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Crossrail delays caused by desire to cling to ‘unrealistic’ timeframe
Team made choices that damaged public value, says National Audit Office report. Crossrail was driven over its budget and schedule because its management team clung to an unrealistic opening date, according to a National Audit Office report into the delayed transport project.
ScotRail punctuality up for fifth time in six months
ScotRail passengers have seen punctuality improve for the fifth time in the last six months, new figures showed today.
HS2 coupled with £700m pension risk, Stagecoach warns bidders [subscription]
The government is demanding that bidders to run the trains on HS2 take on potential workforce pension liabilities of nearly £700 million, Stagecoach says.
Friday, 03 May 2019
BBC News
- Turner Prize drops drops Stagecoach sponsorshipThe Turner Prize has ended a sponsorship deal with Stagecoach South East - a day after it was announced.
- Aberystwyth residents see double yellow lines painted between carsResidents find double yellow lines on their road - with gaps left where vehicles had been.
- Stagecoach 'asked to take on £1.6bn pensions risk'The firm says it refused to accept rail franchise pensions risks with limited government protection.
- Bombardier to sell NI operationsThe Canadian aircraft manufacturer employs about 3,600 people in Northern Ireland.
The Guardian
- Crossrail delays caused by desire to cling to ‘unrealistic’ timeframeTeam made choices that damaged public value, says National Audit Office report. Crossrail was driven over its budget and schedule because its management team clung to an unrealistic opening date, according to a National Audit Office report into the delayed transport project.
The Scotsman
- ScotRail punctuality up for fifth time in six monthsScotRail passengers have seen punctuality improve for the fifth time in the last six months, new figures showed today.
- The city where they throw parties for trams (it’s not Edinburgh) – This week in Brussels, they’ve been having a party for trams. Edinburgh residents – particularly those in Leith – might find that hard to believe.
- Will Caledonian Sleeper add to image of Scotland’s trains as envy of Britain? - Alastair DaltonEight years ago, the Scottish Government floated the idea of significantly cutting back the Caledonian Sleeper because of the state of the trains and cuts in daytime rail journey times.
The Telegraph
- Heathrow expansion is bad for the environment, bad for the economy, and a social injustice [subscription]he legal decision to permit the continuation of plans for a third runway at Heathrow – and the original plan itself – is utter madness. It will be regarded as the worst decision ever made by the Department for Transport (DfT), and cannot justifiably go ahead if politicians are committed to the climate emergency declarations and the zero carbon 2050 recommendation from the Committee on Climate Change announced this morning. In the meantime, while we wait for what seems like its inevitable cancellation, billions of pounds of taxpayer’s money is being wasted.
- Spending watchdog takes aim at Crossrail's 'unrealistic timetable' [Subscription]rossrail officials “drove unnecessary cost into the programme” and “clung to an unrealistic timetable”, the Government’s spending watchdog has found.
Times Online
- HS2 coupled with £700m pension risk, Stagecoach warns bidders [subscription]The government is demanding that bidders to run the trains on HS2 take on potential workforce pension liabilities of nearly £700 million, Stagecoach says.
- Bombardier leaves staff up in the air [Subscription]Things are looking up: a big story out of Northern Ireland and no mention of the backstop. And guess what? It’s still a political nightmare for Theresa May — news that Bombardier is hoisting the for-sale sign over its Belfast aircraft wing-making factory, putting 4,000 jobs at risk.
City AM
- Budget airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air report soaring passenger numbers in AprilBudget airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air both boosted passenger numbers last month
- Stagecoach claims pension risks for three spurned rail franchises 'exceeded £1bn'Stagecoach is engaged in an increasingly bitter battle with the government after it revealed that the pension risks it was being asked to take on for three rail franchises was "well in excess of £1bn".
- Pumped up: Petrol prices soared in April as oil prices pushed upPetrol prices soared faster in April than in almost any other month for nearly two decades, it has been revealed.
- Crossrail: Watchdog blasts bosses for 'driving up costs' on London's £17.6bn delayed Elizabeth LineCrossrail bosses took decisions that drove unnecessary cost into the troubled £17.6bn railway, a report by Whitehall's spending watchdog has found.
Derby Telegraph
- Train passengers will soon be able to get to Nottingham from this East Staffordshire townMajor improvements are set to be made to rail services running through an East Staffordshire town, which is sure to please train passengers.
London Evening Standard
- Tube strike: workers to walk out over FA Cup final weekendA three-day strike by Tube staff threatens travel mayhem for fans heading to the FA Cup Final at Wembley.
