times

• HS2 relaunch focuses on commutersMinisters back new sales pitch, abandoning previous emphasis on speed and focusing instead on line’s role in cutting overcrowding
• London Tube staff begin 48-hour strikeCommuters faces two tough days after Boris Johnson refused to bow to demands to delay planned job losses and hold direct talks to avert industrial action

The Herald

• Academic says expert ferry group sidelined passengersA LEADING academic has quit the Scottish Government's expert ferry group just months after it was created, accusing the organisation of sidelining the interests of passengers.
• Warning of risk to transport links after Yes voteINDEPENDENCE and the ­creation of

The Independent

• Government seeks to save money and persuade skeptics on HS2 project by accelerating its timetable The £42bn price tag for the controversial HS2 rail link could be cut by accelerating the timetable for its construction under plans to be set out next month.    

The Telegraph

• Tube strike: Boris Johnson and Bob Crow on radio showMayor of London Boris Johnson clashes with Bob Crow, accusing the rail union boss of
• HS2: Labour could delay law to kill off £42bn schemeShadow chancellor Ed Balls says no
• Tube strikes: live updates and travel newsFollow our live coverage of the start of London Underground's 48-hour strike, featuring updates on Victoria, Circle, District, Central, Jubilee and Northern lines, alternative methods of travel and latest reaction    
• Rural roads could close over council cash shortfallCountry lanes are crumbling into disrepair after several bad winters, prompting cash-strapped local authorities to warn that some may have to be abandoned    

Daily Express

• London Underground Strike: All you need to know about the 48 hour walk-outLONDON'S world famous underground network has been reduced to a skeleton service from last night until Friday morning. But which lines are affected? And why is it happening?

Mail Online

• HS2 sounds 'too whizzy' admit rail link bosses: Chiefs think opposition may be down to project's nameThe name wrongly gives the impression that HS2 will be a luxurious alternative to normal trains that is for ‘rich people’, a senior source said.

The Mirror

• London Tube strike: Live updates as workers begin 48-hour walkout on capital's underground systemCommuters are bracing themselves for the two-day strike, which begins at 9.30pm tonight

This is Money

• DeltaRail boss backs British jobs as she attacks Network Rail for helping foreign rivals A rail industry boss has attacked Network Rail for wasting £1billion of taxpayer’s money by failing to ’buy British’ and exporting hundreds of hi-tech jobs abroad. Anna Matthews has sparked a ’British jobs for British workers’ row between her firm DeltaRail and the rail infrastructure company on which it relies for 70 per cent of its business.

Network Rail

• Network Rail chooses suppliers to deliver £2bn programme to electrify railway across BritainFour suppliers have been appointed by Network Rail to deliver a £2bn programme to electrify more than two thousand miles of Britain’s railway over the next seven years, providing faster, quieter, greener and more reliable journeys for passengers and freight users and cutting the cost of the railway.

Birmingham Mail

• Bus and train yobs forced to clean up own mess Vandals will have to clean up damage and confront victims in new scheme to fight antisocial behaviour

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph commented More Derbyshire M1 speed cameras will stop deadly crashes, say...ROAD safety charities have backed plans for new speed cameras to be placed on the M1.The cameras will be installed on a stretch of the motorway between junction 25 and 26.The cameras are the same as those already in place but will be able to be installed on poles on the side of the road rather than on the gantry where they are currently located.A spokesman for the Highways Agency said: "There are no plans for any other changes in the way cameras are used on our motorways."We...
• Derby Telegraph commented Cycle lane proposals condemned by Long Eaton residents and...RESIDENTS and businesses are fuming over cycle lane plans which they claim will prove to be "a waste of money".The proposals are part of a £600,000 network revamp which Derbyshire County Council has claimed will make commuting safer for bike riders in Long Eaton.Members of the public were recently invited to view plans to replace the roundabout at The Green, as well as install cycle lanes over nearby Derby Road and Nottingham Road.In addition, pelican and puffin crossings near...

London Evening Standard

• London faces Tube strike disruption Millions of passengers face travel chaos today because of a strike by London Underground workers which is set to cripple Tube services.

