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• Out now: Issue 124 of Passenger Transport

  17-12-2015 13:03 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 124 of Passenger Transport is published on December 18
  Contents include:
    
   
  LEAD STORYPTEG and TfL unite as Urban Transport Group
  City region transport body PTEG will rebrand next month with Transport for London as a full member, becoming ‘the voice of UK urban transport’
   
  NEWS
  Stagecoach regional bus profits down 18.9%
  A combination of factors, including start-up losses for Megabus expansion in Europe hit UK Bus business, but UK Rail sees strong per
  
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• PTEG and TfL unite as Urban Transport Group

  17-12-2015 12:45 via passengertransport.co.uk
  City region transport body PTEG will rebrand next month with Transport for London as a full member, becoming ‘the voice of UK urban transport’
    
  City region transport group PTEG will rebrand as the Urban Transport Group next month, with Transport for London as a full member, offering a single, authoritive voice for UK urban transport.
  UTG’s formation reflects the evolving role of city region transport bodies and the growing recognition of the importance of modern, in
  
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• Digital disruption tool wins HackTrain event

  17-12-2015 12:42 via passengertransport.co.uk
  A tool that is designed to provide rail users with better information during times of disruption won funding of £25,000 at this year’s HackTrain event
   
  Digital developers at work on the HackTrain
   
  More than 120 digital developers from around the world took part in this year’s HackTrain event which brought together the rail industry and the technology community in a bid to stimulate new innovation.
  The developers were challenged to come up with ideas and build workin
  
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• Cubic opens innovation centre in London

  17-12-2015 12:41 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Facility will provide collaborate space to explore new solutions
    
  Cubic Transportation Systems this week opened its Cubic Innovation Centre in London. The new facility is intended to drive mobility innovation and solutions that address the future’s global transport needs.
  The company, which is a business unit of San Diego-based Cubic Corporation, is famous for its role in delivering London’s Oyster card, but the opening of the innovation centre reflects its desire to expl
  
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• The key events of 2015

  17-12-2015 12:19 via passengertransport.co.uk
  As the year draws to an end, we reflect on the past 12 months and identify some of its key moments
   
  Reading Buses was crowned UK Bus Operator of the Year
   
  JANUARY
  DfT in dock over GTR failure
  The quality of the Department for Transport’s management and the rail franchising process came under scrutiny following poor performance at the new Govia Thameslink Railway franchise. In the first 12 weeks of the franchise, which started in September 2014, GTR cancelled 3-4% of servic
  
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• Uber in deal with Facebook Messenger

  17-12-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Tie-up gives disruptive ride-hailing company access to millions of potential new users
  
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• Think YOUR rail journeys bad? Its even worse in York and Sheffield

  17-12-2015 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - RAIL COMMUTERS in York and Sheffield are among those most likely to be hit by delays on their morning trip to work.
  
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• Tam Dalyell: Alex Salmond warned eight years ago about Forth road bridge

  17-12-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - The Labour grandee says Scottish ministers should be ashamed for failing to look after the bridge and recalls a 2007 meeting with the former First Minister.
  
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• Star Wars The Force Awakens cast land at Gatwick Airport in unique R2-D2 plane

  17-12-2015 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -The ANA R2D2 Dreamliner 787-9 brought members of the cast to attend the UK premiere of the film
  
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• Scottish Budget: road projects benefit from 1 billion for infrastructure

  17-12-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - WORK on a delayed Ayrshire bypass will begin next year as part of a 1 billion package of funding for roads and transport projects, John Swinney has announced.
  
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• 'Satnavs to blame' as lorries get stuck under bridge in Wimbledon

  17-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - This van became the latest vehicle to get stuck underneath a notorious railway bridge that has seen at least nine accidents in 18 months.
  
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• Remit agreed for inquiry in to Forth Road Bridge defects

  17-12-2015 01:00 via scottish.parliament.uk
  Other News Sources - A Committee inquiry to consider issues around the structural defects that have led to the current closure of the Forth Road Bridge will get underway early next year.
  
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• Rail debt on track to hit £4.9bn within four years

  17-12-2015 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Investments in Scotlands rail network such as the new line in the Borders are being funded by record levels of borrowing by the Scottish Government.
  
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• Nottingham Post published Brian George: How to tackle noise pollution

  17-12-2015 01:00 via nottinghampost.com
  Nottingham Evening Post - What can be done about noise pollution? Brian George from Hempshill Vale has some possible solutions. ON Sunday morning I was woken at 3am by the screaming noise of an off-road bike in a nearby lane, which went on for over half an hour. As the built environment grows mp;ndash; houses, industrial estates, ever-increasing lorry traffic and car traffic on our roads around Nottingham and elsewhere mp;ndash; our ears and brains are assaulted with every kind of noise. It's ca
  
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• Next train operator needs to sign up to much more ambitious contract, say MPs

  17-12-2015 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - East Anglias new train franchise is a once in a generation opportunity and it must be more ambitious than the current blueprint, the rail minister has been told.
  