North Wales Live
- Bus firm boss welcomes North Wales project to find more drivers and increase diversityThe bus and coach sector is currently facing a potential recruitment crisis
Coach and Bus Week
- On the dotAhead of this year’s CV Show, Road Tech unveiled the latest addition to its range: the Tachomaster DOT. Peter Jackson was there
- Putting colour back into BournemouthYellow Buses Managing Director David Squire gives Andy Izatt an insight into a multifaceted strategy that has helped the Bournemouth-based business reinvent itself over the past year and a half and is now delivering growing patronage
- Arriva owner Deutsche Bahn sets deadline for expressions of interestDeutsche Bahn (DB), the German railway operator and owner of Arriva, has asked for potential buyers to express their interest in the company by 3 May, news agency Reuters has reported.
- MAN poised to increase UK market shareAhead of the CV Show, we receive an update on MAN’s plans for the UK market MAN’s lacklustre performance in the UK passenger transport market could be about to receive a boost from a sector the manufacturer has only just entered.
- TfL and Mayor launch three Low Emission Bus ZonesFollowing closely behind the launch of the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) on 8 April, Transport for London and Mayor Sadiq Khan have introduced three new Low Emission Bus Zones (LEBZ), aiming to further reduce emissions.
- Take-off for Glasgow Airport fleet renewalFleet investment running into millions and a canny attitude to cost containment is driving FirstGroup’s programme towards increasing already high bus ridership in Glasgow. MD for its Scotland businesses, Andrew Jarvis, speaks to Ken Mann about setting the standard, its premium airport 500 service and new operating challenges
- East Yorkshire announces £450k investment and new brandScarborough Locals brand will share East Yorkshire’s livery but feature a new logo East Yorkshire has unveiled plans to invest £450,000 in its summer open-top buses and services 12 and 13, which run between Scarborough and Bridlington. Additionally, it has announced Scarborough Locals, a new brand for buses in Scarborough.
New Civil Engineer
- Crossrail | Huge cost hikes on stations and tunnels revealedEnormous cost increases on every single one of Crossrail’s seven central London station contracts have been revealed.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Crossrail to open by March 2021 as bosses confirm new timetableThe Elizabeth Line will open by March 2021 at the latest as a new six-month delivery window for the Crossrail’s crisis-hit central section is revealed by the project’s bosses. The announcement confirms that Crossrail, already heavily delayed and overbudget, will be completed at least...
- £1.46bn railway arches sale 'overlooked' tenants and businesses, says NAONetwork Rail’s £1.46bn sale of railway arches “overlooked” small firms and businesses operating in the arches, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. The sale saw 5,261 commercial properties sold to US firm Telereal Trillium and Blackstone in a 150-year lease last...
- London Underground workers to strike over 'safety-critical cuts'London Underground maintenance and engineering workers are preparing for three-days of strike action in a row over cuts to train preparation and inspection schedules. The RMT said over a thousand of its members will walk out from 17 May to 20 May over the changes. The news comes days after...
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- TfL: £900m road backlog is causing disruptionReduced government grant led to a pause on non-safety critical network renewals in April 2018
- Keeping DPFs clean to ensure Euro 6 standardThe introduction of London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ), which mandates Euro 6 compliance for coaches and buses, brings the need for coach and bus operators to ensure diesel particulate filters (DPFs) are correctly maintained into sharp focus.
- Blackpool Transport invests in 49 apprenticeships45 existing employees will soon embark on leadership courses; four new apprentices set to join soon
- Delta Coaches wins William Hill VIP contractStockton-on-Tees operator Delta Coaches reported continuing strong growth at the same time that it was awarded a nationwide contract by bookmaker William Hill to provide VIP transport for all major UK race meetings.
- Corbyn promises £1.3bn per year to bus industryCPT welcomes recognition of importance of buses, but trade body rebuffs plans for public ownership
- ArrivaClick launches on new Drummond EstateLeicestershire location is the first example of use of Section 106 funding towards digital DRT service
Aviation Industry
- Bombardier's plant sales will further reduce its airliner business Bombardier has announced plans to divest its aerostructures businesses in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Morocco and to form an integrated Bombardier Aviation unit with manufacturing operations in Canada, Mexico and the US.
- China Eastern posts 1.2% 1Q net income hike, 12% traffic growthChina Eastern Airlines posted a 2019 first-quarter net income of CNY2 billion ($298 million), a 1.2% increase from CNY1.9 billion in the year-ago quarter.
- Spirit AeroSystems suspends 2019 guidance after MAX production slowdownAerostructures provider Spirit AeroSystems has suspended its financial guidance for 2019 and shelved stock buybacks, executives announced May 1, as the Wichita manufacturer tries to get a handle on costs and challenges from the Boeing 737 MAX production slowdown and groundings.
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