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Monday, 08 October 2018

BBC News

• The UK firm hoping to take on Google’s driverless carsTech giants are spending on autonomous vehicles but a small UK rival wants to compete.

ITV News

• Services to return to normal at Derby station after major improvement workAfter months of disruption, the services are expected to return to normal at the Derby's train station on Monday.

City AM

• Club 18-30: Sun sets on booze-fuelled party holidays as millennials look for social media friendly tripsClub 18-30, the travel brand promising sun, sea and sex to teenagers going abroad without their parents for the first time, will close down at the end of the month after losing ground with millennials.
• Crossrail faces handover to government if costs continue to riseThe government could take over the reins of Crossrail from its fellow joint sponsor Transport for London (TfL) if a lid is not kept on the costs of the £15.4bn project.

Bristol Live

• Racist and anti-semitic graffiti taking Bristol trains out of serviceBristol in danger of becoming the 'Bronx of Wessex' Racist and anti-semitic slogans are being plastered on the side of trains, taking them out of service and causing delays, a transport campaigner has warned.

London Evening Standard

• Revealed: TfL Tube maps from the last two decades show how the London Underground lines have evolvedFascinating maps from the Transport for London archives show how the capital's Tube lines have evolved over the last two decades.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• New bridge for River Don as transport chiefs unveil ambitious plans to connect AberdeenPlans have been unveiled showing potential new transport links across Aberdeen – including another new bridge over the River Don.

Wales Online

• What passengers can expect from the new rail franchiseArriva Trains Wales hands over to new operator TfW Rail Services on Sunday, but passengers shouldn’t expect too much too soon

Other Regional Press

• Anger As North West Misses Out On Transport CashSouth Lakes MP slams Government for neglecting the North West in new public transport funding announcement.
• Barrow coach features in national transport eventA COACH owned and operated by the Barrow Transport Group has taken part in the country's biggest rally for new and preserved buses.
• ScotRail criticised over disabled support at Aberdeen train stationA severely disabled woman has hit out over accessibility at Aberdeen train station.
• Train lines closed for ‘major signal remodelling’Buses will replace trains on some major Norfolk and Waveney routes today.

New Civil Engineer

• Shadow chancellor vows to defeat government over Heathrow expansionShadow chancellor John McDonnell has warned the government that it will lose its legal battle to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
• Stansted Airport expansion decision delayed againPlans to expand London Stansted Airport have been grounded, for now.
• Bricks 'sent flying' during Crossrail tunnellingNew details of issues encountered by Crossrail when tunnelling under central London have emerged, including an incident which sent bricks from a Victorian well “dramatically flying through the excavation”.

Rail Advent

• Meet the ORRs new Interim Chief ExecutiveThe Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has announced that it has appointed John Larkinson as their Interim Chief Executive.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Crossrail chair Sir Terry Morgan to step down after project setbacks The chairman of the £15bn Crossrail project, Sir Terry Morgan, is reported to be preparing to step down after it was revealed that the new line would not open until an undefined date next autumn, Sky News has revealed. Sir Terry, who has held the role since 2009, and also chairs HS2, is...

Other News Sources

• Falmouth company secures £239m shipping contractA Falmouth company has secured a £239m shipping contract with the MoD, safeguarding hundreds of jobs.
• Full steam ahead: Shipping CEOs call for rapid maritime sector decarbonisationGlobal Maritime Forum brings together 34 CEOs and industry leaders to urge a step change in the development of zero carbon shipping fuels and technologies
• East Midlands Airport building up for saleNottingham-based NG Chartered Surveyors has been appointed to market an office building at East Midlands Airport.
• Airport interest growing in blockchain technology
• easyJet’s Southend and Stansted based flights set to make life-saving journeys - Essex-TVEurope’s leading airline, easyJet, has this week launched a six-week campaign to make life-saving journeys on board Southend and Stansted based aircraft – helping to fund cutting-edge research into breast cancer and prostate cancer.
• East West Rail Link: CamBedRailRoad launches petition to governmentA petition urging the government to consider an alternative rail route between Bedford and Cambridge has amassed more than 1,000 signatures.
• Electricity failure at Wishaw causing more train woes for Glasgow tonightAn electricity supply failure at Wishaw is causing problems for train users travelling on the busy Glasgow Central to Lanark line.