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Plan to transform transport across north of England unveiled
Transports chiefs claim £70bn 30-year road and rail upgrade will create 850,000 jobs
Making it easier for third parties to invest in Britain’s railway
Network Rail - Britain’s biggest builder - is making it easier for private companies to invest in the railway.
Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin highlights anger over bus cuts during PMQs
BATLEY and Spen MP Tracy Brabin highlighted residents' anger over bus cuts during Prime Minister's Questions today.
Thursday, 31 January 2019
BBC News
- PMQs: Tracy Brabin and Theresa May on supporting bus travelA Labour MP said cuts to bus services in her West Yorkshire seat have left some constituents unable to get to shops and schools, as she called for them to be brought back under public control.
- M4 relief road: 90 businesses call for decisionDozens of business leaders press ministers for a decision on the £1.4bn M4 relief road.
- Call for action on Glasgow Airport transport linksA new report says the airport is worth £1.44bn to the economy as bosses warn its economic potential is being curbed.
- Tesla reports profit as issues stabiliseThe firm, which has routinely posted losses, reports a small profit for a second consecutive quarter.
- Brexit: Car investment halves as industry hits 'red alert'The UK industry's trade body warns of
ITV News
- Delay repay debate MP caught in rail delayColchester MP Will Quince obviously tempted fate when he held a debate urging the introduction of a new delay repay scheme.
The Guardian
- Number of bus journeys in England falls by 85m in a yearThe number of bus passenger journeys in England slumped by 85m last year, according to figures that Labour said highlighted the devastating impact of cuts to local services under the current government.
- Plan to transform transport across north of England unveiledTransports chiefs claim £70bn 30-year road and rail upgrade will create 850,000 jobs
Times Online
- Rail companies pay out £200m to shareholders amid fare rises [subscription]Train operators paid shareholders dividends of more than £200 million last year as fares rose and delays increased, according to analysis by the rail watchdog.
- Car production in the UK falls by a tenth [subscription]Car production in the UK suffered its worst year-on-year drop since the global financial crisis after a 22 per cent fall in December capped a challenging 12 months for the industry.
Reuters News
- Deutsche Bahn discusses selling assets to boost finances: sourcesDeutsche Bahn executives discussed selling logistics arm Schenker during a meeting on Wednesday with Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer about how to boost the German rail operator’s finances, people at the meeting told Reuters
City AM
- Wizz Air profits tumble but airline clings to guidance as passenger numbers growWizz Air witnessed an 88 per cent drop in pre-tax profits at the end of 2018 but has insisted it’s on track to meet its annual guidance.
- Westminster City Council to spend £28m tackling traffic and air pollution along the StrandWestminster City Council has pledged £28m to tackle the traffic jams and air pollution plaguing the Strand and transform the area into a “world-class cultural and learning quarter”.
- Network Rail awards £5bn worth of contracts for next 10 years of railway managementNetwork Rail has tasked engineering giants including Babcock and Colas with looking after Britain’s railways for the next decade, handing out £5bn worth of contracts.
- Rail operators suffer fall in dividends as Waterloo closure and strikes hit bottom lineRail operators’ dividends dropped by a quarter last year, with firms blaming strikes and a month-long platform closure at London Waterloo.
- UK car industry warns on no-deal Brexit as manufacturing and investment nosediveThe UK car industry has warned of the “devastation” a no-deal Brexit would cause as new figures show manufacturing and investment plummeted in 2018.
Mail Online
- Virgin Trains USA launching IPO, developing passenger linesORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A passenger rail company that is connecting South Florida with Orlando is planning a public offering of common stock that the company is valuing at more than $500 million.
The Mirror
- Bus fares rising faster than wages set to increase again despite passenger fallAverage fares are set to be 53% higher in 2022 than in 2010 in real term while private operators make billions of pounds in profits, say Labour
Network Rail
- Making it easier for third parties to invest in Britain’s railwayNetwork Rail - Britain’s biggest builder - is making it easier for private companies to invest in the railway.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin highlights anger over bus cuts during PMQsBATLEY and Spen MP Tracy Brabin highlighted residents' anger over bus cuts during Prime Minister's Questions today.
