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Monday, 11 November 2019

BBC News

• London-Glasgow passengers choose rail over airIn the 12 months to July 2019, a record 29% of customers travelled with Virgin Trains rather than by plane.
• Climate change: Airlines accused of 'putting profit before planet'A British Airways insider says the industry deliberately fills planes with extra fuel to save costs.

Financial Times

• Fighting back: Siemens boss slams EU and restless investorsKaeser’s reputation on the line as reforms fail to excite markets and shares flatline
• Shipping industry seeks response to calls for cuts in emissionsWorld’s fleet under renewed pressure to clean up its act and curb greenhouse gases
• Tui stands by Boeing 737 Max — with safeguardsTour operator plans to expand services using jet if it passes safety tests

The Guardian

• Arts body criticised for leaving Paolozzi sculpture on Euston building siteTwo buildings around artwork are being demolished as part of HS2 redevelopmentArts Council England has been criticised for failing to remove a sculpture by the British artist Eduardo Paolozzi from outside Euston railway station, where it is now in the middle of a building site as part of redevelopment work to prepare for HS2.Toby Treves, a former Tate curator and trustee of the Eduardo Paolozzi Foundation, said the council had assured him that it would transfer the sculpture to another site by the end of last year, but nothing had happened. It is understood meetings took place last week about ...
• BA to review 'fuel tankering' after Panorama revelationsCarrying excess fuel saves airlines on fuel bills but has adverse environmental impactBritish Airways has pledged to review its practice of making aircraft carry tonnes of excess fuel to avoid filling up at destination airports, which saves money but drives up CO2 emissions.Willie Walsh, chief executive of BA’s parent company IAG, admitted that using the method – called “fuel tankering” within the industry – was “maybe the wrong thing to do” despite the financial incentive behind the practice, because of its environmental impact. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Train stations forced to 'beg' for toilet paper and bin bagsTRAIN station chiefs are being forced to send out “begging messages” to colleagues for toilet roll, bin bags and other supplies after loss-making ScotRail slapped a restriction on orders.

The Independent

• British Airways emits 18,000 extra tonnes of carbon dioxide every year to save moneyPanorama exposes airlines' greenwashing in new expose

The Telegraph

• Flight shaming sees record number choose train over plane to get from London to Glasgow, Virgin announces

City AM

• Boris Johnson 'wary of putting HS2 on scrap heap'Prime Minister Boris Johnson has yet to make his mind up on the High Speed 2 rail project but called it “incredibly expensive” late last week, as a government-commissioned review into its future enters its final stages.

Birmingham Post

• Rolls-Royce takes ‘significant step’ towards hybrid-electric powered aircraft goalEngineering giant partners with German firm and university to develop demonstrator

Bolton News

• Extra tram services announced for Christmas periodTRAM passengers will get a festive boost this Christmas with services set to run later into the night.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Not one driver caught speeding in new city centre 20mph zones since scheme startedQUESTIONS are being raised about whether new 20mph speed zones in Bradford city centre are being enforced.

London Evening Standard

• Black cabs take veterans to the Cenotaph for Remembrance Day ceremonyVeterans were driven to the Cenotaph by grateful black cab drivers who wanted to support them on Remembrance Day,

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Multi-million pound reprieve for North East transport bosses after warning of cash crisisNexus finds extra £3.4m savings just weeks after the organisation's finances were labelled "unsustainable"

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Train stations forced to 'beg' for toilet paper and bin bagsThe proportion of people travelling between London and Glasgow by rail rather than air has reached a record level, according to Virgin Trains.

The York Press

• Plan to double trains on York route in doubt THE future of a £12.6 million scheme to double the number of trains on the York-Harrogate route - from one to two trains an hour - is hanging in the balance.

Cambridge News

• These are the major infrastructure projects in the works for PeterboroughThe Nene Parkway, Thomas Cook roundabout and Fletton Parkway could be overhauled

Other Regional Press

• Inverness councillor wants new bus powers for Highland CouncilTHE chairman of an influential transport group has called for immediate research on the viability of a publicly operated Highland bus service.

New Civil Engineer

• Network Rail boss admits he still doesn’t know who to blame for 2018 timetable chaosNetwork Rail chief executive Andrew Haines has admitted that he still does not know who was at fault for the timetable chaos which led to thousands of trains being cancelled in May 2018.
• Rail can no longer cope with climate crisis, warns rail chiefRailways in the UK cannot continue to operate as they currently do due to the impact of climate change, a leading Scottish rail figure has warned.

Railnews

• Virgin reports record modal shift from planes to trains The number of passengers using trains rather than planes between London and Glasgow has reached a new record, according to Virgin Trains. The operator said rail had a 29 per cent share of the traffic during the 12 months to July this year, and that annual passenger numbers on the route have now reached 700,000, compared with 244,000 ten years ago. The London-Glasgow air route is the second busiest domestic route in Britain, and Virgin is attributing the rise of rail to the improvements it has made over the last 20 years, including tilting trains and faster journeys following Network Rail™s up...