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester Airport in row with Welsh government over removal of advertisment The sign to promote the Deeside Enterprise Zone and its proximity to the airport was taken down on Sunday

Northern Echo

• South West Durham Training looks to increase provision after UTC snubA TRAINING provider aims to double its apprenticeships after the Government snubbed the North-East's future workforce, The Northern Echo can reveal. South West Durham Training (SWDT), in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, says it wants to take on 200 manufacturing and engineering apprentices every year.

Nottingham Evening Post

• John Flynn: What about transport on the east of Nottingham? John Flynn from Burton Joyce resident, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, believes transport on the east of Nottingham is being unfairly neglected

The York Press

• Free parking initiative hailed a huge success BUSINESSES in York have called for a repeat of Saturday’s successful free car-parking initiative and a complete rethink on parking charges.
• Mallard says goodbye to York A RAILWAY icon will leave York this month and to celebrate a special display was held last night.
• UPDATED: Schools bosses to use camera-car and £70 fines against parents parking illegally PARENTS and guardians who park illegally on the school run face £70 fines in York, under a new crackdown.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Five weeks of M6 closures announcedFive weeks of overnight closures were today announced on the M6 for resurfacing and road improvements, leading to warnings of disruption for drivers.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds needs YOUR help to truly shape transport visionLeeds council leader Keith Wakefield wants to hear YOUR ideas about how to give the city the transport system it needs and deserves.

Doncaster Free Press

• Axe set to fall on free train travel for old folk across South YorkshireFree train travel for pensioners and disabled people could be scrapped as South Yorkshire’s transport bosses make cuts.    
• Yorkshire apprentices needed to join railway revolutionDoncaster youngsters are being urged to come forward and sign up to Network Rail’s award winning apprenticeship scheme.    

Other Regional Press

• Green cars go on the road for recycling teamThe team charged with keeping Bedford clean is driving down its environmental impact with a new electric car.

Global Rail News

• ADIF launches Madrid-Valladolid CTC maintenance tenderADIF has issued a €29.3 million tender for the maintenance of traffic control infrastructure and associated systems on the Madrid-Valladolid high-speed line. The contract, which also covers the Olmedo-Medina del[...]
• £2 billion electrification framework contracts awardedNetwork Rail has named the four suppliers who will deliver a £2 billion programme of electrification works over the next seven years. Balfour Beatty, AmeyInabensa, CarillionPowerlines and ABC Electrification will[...]
• Delays push back opening of Moscow Metro extensionMayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin has confirmed that the new northern section of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line will open between 2014/15. Sobyanin made the announcement following a visit to Petrovsko-Razumovskaya metro station[...]
• New station approved for BromsgroveWorcester County Council has approved plans for a replacement £17.4 million  Bromsgrove station, to be built 250 metres to the south of the current station, with funding coming from the[...]
• Gravesend remodelledGravesend station in Kent is a busy place. It is 28 miles from Charing Cross on the North Kent line through Dartford, London Bridge and Waterloo West. It is also used by the high-speed Javelin service, joining HS1 near Ebbsfleet to travel on to St Pancras. Writes Nigel Wordsworth Ten trains an hour depart from […]

Railnews

• £2 billion electrification contracts awarded IN a £2,000 million electrification extravaganza, Network Rail has let contracts extending over the next seven years.

Aviation Industry

• Ex-TSA Screener: Yes, America, We Saw You Naked and Laughed
• AEA urges European Parliament to support air passenger rights revisionThe Association of European Airlines (AEA) has called on the European Parliament to “take a realistic approach on air passenger rights” when it votes on a draft revision to the existing EU legislation on Wednesday. read more
• Heathrow’s new Terminal 2 to boost hub statusStar Alliance expects more connecting traffic when terminal reopens

Other News Sources

• Buyers show shift in negativity towards Air Passenger DutyAPD 'too high' but buyers accept other travel taxes

News from Europe

• Background note: air passenger rightsParliament is voting on a draft report on Wednesday (5 February) in which it sets out its first-reading position on revised air passenger rights.