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Friday, 15 April 2016

BBC News

• Opposition growing to rail depot in South NorthamptonshirePoliticians in south Northamptonshire have voted to spend £100,000 to fight plans for a rail freight terminal.
• Bombardier backs UK to stay in EUNorthern Ireland's largest manufacturing employer, Bombardier, tells its workforce that
• VIDEO: Teenager helping Delhi navigate car banAs the Indian capital introduces another round of car restrictions a teenage entrepreneur has set up a business that helps people navigate the system.
• BP investors reject chief's �14m payBP investors deliver a huge vote against a 20% rise in chief executive Bob Dudley's pay package, as chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg promises to listen and learn from the criticism.

Financial Times

• Ford and GM split on self-driving carsCompanies are pursuing very different strategies on reducing human control in their vehicles

The Guardian

• New Zealand hotel bans cyclists in Lycra to cut out 'bulges' at breakfastCyclists annoyed after owner of Plough Hotel in Rangiora says unsightly shapes put off customers and is insisting trousers be wornA hotel in New Zealand has banned Lycra cycling shorts as it finds the “bumps and bulges” inappropriate and “unsightly”.In an effort to “raise dress standards” the Plough Hotel in Rangiora has put out of a sign on Thursday that read:“The bicycle is a beautiful object but they should never have invented lycra! No lycra shorts allowed please.” Continue reading...

Bristol Live

• Bristol to get its own 'Oyster card' system for buses and trains Commuters in Bristol will soon be getting an "Oyster card" system to use on public transport around the city.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Election 2016: What is the best way forward for North Wales' transport problems? The political parties reveal how they will improve transport and digital infrastructure in the region
• Bid for 80mph speed limit on A55 backed by Welsh Conservatives The idea has already been mooted by UK Government ministers who say the proposal for faster roads will introduce more “smart motorways” over the next two years

Liverpool Echo

• Peel Ports and Ecocem cement their relationship with �4m investment at Runcorn Docks New bulk import terminal on the Manchester Ship Canal will be able to handle 200,000 tonnes of cement a year

London Evening Standard

• Holborn Tube 'standing only' escalator trial set to start next weekA six-month trial scheme starts on Monday which will see commuters at one of London's busiest Tube stations told to stand on both sides of the escalator rather than walking.
• Weekend Tube closures: entire Circle line to shutTravellers are facing a string of Tube station closures this weekend, including the entire Circle line being out of action.
• Eddie Stobart truck caught on CCTV reversing along busy motorwayThis is the moment a drunk lorry driver reversed his Eddie Stobart truck along a busy motorway forcing cars to dodge out of the way.
• British families of Germanwings victims sue US flight school where killer pilot trainedBritish families of victims killed in the Germanwings Alps crash have begun a legal fight against the flight school where "killer in the cockpit" Andreas Lubitz trained.
• Young woman sliding down escalator leaves elderly Tube commuter badly injuredA commuter was 'sent flying down an escalator' after being hit by a young woman sliding down the central barrier during early morning rush hour.
• Bus smashes into front of Walthamstow houseResidents of a house in Walthamstow were lucky to escape injury last night when a bus ploughed into the front room.

The York Press

• Free parking to be axed on busy York road with cycle lane plan A CYCLE lane plan that will see free parking axed on one of York's busiest roads has got the go ahead.

Wales Online

• Cardiff council has raised £3.4m in bus lane fines - and says the scheme is finally working It is the 16 month that fines have been issued for drivers using the city's bus lane, but bosses have praised the 'gradual decline'
• The Wales National Air Show will go ahead free of charge despite added costs due to the Shoreham disasterThe Civil Aviation Authority is set to impose fees of up to £20,000 on major air shows in the wake of the Shoreham Air Disaster
• Uber will not be launching in Cardiff next week despite rumours on social media The taxi firm app said it will not be launching next week but is 'keen to launch' as soon as possible in the Welsh capital

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Will car-free plan for Leeds city centre street help it turn a corner?EVER since City Buzz first revealed that Greek Street was set to rise from the ashes, we’ve been eagerly watching as one of the city’s biggest revamps takes shape.
• New 20mph zones to curb speeding in LeedsTRAFFIC calming measures and 20mph zones are to be extended on an east Leeds estate as part of a £324,000 scheme designed to curb speeding drivers.

