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Plans for UK-Germany high speed rail services shelved due to ‘significantly changed economic environment’
Germany’s state rail operator has shelved plans for international high-speed services between London, Cologne and Frankfurt due to “changes” in the “economic environment”, The Independent has learned.
Traffic noise revealed as new urban killer [subscription]
Traffic noise has become one of the UK’s most significant urban health threats, increasing the prevalence of heart disease, stroke and even diabetes, according to new research from universities, including Oxford and Imperial College, London.
Rail chaos affecting passengers' health, work and family lives, says consumer watchdog
Forget feelings of frustration around crowded, delayed and cancelled trains – a survey by consumer watchdog Which? has found that the recent timetable chaos has had a much more detrimental impact on passengers' work, health and family lives.
Sunday, 17 June 2018
BBC News
- The volunteers saving lives on the railwaysA team of volunteers are patrolling trains and stations with the aim of preventing suicide attempts and fatalities.
Financial Times
- UK government talks tough on Heathrow third runwayThe government will announce on Sunday that Heathrow airport could face criminal charges if it does not meet environmental targets when building its third runway.
- UK government talks tough on Heathrow third runwayThe government will announce on Sunday that Heathrow airport could face criminal charges if it does not meet environmental targets when building its third runway.
The Guardian
- Next stop, Nina Simone … Paris metro ‘must honour its heroines’To travel on the Paris métro is to take a journey through French – and world – history. Honoured with a station name are war heroes, statesmen, artists and writers including Charles de Gaulle, Markos Botsaris, Franklin D Roosevelt and Victor Hugo.
The Independent
- Plans for UK-Germany high speed rail services shelved due to ‘significantly changed economic environment’Germany’s state rail operator has shelved plans for international high-speed services between London, Cologne and Frankfurt due to “changes” in the “economic environment”, The Independent has learned.
Times Online
- Traffic noise revealed as new urban killer [subscription]Traffic noise has become one of the UK’s most significant urban health threats, increasing the prevalence of heart disease, stroke and even diabetes, according to new research from universities, including Oxford and Imperial College, London.
- HS2 ‘covered up petrifying overspends’ [subscription]A property chief sacked from the rail project claims the budget for buying sites for the first phase was based on interns’ guesses
- Hotels tycoon Surinder Arora ramps up Heathrow row [subscription]A hotel tycoon seeking to build Heathrow’s third runway is suing the airport over a planned multi-storey car park — in a row that could have implications for expansion of the hub.
- Overcrowded, late and cancelled trains are affecting the marketability of homes and forcing people to move [subscription]Life is supposed to be all about the journey, not the destination, but when it comes to property, it has always felt the other way around. It is all about the address, the bricks and mortar, and your place in the world.
Reuters News
- Siemens wins $2 billion contract to build new London Tube trainsLONDON (Reuters) - A division of Germany's Siemens has been awarded a contract worth about 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) to design and build 94 new trains for the Piccadilly Line on London's metropolitan train network, known as the Tube.
City AM
- Chris Grayling tells rail companies compensation for disrupted passengers is 'not optional' following complaints over payoutsChris Grayling has told train companies that customer compensation is not "optional" following an investigation that suggested misleading advice was still being to customers.
- Demand for air transport flying high in first quarter of 2018 on back of strong economic outlookSound economic conditions helped keep demand for aviation high in the first quarter of this year, the Airports International Council (ACI) World has found.
- Rail chaos affecting passengers' health, work and family lives, says consumer watchdogForget feelings of frustration around crowded, delayed and cancelled trains – a survey by consumer watchdog Which? has found that the recent timetable chaos has had a much more detrimental impact on passengers' work, health and family lives.
Mail Online
- Train firms are misleading the public about how to get compensation Which? magazine found that almost half the British rail operators give misleading advice on what travellers can claim if they are let down by failed services.
Birmingham Mail
- Packed out Virgin train from London to Birmingham leaves passengers fumingAngry standing passengers on a Virgin train from Birmingham New Street to London posted pictures of a packed Saturday train.
Manchester Evening News
- Opinion: What will the expansion of Heathrow mean for the UK economy?Clive Memmott, chief executive of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce gives his views
Other Regional Press
- "Absolute mayhem" - Dozens of passengers stuck on platform after rail and bus disruptionDozens of people heading to Skegness on the train have been stuck on a platform after the service was thrown into chaos.
- 'Rail service will improve in area' says Labour's Eluned Morgan AMLabour AMs Eluned Morgan and Joyce Watson have hailed an exciting and transformative new Wales and Borders rail service franchise that will put passenger interests right at the heart of the operation.
- MP urges Falkirk rail users to have their sayFalkirk commuters should let rail firms know what they think about fares, following a report that only around a third of customers reckon they’re getting best value.
Other News Sources
- easyJet interested in Heathrow ops after expansioneasyJet (U2, London Luton) has confirmed it would be interested in launching operations out of London Heathrow and would not need to compromise its strict 25-minute turnaround procedures at the main British gateway, although its entrance to Heathrow is unlikely before the third runway is built, Air Transport World has reported.
- UK climate advisers issue Heathrow warningCarbon emissions from the aviation industry must not rise if the UK is to meet its legally-binding climate change targets, according to the government’s independent climate advisers.
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