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Monday, 18 July 2016

BBC News

• Southern dispute is transport secretary's 'top priority'New Transport Secretary Chris Grayling says the Southern rail dispute
• HS2 rail project backed by new transport secretaryThe new transport secretary, Chris Grayling, says he has no plans to scrap the high-speed HS2 rail project.

Financial Times

• Truck groups face record EU fineSettlement to end five-year probe into Scania, Iveco, DAF, Volvo, Daimler and MAN

The Guardian

• HS2 will go ahead, says new transport secretaryChris Grayling promises not to scrap high-speed rail project and says quick decision is needed on airport expansionThe new transport secretary has backed the high-speed HS2 rail project. Chris Grayling promised not to scrap HS2, after questions were raised about the project’s future under Theresa May’s new government. Continue reading...

The Scotsman

• ScotRail sees a huge rise in disgruntled passengersComplaints by rail passengers have soared in the 12 months since a Dutch firm took over the ScotRail 
franchise.

The Telegraph

• HS2 railway project to go ahead despite change in government

Times Online

• Transport policy goes off the rails - Robert Lea [Subscription]On a dark winter’s evening in Croydon, a shaven-headed man with something of a dark winter’s evening about him told an audience about how the workers must be challenged: “Over the next three years we’re going to be having punch-ups and we will see industrial action.” The man was not some latter-day mill owner or a ranting right-wing politician. He was Peter Wilkinson, the third highest-ranking railway civil servant and head of the passenger services directorate at the Department for Transport.
• Train union set to escalate action as driver-only impasse deepens [Subscription]Rail unions have threatened to escalate strike action after little sign of a resolution in the dispute between train workers and ScotRail.
• Heathrow runway ruling may come in weeks, says Grayling [Subscription]A decision on a new runway in the southeast could be made within weeks after the new transport secretary admitted that the government had to “move rapidly” on the issue.

City AM

• The new transport secretary says it's full speed ahead for HS2It's full-speed ahead for the High Speed 2 rail project - despite concerns over budget-busting costs and criticism that it is flawed a "vanity project".

London Evening Standard

• Gatwick Express revealed as Britain's most delayed rail routeThe Gatwick Express train service is the most delayed in Britain, it was revealed today.
• Transport Secretary Chris Grayling vows to press on with HS2 projectTransport Secretary Chris Grayling today vowed to press ahead with the high-speed HS2 rail project.
• Check-in glitch sparks long delays at Heathrow airportPhillip Schofield launched a scathing attack on British Airways after missing his flight when a computer glitch caused chaos at Heathrow.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Hexham railway bridge reopens after six weeks of motoring misery The bridge has been closed to traffic since June 6, turning Hexham into a 'ghost town' and causing congestion for motorists
• There is a new Northern Powerhouse minister - so what happens next? James Wharton MP has been replaced by Andrew Percy as the man in charge of the North East's devolution

Yorkshire Post

• ‘Northern Powerhouse’ in doubt as Yorkshire MPs given Government jobsTHE FUTURE of the ‘northern powerhouse’ concept is in question after the minister responsible was moved by Prime Minister Theresa May.
• Grayling promises May government will back high speed rail projectNEW TRANSPORT Secretary Chris Grayling has scotched suggestions the new Government could scrap the planned HS2 rail line through Yorkshire.
• Policing Leeds railway station: Commuters, revellers and football fansWould you support changes to make the station a safer place at night?

Blackpool Gazette

• Blackpool MP given top government jobBlackpool MP Paul Maynard has been awarded a top ministerial position by new Prime Minister Theresa May.

Daventry Express

• Scotrail passenger complaint risen 38 percent since Abellio takeoverCOMPLAINTS by rail passengers have soared in the 12 months since a Dutch firm took over the ScotRail franchise.

Other Regional Press

• 'Ban the bus gates!' Traders storm out of showdown meeting with Kirklees CouncilRow over drop in trade deepens as Clr Peter McBride says 'no evidence' that bus gates are affecting businesses

Bus and Coach.com

• Extra length VDL Futura FMD2 for Swedish operator
• Busworld show is moving from Kortrijk to Brussels in 2019
• Electric hybrid trial for Curitiba
• ElectriCity partnership hails successful first year in Gothenburg
• BYD confirms major electric coach orders for France
• Six Irizar buses for first 100 per cent electric route
• ADL rides high on international sales with eye on �1billion target turnover
• Onboard wi-fi is top of list of demands from passengers
• New 10.8m BYD/ADL Enviro200EV to be launched in September
• European tourism professionals come together at RDA Workshop