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Driverless cars could be trialled on London's streets as soon as next year
Driverless cars could be trialled on London's streets as soon as next year, according to an AI firm set to gather data on road users ahead of a possible launch.
Grayling gives green light to Network Rail ECML improvements
Plans to improve the East Coast Main Line (ECML) have been given the go-ahead by the transport secretary as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan. The improvements include a new rail line running underneath the ECML— linking the Stamford lines and the Great Northern Great...
Wales & Borders electric train order confirmed
The Swiss company is to supply 36 three-car Citylink tram-train vehicles for use on South Wales Metro services from Cardiff to Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil. These would be able to operate under the planned 25 kV 50 Hz electrification as well as on battery power.
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- Stansted Airport plans for £600 million revampStansted Airport plans to spend £600 million on revamping the airport facilities over the next five years.
Department for Transport
- CMA refers airport services merger for in-depth investigationLast week, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that it would refer the deal for an in-depth (phase 2) investigation unless Menzies offered acceptable solutions to address its competition concerns.
Times Online
- Welcome to Britain: why airport arrivals are bordering on chaos [Subscription]For a government that is constantly highlighting the benefit of “global Britain” and insisting that the UK will be open for business after Brexit, the news from Heathrow is particularly damaging.
Mail Online
- Stansted Airport chaos as Ryanair passengers wait for luggage These photographs show the chaotic scenes at London Stansted Airport early yesterday after Ryanair passengers arriving on a flight from Ibiza were faced with a three-hour wait for bags.
Sky News
- Virgin Atlantic and BA hit out as Heathrow Airport passport queues reach 2.5 hours"Frustrated" passengers queued for as long as two hours and 30 minutes in July amid warnings such waits are "becoming the norm".
London Evening Standard
- Luton is officially the best airport in LondonIt beat out Heathrow and Gatwick to take the top spot
Kent Online
- Planning chiefs could decide next step for Manston Airport consortiumSpeculation is growing that a decision by planning chiefs on whether to allow a consortium to make its case to reopen Manston Airport as a cargo hub is imminent.
Aviation Industry
- Air France KLM board member criticizes Air Canada's Smith as CEO choiceThe pilot representative on Air France KLM's board of directors has spoken out against the possibility of the group choosing Air Canada's passenger airlines president and COO as its next chief executive, saying a French candidate with international experience would better suit the group.
- Virgin Atlantic wants UK to address Heathrow immigration waitsVirgin Atlantic has joined the growing list of airlines expressing concerns about immigration queues at London Heathrow Airport.
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- UK researchers to create drone experiment corridorAn area in southern England is to be created for engineers to develop autonomous drones and air traffic management technology that enables them to share the same airspace.
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