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Hitachi starts work on new East Coast trains in Newton Aycliffe
Hitachi Rail Europe has begun manufacturing London North Eastern Railway's (LNER) Azuma trains at its Newton Aycliffe base.
Transport Minister reveals plans for digital overhaul of UK’s rail services
Travel on Britain’s rail network looks set for a major overhaul under new plans for closer ties between train firms and technology companies.
Thursday, 09 August 2018
BBC News
- Lakes Line passengers 'treated like cattle'Rail passengers on a rural line in Cumbria are being treated "like cattle", according to a campaign group.
- Influx of tour buses brings Belfast parking problemsOfficials are being urged to act before operators are put off coming to Belfast due to parking problems.
- Manchester Metrolink strike off as drivers win 10% pay riseA proposed strike is called off after a pay deal which will see some drivers paid £33,000 from 2019.
- Signalling fault causes rail travel chaos in central beltScotRail says services may be delayed, cancelled or revised until 21:00 on Wednesday.
- Tesla board says there are buyout talks with Elon MuskThe carmaker's board met several times to discuss Elon Musk's proposal to take Tesla private.
The Guardian
- Travelling while disabled is hell. We need major change – and kindnessvery day brings news of novel, cruel and unusual indignities inflicted on a human daring to travel while disabled. In the latest demoralising example, Steve Smithers was prevented from flying for the crime of carrying spanners, in case he used them to “dismantle the plane” instead of adjusting his wheelchair. It would take a time-rich, engineering-genius-meets-world’s strongest man to do that, not someone paralysed from the chest down.
The Independent
- Former paralympian sues TransPennine Express after being stranded on frozen platformA former paralympian is suing the northern rail operator TransPennine Express for £5,000 after he was left stranded on Dewsbury railway station in sub-zero conditions.
Times Online
- Chris Grayling under fire for letting HS2 pay soar [Subscription]The transport secretary faces growing questions over why he ignored warnings and allowed Britain’s new high-speed railway to award six-figure pay packets a quarter of its staff.
- Branson’s Virgin Hyperloop picks Spanish village of Bobadilla to build high-speed pods [Subscription]A tiny village in southern Spain will become the European base for Sir Richard Branson’s attempt to create futuristic pods capable of travelling on the ground at the speed of planes.
- Tesla’s value underrated by Musk, top investor says [Subscription]James Anderson, of Baillie Gifford, dismisses ‘takeover by tweet’ furore
City AM
- Heathrow turns to artificial intelligence to tackle gender bias in job adsArtificial intelligence (AI) is helping Heathrow Airport eradicate gender bias by replacing potentially off-putting words with more "inclusive" alternatives.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Road safety chiefs write to Imams in bid to get road safety message heard Working with Bradford’s mosques could be one of the keys to cutting down on the number of tragic road accidents in the city, according to Bradford Council.
London Evening Standard
- Fascinating new app reveals how far commuters can travel across London in just 30 minutesA fascinating new app has revealed how far commuters can travel across London in the space of just 30 minutes.
- Ryanair cancels hundreds more flights after pilots vote for strike action - throwing travel plans of thousands of people into chaosRyanair has cancelled hundreds more flights due to what the airline has called an “unnecessary” pilots' strike.
Northern Echo
- Hitachi starts work on new East Coast trains in Newton AycliffeHitachi Rail Europe has begun manufacturing London North Eastern Railway's (LNER) Azuma trains at its Newton Aycliffe base.
Nottingham Evening Post
- Major part of tram network to close for more than a weekA number of tram stops will be closed and a replacement shuttle bus service will be in place
Yorkshire Post
- Hours of disruption at Leeds station as morning trains delayed or divertedTrain services running through Leeds station have been delayed or diverted, heaping more misery on morning commuters.
- Tom Richmond: Rail’s own Chuckle Brothers are having a laugh – at us AT least the Chuckle Brothers provided some humour when this Yorkshire double act performed their ‘To me, to you!’ comedy routine. It’s no laughing matter, however, when rail chiefs try it. In fact, it is insulting.
