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Innovation at Heathrow will help cut carbon globally

Executive Director of the Back Heathrow Campaign, Parmjit Dhanda, calls on the next Government to commit to build much-needed new infrastructure at Heathrow, setting the bar for the rest of the world and to help reduce carbon emissions.

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  • Corbyn can't fix your miserable commuteJeremy Corbyn is well and truly getting into the Christmas spirit — he’s making a list, checking it twice, gonna [...] The post Corbyn can't fix your miserable commute appeared first on CityAM.

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  • Omnibus wins Innovation AwardOmnibus has won an award for innovation at the UK Bus Awards.  Omnibus won Silver for innovation in the New Horizons award for the powerful new features in CrewPLAN - the Omnibus crew optimisation system.  The UK Bus Awards have been recognising industry excellence for over 20 years.  Judges drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and organisations made up six expert panels who assessed the entries.  The UK Bus Awards’ mission is to ‘recognise, reward and inspire’. CrewPLAN is an automatic crew scheduling system developed by Omnibus and is used by bus com...
  • Yodel becomes first logistics member of Slave-Free AllianceYodel has been announced as the first logistics company to partner with Slave-Free Alliance, a social enterprise launched by anti-slavery charity, Hope for Justice. Becoming a member of the Slave-Free Alliance, Yodel will lead the industry’s efforts to prevent human trafficking and modern-day slavery.  The partnership, which was formally announced today on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, will see Yodel work to raise awareness of human trafficking and teach colleagues how to identify the issue. This will directly support Slave-Free Alliance’s vision to end ...

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  • Northamptonshire teens safety film transformed into comic A new comic book has been produced by Network Rail, based on the safety film ‘18’ with the help of pupils from Kingswood Secondary Academy in Corby. The pupils were visited by Network Rail last summer and took part in safety workshops. They learnt about the risks of 25,000-volt...
  • Govia Thameslink Railway launches Great Sock Appeal Selected homeless charities and Govia Thameslink are coming together this Christmas to give out socks to rough sleepers through the Great Sock Appeal. Socks are not the first thing comes to mind when you think of donating to the homeless but a pair of socks are an essential item for keeping feet...
  • Vital upgrades on Edinburgh's track this Christmas As of Christmas Day (25 Dec), engineers at Network Rail will be working to renew Edinburgh’s Haymarket junction. Essential track work will be carried out from the Dec 25 to 29, with major upgrades to renew four sets of points and replace of 250m of track. The sets of point are used to...
  • ?1bn investment into Ireland's rail network The Government of Ireland has today (Dec 2) announced a new €1bn investment into the country’s rail network. The minster for transport, tourism and sport, Shane Ross has confirmed the €1bn investment as part of a five-year investment programme into Ireland’s heavy rail...

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  • RMT claims ˜political motivation™ behind failure to agree SWR deal A long series of strikes has begun on South Western Railway today, after talks between the company and the RMT broke up without agreement before the weekend. The union has alleged that the failure to come to terms over the future pattern of on-train staffing and the role of guards was for ˜political™ reasons, while SWR has claimed that a deal was reached during Thursday™s discussions, only for it to be rejected after the meeting by the RMT™s Executive. SWR services are severely reduced today, and will continue to be disrupted until New Year™s Day unless there is a settlement in the meantime. ...

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  • Eurowings maintains focus on consolidationEurowings continues consolidation efforts, with no further expansion plans until the Lufthansa LCC subsidiary’s expected return to profitability in 2021. read more
  • Norwegian approved for six Heathrow slotsLow-cost, long-haul carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle said it has been given three takeoff and three landing slots at London’s Heathrow Airport for the summer 2020 season, but did not say what routes the slots could be used for. read more
  • New Berlin airport confirmed for Oct. 31, 2020, openingBerlin’s new airport—Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)—is now set to open at the end of October 2020, eight years later than originally planned. read more

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  • Innovation at Heathrow will help cut carbon globallyExecutive Director of the Back Heathrow Campaign, Parmjit Dhanda, calls on the next Government to commit to build much-needed new infrastructure at Heathrow, setting the bar for the rest of the world and to help reduce carbon emissions.
  • New appointments at NexusIts been a busy time for appointments at Nexus with both a new Chief Operating Officer and a Head of Maintenance Delivery announced in their new roles. Martin Kearney, most recently Chief Officer for Train and Ferry Operations at Transdev Australia, has been named as the new Chief Operating Officer at Nexus with Steven Shiel, currently Head of Rail and Civil Engineering at Newcastle College Rail Academy, taking on the role of Head of Maintenance Delivery.
  • Election 2019: London’s transport watchdog makes ‘ten key asks’ of parliamentary candidatesThe capital’s official transport watchdog has called on London parliamentary candidates to support the management of all London’s “metro” rail services being devolved to the Greater London Authority, progress being made towards delivering Crossrail 2, and vehicle excise duty raised in London to be given to the Mayor for use in future road pricing schemes as part of a list of “ten key asks” of London parliamentary candidates.
  • Manchester airport predicts 1.2m Christmas passengersWinter sun destinations will be driving passenger numbers at Manchester airport over Christmas.
  • LETTER TO EDITOR: Park and ride IS the answer to fixing congestionI REFER to the letter from Councillor Pete West and others regarding Park and Ride (Argus letters, December 2).

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