Yorkshire Post

• Abandoning HS2 would be ‘reckless disregard of national interest, says planning tsarFAILING to build a north-south high-speed rail link would be “a reckless disregard of the national interest”, the Government’s planning tsar has warned.

Burnley Express

• Bus cuts mean nurse has to move out of villageA nurse has been left heartbroken after being forced to put her beloved home in Sabden up for sale because the village’s only bus service is being axed.

Other Regional Press

• We won’t pay Stagecoach robbers’, passengers vow after bus fare hike A bus company has been accused of “robbing” West Norfolk families by imposing large fare rises on children’s journeys to school.
• West Midlands rail franchise bidders revealedTHREE rail firms have been shortlisted to run the West Midlands franchise.Current operator Govia, which owns London Midland, is one of those in the running for the contract which is due to expire in 2017. The other bidders are West Midlands Trains Ltd, a subsidiary of Dutch-owned Abellio Transport Group, and Hong Kong-based MTR Corporation.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• British Ports Association elects Rodney Lunn as its new ChairmanPraise for BPA’s ‘remarkable membership network’ Rodney Lunn, Chief Executive of Shoreham Port, has been elected as the new BPA Chairman at its AGM on 12 April. Also elected was his Deputy Chairman, Alec Don, Chief Executive of the Port of Milford Haven. Speaking to a packed Drapers’ Hall at the lunch following the AGM and in the presence of the Minister of State with responsibility for Maritime, Robert Goodwill, Mr Lunn said:- ‘It is a great privilege to become Chairman and I look forward to working with our remarkable membership network across the UK.  T...
• Railway upgrade finishing touches between Stafford and Crewe in MayPassengers who are going to be travelling through Stafford are urged to check announcements as the stations on this line will be receiving finishing touches to their railway upgrade over the bank holiday weekends in May. The changes are part of Network Rail's �40 billion Railway Upgrade Plan and the company's engineers will be working at Stafford to remove one of the last remaining bottlenecks on the West Coast main line. By doing this, there will be added capacity to accommodate more passenger and freight services between Birmingham and Manchester, and London and the north-west. It's also bel...

Rail Technology Magazine

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• DfT and c2c agree on six Class 387s lease to cope with 'unprecedented' demandA c2c deal with the Department for Transport to add six Class 387s to their fleet has been hailed as their “most significant increase in capacity” for a decade. The four-car trains, being built by Bombardier in Derby, will be introduced to c2c’s railways between October and...
• Bill could force TOCs to spend NR delay payments on improvementsLegislation requiring train operating companies (TOCs) to spend compensation payments from Network Rail for delays on improvement projects is currently going through the House of Commons. Joan Ryan, Labour MP for Enfield North, who led the group of 12 MPs presenting the Improvement of Rail...

Railway Gazette

• Railway supply industry news in briefAn agreement has been signed for Alstom to acquire the 50% stake in Moroccan cable business...

Aviation Industry

• Flight tracking systems undergoing trialsTwo systems designed to prevent incidents similar to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 are undergoing trials, with one due to be rolled out imminently. read more
• British Air Transport Association appoints chief executiveTim Alderslade joins from Airport Operators Association
• London councillors back Gatwick expansionSurvey shows around two thirds want a second runway at Gatwick over Heathrow

Other News Sources

• Transport for London partners with Shakespeare’s Globe to release special Tube map To commemorate 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare on 23 April 2016, Transport for London (TfL) and Shakespeare’s Globe have partnered to create a special edition map - replacing station names with famous characters, plays and modern adaptions of the Bard’s works.