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Thursday, 05 November 2015

BBC News

• Is London's Night Tube plan dying?There are further signs the plans for a 24-hour weekend Tube service may be withering on the vine.
• VW hit by falling sales as crisis deepensFirst evidence of customer anger as VW, Seat and Skoda all see a dip in new car registrations.

Financial Times

• VW told to rip up structure over scandalCarmaker warned fresh, independent figures needed to restore credibility
• UK says bomb might have downed Russia jetBritish flights to Sharm el-Sheikh grounded for foreseeable future
• Heathrow resists ban on night-flightsDefiance over condition laid down by Davies commission casts doubt on third runway

The Guardian

• Heathrow third runway won't make pollution worse, MPs toldAirport chief tells Commons committee that expansion would not increase number of cars due to planned railway developmentHeathrow airport has said that a new runway will not increase the number of cars on the roads or make air pollution any worse than in central London, because public transport access to the airport will be greatly improved.
• British shutdown of Sharm el-Sheikh flights affects 20,000 citizensUK government sends extra consular staff following its decision to halt air travel in and out of Egyptian resort amid Russian airliner crash investigationThe suspension of flights in and out of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt after the crash of a Russian airliner will affect around 20,000 British travellers who are in the Red Sea resorts of the Sinai peninsula, according to Downing Street.The British government flew additional consular staff to the city on Wednesday to help holidaymakers who might be stranded following its decision to halt all flights to the UK from Sharm pending security checks at t...

The Herald

• Sharm el-Sheikh flights suspended amid bomb fearsAll flights due to leave Sharm el-Sheikh for Britain this evening are to be delayed to allow a team of UK experts to assess security arrangements in place at the airport, said a Downing Street spokesman.

The Telegraph

• London's congested roads slow Stagecoach's growthRoadworks in the capital have rendered Stagecoach's bus services less reliable
• Cyclists are stupid and thoughtless. And I'm a cyclistWe pedallers will never convince drivers and pedestrians to respect our rights if we zoom through red lights like rogue ambulances

Birmingham Mail

• Speeding drivers 'think there are too few cops to catch them' Warning is issued by senior roads officer

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Ffestiniog Railway building new shed for their historic slate wagon fleetThe 90 metre long shed will contain five storage roads and nearly half a kilometre of track
• Arriva Trains Wales drivers' strike set to disrupt services Arriva Trains Wales drivers in the ASLEF and RMT unions have been ordered out in a fresh action in a dispute over pay

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Plans for London-style transport system in North East gets 69% backing in our pollThe survey comes after a decision to reject plans for Tyne and Wear bus services to return to local authority control
• What the Buses Bill could mean to the Tyne and Wear transport serviceGovernment's Northern Powerhouse related Bill due next year could have massive implications for North East

Sheffield Star

• Dial-a-ride gets new minibusSheffield Dial-a-Ride has been given a new minibus by the Marjorie Coote Old People’s Charity Fund, based in Worksop.

The York Press

• Big city-centre roads shake-up planned for York: Update 5pm Delivery times and access to pedestrian areas could change.

Wales Online

• Millennium Stadium Railway Station idea floated by rail bosses in wake of Rugby World Cup transport woesGreat Western Railway has made the surprise suggestion ahead of a grilling by AMs over travel problems experiences by rugby fans travelling to and from Cardiff

Doncaster Free Press

• Doncaster Sheffield Airport suspends all flights to and from Sharm el-SheikhFlights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh have been suspended by Doncaster Sheffield Airport this evening after the Government announced fears that a Russian plane was brought down by a bomb.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Suffolk County Council in dispute with roads contractor Kier over work valued at �1.5mSuffolk County Council and its highways contractors Kier have been in dispute over work worth about £1.5m, it has emerged.

