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Friday, 03 October 2014

BBC News

• The challenge to make London's Victorian Tube network accessibleMayor Boris Johnson has announced a £75m fund to install lifts at "around a dozen" London Underground stations over the next 10 years. But how do you update a Victorian underground railway system?
• Arrest in bus fraud investigationAnother person is arrested in connection with a fraud investigation involving a Gwynedd bus company.
• Derailed train disrupts servicesTrain services across south east Wales are disrupted after a train left the tracks at Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan.
• Road dualling project plan approvedA fourth section of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road in south east Wales is to be turned into a dual carriageway.
• Cardiff speed camera 'UK's busiest'A speed camera in Cardiff is the busiest in Britain - catching almost three times as many drivers as one on a Manchester motorway.
• 'Helpful' rail upgrade discussionWelsh Economy and Transport Minister Edwina Hart has said she has had an "open and helpful" dialogue with the UK government over rail electrification.
• U-turn over one-armed driver permitNorthern Ireland's roads minister apologises to a one-armed driver who was denied a disability parking permit.
• Liverpool Street station evacuatedLondon's Liverpool Street station is evacuated after firefighters are called to reports of smoke coming from a fast food restaurant.
• Worker dies in Heathrow accidentA construction worker dies in an accident at Heathrow Airport's recently reopened Terminal 2.
• Fiat boss adds to EU car market gloomSergio Marchionne, the head of Fiat-Chrysler car group, says Ford's profit warning this week has sent shockwaves through the industry.

Financial Times

• AirAsia sees benefit from rival’s revampFernandes dismisses concerns about Asian airlines’ expansion, and reveals accounting overhaul

The Guardian

• British Airways: Heathrow expansion is a ’lost cause’Willie Walsh says UK’s political class lacks character to push for third runway at airport

The Herald

• Warning over new car tax rulesNEW rules following the scrapping of the tax disc could result in motorists paying up to £38 million more in tax when they sell vehicles privately, the RAC has said.

The Telegraph

• Tax disc changes 'to cost motorists £38m a year'Drivers selling a car will no longer be able to transfer the remaining tax to the buyer under new rules after tax discs scrapped

Mail Online

• Britain's most lucrative speed camera revealed as device in Cardiff The device, located on Newport Road in Cardiff, has been met with outrage by drivers who claim it does not make the road any safer and is simply a 'cash cow' to trap motorists.
• Autumn sun 'kills 28 drivers a year' Around 3,900 road users a year are injured after being dazzled by the sun, with north-west England drivers the worst affected, the AA has said, with October being a particularly bad month.

The Mirror

• BA boss brands rival Virgin Atlantic's UK arm as 'terrible' and said it would 'struggle to survive' Willie Walsh claims Little Red's planes are half-full and that it cannot be making money at the launch of a new BA flight to Washington

Network Rail

• VIDEO: Demolition at London Bridge makes room for Britain's biggest railway station concourseNew timelapse footage from London Bridge station shows the scale of demolition work taking place underneath the platforms to create space for the station’s new street-level concourse.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Bradford's yellow school buses go green YELLOW school buses which are a familiar sight on Bradford's streets have gone green.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Tyne & Wear transport: Collision course over who controls North East bus serviceGroundbreaking change could see North East's bus system returned to local authority control

Sheffield Star

• Bid to improve bus times on busy Sheffield roadsPlans to improve journey times on busy Sheffield city centre roads used by up to 48 buses every hour have been put forward by the council.
• U-turn on bus route changes between Sheffield and Rotherham after community actionTransport bosses have made a U-turn to reintroduce a South Yorkshire bus route following a campaign by users.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• YEP Letters - TransportAt last we have had an expert on transport, no less than a professor at Leeds University, say the same as everyone who has a right-minded outlook – ’the case for the NGT is weak and flawed and its benefits are greatly exaggerated’.

Other Regional Press

• Sleepless nights to end after Heathrow Airport cuts flight trials shortFollowing noise complaints the airport confirmed it will now end its airspace trials in November, rather than January as originally planned.
• Lydd Airport could see a vertical take-off cargo plane in as little as three years says designer Thorsten Reinhardt, of 4X4 AviationA cargo aircraft capable of vertical take-offs and landings could be coming to a Kent airport if funding can be found to complete the project.

Railnews

• Passenger numbers continue to rise Despite recent criticisms of fare increases, the number of rail passengers has continued to increase at record rates, according to the latest figures released by the Office of Rail Regulation. Not only have passenger numbers increased across all sectors – long distance, London and South East, regional and open access – but so have the passenger/kilometres travelled. And revenue is up, not because of fare increases but because of the rising number of journeys made. Advance tickets œenjoyed the highest growth of 9.0 per cent, said the ORR.

Aviation Industry

• Etihad offers wifi across B777 fleetService starts at US$5 a flight
• Birmingham airport backs Gatwick bid for second runwayCEO says expansion would promote greater competition

Other News Sources

• £6m to be used to fix roundabout at Brighton's "most hazardous" junction A SEAFRONT roundabout could be converted into a T-junction as part of a multimillion-pound transformation of one of Brighton and Hove’s main tourist areas.
• 7 advantages of mobile payment services for buyersAirplus white paper analyses benefits including compliance control and faster data capture
• Eurostar to launch Geneva serviceRoute to operate via Lille