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• What can a London mayor do to reduce strike action on the Tube?

  14-01-2016 16:40
  
  The mayoral candidates’ clash over planned London Underground strikes raises the question of which is best equipped to improve industrial relationsNews that London Underground staff plan to stage three 24-hour strikes over the introduction of the late-running Night Tube service has seen the mayoral race front runners clocking on.Conservative Zac Goldsmith has again depicted Labour’s Sadiq Khan as a screaming red lackey of what he pointedly calls “Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Pa
  
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• Credit card companies have a new plan to kill train tickets in Britain - Business Insider

  14-01-2016 14:10
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  Credit card companies have a new plan to kill train tickets in Britain
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  You may be able to use contactless payments to pay for anything from a bus ride in Manchester to a train in Inverness in the not-too-distant future. A financial industry body has created a "framework" to help a national roll-out of the technology ...en meer »
  

• Hoverboard explodes into flames on first run

  14-01-2016 12:12
  
  British vlogger catches on camera moment of self-balancing board’s explosion, showing just how volatile they can beA British vlogger has shown just how dangerous hoverboards can be, capturing on video a device exploding in flames on its first run.YouTuber BuleBritish charged overnight the hoverboard, which he had bought new from eBay, before attempting a maiden run the next morning. When he stepped on to the board and attempted to start it, it did nothing, appearing dead. Continue reading.
  
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• Hoverboard 'explodes into flames'

  14-01-2016 12:12
  
  British vlogger captures on camera moment self-balancing board apparently catches on fireA British vlogger has shown just how dangerous hoverboards can be, capturing on video a device exploding in flames.YouTuber Stephen Leenott, who goes by the name of BuleBritish, said he charged the hoverboard, which he said he had bought new from eBay, overnight before attempting a maiden run the next morning. When he stepped on to the board and attempted to start it, it did nothing, appearing dead. Continue
  
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• World Class Casting and Machining for Railway

  14-01-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -William Cook Rail manufactures highly engineered solutions, including bogies, couplers, drawgear assemblies and brake discs, for rail vehicles.
  
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• VW fix 'won't affect fuel consumption'

  14-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The UK boss of VW says that the
  
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• VIDEO: Robotic bike parks 'future for cycling'

  14-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Robotic bike parks are being heralded as the answer to London's shortage of secure bicycle parking. Ecocycle CEO Nick Knight shows the BBC's Michael Hirst how they work.
  
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• Unions strike over Night Tube again

  14-01-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Unions are set to strike on London Underground over the proposed introduction of the Night Tube, pay and job cuts.
  
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• Transport Secretary sees thriving UK marine sector at London Boat Show

  14-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Patrick McLoughlin meets next generation of boat designers keeping Britain ahead of the worldwide competition. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin today (13 January 2016) saw the cream of Britains world-class marine sector as he visited the London Boat Show at ExCeL.He met exhibitors showcasing the latest state-of-the-art, British-built boats and also heard first-hand about skilled job opportunities from university design students currently tak
  
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• The price of skipping a train fare: Man who didn't pay for 2.50 ticket fined 880

  14-01-2016 01:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A MAN who failed to pay a 2.50 rail fare has been slapped with costs and fines totalling 886.50 after the case was taken to court.
  
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• Thamesdown reveals results of customer satisfaction survey

  14-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• Takeover call for south London rail

  14-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rail services in south London are
  
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• Southeastern delays: Train services cancelled by SECOND landslide in three days

  14-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Train commuters in south-east London face another day of major disruption after a rail line was hit by a second landslide in just three days.
  
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• South West Trains driver 'made an error' and failed to stop at scheduled station

  14-01-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Passengers on the 7.30am service to Portsmouth Harbour were unable to get off at Godalming after the train driver 'made an error' and failed to stop as planned
  
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• Sofia set to join Birmingham Airport route network

  14-01-2016 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press -A service to Sofia is being launched by budget airline Wizz Air
  
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• Revealed: How Whitechapel station will look after 110m transformation

  14-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Designs for the new-look Whitechapel station have been unveiled as 110 million of work starts on its rebuilding to make way for Crossrail.
  
