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Campaigners criticise Luton Airport’s bid to have noise control planning condition set aside
A group campaigning for noise control at Luton Airport has criticised the latest documents, released on the council’s planning website by Luton Airport operators, to have a key noise control planning condition set aside.
HS2 vulnerability and Cargiant row could sink Old Oak development
Old Oak and Park Royal Corporation (OPDC) bosses have admitted that the precarious position of High Speed 2 and challenges to the local plan by Cargiant could threaten development plans.
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
BBC News
- Frampton Mansell rail crash driver 'said train had passed'A man who died when his vehicle was hit by an express train on a level crossing told a signaller a train had already passed, an inquest has heard.
- UK weather: Heavy rain causes road and rail disruptionNetwork Rail says some areas have seen two months' worth of rainfall in one day with drains overwhelmed.
The Guardian
- Hospital, rail lines and roads flooded after heavy rain in EnglandParts of UK expected to get twice as much rain this week as the average for month of June
The Telegraph
- UK weather: Railway lines submerged by flood water as June on track to be wettest on record [Subscription]rains have been cancelled in and around London after entire railway tracks were completely submerged by flood water. This month is on track to be the wettest June on record, with more than a month's worth of rain falling in some parts of the country on Monday.
Times Online
- Railway workers threaten to strike in pensions row [Subscription]The leading railway workers’ union is threatening an all-out national strike if the government tries to increase the pension contributions of members, reduce benefits or scrap the retirement scheme altogether.
Reuters News
- EU grants Turkey 275 mln euros to build railway to BulgariaANKARA, June 11 (Reuters) - The European Union will grant Turkey 275 million euros ($311 million) to fund part of a 155-kilometre railway line from Istanbul to the Bulgarian border under an agreement signed on Tuesday.
London Evening Standard
- Delays at Waterloo after steam locomotive arrives early due to signaller's mistakeA steam locomotive caused rush hour delays at Britain's busiest railway station after it arriving too early by mistake.
- Southern delays: Train chaos continues into evening after heavy floodingTravellers around south London faced severe delays and train cancellations this evening as rail networks struggle to
Other Regional Press
- Southend Airport: Greater Anglia to lay on extra trainsJET setters who use public transport to travel to Southend Airport will be boosted by new plans Greater Anglia to run earlier and later trains.
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- HS2 vulnerability and Cargiant row could sink Old Oak developmentOld Oak and Park Royal Corporation (OPDC) bosses have admitted that the precarious position of High Speed 2 and challenges to the local plan by Cargiant could threaten development plans.
Other News Sources
- Andy Burnham: Devolution is critical to a successfully reformed local railwayThe industry must be restructured to allow city regions to make their own decisions, says Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham
- Northern Rail could go bust this year and is 'in crisis', it's claimedIt comes after Mayors of the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester called on the Transport Secretary to terminate the Northern Rail franchise "as soon as possible"
- A mysterious door appears at Bank tube stationIf you were to wait for a southbound Northern line train at Bank tube station you might have noticed that a strange door has appeared on the wrong side of the railway tracks.
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