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Planemaker Boeing reports a $3.4bn loss because of the 737 Max crisis as it mulls halting production.
Boris Johnson’s £300m pledge to avoid no-deal Brexit Channel chaos [Subscription]
...Grant Shapps, the new transport secretary, will be keen to avoid a repeat of the Seaborne Freight fiasco involving his predecessor, Chris Grayling, in which £14 million was awarded to a company that had no ferries.
Majority of Londoners support TfL control over commuter rail services
Nearly 60 per cent of Londoners want decision making on the railways to be taken by the mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL), a new poll has found.
Welsh Government announces bus reform proposals
Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford has revealed the Government’s legislative programme, which includes a new law to reform the nation’s bus services. As part of a raft of measures designed to create a ‘more equal Wales,’ the public transport bill will change how local bus services are planned and delivered.
Friday, 26 July 2019
BBC News
- UK heatwave: Trains between Swansea, Cardiff and London disruptedNetwork bosses have cancelled trains because of concerns the hot weather will buckle tracks.
- Family 'shocked' at Edinburgh tram death safety failingsA series of safety recommendations are made after Carlos Correa was killed while crossing Edinburgh's tram line.
- UK heatwave: More delays for travellers despite temperatures easingDisruption for rail and air passengers will continue after Thursday's record-breaking temperatures.
- Protest planned outside Gemini Rail depot as it faces closureThe Gemini Rail site in Glasgow where ScotRail trains are maintained is due to close.
The Guardian
- UK weather: rail travel disrupted after extreme heat causes chaosMany services affected across Britain as people advised to against all but essential travel
- UK railways in chaos as searing heat sparks fear of derailed trainsBritain’s rail network has been plunged into chaos after extreme temperatures forced operators to slow down trains and cancel services as Network Rail warned the system could not cope with the searing heat.
The Independent
- Waterloo station: Man chases dog down electrified train tracks, leaving commuters stranded as services suspended'The dog was much faster and the man was looking rather tired,' says passenger caught up in rush hour chaos
The Telegraph
- Why UK railways can't handle a heatwave - and how technology could help [subscription]Commuters are facing rail chaos today as a ferocious heatwave that has broken temperature records across Europe hits its peak in the UK.
Times Online
- Death tram’s emergency bell was not loud enough [subscription]The family of a man killed by a tram say that they are shocked by the safety failures that contributed to his death.
City AM
- Majority of Londoners support TfL control over commuter rail servicesNearly 60 per cent of Londoners want decision making on the railways to be taken by the mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL), a new poll has found.
London Evening Standard
- UK heatwave: Season ticket holders told not to travel on hottest day of the year will not be refunded, rail firm saysCommuters with season tickets who did not travel on the hottest day of the year are not going to be refunded despite being told not to travel, a rail company has confirmed.
- Commuters face heatwave hangover as extreme heat continues to cause travel chaos Morning train commuters are facing a hangover from the extreme heat as it continues to cause chaos across the rail network.
Lancashire Telegraph
- Jake takes Northern agenda to CabinetROSSENDALE and Darwen MP Jake Berry has been given a major promotion and will sit in at Cabinet meetings in new Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government reshuffle. He keeps his Northern Powerhouse responsibility as he is elevated to become a minister of state at the Department for Communities and Local Government from his previous post as parliamentary under-secretary.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Massive 29% rise in rail over last decade uncovered by surveyRegional rail has seen soaring patronage, hitting 389 million in 2017/18 - a huge increase of 29% since 2008/09.
- Punctuality on South Glasgow services reaches 22-month highTrain punctuality has reached its highest level for almost two years on ScotRail services running to and from stations in south Glasgow, the latest figures reveal.
- Crossrail Ltd appoint three new board members to strengthen governanceCrossrail Ltd have appointed three new board members to strengthen the governance of the organisation. Steve Livingstone has been appointed to the Crossrail Board as independent Non-Executive Director from 18 July 2019, while Baroness Jo Valentine has been appointed as independent Non-Executive...
- Metrolink projects rated as excellent after new assessmentTwo major city centre Manchester Metrolink projects have been rated as excellent after an investigation into their sustainability. The assessment, carried out over several years, highlighted positive aspects relating to the projects. Second city crossing (2CC) was praised for retaining and...
- TransPennine Express introduce first Nova 2 trainTransPennine Express (TPE) get first of their new Nova 2 trains from Spanish manufacturer Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF).
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