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Wednesday, 06 November 2019

BBC News

• South Western Railway workers to hold 27 days of strikesThe stoppage will affect South Western Railway services in December and on New Year's Day.
• Boeing boss gives up bonus following plane crashesFirm's chairman says Dennis Muilenburg
• Uber in fatal crash had safety flaws say US investigatorsUS safety investigators found Uber's self-driving test car wasn't programmed to react to jaywakers.
• Boeing whistleblower raises doubts over 787 oxygen systemFormer quality manager says Boeing was driven by cost and schedules above safety, which it denies.

Financial Times

• Norwegian taps investors again for extra cashAirline attempts to secure finances ahead of tricky winter season
• Air France-KLM chief aims to lift profit margins and restore dividendFive-year strategic plan follows crippling strikes ‘that had destroyed all trust’
• Train guards on South Western Railway to strikeDisruption to services risks festive chaos amid long-running dispute

The Guardian

• Private jets: 40% of these flights are empty. Further reason to ground themLabour is exploring plans to curb the use of the planes, which are increasingly popular among wealthy jetsetters. Can this luxury form of travel ever be sustainable?Flying your Learjet up to Nova Scotia to see a total eclipse of the sun might have been held up as the ultimate in celebrity vanity by Carly Simon, but today’s celebrities, while no less vain, have their carbon footprint to think of.When Prince Harry and Megan have been forced to defend their private jetsetting, and a schoolgirl is thumbing a low-carbon lift across the Atlantic by boat to highlight the climate emergency, the emissi...

The Scotsman

• New cars sales in reverse but electric vehicles charge aheadNew car sales were stuck in reverse gear last month, new industry figures reveal, despite alternatively fuelled vehicles grabbing a record market share.

City AM

• Petrol price falls for third consecutive month in OctoberThe price of petrol fell for the third month in a row in October, according to data from RAC fuel [...] The post Petrol price falls for third consecutive month in October appeared first on CityAM.

Birmingham Mail

• Plans to transform One Stop Shopping Centre bus interchange and Perry Barr railway stationA 'landmark' new station is to be built with new lighting, CCTV coverage, accessible toilets and covered waiting areas plus improved pedestrian links to a redesigned bus interchange outside the One Stop Shopping Centre
• Light rail in Coventry to 'cost more than Sprint' in BirminghamThe project, which could see light rail services introduced into Coventry by the end of 2024/beginning of 2025, will almost certainly cost more than the £110 million being spent on Sprint
• Light rail in Coventry to 'cost more than Sprint' in BirminghamThe project, which could see light rail services introduced into Coventry by the end of 2024/beginning of 2025, will almost certainly cost more than the £110 million being spent on Sprint

Birmingham Post

• £60,000 awarded to North East firms to promote electric vehiclesAnother two grants of £20,000 are up for grabs from the Electric Vehicle Innovation Accelerator
• Derbyshire built car helps Toyota scoop ‘green fleet’ manufacturing awardCompany recognised for providing environmentally efficient business fleet products and services
• New images showcase station revamp for 2022 Commonwealth GamesWest Midlands transport chiefs have launched new consultation into the regeneration of Perry Barr station

Bolton News

• Northern will continue to dump human waste on tracksTRAIN operators have failed to stop the dirty business of dumping human waste onto tracks despite promising an end this year.

Bristol Live

• £220million to be pumped in to scheme for new M5 junctionThe exact location of the junction is yet to be decided

London Evening Standard

• South Western Railway strike: Christmas misery as train workers set to walkout for 27 days in DecemberCommuters are facing Christmas misery as South Western Railway workers announced a 27-day strike between December 2 and New Year's Day.

Northern Echo

• Road plan criticised in £4.5m Darlington cemetery proposals PLANS to invest £4.5m to improve Darlington’s West Cemetery have caused upset in the local community.

Yorkshire Post

• Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris: Why Government had no choice but to keep Pacer trains running in NorthI WANT to lay my cards on the table from the off. I want a better rail network for the North and as part of that Pacers must be booted off the railways.

