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• Out now: Issue 125 of Passenger Transport

  07-01-2016 13:21 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 125 of Passenger Transport is published on January 8
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  LEAD STORYKhan: ‘I’ll let TfL bid for transport contracts’
  Labour’s London mayoral candidate, Sadiq Khan, would allow Transport for London to bid for bus and rail contracts in the UK and abroad
   
  NEWS
  Efficiencies would fund Khan’s TfL fares freeze
  Mayoral candidate says “tough decisions” would fund fares plan
  DfT seeking West Mids ticketing revolut
  
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• Khan: ‘I’ll let TfL bid for transport contracts’

  07-01-2016 13:07 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Labour’s London mayoral candidate, Sadiq Khan, would allow Transport for London to bid for bus and rail contracts in the UK and abroad
    
  Could Transport for London soon be bidding to operate buses in Greater Manchester and other cities, in the UK and abroad?
  Sadiq Khan, Labour’s candidate in this year’s London mayoral election raised this prospect when he said this week he would allow Transport for London to bid for bus and rail contracts. He said that he would use t
  
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• ScotRail sets out £475m train fleet programme

  07-01-2016 13:02 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Two-thirds of fleet will be refurbished by the end of 2018
    
  Abellio ScotRail has set out full details of its plans to expand and refurbish its train fleet, which will see the fleet size increased by more than 20% and £475m spent on new and refurbished trains. The programme covers three quarters of the fleet.The majority of the work will take place in the next two to three years. Phil Verster, managing director of the ScotRail alliance, said during this period the fleet size wil
  
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• Bill Bryson takes a bus trip with Stagecoach

  07-01-2016 13:00 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Coastliner disappoints but Gold makes up for it
    
  Travel author and adopted Brit Bill Bryson recently published The Road to Little Dribbling, the sequel to his 1995 best seller Notes from a Small Island.In it he travels the length of breadth of Britain once again, providing a commentary, sometimes caustic and sarcastic, about the places he visits.In his new volume he takes a number of bus journeys starting out with Stagecoach’s Coastliner 700 service along the south coast, but B
  
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• 21st Century embraces a new route for 2016

  07-01-2016 12:57 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Transport technology firm 21st Century is expanding its reach with a new strategy that sees it move towards providing integrated on-vehicle solutions
    
  2016 sees technology company 21st Century adopting a new strategy that extends the range and reach of the solutions that it provides to the transport sector. The move aims to capitalise on the company’s strengths and close relationships with customers.
  It reflects, in part, the acquisition in April 2015 of Coventry-based RSL Grou
  
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• You can now cycle from Plymouth city centre to Dartmoor thanks to completed transport scheme

  07-01-2016 01:00 via plymouthherald.co.uk
  Plymouth Herald - CYCLISTS can now pedal from Plymouth city centre all the way to Dartmoor after a transport scheme was completed.
  
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• Yanking the supply chain over road deaths

  07-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Controversial new rules aimed at making trucking safer are attracting international interest
  
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• What is driving car makers to CES?

  07-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - From concept cars and vans to apologies and promises of revolution, car manufacturers have been making headlines in Vegas.
  
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• What has the 2.6m that Cardiff council has made through bus lane fines been spent on?

  07-01-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The answer is the council can't tell you
  
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• Virgin to by-pass rail line blockage

  07-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Virgin Trains says an hourly rail service between Glasgow and Carlisle via Dumfries will operate from Saturday.
  
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• VIDEO: Testing humans in driverless cars

  07-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Transport Correspondent, Richard Westcott, visits a university test centre to investigate how humans will cope with driverless cars
  
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• Uproot Volk's Railway to save our 'bleak' seafront, says leading architect

  07-01-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -A RENOWNED architect has called for Volk's Electric Railway to be ripped off of Brighton beach to save the bleak seafront.
  
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• UPDATE: Major concerns raised over future of Weymouth harbour as council agrees more repairs costing 2m

  07-01-2016 01:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -REPAIRS to Weymouth's harbour wall will be carried out as a 'matter of urgency.'
  
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• United CEO has heart transplant

  07-01-2016 01:00 via topix.com
  
  Aviation Industry- United Airlines said Oscar Munoz, the company's president and chief executive, underwent a heart transplant operation early Wednesday and is in recovery.
  
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• UK new car sales 'at all-time record'

  07-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - UK new car sales hit an all-time record last year, figures released later by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders are expected to show.
  
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• Tube challenger claws back world record for fastest journey around all 270 stations

  07-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A determined Tube traveller has clawed back the world record for racing around every Underground station in the fastest time.
  
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• Time is running out on HS2 campaign

  07-01-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Its time to wake up and back Sheffields HS2 campaign because time is running out, a council chief has urged.
  
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• Three shadow ministers resign over Corbyn's 'dishonest' reshuffle

  07-01-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Jonathan Reynolds and Stephen Doughty quit after objecting to sacking of Pat McFadden, while Kevan Jones resigns after Maria Eagles move
  
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• THE STAR OPINION: Why Sheffield city centre HS2 is the only option

  07-01-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Its been a year of battles in Sheffield; trees and buses being the the biggest.
  
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• Sniffer dog on Essex trains in bid to catch drug dealers

  07-01-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A sniffer dog was deployed on trains between Colchester and Clacton this week in a joint police operation targeting gangs using the railway network to ship drugs into the area.
  
