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Monday, 06 November 2017

BBC News

• Cardiff Airport security staff call for 'real living wage'Campaigners say some staff in the coffee shop are paid more than those responsible for screening passengers.
• Roadworks on A82 to cause 55-mile diversionOne of Scotland's busiest trunk roads is to close for 12 days for extensive maintenance work.
• South West Railways train derails near WimbledonLondon fire brigade says nine fire engines are currently in attendance near Wimbledon.
• Qatar Airways buys near 10% Cathay Pacific stakeThe Middle Eastern airline will become the Hong Kong-based carrier's third largest shareholder.

Department for Transport

• Community rail stations of the future to be shaped by new blueprint for successHave your say on a new strategy to expand the community rail scheme across England and Wales.

Financial Times

• Qatar Airways to buy 9.6% stake in Cathay Pacific
• Ford applies to launch commuter minibus network in LondonChariot service would let commuters book seats on fixed routes

The Guardian

• Government urged to plug insurance black hole over self-driving carsLaw needs updating to clarify who is blame for accidents, say insurers, as autonomous cars set to be allowed on British roads by 2021 Insurance laws will be overhauled to ensure all parties are covered in any accident involving autonomous vehicles, the government has said, in a move that paves the way for self-driving cars to be on UK roads by 2021.Questions over liability have been seen as a stumbling block in the development of autonomous vehicles. The issue is seen as being particularly acute during any transition period for the technology, when cars will not be fully autonomous and drivers...

The Telegraph

• Man vs Train: New £20m Bear Grylls adventure park is directly in the path of a planned HS2 rail link

Times Online

• Glasgow eyes bus scrappage scheme [Subscription]While the UK government considers a targeted scrappage scheme to take polluting cars off the road, the SNP administration in Holyrood is being asked to look at doing the same with dirty buses to tackle air pollution.
• Whitehall to overhaul rail network to bring strike-hit Southern into line [Subscription]Mandarins are plotting the break-up of the biggest and most troubled rail franchise as they attempt to overhaul the network amid a backdrop of strikes and threatened renationalisation.
• Smog brings death and destruction to London’s railways [Subscription]November is often a foggy month but conditions were far worse in the days of coal smoke, when fog turned into a foul smog so dense that cities could be brought to a standstill.

City AM

• Ford gears up to bring its Chariot commuter shuttle service to LondonFord's commuter shuttle bus network could soon be coming to the capital.
• Monarch collapse: Frank Field has more questions for the Pension Protection Fund over airline's ditched pension schemeThe chair of the Work and Pensions Committee has written to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) raising further concerns over the circumstances surrounding the offloading of collapsed airline Monarch's pension fund back in 2014.
• Department for Transport mulls split of Southern owner Govia Thameslink Railway after year of strike troublesDepartment for Transport (DfT) officials are mulling splitting up strike-hit Southern rail owner Govia Thameslink Railway as they assess the best way to improve the network.
• Taxpayers' Alliance calls for Treasury review into £56bn HS2 after raising fresh value for money concernsThe TaxPayers' Alliance today called on the chancellor to urgently review the £56bn HS2 project, after raising fresh concerns over the project's value for money.

Bolton News

• 'Lazy and inconsiderate' taxi drivers under fire for causing railway station chaosTAXI drivers have been labelled 'inconsiderate' and 'lazy' for causing traffic chaos outside a railway station.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Cycling should become part of 'everyday life' according to new council strategyBRADFORD Council will set out ten priorities for how to make cycling a part of everyon's daily life in the coming years.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Revealed: North Wales' most crime-ridden railway stationCrimes including assault, fraud and a sex offence against a child have been recorded by British Transport Police in recent years

Liverpool Echo

• Council highways chief: Why the Strand revamp will work thanks to BUS changesLiverpool’s highways chief says cutting the Strand down to two lanes could CUT driving times through the city – and says changing the way buses move around the city centre will help.
• More London trains, an expanded Liverpool Central and Anfield link - Mersey rail vision revealedMore London trains, an expanded Liverpool Central and a rail link to Anfield – these are just some of the ambitious goals in a new Merseyside rail plan.

