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Saturday, 14 December 2019

BBC News

• Prestwick Airport cuts losses as revenue takes offThe publicly-owned airport shows a
• Check your train time - new timetables to beginNew rail timetables come in on Sunday, with more and speedier services promised on some routes.

Financial Times

• Qantas chooses Airbus for longest routes Chief executive says Project Sunrise decision delayed over negotiations with pilots

The Guardian

• Crossrail delays will cost TfL up to £1.35bn in lost revenueDelays to Crossrail will cost London up to £1.35bn in lost ticket revenue, according to the capital’s transport authority.

Times Online

• Let’s fire Inspector Sands! Codeword panics commuters [subscription]Commuters have called for a widely recognised emergency codeword to be scrapped after it caused panicked passengers to stampede through stations.
• Closures spell Boxing Day misery on trains [subscription]More than 20 train operators will shut down on Boxing Day despite promises more than a decade ago to provide a decent service for shoppers and football supporters.
• Election 2019: Warning over Tories’ £100bn of public spending plans [subscription]Conservative Party plans to spend £100 billion on public infrastructure over the next five years would take government investment to levels not seen for almost 50 years, economists say.

City AM

• Uber launches appeal over TfL London banUber has today submitted an appeal against Transport for London’s (TfL) decision to ban the ride-hailing app from operating in [...] The post Uber launches appeal over TfL London ban appeared first on CityAM.

i News

• Do trains run over Christmas and New Year 2019? How the UK rail timetable is disrupted over the Christmas holidaysWe've pulled together information from National Rail and some of the biggest train operators in the UK

Mail Online

• Codeword used to warn of fire could be scrappedThe 'Inspector Sands' announcement is used at stations, on the London Underground and at airports to warn of a possible fire emergency. But many say it is now redundant.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Looking back on Chester Street open air bus stationTHEY say Skipton is the gateway to the Dales - but for many Bradfordians, a day out in the countryside began at Chester Street Bus Station, off Little Horton Lane.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Qantas selects Airbus for world's longest commercial flights from London to SydneyThe Australian airline will work with Airbus to develop plans for the 21 hour flights over 17,000km

Edinburgh Evening News

• Edinburgh Airport blasted over £100 fines for drivers picking up friends and relatives in drop-off zoneIt said members of the public who make a genuine error and are caught by the cameras at the drop-off zone will not be chased for the fines after one motorist said she received one five months after making the mistake.

London Evening Standard

• Two per cent taxi fares rise will take cost of average journey to £13.50Taxi fares are set to rise next month despite a majority of passengers saying they are already too high.
• Uber launches appeal against TfL's decision to strip its London licenceUber has launched an appeal against Transport for London's decision not to renew its operating licence.

Manchester Evening News

• 'This is a bad situation getting worse': Widespread problems cause chaos across Manchester's trains tonightDamage to overhead wires outside Manchester Piccadilly has forced some passengers to travel to Victoria
• Metrolink line blocked as car abandoned on tram tracks in Wythenshawe... againTrams travelling to and from Manchester Airport have been affected

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Metro drivers strike: Everything you need to know about the RMT's two-day train network shutdownTyne and Wear Metro services are expected to shut down completely for two days next week due to a drivers’ strike.

Sheffield Star

• Commuters think they know why the Sheffield to Manchester rail service has been so ‘dire’ recentlyThe rail service between Sheffield and Manchester has been branded ‘dire’, and it seems the introduction of new trains is at least partly to blame.

Wales Online

• The questions surrounding why Swansea bus which hit bridge was half a mile from normal routeEight people were hurt in the crash one of whom remains in hospital in a critical condition

Yorkshire Post

• This firm should not be allowed to run a railway - Yorkshire Post lettersIT was great news to read about the new trains destined for the West Coast Main line and that they were being manufactured in the North East.

Blackpool Gazette

• Northern Rail 'elves' give Blackpool station a festive new name for the Christmas periodA Fylde coast station has been renamed in an effort to spread a little festive cheer. Northern renamed Blackpool North station Blackpool North Pole, one of four on the Northern network to get a seasonal makeover.

Cambridge News

• New section of A14 to open temporarily over Christmas and New Year to help driversThe unfinished exit slip be opened temporarily to help drivers around the festive period

Carlisle News & Star

• Rail firm ISS Labour targets growth in 2020Rail services provider ISS Labour has appointed its former chief executive in a new role. Simon Higgens MBE has been announced as the firm’s first group businessdevelopment and strategic partnerships director.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Greater Anglia and Network Rail promise to restore good service after rail chaosRail chiefs are apologising to commuters after another week of disruption in East Anglia and say they aim to restore a full service on all lines except two from Monday.

