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Monday, 29 February 2016

BBC News

• Easter rail works plan announcedNetwork Rail announces a £60m works plan to take place over the Easter weekend.
• VIDEO: Ford boss: 'Run to the fire'Ford Motor Company boss Mark Fields offers the business advice he wishes he'd been given when he started out, as part of the BBC News series, CEO Secrets.

ITV News

• Heathrow Connect suspended due to 'unforeseen fleet issues'The train service linking Heathrow Airport and Paddington has been suspended due to 'unforeseen fleet issues'.

Financial Times

• Qantas boss urges Britain to stay in EUAlan Joyce says exit could complicate business and ‘we are hopeful it doesn’t occur’

The Guardian

• Cash for cycling: polluted Milan might pay commuters to bike to workWith its serious pollution problem and notorious driving styles, Milan is hardly renowned as a cycle-friendly city – but a radical new scheme aims to change thatFamed for Vespas, Fiat 500s and a somewhat erratic driving style, Italy is not a land known for a thriving cycling culture. While the metropolises of northern Europe have invested in innovative solutions to get citizens on their bikes, in the bel paese the car remains king.But now Italy’s economic powerhouse, Milan, is seeking to bring back the bicicletta by paying people to cycle to work. The move follows the announcement in December ...

The Telegraph

• Thousands of Easter train passengers set to see journey times treble as 450 engineering projects delay all main line routesThe Network Rail projects - 75 more than last Easter - will affect many of the seven million Brits who travel over the holiday weekend from March 25-28
• Drivers are facing a 46-mile detour to avoid roadworks stretching just 50 metresThe short stretch of the A38 in Somerset is closed for two days, leaving motorists with an hour-and-a-half long diversion

Times Online

• Bridge repair to cost twice as much as cancelled work [Subscription]The bill to fix the Forth Road Bridge will be £21 million, up to twice as much as repair work which would have prevented its closure, but was cancelled.
• Home counties to blame for car pollution [Subscription]The leafy home counties are far less green than London — at least where greenhouse gas pollution from cars is concerned.
• Channel-hop passengers stay at home after attacks [Subscription]The migrant crisis in Calais and the Paris terrorist attacks combined to drive down cross-Channel ferry traffic last year.
• Gatwick links bosses’ bonuses to airport sale [Subscription]Airport lends senior executives £2.8m to buy shares that could bring bonanza with sell-off

Daily Record

• 33 laser attacks on Scots planes in a week: Police say 'they could bring down a jet' SOME of the planes heading into Glasgow Airport were hit twice by the blinding beams which also caused one passenger to have an ambulance called.

Bolton News

• Electrification of Bolton train lines delayed by a YEAR THE long-awaited electrification of Bolton’s rail network will be delayed by a year, it has emerged.

London Evening Standard

• How to travel on the Tube for free using Apple Pay next weekTech-savvy Tube users will be able to ride the London Underground for free on Monday.
• British Airways is no longer allowing children under 12 to fly soloBritish Airways is no longer offering its “unaccompanied minor” service meaning children under 12 can no longer fly solo on its services.
• BA chief Willie Walsh: Law needs to target stupid people who shine lasersThe boss of British Airways’ parent company today called for tougher penalties for “stupid” people who shine lasers at aircraft.

Wales Online

• Rail engineering works need to be quicker and faster says the Transport SecretaryThe Network Rail (NR), which manages Britain's rail tracks and many key stations, closed a number of major lines over Christmas to allow it to carry out work as part of its major investment plan

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Tram-train idea for Leeds-Bradford Airport linkBUILDING a regular rail line to Leeds-Bradford airport would be technically impossible and alternatives could cost hundreds of millions of pounds, according to a new report.

Yorkshire Post

• Rail link to airport impossible to achieve, say experts BUILDING a conventional rail line to Leeds Bradford airport would be technically impossible and alternatives could cost hundreds of millions of pounds, according to a new report.

Get West London

• Heathrow vows to take action over 'illegal' flightsThe airport's own research shows many more large aircraft are flying outside their permitted route and at lower heights
• Anti-third runway Boris Johnson 'out of touch' say Back HeathrowThe pro-expansion campaign group slammed Boris for his Heathrow views after 61% of constituents favoured the airport

North Wales Live

• Probe after windows of packed bus were shattered as it drove through Dingle Bus operator blames yobs throwing stones
• Bibby Ship Management help trainees embark on voyage of discovery Liverpool shipping group helps train next generation of talent for global carrier X-Press Feeders

Sleaford Standard

• Lincolnshire man ‘totally overwhelmed’ by flight offer after Flying Scotsman ‘photobomb’The Lincolnshire man who missed out on seeing The Flying Scotsman yesterday (Thursday, February 25) because of a passing Virgin train says he is ‘totally overwhelmed’ to have been offered a trip to America in return.

Other Regional Press

• Rail station campaign now building steamThe long running pursuit of a railway station for Bonnybridge built up even more momentum this week.
• Urban transport maps could be too complex for the human mindNew research has shown that urban transport networks are becoming too complex for the human mind.
• County Council goes ahead with 30-year transport planNorth Yorkshire County Council has unanimously approved a plan today that sets out transport strategies for the next 30 years.
• 42 Technology targets transport with new innovation teamThe consultancy’s new offer will consolidate all its existing sector experience and skills into a more focused R&D resource for companies that are developing innovative new products and systems for areas such as: condition monitoring of infrastructure assets; electric vehicle charging; gas vehicle fuelling; and intelligent signage and signalling.
• Jaguar Land Rover aiming to create the fastest America's Cup boat in the worldThe Land Rover BAR (Ben Ainslie Racing) team sees car maker join forces with the Olympian sailor as Britain bids for victory in the 35th America’s Cup

Bus and Coach.com

• NCT first female bus driver of the year
• Bus profits on track at Go-Ahead
• Book now for UK Coach Awards 2016
• Tameside interchange gets planning approval
• ALBUM lines-up for 2016 conference
• Sell-out for Scania Finesse model
• Bus travel �1,000 a year cheaper than commuting by car, says Stagecoach

Rail Magazine

• Steer urges “truly national high-speed rail network” “The time is nigh” for Anglo-Scottish high-speed rail, according to Greengauge 21 Director Jim Steer, ahead of speculation that there will be a joint Holyrood/Westminster announcement on the subject this month.
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• RAIL ARCHIVE (May 1996): Hundreds of Class 61s 'from next year'Read archived news story from RAIL 278: ''Hundreds' of new Class 61 locomotives from next year'
• EXCLUSIVE: Steer urges “truly national high-speed rail network”“The time is nigh” for Anglo-Scottish high-speed rail, according to Greengauge 21 Director Jim Steer