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• DfT hopes 48-hour hackathon will get railways back on track

  19-11-2015 20:22
  
  150 software developers, designers and entrepreneurs will pay £25 each to spend weekend inventing apps to improve UK rail networkWith its £38.5bn five-year plan to upgrade the railways yet to bring the desired results, the cash-strapped Department for Transport is turning to the tech world to spark some creative fixes and launching a 48-hour hackathon to improve Britain’s trains.An estimated 150 software developers, designers and entrepreneurs from across the world will board t
  
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• Gatwick chief wants government to rethink expansion plans

  19-11-2015 16:42
  
  Airport’s bosses argue that the Davies commission failed to assess the economic benefits of enlarging GatwickThe busiest six months in Gatwick’s history has prompted the airport to call for renewed consideration of its thwarted expansion plans. Its chief executive, Stewart Wingate, said Britain’s second largest airport had passed the 40 million passengers mark – on a rolling annual basis – almost a decade earlier than forecasts by the Airports Commission, which has
  
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• Out now: Issue 122 of Passenger Transport

  19-11-2015 13:53 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 122 of Passenger Transport is published on November 20
  Contents include:
    
   
  LEAD STORYShaw sets agenda for attracting investment
  Industry sees Shaw Report as pointing towards greater involvement for private sector to fill ‘shuddering’ rail funding gap left by reclassification
   
  NEWS
  GM operators take smart step forward
  Manchester’s bus operators have launched a smart-based multi-operator ticketing scheme as part of a commitment made by the &lsqu
  
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• Shaw sets agenda for attracting investment

  19-11-2015 13:35 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Industry sees Shaw Report as pointing towards greater involvement for private sector to fill ‘shuddering’ rail funding gap left by reclassification
    
  The Treasury and Department for Transport have published a consultation and scoping report into the future shape and financing of Network Rail setting out options from full privatisation to full state control.
  Although the consultation headed by HS1 chief executive Nicola Shaw rules out no options, industry executives said th
  
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• £345m BSOG funding set for reform, not cut

  19-11-2015 13:32 via passengertransport.co.uk
  O’Toole believes £345m a year grant is safe
   New additions to First’s fleet in Lanarkshire
   
  FirstGroup’s discussions with the Department for Transport have indicated that the DfT’s £345m a year Bus Services Operators Grant budget is unlikely to be severely affected by the Treasury’s demands for spending cuts at the DfT.
  Instead chief executive Tim O’Toole said that changes to the way BSOG in England is allocated are the most likely outco
  
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• Perry denies ‘sparks effect’ of electrification

  19-11-2015 13:29 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Rail minister Claire Perry has said that there are other ways to improve rail services beyond expensive electrification schemes. Rhodri Clark reports
    
  Rail minister Claire Perry has said that electrification makes no difference to many passengers and there are other options when it comes to improving services.She made the comments last week at a North Wales rail summit, where business leaders and politicians from both sides of the border argued that the Chester to Holyhead line
  
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• O’Connor sets sights on data-led growth

  19-11-2015 13:26 via passengertransport.co.uk
  The new boss of Arriva’s UK bus business wants forensic scrutiny of what drives growth, and then bold action to deliver more of it
    
  Kevin O’Connor was unknown in the bus industry when at the beginning of this year he was named as the new managing director of Arriva’s UK bus business. The 39-year-old joined the group in March from security firm G4S, where he held a variety of senior leadership roles, but he already seems at home in his new role.
  O’Connor heads
  
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• York bicycle maker reports five years of consecutive growth as one of only two people in the world making giant 36" wheeled bikes

  19-11-2015 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -Business editor Laura Knowlson meets York's own Dylan Thomas as he sets poetry in motion with is bike building business.
  
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• Women in rail - Speech, Claire Perry MP

  19-11-2015 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - The rail sector is not hiring or promoting sufficient numbers of women.
  
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• UK car production fell in October

  19-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - UK car production fell in October, but output for the year so far remains at a 10-year high, new figures show.
  
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• Survey reveals that only 16 per cent of UK rail industry employees are women

  19-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - FEWER than two in every 10 rail industry employees are female, according to a comprehensive new survey into gender diversity across the sector.
  
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• Surrey railway stations could fall under control of Transport for London

  19-11-2015 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Besides the tube network, TfL could take responsibility for services to Weybridge, Chertsey, Staines, Dorking and Leatherhead, a new report has suggested
  
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• Successor to EMTs HSTs discussed

  19-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - We expect the competition for the next East Midlands long-term franchise to deliver those improvements to the rolling stock that are required
  
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• Smart technology could slash global emissions by 15

  19-11-2015 01:00 via edie.net
  
  Other News Sources -The spread of mobile devices and and uptake of smart technology could help reduce global GHG emissions by up to 15 by 2030 - more than the current footprint of the EU and the US combined - according to a new report from Swedish communication technology company Ericsson.
  
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• Sheffield bus cut chaos update due today after meeting

  19-11-2015 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  Sheffield Star - Transport chiefs are today expected to issue an update on whether action will be taken over Sheffields bus cut chaos.
  
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• Recap: Piccadilly train station re-opens amid Greater Manchester transport chaos

  19-11-2015 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -Traffic problems heading out of Manchester, city centre gridlock, and services suspended at Manchester Piccadilly after reports of trespassers
  
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• Rail passengers delayed by fallen trees

  19-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - No trains have been running between some West Midlands stations after a series of high winds caused disruption overnight.
  
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• Rail bosses delighted to complete "once in a lifetime job" at Farnworth Tunnels

  19-11-2015 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -IT has taken 2,000 man hours, 30,000 tonnes of material, 1,940 concrete slabs and eight months of disruptionand this is the result. The Bolton News was invited for an exclusive look inside the completed Farnworth Tunnel site which is set to have trains running through it once again next month.
  