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• RDG urges ORR to collaborate on access charges

  14-01-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - RDG calls on ORR to work with the industry on track access charges, ahead of the ORRs Periodic Review of Network Rails charges that begins later this year.
  
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• Rail fares divorced from reality, claims Railfuture

  14-01-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Rail campaign group Railfuture has attacked Januarys rise in rail fares, blaming the Government for above-inflation rises.
  
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• Qatar Air threatens to split Oneworld amid row with American Airlines

  14-01-2016 01:00 via topix.com
  
  Aviation Industry- American Air, Delta Air Lines and United Continental Holdings all say Qatar, Etihad Airways and Emirates of Dubai have benefited from $US42 billion in illegal aid. Qatar Airways said it may seek to form a breakaway group within the Oneworld alliance should fellow member American Airlines Group continue to lend its weight to a US push to curb the growth of Gulf rivals.
  
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• Port of Liverpool owner Peel Ports enjoys tenfold rise in pre-tax profits

  14-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The owner of the Port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal has recorded a tenfold increase in pre-tax profits.Peel Ports latest accounts filed at Companies House show that profit before tax in the 12 months to March 2015 was £40.6m, up from £3.9m notched up in the previous year.The profit improvement came despite a small fall in turnover, which was £616.1m, down from £623.7m a year earlier.In addition to the Port of L
  
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• PMQs Recap - Furious Tory tells Cameron not to expand Heathrow

  14-01-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - South west London Tory MP Dr Tania Mathias says by January 8 parts of London including Putney had already broken annual pollution limits.
  
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• PMQs: It seems that David Cameron has no desire to expand Heathrow

  14-01-2016 01:00 via blogs.spectator.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Perhaps, the most revealing exchange, though, came when Twickenham MP Tania Mathias asked Cameron to pledge never to expand Heathrow until the air pollution problems are addresse
  
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• Petrol and diesel could end up cheaper than bottled water thanks to falling oil price, says RAC

  14-01-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The plummeting price of Brent crude could spur really low fuel prices in 2016
  
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• Pay as you go to get to Gatwick

  14-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The pay as you go payment system has been introduced on Southern, Gatwick Express and Thameslink services for passengers travelling to and from the airport and on Great Western trains between Gatwick and Redhill.Ticket facilities at five other stations along the route - Horley, Salfords, Earlswood, Redhill and Merstham - have also been upgraded to support pay as you go. Using Oyster and contactless makes travelling quicker and more convenient for
  
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• P&O Ferries posts Dover-Calais freight record

  14-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Pmp;O Ferries says it carried more freight between Dover and Calais in 2015 than in any previous year in its modern history and expects demand for cross-Channel transport to continue to increase.The ferry companys six ships on the English Channel transported 1,340,317 units of freight during the 12-month perioda 22 year-on-year increase.Both the third and fourth quarters set new records for quarterly freight volumes as Pmp;O Ferries provided an ad
  
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• OPINION: Join us in backing the only HS2 option - Caborn

  14-01-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  Sheffield Star - Todays opinion piece is written by Business Ambassador for Sheffield City Council, Richard Caborn:
  
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• Northern Rail to install customer information screens across Cheshire, UK

  14-01-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -UK rail operator Northern Rail is installing new customer information screens (CIS) at stations across Cheshire in the north-west of England.
  
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• Nine electric cars and vans helping Bradford Council go green

  14-01-2016 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -A FLEET of nine new electric cars and vans are helping Bradford Council go green.
  
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• New name for Four Villages A12 Bypass project to show wider Suffolk benefit

  14-01-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - A bypass project to divert traffic away from four Suffolk villages has been renamed to demonstrate the wider importance it could have to the economy, energy and tourism industries.
  
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• New £100m crossing would boost towns economy

  14-01-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - A new £100m Wet Dock crossing would give Ipswich town centre a boost worth many times that sum according to an official feasibility report published today.
  
