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Wednesday, 18 April 2018

BBC News

• SHAREDNew trains due to arrive in Yorkshire next monthThe first of a new fleet of trains which rail operators say will improve journey times for passengers arrive in Yorkshire next month.
• Main terminal of Glasgow Airport evacuated after kitchen fireSmoke coming from a dishwasher in a catering area prompted the alert at Glasgow Airport.

Financial Times

• Business asks Brussels to set exacting CO2 targets for trucksCompanies combine to push for innovation in low-emission vehicles
• United Continental shares rise after-hours as results top forecasts
• Passenger dies after engine fails on Southwest flightBoeing 737 service from New York to Dallas forced to make emergency landing

The Herald

• ScotRail investigate sleeping train driver allegationSCOTRAIL have launched an investigation into allegations that a driver fell asleep at the controls of a train heading to Edinburgh.

The Telegraph

• Passenger dies after Southwest Airlines plane engine broke off and 'flew into window' mid-flight 

Times Online

• Air passenger dies as engine blast shatters jet’s window [Subscription]A woman was killed after shrapnel from an exploded engine shattered a window on an airliner that was travelling at about 32,000ft between New York and Dallas.
• Pothole damage to cars doubles in three monthsThe number of cars damaged by potholes has almost doubled since the start of the year, adding to anger over Britain’s crumbling roads.

City AM

• Eurostar records passenger and sales revenue growth for first quarter of 2018The number of passengers using Eurostar swelled to 2.36m in the first quarter of this year, despite the high-speed passenger service grappling with widespread strikes across France.
• Rollout of new Elizabeth Line trains stalls on Heathrow branch due to train signalling troublesThe rollout of new Elizabeth Line trains on the Heathrow branch of the Crossrail route has been delayed because testing them with the new signalling system has been complex, and taken longer than expected.
• The hyperloop train is leaving the station – and the UK must be on itBritain can reasonably claim to have invented the railway. Stephenson’s Rocket represented the pinnacle of British industrial-era innovation.

Daily Record

• Vauxhall 'terminating' all dealerships in UK amid plummeting sales The brand will give dealerships two years' notice from the end of April that it is terminating their contracts, before deciding which ones to offer new terms.

Mail Online

• BA baggage handlers smuggled £16million of cocaine through Heathrow Ringleader Joysen Jhurry, 41, (pictured) moved drug-laden suitcases flown in from Brazil from the international arrivals carousel to the domestic arrivals hall to avoid security checks.

The Mirror

• 'Hero' pilot calmly landed Southwest Airlines flight despite explosion at 32,000ft and 'passenger sucked through window' Tammie Jo Shults was reportedly one of the first US Navy female fighter pilots and safely brought flight 1380 into land in Philadelphia after the midair tragedy
• Woman passenger dies after being 'sucked through plane window' in mid-flight emergency at 32,000ft Depressurisation is believed to have caused the female passenger to be partially sucked through window before others intervened on Southwest Airlines flight 1380

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Campaign to save school from axe goes on the buses Bid to prevent Ysgol Henblas from closing down moves up a gear as parents and governors take their message to a wider audience
• Drunk strongman on railway station rampage finally subdued by EIGHT police officers Francis Rainford , 55, tried to attack two railway workers after pulling a train's emergency cord when he missed his stop

Liverpool Echo

• Driver, 86, launches legal action against Liverpool Council over 'potholes' damaging his car Barry Iddon said he will not give up as he starts legal proceedings over the state of the city's roads

London Evening Standard

• Commuters furious as extra seats on rush-hour trains delayed until 2020Rail commuters paying up to £4,000 a year for season tickets are furious after learning they must wait until 2020 for 4,000 extra seats on crowded peak-time trains.
• Southwest Airlines flight horror: Mother-of-two Jennifer Riordan killed as she is almost sucked out of plane window when engine explodesA woman killed after she was almost sucked out of a Southwest Airlines flight window following an explosion mid-air has been named.

Burnley Express

• Community Transport survey is branded as 'a sham'A CONSULTATION by Lancashire County Council on proposals to reduce the budget for community transport services has been branded 'a sham'.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Campaigners raise night flights and noise nightmare concerns over Stansted expansion plansThe owners of Stansted Airport have stressed that they are not seeking any change to current night flight limits at the site, after campaigners claimed they were trying to overturn the current legal conditions.

Other Regional Press

• Northampton rail depot public consultation closing soonThe developer behind the proposed rail depot south of Northampton is reminding people to submit their feedback before the public consultation ends next week.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Alloa line reopens after electrification worksThe Alloa line has reopened following the completion of a multi-million pound upgrade project to prepare the line for electric trains. The work, which lasted four weeks, is part of a Scottish government-funded programme to electrify lines throughout the central belt. Over the four weeks...
• TfL orders five more Elizabeth Line trains in £70m Bombardier dealBombardier Transportation is to provide five additional Aventra trains for London’s Elizabeth Line in a major deal announced this week. The agreement with TfL also includes an expansion to the existing Train Services Agreement to cover the new trains, which now bring the total train order...
• Failure to stop events increased by 10,000 in four yearsTrains in Britain miss scheduled stops an average of 160 times a day, according to recent figures from Network Rail. A Freedom of Information (FoI) request by the BBC revealed that in the financial year up to 23 February, over 52,000 services out of a planned six million had one or more failure...
• Construction begins on Luton Airport rail linkWork has officially started on the £225m Luton airport light rail link. The DART transit system will transport passengers from Luton Airport Parkway to the airport in under four minutes, meaning that travellers will be able to reach the terminal from St. Pancras in 30 minutes. Currently...

Railnews

• Stop-skipping figures blamed on railway congestion New figures showing how many trains run past intermediate stations to recover lost time suggest that more than 5,000 services are affected by 'stop-skipping' every month. The official figures cover the 10 months from April 2017 to February 2018, and reveal that more than 52,000 trains were affected by 'stop-skipping' in that period. The Department for Transport has ˜regretted' the inconvenience, but claims fewer than 1 per cent of stops are ignored during an average day. The worst operator was named as Govia Thameslink Railway, with more than one in 70 services allegedly missing out some stop...

Aviation Industry

• Lufthansa’s bid for Alitalia called ‘most promising’ Lufthansa’s bid for Alitalia has emerged as the frontrunner as its fate still remains unclear after nearly a year since the Italian flag carrier filed for bankruptcy. read more
• Air France offers ‘growth pact’ pay proposal in bid to end strikesAir France has presented a new “growth pactâ€� pay proposal to unions in a bid to put an end to a series of strikes that has led to flight cancellations and disruption. read more
• Air New Zealand reshuffles widebody fleet as 787 restrictions take holdAir New Zealand will reshuffle its widebody fleet and seek more leased aircraft as it copes with new operational restrictions for the Boeing 787s used on long-haul routes. read more
• One dead after Southwest 737 mid-air engine failureA Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on April 17 after an apparent engine failure that caused one fatality. read more

Other News Sources

• PHOTOS: Vision for 200mph railway line in county within five yearsA 200mph railway could be operating in Hampshire in as little as five years, a councillor has revealed.
• 'Great Wall of Guildford' edges closer as Network Rail takes over station for development The Solum development at Guildford station was approved on appeal in January 2018 despite strong local objections