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ScotRail boss handed bumper pay rise since starting job
ScotRail boss Alex Hynes has pocketed a bumper pay rise since taking charge of the beleaguered service last year.
Scots challenged to 'take a risk' and leave car at home
Scots are to be challenged to "take a risk" by leaving their cars at home by Scotland's new active nation commissioner.
Sadiq Khan tells assembly 'no smoking gun' over Crossrail delays accusing former chairman of 'misremembering' events
Sadiq Khan has accused the former Crossrail chairman of “misremembering” events and further denied being told of the project’s delays earlier than August.
Saturday, 22 December 2018
BBC News
- Moira Station parking fines put off train-usersCommuters have been "put off" using public transport after dozens of drivers were given parking tickets outside Moira train station.
- Gatwick airport: How countries counter the drone threatBazookas, nets and trained eagles are all used to tackle rogue drones around the world.
- Northern Rail: The most cancelled rail line in the UK?More than 2,000 services between Ormskirk and Preston have vanished and people have had enough.
The Guardian
- Gatwick drone arrests: man and woman held over disruption of airportTwo arrests made on Friday night, police say, as bosses expect to run full schedule on Saturday
The Herald
- ScotRail boss handed bumper pay rise since starting jobScotRail boss Alex Hynes has pocketed a bumper pay rise since taking charge of the beleaguered service last year.
The Scotsman
- LNER runs extra London-Scotland trains after Gatwick drone disruptionExtra Edinburgh-London trains are being laid on by LNER today to help air passengers caught up in the Gatwick Airport drones closure.
- App being developed in Edinburgh to predict potholesA mobile phone app to predict potholes before they occur is being developed in Edinburgh.
- Scots challenged to 'take a risk' and leave car at homeScots are to be challenged to "take a risk" by leaving their cars at home by Scotland's new active nation commissioner.
Times Online
- Europe plan could snare rogue drone operators [Subscription]Authorities will be able to remotely identify a rogue drone owner and locate them under proposals expected to be adopted at EU-level next year.
- Gatwick chaos: Four years of warnings about drone risk [Subscription]October 2014 The British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa) calls for tougher rules on the use of large drones because of fears that the technology may be a threat to airlines. Britain should be turned into a “safe drone zone” in which businesses and hobbyists can use the devices without them posing a risk to aircraft and buildings, it says.
- Gatwick chaos: Chris Grayling calls for insurers to pay up over drone disruption [Subscription]Thousands of people affected by the Gatwick disruption could miss out on compensation if airlines and insurers decide the drone attack is an “exceptional circumstance” or terrorist act.
- The Times view on Chris Grayling: buck stops at the top over Gatwick drone chaos [Subscription]The transport secretary is underperforming across his brief
- The Times view on privatising ScotRailThere is no evidence to suggest nationalising ScotRail would improve performance
- ScotRail sends 11 trains home [Subscription]Staff shortages and industrial disputes that wreaked havoc on the railways were compounded by 11 ScotRail trains being taken out of service.
- Pay rise for rail bosses despite timetable chaos [Subscription]Two thirds of Network Rail’s highest-paid executives had pay rises last year despite the timetabling chaos that inflicted misery on thousands of commuters.
- Grayling put drone law on hold before Gatwick flight chaos [subscription]Transport secretary under fire as police detain two suspects
City AM
- Sadiq Khan tells assembly 'no smoking gun' over Crossrail delays accusing former chairman of 'misremembering' eventsSadiq Khan has accused the former Crossrail chairman of “misremembering” events and further denied being told of the project’s delays earlier than August.
The National
- Anger at ScotRail 'planning failure' as trains are sent away despite demandSCOTRAIL have come under fire for sending 11 of their trains down to Yorkshire permanently – despite planned replacements not being operational.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
Daily Post (North Wales)
- The 'beautiful' railway line running through parts of Snowdonia that's being shunned by passengersThe Conwy Valley railway line has four of Wales' least busiest train stations on the route - and one AM thinks it's being failed by the Welsh Government
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- Work forges ahead on £150m Wolverhampton Railway StationWork to transform Wolverhampton train station into a £150 million transport hub is gathering pace.
Other Regional Press
- Bristol Airport hopes to increase passenger capacity by two millions in new applicationBRISTOL AIRPORT is planning to increase its capacity to handle up to 12 million passengers a year by the mid-2020s.
- Councillors call for action over 'atrocious' Transport for Wales train servicesCouncillors call for action over 'atrocious' Transport for Wales train services
- Cowdenbeath MSP wants better services on CircleCOWDENBEATH MSP Annabelle Ewing wants a meeting with ScotRail early in 2019 to express her dissatisfaction of the quality of services on the Fife Circle.
- Plans on track for new rail link between Bury and ManchesterA NEW rail link between Bury and Manchester could be on track after a study found it was ‘feasible and cost effective’. Politicians, business leaders and officers, including Bury North MP James Frith, met with Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry in London at the end of last month to update him on the findings of the early strategic case for rail investment.
Railway Gazette
- Non-PVC wrap for Welsh DMUsLIVERY: Two Class 175 and two Class 143 diesel multiple-units operated by KeolisAmey on the Wales & Borders franchise have become the first trainsets to be wrapped with non-PVC Envision Print Wrap LX480mC wrap supplied by 3M and Aura Graphics. 3M Scotchgard 8993 glossy overlaminate and anti-graffiti wrap 8588G provide extra protection for the printed film.
Aviation Industry
- Amazon to lease 10 additional ATSG Boeing 767FsAmazon Air, forging tighter ties with Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), will lease 10 more Boeing 767-300 freighters from the company. read more
- EasyJet continues preparations for no-deal Brexit EasyJet has converted 580 of 1,400 UK pilot licenses to Austrian ones as the UK-based LCC continues to prepare for a no-deal Brexit when the UK leaves the European Union on March 29, 2019. read more
- Scoot sees second extended 787 delay in weeksTechnical and administrative issues caused a Scoot Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight to be delayed 56 hrs.—the second extended delay for the Singapore LCC’s 787s in less than a month. read more
- Gatwick closes again, reopens after another drone sightingLondon’s Gatwick Airport shut down flight operations again Dec. 21 after yet another drone sighting, then reopened 1 1/2 hr. later. read more
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