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• New bus station hailed as 'high quality gateway' to Radcliffe

  17-12-2015 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -TRANSPORT bosses have praised a
  
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• Network Rail agrees deal to support revival of City House in Leeds

  17-12-2015 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - NETWORK Rail has agreed a deal to support the revival of one of Yorkshires best known office buildings.
  
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• National Express wins German franchise challenge

  17-12-2015 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -National Express has been confirmed as the next operator of local train services in the German city of Nuremburg, after overcoming a challenge from the German state operator Deutsche Bahn. The British group had been awarded the contract to run S-Bahn services in the Nuremburg area in February this year, but the present operator DB Regio then challenged the validity of the award on the grounds that some of the financial documentation provided by the local transport authority had b
  
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• Michael Spencer among signatures of letter for David Cameron over Heathrow airport delay

  17-12-2015 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Michael Spencer, who is now chief executive of a brokerage firm has put his name to a letter lambasting David Cameron for delaying a decision on a new runway for the South East.
  
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• Leeds MP: Airport rail link option better

  17-12-2015 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - MP Greg Mulholland is calling on Leeds City Council to listen to residents who want a rail link to Leeds-Bradford Airport.
  
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• HS2 slammed for treating Chiltern residents 'with contempt'

  17-12-2015 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press -The company behind the controversial HS2 railway line are continuing to treat the Chilterns' public with contempt according to a district councillor.
  
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• Forth Road Bridge inquiry to begin within weeks

  17-12-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - The inquiry into the closure of the Forth Road Bridge is to begin in a matter of weeks after the move was agreed by Holyrood.
  
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• Forth Road Bridge inquiry to be held

  17-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A Holyrood committee agrees to hold an inquiry into the structural defect which caused the closure of the Forth Road Bridge.
  
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• Facebook enters transport business with Uber

  17-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - In Facebook's first foray into the transportation business, the firm has agreed to work with Uber to allow users to hail Uber cabs directly from the Messenger app.
  
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• Dying Sheffield city centre needs HS2 station - entrepreneur says

  17-12-2015 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - A leading Sheffield businessman has backed The Stars campaign to secure a HS2 rail station for the dying city centre.
  
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• Doncaster's new High Speed Rail college steams ahead as plans are given green light

  17-12-2015 01:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Doncaster Free Post - Plans for the new National College for High Speed Rail College are set to go full steam ahead after the council granted the college planning permission.
  
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• Dog cancels journey and Elmbridge commuters packed like 'sardines' after train capacity reduced

  17-12-2015 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - "Shambles - worse than expected", how one commuter described impact of reducing carriages from 12 to 10 on busy morning service from Woking to Waterloo
  
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• Derby Telegraph published Arriva could tweak Derby services to tackle complaints by end of...

  17-12-2015 01:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derbyshire Telegraph - TIMETABLE changes aimed at improving Derby services run by bus companyArrivacould be made as early as the end of February, following more complaints. The company has said it was always planning to review the impact of previous service changes which were introduced earlier this year in response to complaints about punctuality. Issues people had with the revised timetable included the use of Babington Lane, instead of the bus station, as the start and finish point for the fo
  
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• City Car Club to launch in Halifax town centre

  17-12-2015 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Motorists can ditch their own cars and borrow one instead
  
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• Christmas getaway chaos predicted this weekend with three-hour delays on motorways

  17-12-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Friday is expected to be the busiest day over the festive period, as experts warn of gridlock on Britain's major roads
  
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• Campaigners demand service improvements as Fen Line passenger numbers soar

  17-12-2015 01:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  
  Peterborough Telegraph - A report showing the continuing growth in passengers using the rail line between Cambridge and Kings Lynn shows the urgent need for service improvements, campaigners say.
  
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• Birmingham suffers the most train delays of an UK city

  17-12-2015 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Nearly half of morning services late according to researchers, with delays costing commuters 11 hours a year
  
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• ANIMATION: Crossrail track construction

  17-12-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Video shows how Crossrail's multi-purpose gantries lay sleepers and rail track in their tunnels
  
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• ANIMATION: Crossrail concreting train

  17-12-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Video of how concreting train is used to fit-out the Crossrail tunnels
  
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• Airbus A380 to fly from Birmingham Airport for first time

  17-12-2015 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -The giant Airbus A380 will be used from Birmingham Airport from March 27 next year, Emirates has announced
  
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