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• Plans on track for a better rail service

  19-11-2015 01:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Train passengers across the North West will be stunned at the improvements they see in 2016.
  
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• Northern authorities united in our aims

  19-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Rail Norths vision is about the whole of the North, its Director David Hoggarth said in Leeds on November 5.
  
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• 'Nonsense' claims against RAF pilots

  19-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A man accused of shining bright lights into the cockpits of RAF planes during night flights on Anglesey made some
  
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• Non-UK taxi drivers face stricter fit and proper person tests in Leeds

  19-11-2015 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - PRospective taxi drivers in Leeds are to face stricter checks after safeguarding concerns were raised about the current process for handing out licences.
  
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• New Merseyrail boss excited by franchise plans for network

  19-11-2015 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Rail operator says it can build on strong first half period of its 25-year concession
  
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• Morning commutes in Surrey slower AGAIN this year

  19-11-2015 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The average speeds we're travelling on Surrey's A-road network during the morning rush hour has fallen yet again
  
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• 'Make M6 Toll free' plea from combined authority bosses

  19-11-2015 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -New super council is attempting to get charges scrapped on motorway to relieve growing congestion on the M6 and around Birmingham
  
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• Indian carriers fined over fuel surcharge

  19-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - IndiGo, Jet and SpiceJet penalised $40m for acting in parallel on cargo fuel surcharges
  
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• Hull council installs barrier to stop homeowner charging his electric car

  19-11-2015 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Adam Storey installed a charger in front of his house in Hull, East Yorkshire after buying an eco-friendly Vauxhall Ampera.
  
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• Heathrow action group opposes plans for third runway

  19-11-2015 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Residents Action Group Elmbridge (RAGE) is campaigning against changes to flight paths and questions MP Dominic Raab's failure to publicly back or oppose the third runway
  
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• Going underground on the way to Leeds Bradford Airport?

  19-11-2015 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Drivers could find themselves going underground as they make their way to Leeds Bradford Airport, it has been revealed.
  
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• George Osborne's cuts to bus funding will be a disaster for the 'Northern Powerhouse'

  19-11-2015 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Shadow Transport Secretary Lilian Greenwood writes exclusively for the Mirror to tell George Osborne vital bus services are in crisis
  
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• Gatwick hits 40 million passengers a year for first time

  19-11-2015 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -GATWICK broke the 40 million passengers a year mark for the first time last weekend and is rapidly approaching full capacity.
  
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• Gatwick Airport makes a case for expansion as passenger numbers leap

  19-11-2015 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Revenues rose 5.2 per centto £411.8m in the six months to the end of September, pushing earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation up 6.8 per cent to £241m. Meanwhile, profit before tax hit £135.2m.
  
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• FTA at Skills Show to promote careers in logistics

  19-11-2015 01:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Freight Transport Association (FTA) will be encouraging young people to consider careers in the logistics industry at the Skills Show in ...
  
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• Franchise improvements to continue - Hynes

  19-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Northern Rail Managing Director Alex Hynes says investment in the franchise will continue until its last day.
  
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• Expanding Heathrow will help the economy to take off

  19-11-2015 01:00 via politics.co.uk
  
  politics.co.uk - Long before the Airports Commission delivered their unanimous recommendation to expand Heathrow, the market had delivered the same unambiguous response. The airport has been full for a decade. Theres a queue of airlines wanting to put on more flights from Heathrow but there simply isnt the space.
  
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• Drama as passengers evacuated from Coventry bus station

  19-11-2015 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press -Pool Meadow re-opened ten minutes later but the cause of the incident is not known
  
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• Disabled girl left stranded on bus

  19-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Education Authority has apologised to the family of an Enniskillen teenager with disabilities, who was left alone on a bus for almost three hours.
  
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• Direct North Wales to Manchester Airport train plans face 'one last hurdle'

  19-11-2015 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Arriva Trains Wales has won the battle over Manchester airport trains
  
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• Councillors consider measures to cut traffic speeds in Thornton street

  19-11-2015 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -COUNCILLORS have agreed to consider funding traffic calming measures on a Bradford street labelled
  
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• Coal power station closures place rail freight at important crossroads

  19-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - GBRf MD John Smith responds to Government announcement
  
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• 'Challenging' duty and tax free sector hits Gatwick per-pax retail income

  19-11-2015 01:00 via moodiereport.com
  Other News Sources - UK. Buoyed by the busiest six months in the airports history with a record 23.5 million passengers (+4.7 year-on-year), Gatwick Airport posted a +5.2 rise in revenues to £411.8 million (US$626 million) for the half year ended 30 September 2015.
  
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• British Airways ranked as least efficient major transatlantic airline

  19-11-2015 01:00 via edie.net
  
  Other News Sources -British Airway has ranked last in a new analysis of the fuel efficiency of the 20 largest airlines that fly transatlantic routes.
  
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• Anti-Gatwick expansion group plays down passenger record

  19-11-2015 01:00 via crawleyobserver.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign (GACC) said larger planes and fewer empty seats explained the airport reaching a record-breaking 40 million passengers per year.Read more: http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/anti-gatwick-expansion-group-plays-down-passenger-record-1-7073296#ixzz3rvfnO0lI
  
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• American Airlines makes changes to loyalty program

  19-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- American Airlines will switch the way members of its AAdvantage loyalty program earn rewards from the number of miles flown to the amount spent for a ticket.read more
  
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• Air Canada flight attendants approve 10-year contract

  19-11-2015 01:00 via topix.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Air Canada and CUPE say the airline's flight attendants have approved a 10-year agreement reached with the carrier last month. The union said in a statement that the agreement was accepted by a narrow margin, but did not provide a voting margin.
  
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