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Thursday, 01 November 2018

BBC News

• On board the new Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast trainIt's been a long time coming, but Israeli commuters are finally able to board double-decker high-speed trains on a new link from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.
• Express Motors: Carcharu pump am dwyll gwerth miloeddPum dyn o Wynedd yn cael eu carcharu am dwyllo degau o filoedd o bunnoedd drwy hawlio taliadau am deithiau bws ffug.
• Express Motors: Bus owner and sons jailed after fraudExpress Motors claimed tens of thousands of pounds of government money for journeys that were never made.
• Reality Check: How healthy is your commute?What forms of transport in urban environments expose you to the highest amounts of pollutants?
• Robot company Starship Technologies start Milton Keynes deliveriesHundreds of robots are starting to deliver packages to addresses across Milton Keynes.
• Italian storm destroys hundreds of brand new carsA storm surge has caused massive damage on the Liguria coast in northern Italy.
• Japan bullet train stops 'scary' safety drillsWorkers at the Japanese company would crouch in trenches beside railway tracks as trains sped by.
• Car and house insurance faces price probeThe City regulator warns customers face
• Eurostar resets customer passwords after hack attackThe rail firm reset passwords after detecting efforts to break into some accounts earlier this month.
• Jaguar Land Rover makes loss as sales slide 13%The UK's largest carmaker blamed falling Chinese sales, uncertainty over diesel and Brexit.
• Ryanair passengers brace for new bag rulesAirline's second change to luggage regulations this year comes into effect on Thursday.

ITV News

• Only half of firms satisfied with motorways and major A-roads – surveyOnly half (52%) of coach and delivery firms are satisfied with how England’s motorways and major A-roads meet their needs, a new survey suggests.
• Ryanair changes luggage rules for second time in a yearRyanair has changed its hand luggage rules for the second time this year.

Times Online

• Counting trick helps Airbus meet its targets [Subscription]Airbus had been set to miss its commercial jetliner targets this year because Rolls-Royce failed to provide engines for the A330neo on time — but it avoided doing so thanks to a corporate sleight of hand. The aerospace giant has redefined its target of delivering 800 aircraft this year to include those from its newly acquired Bombardier C Series, which were not previously part of the count.
• Size matters as big cars boost GM [Subscription]Price rises for pick-up trucks and sports utility vehicles in the United States helped General Motors to beat Wall Street’s forecasts yesterday with a 25 per cent jump in underlying third-quarter profit.
• Insurance due? Renew on same day for fair deal, says regulator [Subscription]Motorists and homeowners could be required to renew their insurance policies on the same day of the year, according to a radical proposal tabled by the City regulator designed to crack down on the scourge of insurers charging loyal customers higher premiums than new ones.
• Jaguar driven to cut costs in £2.5bn turnaround bid [Subscription]Investment slashed as sales slide and losses mount in ‘perfect storm’
• Insurance due? Renew on same day for fair deal, says regulator [Subscription]Motorists and homeowners could be required to renew their insurance policies on the same day of the year, according to a radical proposal tabled by the City regulator designed to crack down on the scourge of insurers charging loyal customers higher premiums than new ones.
• Jaguar driven to cut costs in £2.5bn turnaround bid [Subscription]Investment slashed as sales slide and losses mount in ‘perfect storm’
• I’m nothing at Tesla, says Elon Musk [Subscription]The unpredictable billionaire Elon Musk has claimed that he has given up all of his titles at his electric car company and is now “the Nothing of Tesla”.
• Petrol and diesel facing ban in City [Subscription]Petrol and diesel cars could be banned from some of the busiest streets in Britain under new plans outlined today.
• £35bn for rail ‘won’t bring end to delays’ [Subscription]Reliable train services cannot be guaranteed despite a record £35 billion upgrade of the network, the rail watchdog admitted yesterday.
• Electric cars fall short on mileage claims [Subscription]Motorists risk being misled over the range of electric cars after an analysis found that green vehicles travelled up to 100 miles less than advertised.

City AM

• DEBATE: Given the ethical issues exposed in a recent MIT study, will we ever fully trust autonomous vehicles?Given the ethical issues exposed in a recent MIT study, will we ever fully trust autonomous vehicles?

