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Grayling misleading Commons on East Coast rail 'bailout', says Labour
Labour has accused the transport secretary of misleading parliament over the early termination of the East Coast rail franchise as it emerged that the operator, Stagecoach, had been due to pay the Treasury more than £2bn in the final four years of its contract.
Tom Richmond: Grayling’s failings – and why he will be held to account over Crossrail for the North
THE significance of Transport Secretary Chris Grayling’s answer to a Parliamentary question this week should not be under-estimated.
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- Inverness to Wick train services return to normalDamage caused to part of a railway line's track bed and embankment in Caithness has been repaired.
- Abellio Greater Anglia: Dutch train firm defends UK ticket pricesA Dutch-owned train firm has defended its UK ticket pricing after the BBC found similar journeys in the Netherlands cost about half as much money.
- What if your bus tips over?These children are finding out.
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- UberEats Europe boss latest executive to quit group
- American Airlines now says a few hundred flights without pilots
- The UK's new plan to fix the creaking railwaysIt is not clear government has the answers to problems long foretold
- Listen: Uber on trialLatest salvo in courtroom battle raises questions over Uberā€™s business tactics
- General Motors aims to run fleets of self-driving taxis by 2019First carmaker planning to use technology at scale expects profit on rides at $1 a mile
The Guardian
- Grayling misleading Commons on East Coast rail 'bailout', says LabourLabour has accused the transport secretary of misleading parliament over the early termination of the East Coast rail franchise as it emerged that the operator, Stagecoach, had been due to pay the Treasury more than £2bn in the final four years of its contract.
- The tube’s advance into London’s suburbs – archive, 1924The opening of the remade City and South London Railway tomorrow marks another stage in the conquest of the suburbs by Tube
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- Go-Ahead on track to profit despite a fall in passengers [Subscription]The operator of strike-hit Southern Rail said that it was wholly focused on improving services for passengers yesterday after train drivers ended their lengthy dispute with the company.
- Uber hit by another big-name departure [Subscription]The head of Uber’s food delivery business in Europe has joined the exodus of senior staff from the company, announcing plans to leave for a job in venture capitalism.
- New rail strategy hides reality of a broken model [Subscription]Pantomime season arrived early in parliament this week with a conjuring trick from the secretary of state for transport, Chris Grayling, on Wednesday worthy of the finest sleight of hand offered by the likes of Paul Daniels or Derren Brown.
City AM
- BAE Systems' shares are boosted after getting the thumbs up on its UK pensions proposalBAE Systems' share price got a boost today after the defence firm announced a deal with UK pension trustees.
Daily Express
- Ticketless train travel would be a big mistake, says ROSS CLARKTHE Government's new rail strategy promises to reopen a few lines closed by Dr Beeching in the 1960s.
This is Money
- MPs demonising diesel hurting British motor industry SMMT president, Tony Walker (pictured right) said: 'Banning diesel and petrol cars might be a sound bite that works but it's not a policy that works.'
Birmingham Mail
- Why is the fine design of Port Loop lost on those who should know better?Architect Joe Holyoak fights the corner for a major regeneration which wasn't universally loved by the city's planners
Morning Star
- Grayling Wrongly Denies Rail BailoutTRANSPORT Secretary Chris Grayling was accused of “misleading” Parliament yesterday as the row over a controversial private rail bailout gathered steam.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- London firms 'could move their offices to Newcastle' because of HS2 high speed railBusiness leaders have backed claims that the Government’s planned high speed rail line will bring huge benefits to the North East - even though it won’t actually come to the region.
The York Press
- York Railway Station revamp still on track despite early franchise end, says VirginVIRGIN Trains East Coast is to press ahead with a major redevelopment of York Railway Station and upgrade of its train fleet, despite its franchise ending early.
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- Bus lane rakes in £1.3m in yearMore than £1.3 million has been brought in from a single bus lane in just one year.
Yorkshire Post
- Tom Richmond: Grayling’s failings – and why he will be held to account over Crossrail for the North THE significance of Transport Secretary Chris Grayling’s answer to a Parliamentary question this week should not be under-estimated.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Think our rural rail services are patchy? It could have been even worse…The phrase ‘Beeching Axe’ is back in the news, with Transport Secretary Chris Grayling saying some lost railways could be reopened. Steven Russell looks back to the day the planned cuts rocked East Anglia
Sunderland Echo
- Plan to use London Underground-style seating on new Metro trains is approved London Underground-style seating is set to be used on new Metro trains - despite opposition from councillors in Sunderland.
Other Regional Press
- Blaenavon business helping to bolster nation's rail networkTHE Torfaen AM has paid a visit to a leading manufacturer of engineering equipment in Torfaen to get a better understanding of her constituencyā€™s involvement with the growing rail industry in south Wales and the wider nation.
- Guildford railway station studies could lead to extra platform being built to increase capacityPlatform Zero could provide an additional bay/terminating platform at Guildford on the east side of the station
- MP admits "frustration" with local train servicesWEST Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin has called for more train services, admitting being frustrated by Great Western Railway.
- Sidmouth Railway line is one of thousands which could be reopenedSidmouth railway line is one of thousands across the country that could be reopened after half a century.
Rail Technology Magazine
- HS2 to spark productivity drive in Midlands, leaders say Businesses in the Midlands have today stated that improved transport connections created by HS2 will reduce inequality between high and low performing regions and push forward productivity growth. In a report published by HS2 Ltd today, mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street alongside chairman...
- NR at fault for 'potentially disastrous' Liverpool Lime Street wall collapseInvestigators have found that Network Rail was partially at fault for a wall that collapsed onto open railway lines earlier this year. Services at Liverpool Lime Street ground to a halt earlier this year when the wall collapsed over all four lines into the station, causing commuters five days of...
- Go-Ahead profits stabilise as year-long strike row draws to a closeThe Go-Ahead Group’s trading has been in line with expectations across its rail business during the first four months of the year (2 July – 29 November) as the company seeks to put its year-long history of strike action behind it. Go-Ahead, which is a 65% shareholder of the Govia...
Aviation Industry
- American, pilots union disagree on number of uncovered holiday flightsAmerican Airlines indicated it is well on its way to resolving the pilot-staffing situation related to holiday season flights, saying it is down to just a few hundred¯ unassigned flights. read more
- Australasian hubs primed for growth, Airbus saysAirbus expects strong traffic growth in the South Pacific market will continue over the next 20 years, increasing the number of Australasian hubs ranked in the largest global categories. read more
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- Bunker suppliers must prepare for the ‘death of fossil fuels in shipping’ says ICSMarine fuel suppliers should anticipate that there may no longer be significant demand for fossil fuels from shipping within as little as 25 years, if not sooner, and that the sector is now on an inevitable trajectory towards a future of zero CO2 emissions.
- New bridge over railway in Ash needed before 1,750 new homes are built, council told Network Rail says the current level crossing is a "significant safety risk"
- Direct trains from Addlestone and Chertsey to central London 'could be thing of the past' as South Western Railway plans new timetable The new timetable, which is set to come into operation on December 9 2018, might have an impact on train services into London
- New Strategic Vision for Rail must protect freight, says FTAThe changes proposed in the Department for Transport's Strategic Vision for Rail, must be done in a way that protects, and is seen to protect, ...
- South Eastern train services could be cut after new rail franchise awardPlans to improve rail travel on the South Eastern franchise have been announced - but some current services could be cut.
- South Eastern train services could be cut after new rail franchise awardPlans to improve rail travel on the South Eastern franchise have been announced - but some current services could be cut.
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