Sheffield Star
- Sheffield bus service may be city’s worst, say frustrated passengersA Sheffield bus service has been branded one of the worst in the city, following a volley of complaints from frustrated passengers
Other Regional Press
- Top level meeting to thrash out future of Glasgow's airport rail linkA TOP level meeting is to take place on the future of the Glasgow airport rail link.
New Civil Engineer
- DfT boss says Heathrow Southern Rail proposal ‘falls short’A senior official from the Department for Transport (DfT) has said that the private sector proposal to build a southern rail link to Heathrow “falls short” of government requirements.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Network Rail unveils winners of 10-year contracts for £5bn rail system upgradesNetwork Rail has announced its preferred bidders to deliver track and rail system upgrades over the next 10 years in the south of England and in Scotland, worth an estimated £5bn. The contracts, initially five years with the option to extend to 10, have been awarded to Colas Rail and Aecom...
- Franchise payments to government slump by 40% as falling passenger numbers, strikes and delays hit rail industry's incomeFalling passenger numbers has seen the rail industry suffer a fall in income in last the year, resulting in a 40% drop in franchise payments to the government, the rail regulator has revealed. The ORR’s annual report shows that the rail industry is being squeezed after upgrade delays...
- Unite and Hitachi urge government for immediate investment in UK train manufacturersThe Unite union has written to Chris Grayling, with Hitachi’s backing, warning the government to support UK manufacturing, jobs and skills by investing in rail infrastructure or risk “shunting the UK’s rail manufacturing renaissance into the sidings.” The letter from...
Railnews
- Network Rail awards contracts worth £5bnCONTRACTS worth at least £5 billion have been awarded in principle by Network Rail to several engineering firms.
Aviation Industry
- Aeroflot Group traffic up 11% in 2018Russia’s Aeroflot Group carried 55.7 million passengers in 2018, up 11% year-over-year (YOY). International traffic grew 9.7% to 24.7 million, while domestic traffic increased 12.3% to 31 million. read more
- Flybe rejects call for a general meeting UK regional carrier Flybe has rejected a demand for a general meeting from Hosking Partners, which manages 18.72% of Flybe’s shares on behalf of several investors. read more
- Ryanair’s O’Leary: More airline acquisitions possibleOn the heels of Ryanair’s acquisition of Austria-based LaudaMotion, the Irish LCC sees the potential to add more airlines to its current group of three carriers. read more
- Boeing embeds more workers at CFM, suppliers to boost production Boeing is embedding more employees at factory sites of engine-maker CFM International and its suppliers as the aircraft OEM tries to help its supply chain overcome narrowbody production rate ramp issues that linger from 2018, even as industry looks to boost manufacturing again this year. read more
Other News Sources
- New train arrives at Hull TrainsThe HST arrived in the city last night. A new train has arrived at Hull Trains, in a bid to bolster its fleet and improve reliability
- Design Unveiled for World’s First Pure-Electric TankerJapanese shipping company Asahi Tanker and compatriot shipbroking company Exeno-Yamamizu Corporation Tokyo have jointly developed a new domestic shipping tanker design which incorporates zero-emission electric propulsion.
- Brittany Ferries: Delivery of New LNG-Powered Ferry DelayedBrittany Ferries’ new LNG-powered ferry Honfleur will not be delivered in time for the 2019 summer season, as scheduled, the shipping company informed.
- Tees Valley Mayor meets offshore wind energy chiefs over plans for Durham Tees Valley AirportTees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen met senior offshore wind energy chiefs to drive forward plans for a heliport at Durham Tees Valley Airport to support a £3.2billion project.
- Bus journeys fall by 90 million in a yearNew Department for Transport figures have shown that the number of bus journeys taken in Great Britain fell by more than 90 million in one year.
- THE WORLD'S 10 BEST-DESIGNED BUS STATIONSWhile most bus stations are ugly, perfunctory and utilitarian, there are plenty that break the mould and show that stunning architecture can be found in the most unlikely places
- THE WORLD'S 10 BEST-DESIGNED BUS STATIONSWhile most bus stations are ugly, perfunctory and utilitarian, there are plenty that break the mould and show that stunning architecture can be found in the most unlikely places
- Cardiff Bus announces ticket price changesCARDIFF BUS has announced increases to ticket costs.
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