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Labour manifesto promises to extend HS2 rail line to Scotland

Journey time between London and Scottish capital would be cut from around four hours today to two and a half hours

First suffers £118m loss in half-year to September

Despite doubling its debts on the same period last year, FirstGroup is trading ‘in line with expectations’ according to its latest half-year results, which were released on 14 November.

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  • Chaos as computer glitch grounds BA flightsThousands of British Airways passengers are stranded after the airline's flight plan management computer crashed, with flights from the US to Gatwick and Heathrow worst affected.

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  • Cardiffians asked for their view on new £120m Cardiff Parkway station Following the release of new artist’s impressions a public consultation has been launched on the plans for a new mainline train station and buisness park at St Mellons.  The huge project, which could be home to 5,000 staff, takes a momentous step forward today (Nov 20th) with the...
  • Greater Anglia announces delays cut by almost half Between December 2018 and October 2019, delay minutes for its Class 317 commuter trains, which run through Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, were down 48% and cancellations were down 14% over the same period. The improvement is down to a new approach to tackling the most common causes of...
  • Greater Anglia brings in extra support for busy periods Office staff at Greater Anglia are being trained to help customers when stations are busy due to big events or disruption. Customer Action Teams, or CATS, are the support team that have been formulated. When needed team members make their way to their nearest station to provide extra help and...

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  • Coach retrofit funding on CPT government wish listThe Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has set out its priorities for the next government that will allow coaches to continue to deliver vital services and help them to contribute to air quality improvements. It includes provision of coach retrofit funding to assist with the upgrading of existing vehicles to Euro VI standards.
  • Oxford Tube to see ‘significant’ improvementsStagecoach has announced that its Oxford Tube express coach service between the university city and London will see “significant improvements” from 6 January.
  • Electric double-deckers for three more TfL routesTransport for London (TfL) has revealed that three more routes will be converted to operation with battery electric double-deckers, with a combined PVR of 52. The news was contained in TfL’s latest contract awards notification, issued last week.
  • First Leeds orders nine Yutong E10 electric busesFirst Leeds had placed an order for nine Yutong E10 battery electric buses with Pelican Bus and Coach.
  • Leeds CAZ now includes retrospective fundingLeeds City Council (LCC) has opened a further £3m funding round for the city’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ). It captures operators of coaches and non-scheduled buses that will enter the CAZ once it is introduced on a still to be determined date in 2020.

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  • Are airlines really ready for net zero?Airlines currently seem to be jostling to come out with the most impressive headlines on climate commitments. Easyjet this week declared its aim to be the world’s first major airline to operate net-zero carbon flights across its entire network. Last month …
  • UK to support hybrid-electric islander projectThe UK government will provide 50% of the cost of a 30-month, £18 million ($23.3 million) demonstrator project to convert the nine-passenger Britten-Norman Islander to hybrid-electric propulsion for short-range flights such as inter-island routes. read more
  • British Airways ‘technical issue’ causes widespread delaysBritish Airways (BA) passengers faced widespread delays throughout the airline’s network Nov. 21 as a technical problem led to cancellations and frustrated travelers. read more
  • US counsel issues warning of safety hazard at ATC centerThe US Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has alerted the White House and Congress of “hazardous conditions†at an air traffic control (ATC) facility in Florida brought to light more than a year ago by a whistleblower. read more

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