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Sadiq Khan and TfL award London businesses £230,000 to reduce congestion in the capital
Transport for London (TfL) has awarded six businesses more than £230,000 in funding to help them to reduce congestion in the capital by making freight and deliveries more efficient.
Derby's Bombardier opening centre of expertise to help win huge £2.75bn HS2 contract
Experts from city train-maker and joint venture partner Hitachi Rail will work together on designs Derby’s Bombardier is opening a centre of expertise to help give it the best chance of securing a £2.75 billion contract to build “bullet trains” for HS2.
Trans-Pennine rail £2.9bn upgrade will cause five years of route closures, longer journeys and less capacity
The £2.9bn upgrade of trans-Pennine rail repeatedly promoted by Chris Grayling will cause "significant disruption" for five years, including route closures for up to 39 weeks a year, longer journey times and less seats on trains, a senior transport official has said.
Kings Ferry signs up for EU conference
Leaving the European Union is too big an issue for operators to ignore, says the managing director of one of the country’s best-known coach operations.
UTG: New deal on urban rail funding and devolution needed
The Urban Transport Group (UTG) has warned a new deal on funding and devolution of rail services is needed to keep UK cities moving forward.
Friday, 14 September 2018
BBC News
- Hundreds stranded on new high-speed train in DevonHundreds of passengers were left stranded on a new GWR high-speed train for six hours after it broke down.
- More compensation for delay-hit Northern rail passengersPassengers have coped with delays, disruption and cancellations after a timetable overhaul in May.
- TransPennine £2.9bn rail upgrade will cause 'major disruption'A leaked letter reveals the £2.9bn improvement will cause five years of significant disruption.
- GM recalls 1.2 million 2015 pickup trucks and SUVsThe same power steering issue also led to a recall in 2017.
- Beetle: Volkswagen's iconic car comes to the end of the roadVolkswagen will stop producing the iconic car, which found fame in Disney films, in 2019.
ITV News
- £2.9bn trans-Pennine rail route upgrade will cause 'significant disruption' for five yearsRail passengers on the trans-Pennine route could face "significant disruption" for five years during its £2.9billion upgrade, a senior transport official has said.
The Guardian
- France may stop trains and planes from UK under no-deal BrexitSenior politician says France is prepared to pass emergency laws to protect citizens
The Independent
- RYANAIR CABIN CREW FROM FIVE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ANNOUNCE ONE-DAY STRIKERyanair cabin crew from five countries will hold a coordinated one-day strike on 28 September.
- Man lambasts Arriva Trains Wales after being charged 10% of cash found in his lost walletA man who lost his wallet was left outraged after a train company charged him £2 and 10 per cent of the money found to retrieve it. Adam Howells complained on Twitter that Arriva Trains Wales demanded money from him for the return of his wallet and accused the company of “theft by train”.
The Scotsman
- Alastair Dalton: Inconvenient truths about the Borders RailwayFor a few minutes one day last week, a news story containing incorrect passenger figures for the Borders Railway appeared on scotsman.com.
Times Online
- Revealed: Sturgeon adviser’s confidential £15m ferry loan [Subscription]A billionaire adviser to Nicola Sturgeon who received a controversial £30 million taxpayer loan for his shipbuilding firm also received a“confidential” £15 million payment from the Scottish government, it has been revealed.
City AM
- Eurostar St Pancras staff to strike in September amid fallout with RMT unionEurostar staff and train managers at busy London station St Pancras will strike in September over over a dispute about working conditions.
- Sadiq Khan and TfL award London businesses £230,000 to reduce congestion in the capitalTransport for London (TfL) has awarded six businesses more than £230,000 in funding to help them to reduce congestion in the capital by making freight and deliveries more efficient.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- If you lose your wallet on a train, Arriva will take a cut of your cashRail bosses keep 10% of the cash they find in lost wallets.
Derby Telegraph
- Derby's Bombardier opening centre of expertise to help win huge £2.75bn HS2 contractExperts from city train-maker and joint venture partner Hitachi Rail will work together on designs Derby’s Bombardier is opening a centre of expertise to help give it the best chance of securing a £2.75 billion contract to build “bullet trains” for HS2.
London Evening Standard
- TfL in rental flats plan with homes above Tube stations, as it looks to raise moneyTransport for London on Thursday unveiled audacious plans to debut in the rental flats market with 3000 homes that could allow tenants to live above tube stations.
- Sadiq Khan loses court battle over 'inadequate' Swiss Cottage cycle superhighwayMayor Sadiq Khan's attempt to force through a flagship cycle scheme has been dealt a damaging blow after a judge blocked the project for being inadequately planned.
- Eurostar workers set to strike in dispute over working conditionsEurostar workers are set to stage a fresh strike in a dispute over working conditions.
Northern Echo
- Plans to cut North-East rail services blocked by Tees Valley MayorPLANS to cut the number of train services from the North-East to Manchester have been blocked by northern mayors, including Ben Houchen.
The York Press
- Transport group call for rail promises to be keptTRANSPORT leaders have called on the Government to keep their promises over £3bn improvements to railways in the north.