London Evening Standard

• London to be worst affected by Christmas rail shutdown as major routes close for repair worksLondon will be the worst affected by a UK-wide railway shutdown as major routes close for repair works over the Christmas period.
• Dividing lines between rich and poor on London's bus routes revealed in interactive mapA London data analyst has mapped the capital’s “most unequal bus routes” showing how income varies along different lines.
• Wimbledon derailment: South West Railway train derails sparking delays and cancellations across the capitalA derailed train close to Wimbledon Station added to a morning of travel woe for rush hour commuters, with delays on several major London transport routes.

Manchester Evening News

• Perfect storm of transport chaos as bus drivers AND rail staff prepare for walk-outs Staff from Arriva, First, Northern Rail and Merseyside will all walk out in November

Wales Online

• How Arriva wanted to develop Wales' railways (but were stopped by the UK Government)Complaints grow about overcrowding on Arriva Trains Wales but way back in 2002 the firm proposed new trains and other improvements which were rejected by the UK Government

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Stunning images reveal the shape of things to come for £500m rail station scheme in Leeds These are the eye-catching images that give the clearest indication to date of the dizzying scale of the redevelopment planned for Leeds City Station.

Other Regional Press

• Disabled passengers accuse bus firms of abandoning them on the kerbWHEELCHAIR-BOUND passengers are being forced off buses and abandoned on the kerb by drivers, disabled people claim.
• 'It's crazy' - residents fed up of queues at train barriersResidents and visitors to Lincoln are having to wait in huge queues to cross to the other side of the railway tracks as the footbridge is still out of use.
• The positive impact of Dr Beeching Railways were built for freight. When the first railways were built the promoters were astonished when people wanted to use them....
• £1bn boost for railways covering the West MidlandsTHE leader of Redditch Borough Council hopes the town will benefit from a share of the near £1 billion investment from the new train company covering the West Midlands.
• South Western Railway to rethink proposed cuts to train services following talks with MPAN MP has claimed a partial victory in a campaign against proposals to cut the number of trains serving two stations.
• Jonathan Edwards says Wales is 'being robbed of multi-billion pound investment'WALES should be grateful for investment in English railways – that was the message from the Secretary of State for Wales when responding to a question from Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards.
• Shropshire rail franchise bidding 'must be more open' A rail users' group has called for details of all bids for the Shropshire rail franchise to be published before a decision is made.

Rail Magazine

• Network Rail's plans deemed robust by ORR's consultantsNR's emerging plans to operate, maintain and renew the rail network between 2019 and 2024 are robus, according to independent risk and assurance experts.
• East Midlands Airport: joined-up approach to transport planning needed to boost potentialIn consultation for next franchise, East Midlands Airport calls for more trains to call at East Midlands Parkway.

Railway Gazette

• World rail freight news round-upNew York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has extended New York & Atlantic Railway's...

Aviation Industry

• Qatar Airways to buy stake in Cathay Pacific Qatar Airways has announced it is taking an almost 10% stake in Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways. read more

Other News Sources

• Minister 'positive' about prospects for new Torquay rail stationThe prospects for the stalled Edginswell railway station on the edge of Torquay has been raised with the Rail Minister.
• Stansted Airport plans community feedback events to update on future growth plansLondon Stansted Airport is to host a number of community feedback events in the coming weeks to update local residents about its revised proposals for future growth over the next decade within current flight and environmental limits.
• Stansted Airport Meet the Buyers event beats records: £200m worth of contracts up for grabsLondon Stansted Airport's 17th annual Meet the Buyers event welcomed nearly 300 businesses from across the East of England and London, all eager to showcase their products and services and potentially secure new business deals with some of the region's biggest organisations.
• Rail chiefs: Business as usual during strikesWe're open for business.