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Wednesday, 21 November 2018

BBC News

• Goole factory to go ahead as Siemens signs £1.5bn Tube dealA £1.5bn contract to build new London Underground trains in East Yorkshire has been signed by Siemens.
• Northern: Leaves and strikes behind rising rail delaysTroubled rail operator Northern recorded its worst month of punctuality for more than two years.
• Elon Musk renames his BFR spacecraft StarshipThe entrepreneur would not reveal why he had renamed the craft, which has still not yet been built.
• Carlos Ghosn : Renault names interim chief executiveThierry Bolloré will lead the French car maker but Carlos Ghosn remains as chairman and chief executive.

ITV News

• £12M makeover proposed for Alderney AirportA multi-million pound upgrade of Alderney Airport has been proposed to the States of Guernsey.

The Guardian

• UN shipping agency accused of secrecy over maritime pollutionIMO ‘susceptible to influence from private interests and certain states’ say campaigners
• Transport spending in London still twice northern England'sReport says despite ‘northern powerhouse’ plan, gap in spending is widening. The “northern powerhouse” was the Conservatives’ big idea for closing the north-south divide and winning over sceptical voters in the north of England.
• Ten everyday ways drivers make cyclists feel unsafeFrom speeding and light jumping to parking in bike lanes and passing too close, driver behaviour is one of the main deterrents to widespread cycling
• Renault refuses to remove Carlos Ghosn despite shock arrestFrench carmaker Renault out of step with alliance partners Nissan and Mitsubishi

The Independent

• Northern: Leaves on the line to blame for train delaysA rail company at the centre of the summer timetable chaos says leaves on the track and strikes have caused its worst punctuality figures in two years.

Reuters News

• Canada's Bombardier leads bids for 999-car New Jersey rail deal – sourcesMONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada’s Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) is the front-runner to win a New Jersey Transit (NJT) rail car contract, two sources familiar with the matter said, in a boost for the plane-and-train-maker’s North American business which has wrestled with delivery delays and has lost orders to rivals.

Birmingham Mail

• Queue warning at New Street station as Black Friday, Christmas markets and Aston Villa v Birmingham City derby trigger busiest weekend of the yearPassengers could be forced to queue for trains at New Street with the station expecting around 750,000 to pass through this weekend.

Derby Telegraph

• Tory council leader calls on Government to scrap HS2 through DerbyshireCarol Hart says the project will harm communities

Edinburgh Evening News

• Edinburgh Airport accelerated to its fastest 2018 growth in October Passenger numbers at Edinburgh Airport surged last month by their fastest rate this year, it announced today.

London Evening Standard

• One in four trains late each day on troubled South Western RailwayMore than a quarter of South Western Railway trains were late every day last month, official figures reveal.
• Piccadilly line delays: London Underground slammed following days of disruptionFurious commuters have slammed the London Underground for failing to

Manchester Evening News

• The Piccadilly Gardens bus station could be SHUT under radical plans to transform city centrePiccadilly bus station could be dramatically reduced in size - or even removed altogether - as part of a plan to transform Manchester city centre.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Meet the Nottingham bus driver who has been named the UK's best'I am overwhelmed, surprised and shaken to have won. It hasn't sunk in yet.'

Get West London

• New map shows plans to directly link Heathrow Airport to these train stationsIf approved the Heathrow Southern Rail plans aim to cut the number of passengers driving to the airport and using the M25

Other Regional Press

• Bus routes to be axed in the New Forest to save thousandsBUS routes across Hampshire have been axed as the county council announces savings of more than £500,000.
• Transport for Wales apologises to South Walians – train ‘fiasco’ affecting local services tooA lengthy apology by Transport for Wales has been issued, however unless you buy specific newspapers you may not have seen it.
• Halesowen campaigner to stand for West Midlands Mayor electionsA CAMPAIGNER championing public transport – specifically the Midlands’ railways – has called a public meeting to announce he will be standing for the West Midlands Mayorship.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Procurement launched for Birmingham HS2 stationThe procurement process has been launched for the development of a new HS2 station in Birmingham

Transportxtra

• Train operators must do more to support community rail projects, says new rail ministerNew rail minister Andrew Jones has challenged train operators to step up their support for community rail projects across the UK as he launches the 2018 Community Rail Strategy.

RMT

• RMT racks up another important victoryRMT racks up another important victory in campaign to halt London Overground ticket office closures

Aviation Industry

• EasyJet reports annual profit growth on 2019 bookings boost EasyJet’s summer 2019 bookings are slightly ahead of last year’s, despite uncertainty over the effect Brexit will have on air transport, as the UK LCC reported a rise in profit for the year ended Sept. 30. read more
• Boeing, SparkCognition launch unmanned airspace management JVBoeing and artificial-intelligence (AI) startup SparkCognition have launched SkyGrid, a joint venture (JV) that will develop an airspace management platform for unmanned aircraft and urban air mobility (UAM). read more
• Ryanair high density Boeing MAX emerges from factoryBoeing has rolled out the first high-density seating minor-model derivative of the 737 MAX 8-200 aircraft that is specially modified with an additional set of passenger cabin exit doors so it can seat up to 200. read more
• Boeing finalizes body join for first 777X flight test aircraft The airframe of the first Boeing 777-9 flight test aircraft has been completed in the company’s Everett, Washington, facility marking a key milestone toward rollout and first flight of the initial 777X family variant in early 2019. read more

Other News Sources

• New: Temporary solution to loss of 'lifeline' Ripon bus serviceFollowing many impassioned pleas from Ripon residents to save a 'lifeline' city centre bus service, Ripon City Council has announced a temporary solution.
• £15m project unveiled at Belfast City AirportImproved retail facilities and a significant upgrade to the departures lounge are part of a £15 million refurbishment programme officially opened at George Best Belfast City Airport.
• ‘Twitter is more reliable than London Waterloo railway station staff’ – Zella ComptonThere’s nothing like arriving at Waterloo of an evening and discovering that, yet again, the board is displaying a row of delayed trains. I pop up to London once a week and on my return journey experience this exact problem pretty much all the time.
• Siemens to design and manufacture next generation Tube trainsSiemens to design and manufacture ninety four new trains to replace the 1970s-built Piccadilly line fleet
• A transport idea to counter BrexitPublic transport is the great unifier, bringing us together by making travel cheap and easy. However, it can also expose a great divide between the haves and the have-nots as so well demonstrated by the imminent opening of Crossrail, London’s new £15 billion east–west railway. There’s no doubt it will be a fantastic boon for Londoners and, indeed, the capital’s businesses as it will offer air-conditioned rapid travel between the two sides of London as well as linking Canary Wharf with Heathrow.