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Trans-Pennine rail £2.9bn upgrade will cause five years of route closures, longer journeys and less capacity The £2.9bn upgrade of trans-Pennine rail repeatedly promoted by Chris Grayling will cause "significant disruption" for five years, including route closures for up to 39 weeks a year, longer journey times and less seats on trains, a senior transport official has said.
Yorkshire Post
- The Yorkshire Post says: Time for trans-Pennine rail chiefs to redeem themselvesTHE context is critical to the years of disruptions that trans-Pennine rail passengers will endure when the main line between Leeds and Manchester is finally upgraded.
- Trans-Pennine rail £2.9bn upgrade will cause five years of route closures, longer journeys and less capacity The £2.9bn upgrade of trans-Pennine rail repeatedly promoted by Chris Grayling will cause "significant disruption" for five years, including route closures for up to 39 weeks a year, longer journey times and less seats on trains, a senior transport official has said.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Revealed: The 20 global cities that you could soon be flying to from StanstedIn the next five years, London Stansted is aiming to secure direct services to at least 25 new long-haul destinations around the world, including the Far East, India, North America and the Middle East.
- Ryanair says ‘discrimination against Stansted’ is to blame for flight delays thereStansted Airport is embroiled in a dispute over flight delays caused by air traffic control.
Other Regional Press
- ‘Shambolic’ Portsmouth rail network branded ‘region’s worst’ in study DELAYS on Portsmouth’s abysmal railway lines have fallen to a shocking new low, a damning report has revealed.
Bus and Coach Buyer
- Italian flair links London to the airYoung Italian-born entrepreneur, Tazio Puri Negri, is setting up a shuttlebus service between north London and Luton Airport.
- Kings Ferry signs up for EU conferenceLeaving the European Union is too big an issue for operators to ignore, says the managing director of one of the country’s best-known coach operations.
Coach and Bus Week
- Rosso launches Red 4 for Ramsbottom and BuryTransdev subsidiary Rosso has unveiled its new Red 4 service to Ramsbottom and Bury, offering quilted leather seats, WiFi and USB charging points.
- Yorkshire Coastliner high specification Gemini 3sTransdev-owned Yorkshire Coastliner has just taken delivery of three high specification Wrightbus Gemini 3-bodied Volvo B5TLs for its popular network of services to and from the East Coast of Yorkshire.
- Stagecoach invests £1.1 million in new ADL buses for Inverness AirportAll eight vehicles are expected to be on the road by the end of September
- We are always evolvingRichard Grey, Managing Director at Grey’s of Ely, spoke to Angela Youngman about the firm’s road to securing the 2018 Top Medium Coach Operator award
- Wembley Park to benefit from Europe’s first multi-storey coach parkLondon developer Quintain has announced details of Europe’s first multi-storey coach-parking complex.
Construction News
- HS2 boss: Civils delays ‘will not impact’ opening dateDelays to the start of civils construction on phase one of HS2 will not affect its opening date, the boss of the £55.7bn project has told Construction News.
New Civil Engineer
- East West Rail boss vows to have trains on the line by 2023East West Railway Company strategy director Will Gallagher has vowed to have trains running on the line by 2023.
Rail Technology Magazine
- UTG: New deal on urban rail funding and devolution neededThe Urban Transport Group (UTG) has warned a new deal on funding and devolution of rail services is needed to keep UK cities moving forward.
- TransPennine upgrade works will shut down route for almost five yearsTo achieve the improvements envisaged through the TransPennine upgrade, Network Rail will have to close some part of the route for up to a whopping 39 weeks per year for five years – in other words, closures of almost 50 months in total throughout the scheme.
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- UKinbound hires new chief exec officerUKinbound, the only trade association to represent the inbound travel industry, has appointment Joss Croft as Chief Executive Officer.
- Silver celebration for StagecoachTwo of Stagecoach South East’s buses have been decorated in a silver livery to celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary.
- Go-Ahead faces up bus challengeGo-Ahead has set out its strategy for developing its non-London UK and Ireland bus market. It is also using a range of ‘capital light’ measures for international growth, as it faces a downturn in UK regional bus ridership.
Aviation Industry
- Op-Ed: Ensuring fair competition for US aviation Tim Canoll Foreign airlines establish flags of convenience business models to skirt tax, labor and safety regulations to gain an unfair advantage over US airlines and workers. read more
- Airbus appoints ATR exec Scherer as CCO after Schulz resignsAirbus is facing more leadership turmoil after chief commercial officer Eric Schulz resigned Sept. 13. read more
- Air Lease CEO: Boeing considers NMA engine optionsAir Lease Corp. (ALC) executive chairman Steven Udvar-Házy said Boeing is carefully weighing engine options for the US manufacturer’s new mid-market aircraft (NMA)—dubbed the 797—with a potential go-ahead for the program expected in mid-2019. read more
Other News Sources
- Agent Savills hired to help Transport for London build rental flats over tube stationsTransport for London is planning to build rental homes above tube stations. It has hired Savills to find a joint-venture partner such as a developer or investment fund, and says it has identified ten possible sites where 3,000 flats could be built above tube stations, on car parks, or on vacant land.
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