Reading Evening Post

• Kids go free on Elizabeth Line from Reading to PaddingtonThe Elizabeth Line trains, run as Crossrail, will be running between Reading and Paddington

Other Regional Press

• Aberdeen International Airport puts best paw forward for Sports Pup-sonality AwardsAberdeen International Airport passengers will be met by some paws-itive ambassadors ahead of a busy weekend with the Sports Personality of the Year Awards today.
• Harrogate Bus Company steps in as trains shut down for four days at ChristmasAs trains stop running between Harrogate and Leeds for four days after Christmas, bus operator The Harrogate Bus Company is planning extra services to make sure everyone can visit friends and family – or shop until they drop at the sales.
• End of the road for bus users' group serving CaithnessA DECISION to disband a local bus group was made "without telling anyone", it has been claimed.
• Here's what Bucks politicians and campaigners think the election result means for HS2 and our countrysideHS2, the Ox-Cam expressway, and the inevitable resulting damage to the region's countryside and wildlife, have been key issues for many people in North Bucks in this General Election, with work on the high speed rail line already beginning to change the landscape.

Train Operators

• Boost along the East Coast as extra Azuma services beginIn welcome news for people along the East Coast route, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is introducing additional services from Sunday 15 December.

New Civil Engineer

• Plans to reopen abandoned Portishead rail line clear planning hurdleThe Planning Inspectorate has been given the green light to examine plans to relaunch trains on the disused Portishead to Pill rail line.
• Welsh road woes lead to Costain £20M profit hitCostain is set to see its 2019 profits tumble by £20M following a contract dispute with the Welsh Government on the delayed A465 road project.
• General Election | Industry urges Johnson to ‘turbo charge’ infrastructureBoris Johnson will be returning to Downing Street after the Conservatives took a substantial majority in the general election. The party won 364 seats, with Labour underperforming in Northern England and Wales. They received 203 seats.

Rail Advent

• Class 144 pacer heading to the Great Central Railway in NottinghamThe Great Central Railway – Nottingham has announced that they have reached an agreement with Porterbrook to preserve Class 144 DMU No. 144003.

Rail Technology Magazine

• RIA responds to General Election resultThe results of the 2019 General Election have been announced today (Dec 13) with a Conservative party majority. Darren Caplan, chief executive of the Railway Industry Association has responded to the news and referred back to the previously published Rail 2050 Manifesto. He said: “The...

Railway Gazette

• Rail associations welcome EU Green Deal proposalsEUROPE: Railway industry associations have welcomed the transport sector proposals in the EU Green Deal package outlined by new Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a plenary session of the European Parliament on December 11.

Aviation Industry

• Qantas selects Airbus A350-1000 for ultra-long-haul flightsQantas has selected the Airbus A350-1000 as its preferred choice for its ultra-long-haul plan known as Project Sunrise, although a final decision is still to come. read more
• Report: Boeing 737 production plans threatened by ongoing MAX issues With the 737 MAX return-to-service date now set to slide deeper into 2020 and continuing uncertainty over when the aircraft will be approved by the FAA and international regulators, Boeing is reportedly delaying plans to accelerate production to 57 per month until 2021. read more
• Study urges aviation to be more transparent about cybersecurity risks Aviation industry stakeholders should be more transparent in addressing cybersecurity risk in contracts and system designs, a new report by the Atlantic Council finds. read more
• Wizz Air targets additional ancillary revenue potential Budapest-based LCC Wizz Air is targeting higher revenues with ongoing improvements in its ancillary revenue stream. read more

Other News Sources

• Faster London-Edinburgh rail journeys delayedBack in the days of British Rail a four hour London-Edinburgh rail journey was possible in both directions.
• Union To Re-ballot Members Over South West Railway StrikeAfter resuming work for one day during the General Election the strike on South Western Railway has now resumed.
• Rail supplier news from Hitachi Rail, RKH, Siemens, Arup and FTS First Trenitalia awarded Hitachi Rail a $461 million contract to provide and maintain 23 intercity trains for the Avanti West Coast rail service in the United Kingdom. The trains will be a mix of 10 seven-car electric trains and 13 five-car bi-mode trains. The investment is being financed through Rock Rail West Coast, a joint venture between Rock Rail and Aberdeen Standard Investments. Rock Rail West Coast will own the trains and lease them to First Trenitalia.
• Bombardier Transportation to maintain Avanti West Coast fleet in UKBombardier Transportation has signed a three-year agreement with FirstGroup and Trenitalia for the maintenance of the Avanti West Coast franchise.
• Nokia chosen by Deutsche Bahn to trial 5G automated rail operationsGerman railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has selected Nokia to test standalone (SA) 5G technology for automated rail operations in Germany.
• Birmingham Airport installs new flight data display systemBirmingham Airport in the UK has installed a new flight data display system to improve its flight handling operations.
• Edinburgh campus retains cycle friendly campus awardThe University’s Edinburgh Campus has been presented with the Cycle Friendly Campus Award, with distinction, following re-assessment by Cycling Scotland for the second time.
• Guildford bus lane fines of £70 being introduced but cash won't all be spent locally Enforcement charges are due in April 2020 to help ease congestion on roads