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Monday, 28 November 2016

BBC News

• Lufthansa pilots to strike again as pay row continuesLufthansa pilots will strike again on Tuesday and Wednesday after weekend talks fail to resolve a pay row.

ITV News

• New reforms could force rail operators to ensure passengers get the cheapest dealsRail operators are to come under renewed pressure from the government to ensure passengers are getting the cheapest deals on their journeys.

Financial Times

• Uber gears up to ease stressful commutes in NigeriaCar-hailing app proves very popular among Lagosians
• Lufthansa pilots to resume strike over payUnion says airline made no new offer that ‘could form the basis of negotiations’
• Asian shipping lines navigate a war of attritionGroups are scurrying to seal deals or alliances but there has already been a casualty

The Guardian

• Plans for 'simpler, more modern' UK train fare system to be announcedMinisters to unveil plans to overhaul ticketing system and machines to ensure passengers get cheapest option
• Result of Southern train drivers' strike ballot to be announcedAslef members have been voting on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action in a dispute over driver-only trains
• Why is one man trying to travel on 200 London bus routes in 24 hours?Urban transit racer Adham Fisher has visited cities around the world and spent more than £15,000 on his hobby. Now, he hopes to make transport history on the capital’s busesIt will start on Oxford Street, possibly on the 139 bus, at around 10.30am on Monday. It will end at the same time a day later somewhere, it is imagined, in zone 3.In the intervening 24 hours, Adham Fisher is hoping to make a very niche bit of transport history: he wants to become the first person to travel on 200 of London’s bus routes in a single day. What? Why? Continue reading...

Times Online

• Chaos for commuters as 49 ScotRail trains a day are cancelled [subscription]Ministers are under further pressure over the performance of ScotRail after figures showed that almost 50 trains a day were being cancelled or significantly delayed on the nation’s railways.
• Rip-off rail companies forced to display cheapest fares [subscription]Train operators face having to redesign thousands of ticket machines as ministers move to stop commuters being ripped off by hugely complex pricing systems.

Daily Record

• Rail boss is probed over gifts from contractorsA whistleblower claims ScotRail bigwig Phil Verster has breached strict rules over accepting gifts and hospitality.
• All I was for Christmas is ScotRail fares freeze - Kezia DugdaleKezia reckons it is time to freeze rail prices as commuters continue to be angered by poor service from ScotRail.

Mail Online

• Rail operators face major redesign of thousands of ticket machines to try and stop commuters being ripped off Thousands of ticket machines could be overhauled in a bid to ensure rail passengers are able to easily identify the cheapest deals on their journeys.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Petition calls for Britannia Bridge lions to be raised so people can see themRailway passengers can only glimpse the four stone lions and motorists on the A55 can't see them at all

Liverpool Echo

• Railway bridges unearthed as part of Great Howard Street works Pictures taken by an urban explorer show ancient railway bridges

London Evening Standard

• Piccadilly Line delays: Problems set to hit rush hour commuters after half Tube trains taken out of serviceProblems with the Piccadilly Line are expected to run into Monday with no indication yet of when they will be fixed.

Manchester Evening News

• LIVE: Train delays and cancellations in Manchester after train derailment in EcclesA number of Northern, First Transpennine Express and Arriva services at Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Victoria and Manchester Oxford Road have been cancelled after an engineering train derailed near Eccles

Morning Star

• Renationalisation Calls Grow Louder As 50 Trains A Day LateSCOTTISH Labour revealed yesterday that almost 50 trains a day are cancelled or severely delayed on Scotland’s railways, amid mounting calls for the rail network to return to public ownership.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• FirstGroup “keen” to bid for ScotRail franchiseAberdeen-based FirstGroup has revealed it is keen to make a bid for the ScotRail franchise as pressure mounts on Dutch operator Abellio.

The York Press

• MP demands meeting with Transport Secretary amid HS2 anger A NORTH Yorkshire MP has called for a meeting with the Transport Secretary over residents’ anger at the HS2 rail plans.

Wales Online

• Old Gatwick Express trains could be used to relieve overcrowding in WalesThe trains could be in service within six months for a short-term boost to the fleet

Other Regional Press

• Rail company increases train wifi data ahead of new line to London THE amount of Wifi data passengers can use on Chiltern trains from Oxford to London has increased.

Aviation Industry

• Bombardier to deliver first CS300 to launch customer airBalticCanadian manufacturer plans to deliver the first CS300 to launch operator airBaltic Monday, Nov. 28. read more

Other News Sources

• Heathrow trial sees stacking times reducedThe number of aircraft being forced to circle while waiting for a landing slot will be cut after a trial of technology at Heathrow reduced stacking times by a quarter.
• Judge warns of 'wholly unreliable' train service ahead of court case A JUDGE blasted our