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• Service station scheme will be detrimental to Rotherham

  07-01-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - A controversial plan to build a motorway service station on ancient woodland will be detrimental to Rotherham, the council says.
  
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• Ryanair to announce new Belfast base

  07-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Ryanair will announce details of a multi-million pounds expansion of its operations in Northern Ireland on Thursday, with a new base at Belfast International Airport.
  
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• Ryanair set to unveil seven new routes in and out of Belfast

  07-01-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Flights to Gatwick from Belfast International are expected to be the first unveiled, with European routes to Barcelona, Berlin and Brussels set to follow
  
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• Russias Aurora Airline receives first Bombardier Q400

  07-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Aeroflot subsidiary Aurora Airline took delivery of its first of three Bombardier Q400 aircraft on Dec. 31, 2015. read more
  
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• Rain alert as school buses cancelled

  07-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A rainfall alert is issued for the Republic of Ireland with the counties of Cavan, Louth, Meath and Monaghan most at risk of flash flooding.
  
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• Rail commuter fined 50 under 1889 by-law for putting his feet on seat

  07-01-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - A man who put his feet up on a train seat was fined 50 under a 127-year-old bylaw. Trinh Cuong, 22, was spotted by a guard with his legs stretched out on the seat next to him.
  
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• Port of Liverpool's new 300m in-river quayside fails to hit opening date target

  07-01-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Liverpool2 will aim to increase its market share of the container market when it comes on line this year
  
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• New Segway transforms into a cute robot companion when youre not riding it

  07-01-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Intel and Ninebot partner to create a self-balancing object which becomes a voice-recognising pal at the touch of a buttonIn the past, the Segway has often been, well, a little laughed at, if not ridiculedthe personal transportation devices are most often seen with a horde of slightly overweight tourists leaving the walking out of a walking tour. But the latest Segway could be about to change all that. It is a two-wheeled balancing scooter that turns into an adorable mini robot bu
  
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• Network Rail launches investigation after 40 people fall down broken escalator at Reading Station

  07-01-2016 01:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post -Commuters fell into a heap after the escalator lurched suddenly this morning
  
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• MP seeks boost for part-time commuters

  07-01-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge has stepped up calls for a better ticket deal for part-time commuters on the railways.
  
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• MP defends increase in rail charges

  07-01-2016 01:00 via grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - MORE public money would be "swallowed up" by the rail network had it not been for a rise in ticket prices, according to Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers.
  
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• Mortgage surveyor values flat close to HS2 as worthless

  07-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Londoners buying properties are seeing mortgage valuations for them cutin at least one case to zerobecause they are close to the HS2 rail route, the Standard reveals today.
  
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• Measuring 48 steps in length, is this the shortest bus lane in Britain?

  07-01-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The bus lane on Wood Street was created as part of changes to roads when the city's bus station was closed
  
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• Malaysia Airlines in PR blunder over bags

  07-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Social media outcry prompts struggling carrier to swiftly reverse ban on checked-in luggage
  
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• London City posts record passenger numbers for 2015

  07-01-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Airport handled 4.3m travellers last year
  
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• London Bridge commuters on Southeastern hit out at rush hour delays

  07-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Commuters were hit by rush hour delays at London Bridge after signalling problems from last night continued into this morning.
  
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• Liverpool John Lennon Airport posts 8 boost in annual passenger numbers

  07-01-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -4.3m throughput represents the first sustained period of growth at city airport since 2011
  
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• Letters to the editor: Is Sadiq Khan's fares plan realistic?

  07-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Haringey Lib-Dems have been campaigning for fairer fares for local commuters for years. Both we and Caroline Pidgeon, our candidate for Mayor of London, want to see cheaper early morning fares, which would benefit Haringey's low-paid workers. We are also calling for a one-hour bus ticket so commuters don't have to pay out twice if they change bus, which local residents frequently have to do when travelling across the borough.
  
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• Hundreds of people have signed a petition urging Cardiff council not to create a new bus lane in Birchgrove

  07-01-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Work in Caerphilly Road is due to begin on January 11 but residents will protest this weekend
  
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• Huddersfield road closure ahead of new bus gate scheme

  07-01-2016 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - High Street works spell the end of the use of road for most
  
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• Heritage leader hits out at Mersey ferries plans

  07-01-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post - Closure of either Seacombe or Woodside terminal is included in transport chiefs blueprint for the future
  
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• Ground Control wins £40m Network Rail contract

  07-01-2016 01:00 via hortweek.com
  
  Other News Sources - Ground Control has been awarded a nationwide vegetation management contract with Network Rail for the next four years - potentially the company's largest-ever contract win.
  
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• Gatwick campaign wins review of 'intolerable' flight paths

  07-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Campaigners have won the right to bring an Appeal Court challenge against new Gatwick flight paths they say are causing "intolerable" noise for locals.
  
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• Frustration over 'all-day parkers' clogging up village roads

  07-01-2016 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press -A parking consultation is under way in Gerrards Cross to try and stop all-day parkers leaving their cars in residential roads before going to the train station.
  
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• Fresh strike threat over Night Tube launch as pay row continues

  07-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The threat of further strikes over the Night Tube dramatically increased today with 1,300 more London Underground staff to be balloted for industrial action.
  
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