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• Metro passengers third morning of misery as rail services remain off

  14-01-2016 01:00 via shieldsgazette.com
  
  The Shields Gazette - No Metro trains are running between Pelaw and Brockley Whins stations for the third day in a row.
  
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• Measuring down to the finest detail at Wrightbus EN-Drive factory

  14-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• Lumiere London Festival 2016: Road closures and public transport warnings

  14-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Roads are set to close and Tubes and buses will be busier than usual after the capital's first-ever large-scale festival of light kicks off on Thursday.
  
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• Liverpool2 more important to Northern Powerhouse than HS2, says report

  14-01-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo -Law firm Brabners celebrates 200th anniversary with special focus on building region's economy
  
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• Leadership in Carbon Reduction Award launched by FTA

  14-01-2016 01:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The LCRS Leadership in Carbon Reduction Award sponsored by Bridgestone has been launched by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) today. ...
  
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• King's Cross St Pancras Tube station evacuated due to fire alert amid major signal failure at the station

  14-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - King's Cross St Pancras Tube station was evacuated in rush hour this morning.
  
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• JENSEN HUGHES Engineering and Consulting Services for Rail Applications

  14-01-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -JENSEN HUGHES provides fire safety engineering for railway and public transit systems.
  
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• Infrastructure Measurement Solutions-Vibration Monitoring Systems for Railway Applications

  14-01-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -Infrastructure Measurement Solutions (IMS) designs vibration monitoring systems that locate and record common faults on railway tracks.Defect sensors for rail tracksThe BumpBox is a ruggedised comput...
  
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• Grant funding for cleaner buses in England town and city centres

  14-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• Glasgow at forefront of adding green buses to fleets

  14-01-2016 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - GLASGOW is leading the UK in putting new buses and coaches with the greenest diesel engines on the streets to cut air pollution.
  
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• 'Give south London rail services to TfL to help meet soaring demand'

  14-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Transport for London should be given control of suburban railways across south London to boost capacity and improve the service to commuters, a report said today.
  
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• Gatwick keeps pushing for second runway after record results

  14-01-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Airport records 34th consecutive month of growth
  
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• FTA calls for action on migrant camp after new rail freight service is shelved

  14-01-2016 01:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says news that a planned rail freight service between the Pyrenees and the Port of Calais has been ...
  
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• First Launches Virtual Electrics in Bristol

  14-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Two revolutionary virtual electric buses have been launched in Bristol. First West of England are introducing the state-of-the-art low emission buses in partnership with Department for Transport, Bristol City Council and University of the West of England (UWE).The buses use Geo-Fencing GPS technology to run on pure electric mode in areas of low air quality, producing zero emissions. The small diesel engine only runs in areas of better air quality
  
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• First and Unite mark success of workplace learning centres

  14-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - First Bus and Unite the Union hosted a learning conference last month to mark the value and success of Firsts workplace learning centres.First Bus, in partnership with Unite, has established more than 50 workplace learning centres at depots across the UK. The centres, which are manned by Trade Union Learning Representatives (TULRs), help employees develop and learn new skills, including how to use a computer, the internet and email or improve nume
  
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• Falling oil prices 'may make fuel costs cheaper than bottled water'

  14-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - FUEL could become cheaper than bottled water if the price of oil continues to plummet, motoring experts have said.
  
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• Eurotunnel officials flood French entrance near Calais to halt migrants

  14-01-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Eurotunnel officials said the flooding near the tunnel entrance in northern France has been a conscious decision in order to create ' a network of barriers', to stop desperate people.
  
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• East Midlands rail freight hub approved

  14-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A rail freight hub and warehouse complex has been approved which developers say will create 7,000 jobs.
  
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• Drivers stopped Google cars crashing

  14-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Google drivers had to intervene to stop its self-driving cars from crashing on California's roads 13 times between September 2014 and November 2015.
  
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• Driver fined for using bus lane on Christmas Day... when there are no buses

  14-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Red-faced council officials were forced to back down after trying to fine a City worker for driving in a bus lane on Christmas Day, when no buses run in London.
  
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