Mail Online

• Helicopter disaster which killed Leicester City owner and four others was sparked by its 'tail rotor flying off', senior air crash investigator saysThe helicopter crash that killed Leicester City's billionaire owner and four others was caused by the tail rotor breaking off in mid-air, a senior crash investigator said today.
• One of the 'biggest ever' rail shutdown to hit Britain over Christmas and the festive season as passengers face drastically reduced services and delays for up to 12 daysRail passengers planning a Christmas getaway face a season of misery because of engineering work on key lines.

The Mirror

• All day airport boozing to be BANNED under new Government plansA spike in alcohol related incidents mid-air has resulted in airlines calling for a crackdown

London Evening Standard

• London train cancellations over Christmas and New Year: Paddington, Victoria and Liverpool Street all hit by major shutdownOne of London's biggest ever Christmas rail shutdowns will see many stations and lines - including direct links to Heathrow and Gatwick - closed throughout the holiday season for much-needed upgrade work.
• TfL Tube strike: Commuters warned of major travel chaos over Piccadilly Line, Central and Waterloo and City walkoutTube commuters have been warned of major disruption on the London Underground next week because of a planned strike, which will hit three Tube lines.
• Londoners flock to Reddit to share what they would include in Tube etiquette 'rulebook'Londoners have taken to Reddit to share what they would include in a Tube etiquette 'rulebook'.
• TfL Tube strike November 2018: Central and Piccadilly lines walkout dates, travel advice and more... all you need to knowHundreds of thousands of commuters will face major travel disruption next week because of a strike on three London Underground lines.

C.N.N.

• Lion Air crash: Divers find device believed to be plane 'black box'Indonesian investigators believe they have found a device containing flight data from Lion Air Flight JT610, a discovery that should help explain why the new Boeing 737 crashed Monday, killing all 189 people on board.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• DHL to manage easyJet ground handling operations at Manchester and Bristol airportsOne year on from taking over ground handling operations at London Gatwick Airport, DHL Supply Chain has been appointed by easyJet to take over the airline’s ground handling operations at Bristol and Manchester airports.
• Crossrail delay: £350m loan for London route announced by governmentA £350m bailout of the delayed Crossrail project has been announced by the government.

Rail Technology Magazine

• ORR approves Network Rail's £35bn CP6 spending plans The ORR has today set outs its final determination on Network Rail’s £35bn plans for CP6, the five-year period from 1 April next year. The rail regulator has approved £7.7bn of spending for the maintenance of existing railways, and £16.6bn for renewing railways – a...
• Refurbishing rolling stock into bi-modes could unlock disused railway lines The DfT has said that innovative refurbishment of old rolling stock into modern bi-mode trains could offer the opportunity to reopen disused railway lines. In the department’s ‘Rolling Stock Perspective Fourth Edition,’ the government made note of several cases of this taking...
• Still no date given for Azuma rollout on ECML by DfTThe DfT still has no answer for when the long-awaited Azuma trains will begin running on the East Coast Main Line, the transport minister told the House of Lords today. Baroness Liz Sugg, appointed to the DfT role in October last year, said she was “not able to give a definite date”...

Aviation Industry

• Search teams may have located fuselage from crashed Lion Air 737-8 Indonesian officials appear confident the location of the main part of the fuselage from the Oct. 29 Lion Air flight JT610 crash has been found, as the search for wreckage continued for a third day on Oct. 31. read more
• Airbus lowers 2018 delivery target on A330, A380 issuesFacing mounting issues in two major programs, Airbus has cut the manufacturer’s 2018 delivery target and said the company is working to “resolve certain commercial challenges on the A330ceo and the A380â€� by the end of the year. read more

Other News Sources

• Urgent funding required for ferry services in the Clyde and HebridesThe Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee is calling for investment in the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services to be prioritised in the upcoming budget, and for there to be an urgent review of the Ferries Plan.

EIN News Subscription

• Divers recover jet’s data recorder on Indonesia seafloor … , which was recently removed from European Union and U.S. blacklists … accuracy against the flight data recorder. Several passengers on the Sunday flight … . Indonesian airlines were barred in 2007 from flying to Europe because of …
• Turkey's new Istanbul airport to be world's largest … The airport is being built in the Arnavutkoy district on the European … Munich in 1992.   AIR TRAFFIC GROWTH The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says … global air traffic is growing …