- HS2 a ‘major challenge’ for logistics developers HS2 has become a major challenge to industrial developers in West Yorkshire after putting a blight across sites earmarked for distribution centres, according to one of the region’s biggest logistics developers.
Other Regional Press
- Anger over plans to scrap free educational bus services in Conwy countyFamilies may be made to pay £240 a year if proposed plans to eliminate free education transport come to fruition.
- Stagecoach takes over more Dundee bus services after firm shuts downSeveral bus services have been rescued for the time being after the firm running them went out of business.
- Greater Anglia passengers describe 'horrendous' journeys during cancellation chaosTwo Greater Anglia passengers have described their "horrendous" journeys after being caught up in massive delays earlier this week.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Shocking one in four HS2 staff paid over £100k a yearA quarter of staff members working on the HS2 project are paid over £100 in their yearly salary, startling new data has found.
- LNER Azuma fleet one step closer to completion as work begins in DurhamHitachi’s Newton Aycliffe train factory has begun work on the new Azuma fleet for the East Coast Main Line (ECML), taking passengers one step closer to using the trains on the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) network later this year.
Aviation Industry
- Ryanair’s German pilots to strike Aug. 10Ryanair's German pilots, represented by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, have called for a 24-hour strike Aug. 10, becoming the latest European pilot union to announce strike action.
- WTO asked to verify compliance on Airbus subsidiesThe European Union (EU) has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to confirm that it is complying with WTO rulings on subsidies to Airbus, in the latest step in a 14-year-old dispute between the US and the EU over alleged subsidies to Airbus and Boeing.
- Air Italy increases frequencies on long-haul routesNewly rebranded Air Italy plans to increase frequencies this winter on its new long-haul network because of strong demand.
- Germany’s Fraport to sell 30% stake in Hanover AirportGerman airports operator Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (Fraport AG) plans to sell its 30% stake in Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen (FHLG) to iCON Flughafen (iCON), part of the iCON Infrastructure Group. read more
- Inmarsat: Wi-Fi crucial to 74% of business travelers A survey by aircraft-connectivity supplier Inmarsat has revealed that 83% of business travelers would rebook with airlines that offer high-quality connectivity and 74% of business travelers now see inflight Wi-Fi as crucial.
- Boeing: 737 production problems could cause delivery delaysBoeing continues to experience 737 production issues as cumulative problems with late and incomplete fuselages, a shortage of skilled mechanics, and the late arrival of CFM engines impact deliveries, which are not expected to recover until year-end, the company said.
Other News Sources
- Transport Minister reveals plans for digital overhaul of UK’s rail servicesTravel on Britain’s rail network looks set for a major overhaul under new plans for closer ties between train firms and technology companies.
- Bournemouth Borough Council rules out promenade cycle lanes as 'Prom Wars' continueBournemouth Borough Council has rejected a call for a separate cycle lane to be installed on the Dorset resort’s promenade – but acknowledges that the presence of bike riders on parts of the seafront “is perhaps the most commentated on and divisive challenge we have.”
- Next phase of cycle route to help double cycling rates in Exeter approvedThe next phase of a segregated cycle route in Exeter as part of plans to double the amount of cycling in the city by 2021 has been approved.
- Stranded bus users could get replacement serviceA councillor is working on alternatives after an important bus route was cut
- Birmingham Airport opens renovated children’s play zoneBirmingham Airport in the UK has enlisted the support of travel retail and staffing agency Blackjack Promotions to produce a series of family-friendly events and activities to celebrate the re-launch of its renovated SkyZone area.
- London City Airport has busiest ever monthLondon City Airport is celebrating after experiencing its busiest ever month, exceeding all existing records since it opened in 1987.
- Developer told it must deliver rail link before it builds energy park near HelsbyA MAJOR developer has been told it must deliver a railway link before it can build a new energy-from-waste plant.
- Transport scheme for disabled patients axedA TRANSPORT scheme to help elderly and disabled people in Newhaven and Peacehaven access medical care has been axed by the area's Clinical Commissioning Group.
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