Cambridge News

• Guided Busway closure extended again because of A14 roadworksA diversion remains in place

East Anglian Daily Times

• Cancelled bus route a danger to mental health, say village campaignersA cancelled bus route is making residents of a Suffolk village more isolated damaging their mental health and wellbeing say campaigners who are fighting for their stop to be reinstated.

Reading Evening Post

• London Paddington Station to shut over ChristmasWork will be carried out on the massively delayed Crossrail project over the festive period

Other Regional Press

• Elgin rail crossing deadline pushed backA PROJECT to create a new road crossing over the railway line in Elgin has been pushed back by five years to 2035
• Ryedale MP makes official complaint over train service to MaltonThe MP for Ryedale has written an official complaint letter to the Secretary of State at the Department for Transport calling for something to be done about the state of rail services on the line through Malton.
• Northern apologises for Calder Valley line's cancelled and delayed trains Halifax passengers have aired their frustration over the 'faults and glitches'

New Civil Engineer

• Heathrow Southern Railway boss accuses DfT of ‘lacking urgency’The Department for Transport is displaying a "lack of urgency" in its approach towards southern access to Heathrow despite releasing strategic objectives for the scheme, a bidder for the project has said.

Rail Advent

• 27 days of strike action on South Western Railway announced by rail unionRMT has announced that a total of 27 days of strike action will take place in December on South Western Railway.
• Morrison Utility Services begin swept path works for Edinburgh Tram extensionMorrison Utility Services has announced it is set to begin the enabling swept path works as part of the first phase of work of the Edinburgh tram extension project.

Rail Technology Magazine

• HS2 Oakervee review delayed until 2020 The deputy chair of the Oakervee Review, Lord Berkeley, has revealed that publication of the government’s independent review in HS2 is set to be delayed until after the general election. A HS2 decision had previously been expected before the end of the year, but Berkeley claims he has been...
• New timetable sees Victoria line services increase during commuting timesNew timetables, released by Transport for London (TfL), will see trains arriving every 100 seconds for around three hours during weekday morning and evening commuting peaks on the Victoria line.

Railway Gazette

• Patrick Jeantet returns to KeolisFRANCE: Currently Chairman & CEO of national infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau, Patrick Jeantet is to return to Keolis Group next year as Executive Chairman, succeeding former Chief Executive Jean-Pierre Farandou who took over as President of SNCF on November 1.

Transport for London

• More frequent service on London Overground’s Watford Junction to Euston routeServices increased to approximately every 15 minutes

Aviation Industry

• US lawmakers: Boeing testimony raises ‘new questions’ on MAX development Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg’s testimony last week before a US House panel raised “a litany of new questionsâ€� about the development of the 737 MAX, two top committee members said in a letter to House lawmakers. read more
• Air France-KLM outlines fleet strategy overhaul Air France-KLM has detailed plans to simplify its fleet and hopes to decide between Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s to replace its A380s in the coming weeks as the company sets out a new long-term strategy to better compete in a tough European operating environment. read more
• Lufthansa cabin crews call for two-day strikeLufthansa cabin crews, represented by the UFO union, said they will strike Nov. 7 and 8 after labor negotiations with the airline broke down. read more
• Safran Group names Safran Aircraft Engines chief as CEOFrench aerospace firm Safran’s board has chosen the CEO of Safran Aircraft Engines, Oliver Andries, to be group CEO from January 2021. read more

Green Miscellany

• Cameras to catch drivers using mobile phonesA new type of roadside camera that catches drivers using a mobile phone behind the wheel has been launched by police in the Netherlands. During 18 months of testing, the system used so-called ‘machine learning’ to distinguish between a driver holding a phone and other objects. The cameras have now been installed at two locations in the Netherlands – the… The post Cameras to catch drivers using mobile phones appeared first on ETA.

Other News Sources

• Heathrow Express to use single platform at PaddingtonHeathrow Express services from Paddington will all depart from Platform 7 from December 15, potentially increasing queue times at ticket barriers for some months.
• Google’s ‘Waze for public transport’ can now ease more miserable commutesGoogle has expanded the reach of its experimental public transport app, which relies on crowdsourced data to alert users to delays to their train or bus.
• York to Harrogate rail upgrade at riskThe issues which could see £9.6m in funding for an improved rail service between Knaresborough and York withdrawn are set to be discussed by councillors this week.