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Saturday, 05 July 2014

BBC News

• £15m boost for railway station cycling facilitiesA £15m fund is being made available to improve cycle parking facilities at railway stations across England.
• Hardgrove to Kinmount A75 upgrade opens to trafficA stretch of the A75 that has been the site of a number of accidents has opened to traffic after a multi-million pound upgrade.
• Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal approval confirmedThe government has given its final approval for a £1bn expansion of the Daventry freight terminal.
• Minister backs HS2 top pay planTransport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin backs plans to pay senior High Speed Two (HS2) staff more than the prime minister.
• Car sales see 'strong' six monthsNew car sales have seen a 'strong' first half of the year, rising 10.6% to 1.28m, the Society of Motoring Manufacturers (SMMT) has said.

Financial Times

• Baggage failure lingers for BA passengersA Terminal 5 computer glitch left thousands of people without their luggage for several days because complex travel plans made it hard to reach them
• Serco loses contract to run DLRJoint venture between French transport group Keolis and the Amey infrastructure services subsidiary of Ferroivial win £700m franchise

The Guardian

• HS2 salaries in excess of PM's pay are justified, says transport secretaryPatrick McLoughlin says salaries fall within budget, despite coalition saying repeatedly public servants should not earn more than David CameronPatrick McLoughlin, the transport secretary, has said he is comfortable with plans to pay senior executives on the HS2 rail project more than the prime minister.It follows claims by the head of HS2, Sir David Higgins, that he intends to pay as many as 30 people more than David Cameron's salary of £140,000 a year. Continue reading...

The Herald

• New cars tally goes up by 10 per cent on 2013NEW car registrations for the six months to the end of June are up nearly 10 per cent on last year.
• Passenger safety must come first, cautions CameronTHE safety of passengers

The Telegraph

• Serco loses Docklands Light Railway franchiseTransport for London awards contract to Amey and France's Keolis in another blow to outsourcing group

Mail Online

• The 'summer flight deals' from British Airways - that can only be taken between September and December British Airways’ 'summer' offer of £39 flights from London's Gatwick seemed a bargain until the small print revealed travellers could only fly out of the summer period.

Birmingham Post

• HS2 and life sciences key parts of new 'growth deal'Plans for life sciences growth and investment in high-speed rail are expected to dominate a major funding announcement next week.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• VIDEO: Bradford bus passengers to go mobile with new ticket app BUS passengers in Bradford can now use their mobile phones as tickets.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• North Wales direct rail link to Liverpool to be reinstated Chancellor unveils £10.4m plan to link region with city

Lincolnshire Echo

• Lincolnshire campaigns for better Lincoln to Sheffield trains A campaign is under way for better train services between Lincoln, Saxilby, Gainsborough and Sheffield.

Manchester Evening News

• Jet2 plane to Crete makes emergency landing at Manchester AirportThe jet took off at 5.40pm from East Midlands airport, but circled over the peak district before landing at Manchester Airport around 7pm

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Jet2 flight diverted after declaring emergencyJet2 flight LS625 has been diverted to Manchester Airport after declaring an emergency.

Yorkshire Post

• Yorkshire Glory: The world looks to us this weekendThe world’s greatest bike race will take riders through 243 miles of Yorkshire, taking in the urban splendour of our cities and the rugged beauty of our countryside - all in front of an estimated audience of some three million people who are set to line the routes and a global TV audience of 3.5 billion.
• Marshalls looks to HS2 bonanzaPAVING specialist Marshalls is hoping to win tens of millions of pounds in contracts on HS2, the planned high-speed railway line between Yorkshire and London.
• Centre for Dartford Crossing to create jobs in YorkshireA FRENCH company will create 300 jobs when it opens a new customer support centre in Leeds.

Bucks Free Press

• Work on new £500k cycle network begins this month WORK on a new town centre cycle network will begin this month after a group of dedicated cyclists and the council won funding for the project.

Other Regional Press

• New Heathrow boss to review school insulation programmeJohn-Holland Kaye, the airport's new chief executive, also promises to complete long-awaited glazing work at schools by April next year
• Transport Select Committee to launch Manston airport inquiryTHE Transport Select Committee will launch an inquiry into small airports- with particular focus on Manston airport.
• 'Devastating' arson at Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway last night sparks appeal for volunteersA blaze which devastated a light railway's ticket office has sparked a huge fund-raising drive.
• Comment: The plane truth about hidden HeathrowHere's an interesting fact - when you’ve got the world's biggest passenger airplane coming straight at you, it looks huge.
• Heathrow is a 'good corporate citizen', says education secretaryBut Michael Gove dodges the question of whether airport should help fund new schools under the flight path
• How much in fines did the speed camera in Milton Ernest generate last year?New research by LV= car insurance has revealed that the speed camera in Milton Ernest is one of busiest in Britain.

Global Rail News

• Approval for Daventry rail freight expansionAn 8 million sq ft extension of Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Dirft) has been given the green light by the Secretary of State. Dirft III will have a capacity[...]
• Keolis Amey to operate DLR until 2021A Keolis/Amey joint venture has been awarded a seven-year contract to operate and maintain London’s Docklands Light Railway (DLR). Keolis Amey will take over from Serco, which has operated the[...]
• Amtrak begins search for new high-speed train fleetAmtrak has gone out to the market as it looks to procure 28 ’next generation’ high-speed trainsets for the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The new trains will operate alongside the current[...]
• Poland conducting ERTMS Level 2 testingPKP-Polskie Linie Kolejowe is conducting ERTMS Level 2 trials ahead of a planned rollout of the European standard signalling technology over the next couple of years. Testing is being conducted[...]
• Stadler and Ansaldo STS to build Aarhus light rail systemStadler and Ansaldo STS have won a contract to build the first phase of a 110-kilometre light rail system in the Danish city of Aarhus. The turnkey contract includes construction[...]

Aviation Industry

• ‘Europe must push through air traffic reform’ – IATAAirline association says current system is costing more than €9 billion per year
• BA parent firm enjoys premium travel increaseRise in demand for business class boosts IAG in June

Other News Sources

• Have your say on Winchester bus station Hendersons are hoping to submit a new planning application for the Silver Hill scheme. Along the new ideas is the dropping of a replacement bus station.