Reading Evening Post

• Christmas railway chaos fear as massive engineering work plannedBoth Great Western Railway and South West Trains will be operating revised timetables during Christmas which could hit passengers to and from Reading and around Berkshire

Other Regional Press

• Campaigners hope railway upgrade is back on trackCampaigners have welcomed an announcement that rail bosses hope to complete the long-awaited upgrades to the line between Preston and Blackpool in 2018.
• Taxi drivers' bid to use 15-year-old cars is knocked back by Kirklees councillorsLicensing panel says it will wait and see what other West Yorkshire councils want
• SCRAPPED: Olympic legacy digital bus info to be scrapped at sites in Weymouth and Portland in cost-cutting move PART of Weymouth’s Olympic legacy is to be scrapped as Dorset County Council moves to save more cash.
• New flights to connect Coventry and Warwickshire with two Chinese cities Birmingham Airport lined up for new flights to Beijing and Hangzhou
• Hundreds set for pay rise as National Express West Midlands becomes Living Wage employerCompany, which runs Coventry bus services, will be first private transport group in UK to become an accredited Living Wage employer
• Toyota invents system that stops your car to avoid collisions, even in the fog New technology connects cars with road infrastructure to head off impending accidents in bad weather
• Rail line delays harm economyA railway scheme set to boost the local economy by more than £70 million a year may be shunted into the sidings until 2022.

Bus and Coach.com

• Quality Contract Scheme board rules against Tyne and Wear scheme

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Port of Tyne wins prestigious RoSPA Gold Award for second yearThe Port of Tyne’s drive to continually improve safety standards has won the organisation another Gold Award.   The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has presented the Port of Tyne with a second consecutive Gold Award, highlighting the business’s commitment to excellence in health and safety.   The achievement of a Gold Award for occupational health and safety involves demonstrating an excellent health and safety culture within their organisations. They must show that they take a rigorous approach to keeping their workforce safe and healthy, and have e...
• New Penrillian CEO aims to mentor women in Transport and TechMobile technology pioneer Penrillian is announcing the appointment of its new Chief Executive, Joanne Thompson, as it looks to accelerate its growth strategy in the transport and technology industries.    Joanne joins the mobile software development company following a career leading significant growth and change of technology companies; including roles as Managing Director of Serco’s Transport Technology division, Senior Vice President of BT in Europe, and European Director of Professional Services at Equant.    Penrillian is one of the world’s longest establis...
• Transport Secretary sees Crossrail progress in south east LondonPatrick McLoughlin visits Canary Wharf, Woolwich and Abbey Wood to see how construction is encouraging investment and regeneration. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin visited Crossrail’s Canary Wharf, Woolwich and Abbey Wood station sites to view progress on Europe’s biggest infrastructure project, which is now 70% complete. At each site - all at different stages of completion - he saw first-hand how Crossrail is bringing major economic benefits to south east London. At Canary Wharf, where construction is closest to completion, Mr McLoughlin viewed the recently completed ticket...

Rail Technology Magazine

• Construction of Rail Vehicle with Extra-Long Stainless Steel Profiles Welser Profile draws on its experience to provide solutions to complex requirements in construction of railway vehicles.
• Can the Trans-Caspian Route deliver the next freight revolution? The implementation of an upcoming multimodal transport route has the potential to shift the power dynamics in global freight. Initiated by the governments of China, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route aims to re…
• Hitachi completes acquisition of Finmeccanica's rail and signalling assets Japanese conglomerate Hitachi has completed the acquisition of rail transport engineering firm AnsaldoBreda and a 40% stake in signalling supplier Ansaldo STS from Italy-based Finmeccanica.

Aviation Industry

• British Airways to start Heathrow-Inverness serviceRoute resumes more than 15 years after BA ended it for 'commercial reasons'

Other News Sources

• Bus driver hailed as Blackburn’s best by OAPs A BUS driver hailed as the ‘best in town’ has put his popularity down to old-fashioned good manners.
• Government 'will listen' to private finance offers on HS2Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin tells Summit the government will listen to offers of foreign investment to build parts of HS2.
• Gatwick parking firm told to pull adverts, believed to park cars in street not in compound A Gatwick valet-parking firm has been banned from running adverts which regulators found to be misleading and unsubstantiated.
• Taxi driver's case changes English law in a case described by experts “important for natural justice.”
• Number of cycle injuries and deaths rises at twice national average THE number of cyclists killed or seriously injured on the county's roads has rocketed at double the rate of the national increase.