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Monday, 12 May 2014

BBC News

• Buses 'to become cashless' from JulyLondon's buses are to become cashless from July, Transport for London announces.
• Inquiry into Tube train collisionAn investigation is under way after two of London Underground's new stock trains collided when the tracks moved.
• Heathrow's third runway homes offerHeathrow Airport sets aside £550m to compensate residents who will be affected if a third runway is built.
• China to build new Africa railwayAgreements for plans to build a new railway line in East Africa with Chinese help have been signed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
• Inmarsat offers free airline trackingUK satellite operator Inmarsat is to offer a free, basic tracking service to all the world's passenger airliners, following the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

The Independent

• ’Oldest railway station in the world’ threatened by Network Rail plansThe Liverpool Road railway station in Manchester, dating from 1830, is the oldest surviving mainline station in the world.

The Telegraph

• Gatwick second runway willl deliver £40bn benefit to BritainGatwick chairman claims expansion at rival airport Heathrow will lead to a "political roadblock" similar to 2010 when the Coalition scapped previous third runway plans
• Gatwick chairman: Heathrow is 'politically toxic'Sir Roy McNulty, chairman of Gatwick Airport, argues a second runway at the West Sussex airport will deliver more benefits than expanding Heathrow

Mail Online

• Revealed: Britain's least used railway station has only EIGHT passengers a year Britain’s least used railway station recorded just eight passengers last year. The total for Teesside Airport station, is even lower than the previous year, when 14 people passed through it.
• 'Cycle streets' with 15mph speed limits and ban on overtaking bicycles set to cut road deaths The 'bold' Government proposal would see any drivers who flout the new rules given a fixed penalty or a £100 fine.
• Working replica of first-ever passenger train travelling on one of world's oldest railways in County Durham The replica of the 1825 Robert Stephenson-designed Locomotion No. 1 is marking 175 years since iron rails were laid on the route in County Durham.

Birmingham Post

• National Express praised for apprenticeships work Labour shadow transport minister Mary Creagh MP toured the firm’s repair depot in Fox Hollies Road, Acocks Green where she spoke with young trainees

Morning Star

• Public Ownership would cut rail fares by 9%RAIL fares could be slashed by more than 9 per cent under public ownership, train drivers’ union Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan has claimed.
• Renationalised Rail 'A No-Brainer,' Says Linda RiordanLABOUR MP Linda Riordan has described the economic and social case for renationalising he railways as “a no-brainer.”

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Millions to be spent on transport projectsTHREE MAJOR transport projects are expected to take a significant step forward this week. Councillors are due to approve spending of £4.6m to develop detailed proposals for a raft of transport schemes across West Yorkshire.
• Next generation being aided by Tour de France cycling boostAs the much-anticipated Yorkshire July debut of the Tour de France edges closer, children across Yorkshire are being urged to get cycling.

Other Regional Press

• Calls for a ’bigger and better’ bus stationThe town council says shelter at the existing bus terminus, on the old cattle pens in the town centre, is not big enough for Buckingham’s growing population, and it’s contacting Aylesbury District Council (AVDC) to say so.
• The Heathrow Airport - One Hub or None debate coming to Northampton next month The Heathrow Airport - One Hub or None debate will be coming to Northampton next month to give local businesses the chance to air their views on the aviation capacity issue.
• Call for railway line between Three Bridges and East Grinstead to reopen AN amateur photographer thinks he may have found the answer to traffic problems between Crawley and East Grinstead. When he is not roaming the Sussex countryside, Paul Willis, 46, often uses the A264, which he describes as a “clogged-up nightmare”.
• City’s store crossing demand ‘will mean more congestion’ CONGESTION around a future Botley Road supermarket will be worsened by a new pedestrian crossing, transport bosses have warned.
• Manston airport: RiverOak boss Stephen DeNardo says he was 'surprised' by lack of negotiation by Ann Gloag over offer to buy the siteThe boss of the US group trying to buy Manston Airport has exclusively told the KM Group he was shocked by its owner's lack of discussion on the deal.

Construction Enquirer

• Hochtief bags £25m Bath corridor electrification jobNetwork Rail has awarded Hochtief a £25.5m contract to deliver works for the electrification of the Great Western Main Line along the Bath corridor.