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Heathrow third runway: Sadiq Khan, London councils and campaign groups launch legal challenge to airport expansion
A legal challenge to block proposals for a third runway at Heathrow has been launched by a group of councils, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Greenpeace.
Friday, 20 July 2018
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- Manchester Metrolink drivers to be balloted over August bank holiday strikeDrivers could walk out during the August bank holiday weekend if they vote to strike in a pay row.
Times Online
- Brothers Dominic and Niall Leach jailed for graffiti campaign in Britain, Europe and Korea [Subscription]Two brothers behind a graffiti gang have been condemned by a judge for their “self-indulgent behaviour” during a six-year campaign of vandalism across the world.
- M25-style railway takes you from Gatwick to Heathrow in 15 mins [Subscription]The journey time between Britain’s busiest airports could be cut to 15 minutes if a new M25-style high-speed rail line is approved.
Birmingham Mail
- First blue trams, now red buses and orange trains revealed for West MidlandsBlue trams, red buses and orange trains are all set to become a part of the new identity of Transport for West Midlands, the mayor has announced.
Bolton News
- Bus farce would be funny if it wasn't so patheticTHERE were once again no rail services between Bolton and Manchester at the weekend. As is the custom, replacement buses were laid on instead.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Department for Transport consider cutting rail services to NorthumberlandRail services to Morpeth, Alnmouth and Berwick-upon-Tweed could be cut
This Is Local London Network
- Enfield MP hits out at 'rock bottom service' on trainsAn MP has called upon rail bosses to clean up their act after the "chaotic introduction" of a new timetable.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Free and binding rail ombudsman service set for November launchUsers of the rail industry will benefit from the independent rulings of a dedicated ombudsman from November this year, allowing passengers who are unhappy with how TOCs handled their complaints to refer them to experts in consumer rights. After industry leaders committed to creating a complaints...
- HS2 will be on par with Japan's punctual bullet train, with issues 'designed out of the system'HS2 Ltd has promised that the mammoth project connecting London to the Midlands and the north will transform the country’s travel in the same way that the world’s first-ever high-speed rail line – Japan’s Tokaido Shinkansen – did in 1964. Before the Shinkansen...
- Higgins urges Grayling to make decision on Yorkshire HS2 parkway stationHS2 Ltd’s outgoing chairman, Sir David Higgins, has urged the government to make a decision on proposals to create a parkway station on the high-speed line to serve the South Yorkshire areas as a whole. In a major report released today, Higgins reiterated his support for Chris...
- Rail fares must be simplified if HS2 is to 'raise the bar' as promisedRailway fares must be simplified if HS2 is to bring a step change to the way passengers travel on the network, argued Sir David Higgins. Writing in a major new report, HS2 Ltd’s outgoing chairman said fares must become simpler and easier for passengers to understand so that the high-speed...
- DfT pledges 'tough action' on GTR, contract breach review due this monthGTR could be at risk of losing control of its franchise as early as this month depending on the outcome of a “hard review” into whether the TOC breached its contracts. During an urgent question about the May timetable fiasco at the House of Commons yesterday, rail minister Jo Johnson...
Railway Gazette
- UK railway news round-upFollowing a competitive procurement on behalf of train operators and Network Rail, the Rail...
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