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Wednesday, 08 March 2017

BBC News

• Caerphilly street is 'most polluted' in UK outside LondonA road in Caerphilly county is the most polluted street in the UK outside London, a health agency says.
• RAF jets escort plane to Birmingham airportThe civilian aircraft had lost communications while in UK airspace, the Ministry of Defence says.
• Yellow taxis 'have lower accident rate than blue ones'Singapore study suggests colour plays a part in whether vehicles are more prone to road accidents.
• Vauxhall takeover: Peugeot boss says no plans to shut plantsCarlos Tavares says selling outside Europe and boosting performance will protect future of Vauxhall.

Financial Times

• Ukraine rail blockade creates headache for KievMove to halt trade with separatists could cost country $3.5bn and up to 75,000 jobs
• Container shipping: volatility, uncertainty and disruptionCustomers have got the price rises they asked for but stability may not last

The Herald

• 1,400 rail users have contacted police text service since launch in 2013A text number which rail passengers can use to report non-emergency incidents has received 1,400 messages in Scotland since it was launched, police chiefs have said.

London Evening Standard

• Woman fined over �600 for taking four minute train ride with no ticketA train passenger was fined more than �600 after not buying a �1.90 ticket on a four-minute journey.
• TfL scraps standing only escalators - despite trial being deemed a 'success'Transport for London has scrapped its controversial standing-only escalators scheme after a six-month pilot that sparked a commuter revolt and acheived only "mixed" results.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Nissan and Hitachi warnings spark plea for assurances to protect North East jobs Concern about the impact of Brexit on Nissan and Hitachi was on the agenda at Westminster meeting with Business Secretary Greg Clark

The York Press

• Strike date announced on York-Harrogate rail line YORK and Harrogate rail commuters are facing travel disruption next Monday because of a 24-hour strike by members of the RMT union.

Yorkshire Post

• John McDonnell: No need for trade-off between care and HS2 Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell has argued that now is not the time for further austerity, as he insists the country can afford to look after its elderly and invest in crucial transport schemes.

East Anglian Daily Times

• List of train cancellations to London Liverpool Street from Stansted Airport and CambridgeMore than a dozen train services between London and Stansted Airport and Cambridge have been cancelled this morning.

Other Regional Press

• Could a Swansea Parkway rail station create a new age of the train in south west Wales? A new Swansea Parkway rail station could unlock the "vast, untapped potential" of the region, Gower's MP has said.

Buying Business Travel

• British Airways to cut legroom on some short-haul flightsExtra seats will be added on some A320 and A321 aircraft from next year

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• DHL expands green urban delivery with City Hub for cargo bicyclesDHL Express is piloting a new City Hub concept that will enable increased use of cargo bicycles for inner-city deliveries. The City Hub is a customised trailer which can carry up to four containers for the DHL Cubicycle, a customised cargo bicycle which can carry a container with a load of up to 125 kg (one cubic meter in volume). A DHL van delivers the trailer into the city center, where the containers can be quickly loaded on to two Cubicyles for last-mile inner-city delivery. It can then be reloaded for outbound shipments.  The solution significantly reduces emissions by minimising the...

Rail Magazine

• FIRST PICTURE: Completed Mk 5A bodyshell for TransPennine Express First image of first completed boyshell of new Mk 5A locomotive hauled stock released by TransPennine Express

Rail Technology Magazine

• KBRS to revamp ScotRail's Class-320 trains German company Knorr-Bremse RailServices (KBRS) has secured a contract from leasing company Eversholt Rail to refurbish 22 Class-320 trains operated by ScotRail.
• ADA receives first metro trainset from Alstom Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA) in Saudi Arabia has received the first of the 69 metro trainsets for Riyadh from Alstom.
• Hit Rail and AlmavivA to offer new IT systems for European railways Dutch company Hit Rail and Italian ICT services provider AlmavivA have agreed to collaborate to develop new interoperability solutions for the railway industry in Europe.
• Greater Anglia's first refurbished Class 170 to re-enter serviceThe first of Greater Anglia’s (GA) refurbished Class 170 trains is to re-enter passenger service in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Arriva Traincare undertook the upgrade project at its Crewe facility under contract to Porterbrook Leasing, who are investing £5m into upgrading...
• HS3 ambitions may side-track Crossrail 2 plans in Spring BudgetPlans for London’s Crossrail 2 network may be at risk of being eclipsed by ambitions from northern cities for the east-west HS3 link, senior MPs from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of London have today warned. It is anticipated that progress being made with Crossrail 2 could be...

Railway Gazette

• Wagons equipped with energy-harvesting smart sensors EUROPE: Leasing company VTG is equipping its entire European wagon fleet with Nexiot...
• Greater Anglia deploys battery vacuum cleanersUK: Back-pack battery powered vacuum cleaners supplied by Makita are being used by passenger...

Aviation Industry

• IAG to announce details of foray into low-cost, long-haul market International Airlines Group (IAG) expects to formally announce details of its new low-cost, long-haul operations out of Barcelona’s El Prat Airport imminently. read more
• Boeing rolls out first 737 MAX 9Boeing rolled out the first 737 MAX 9, the second variant of the re-engined 737, at its Renton, Washington facility March 7. read more
• Berlin Brandenburg airport replaces top managementThe new Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) has appointed Engelbert Lütke Daldrup as its new CEO, replacing Karsten Mühlenfeld, effective immediately. read more

Green Miscellany

• World’s brightest bicycle light produces 60,000 lumensWe might be tantalisingly close to the start of British Summer Time, but that hasn’t stopped one adventurous cyclist from equipping his MTB with the world’s most powerful bicycle light – a giant panel of LEDs producing 60,000 lumens. See the bicycle light in action Ian Laurie was part of the team in 2013 that conquered Mount Ventoux on a Boris… The post World’s brightest bicycle light produces 60,000 lumens appeared first on ETA.