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Saturday, 23 March 2019

BBC News

• Greater Manchester unveils £137m of cycle and walking projectsThe £137m proposals for Greater Manchester include a scheme to turn Levenshulme into a
• M6 in Staffordshire to close for bridge removalThe motorway will close in both directions for up to 18 hours as part of improvement work.
• London Waterloo: South Western Railway delays as works overrunPassengers into London Waterloo are being disrupted after engineering works overran.
• Men 'riding freight train' found dead on Hackney Wick lineTwo men found dead on the train tracks in east London suffered serious electrical burns, police say.
• Garuda looks to scrap Boeing 737 Max 8 order after crashesThe airline has asked to cancel an order for 49 jets after the plane was involved in two fatal crashes.

ITV News

• £4m safety project keeps trains online in west Cumbria A £4 million project is underway above the coastal railway line, near Whitehaven in west Cumbria.

The Guardian

• Doomed Boeing planes lacked two optional safety features – reportNeither 737 Max aircraft in Indonesia and Ethiopia crashes had sensors sold for extra cost but one could become standard on planes
• Brexit: leaver go-slow on roads leads to prosecutionsPolice stop leaders of dawdling convoys that were intended to cause ‘gridlock’ in pursuit of 29 March exit date
• Tottenham Hotspur station? Some hate it, but branding the railways is nothing newFrom Daimler Halt to Singer station, corporate giants of the past left their imprint on the transport network

The Independent

• Jet Airways crisis: Airline cancels huge number of flights as bailout fails while Wow Air calls off rescue bidIndian carrier has seen two-thirds of its fleet grounded at insistence of aircraft lessors

Times Online

• BA reveals new business class seats: our verdict [subscription]When does a seat become a suite? When it has a door, says British Airways, which this week revealed plans for its new Club Suites, the most radical overhaul of its business class offering in almost 20 years.
• Railway reformer gets Royal Mail post [Subscription]The man charged by Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, with shaking up Britain’s failing railway network is about to become busier after being appointed chairman of Royal Mail.
• Airline drops Boeing 737 Max jets as passengers refuse to fly [subscription]The Boeing crisis deepened yesterday when the US company lost a $5 billion order for its 737 Max jets, which have suffered two disasters in five months.
• Motorists to earn £3,000 by ditching car for public transport [Subscription]Motorists will be paid up to £3,000 a year to ditch their cars under government-funded plans to cut congestion and air pollution.

City AM

• Brexit march London 2019: Londoners warned to avoid key Tube stationsTransport for London (TfL) has warned commuters to avoid 13 key Tube stations across the capital ahead of People's Vote Brexit march.

Daily Record

• Plan to move railway station sparks worry as potential shift is branded ‘crazy’Concerns were raised this week after plans surfaced on moving Bridge of Allan’s historic railway station to the Cornton area.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Leader comment: Better late than never for ScotRail ScotRail has promised to invest around £18 million to help deliver “significant improvements” to its service - well it couldn’t get much worse.

London Evening Standard

• Two men electrocuted and killed while on top of moving freight train, police sayTwo men who were electrocuted and died on a railway in east London were likely on top of a moving freight train wagon before they died, police have said.
• Brexit March London travel: TfL warns commuters to avoid 13 key Tube stops ahead of rallyPeople travelling to central London on Saturday have been warned to avoid 13 Tube stations ahead of the People's Vote Brexit march.

Northern Echo

• Councillors reject plans to re-open Durham city bus stopPLANS to shave just three minutes off bus journey times have been rejected over concerns about congestion and pollution.

North Wales Live

• Campaigners call off Holyhead Port Brexit protestLeader Ian Charlesworth says they want time to consider their next move after go-slow protests

Rail Technology Magazine

• Government gives ‘hugely important’ £208m Belfast Transport Hub the green lightA new £208m Belfast Transport Hub with major rail and bus connections has been granted planning permission by the Department of Infrastructure.
• New to-the-minute measures for train punctuality introduced to tackle delaysNew measures of train punctuality are to be released by train operators and Network Rail next month in a bid to improve performance. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) announced the new ‘on time’ standards which will record train times to the minute at every stop, and called them the...
• Government gives 'hugely important' £208m Belfast Transport Hub the green lightA new £208m Belfast Transport Hub with major rail and bus connections has been granted planning permission by the Department of Infrastructure. The new proposed development, led by Translink, is set to replace the Great Victoria Street train station complex and the Europa Bus Centre, and...

Aviation Industry

• Spanish LCC Volotea to complete fleet transition by 2022Spanish LCC Volotea is considering expanding to 40-60 aircraft by 2022, when it will have completed its transition from Boeing 717s to an all-Airbus A319 fleet. read more
• Russia’s Red Wings cancels A220 orderRed Wings Airlines has canceled its order for six Airbus A220-300s, Russia’s only order for the type, for economic reasons. read more
• WOW and Indigo end investment talksIcelandic ultra-LCC WOW Air has restarted talks with Icelandair Group after long-running negotiations with private equity fund Indigo Partners to take a stake in the rapidly expanding LCC collapsed. read more
• White House budget request revives EAS debate The White House in its FY2020 budget request indicated plans to reform the Essential Air Service (EAS) program, opening up a schism between the Trump administration and rural airport operators who depend on the pre-deregulation-era program to make sure carriers continue flying to their communities. read more

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