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• Suburban rail deal shows power and importance of Transport for London

  21-01-2016 14:00
  
  The capital’s transport body is to take command of key rail routes during a period of great challenge and change
  Warm approval has greeted news that Transport for London (TfL) is to assume full control of the capital’s suburban rail network. The only noticeable cool note among responses so far has been impatience over having to wait until 2021 for the final batch of services to be devolved after so many years of campaigning across the political spectrum. Ken Livingstone argued for it
  
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• Government backs TfL plan to run London's commuter rail services

  21-01-2016 13:52
  
  New partnership between Department for Transport and TfL to aim for more frequent trains and increased capacityPlans for Transport for London and the capital’s mayor to take over operational control of the city’s suburban commuter services from rail companies have received government backing.
  A more frequent, metro-style service would run across suburban London under proposals published on Thursday, which would see TfL take over parts of the rail network currently run by operators su
  
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• Europe's most liveable city? The secret of Odense's post-industrial revolution

  21-01-2016 13:08
  
  Denmark’s third-largest city has transformed its prospects by making itself a desirable place to live and invest. At the heart of this change is an extraordinary commitment to getting the whole city cyclingThe huge, wooden scale model of Odense, inside a temporary information centre opposite the town hall, looks initially like a replica of the Danish city. But give them a few minutes and a local would begin to spot some differences, especially to the main traffic route bisecting the urban
  
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• Out now: Issue 126 of Passenger Transport

  21-01-2016 12:13 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 126 of Passenger Transport is published on January 22
  Contents include:
    
   
  LEAD STORYStagecoach to face only one rival in SWT race
  It is understood that only one rival bidder has expressed interest in competing for the new South West Trains franchise, due to start next year
   
  NEWS
  Rail North-style body needed for South East?
  A new think tank report has concluded that a Rail North-style body for the south east of England may be required to manage future rail deman
  
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• Stagecoach to face only one rival in SWT race

  21-01-2016 11:59 via passengertransport.co.uk
  It is understood that only one rival bidder has expressed interest in competing for the new South West Trains franchise, due to start next year
    
  Stagecoach is set to face very limited competition to retain its South West Trains franchise. It is understood only one other bidder has submitted an expression of interest (EOI) in competing for the new contract to the Department for Transport following the call for EOIs in November.Industry sources indicated that the lack of interest is du
  
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• McGill’s conductors aim to beat congestion

  21-01-2016 11:56 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Trial aims to assess viability of conductors to tackle congestion
    
  Greenock-based bus operator McGill’s has taken the unusual step of introducing conductors at peak hours on one of its routes linking Paisley with central Glasgow for a trial period.
  The operator says that it has made the move as a result of the increasing levels of congestion on Glasgow’s roads, something Ralph Roberts, the operator’s managing director, described as “getting to unmanageable lev
  
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• Rail North-style body needed for South East?

  21-01-2016 11:54 via passengertransport.co.uk
  A new think tank report has concluded that a Rail North-style body for the south east of England may be required to manage future rail demand
    
  A Rail North-style body to manage the south east network may be required to ensure future demand for rail travel in south London can be met, a report by the Centre for London think tank has concluded.
  It was informed by an advisory group including senior Network Rail and Transport for London planners and chaired by former transport ministers S
  
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• Ten tips to take you to the top

  21-01-2016 11:51 via passengertransport.co.uk
  A meeting in London last week saw Northern Rail boss Alex Hynes offer advice to young rail professionals about how to get their careers on the right track
    
  Just days after it was confirmed that he will continue in his role as managing director of the new Northern Rail franchise – despite the transfer of ownership from Abellio/Serco to Arriva – Alex Hynes addressed a joint meeting of the Railway Study Association and Young Rail Professionals in London last week. Hynes, who
  
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• Wait for a bus and then tell me the market knows best | Owen Jones

  21-01-2016 08:30
  
  Deregulation of buses in 1986 was a disaster for those unable to afford a car. Municipalisation is the key to a fairer systemOf the issues differentiating the metropolitan mindset in the capital from opinions voiced elsewhere, the starkest is probably transport. We hear much about the overcrowded rail network in London and the south east, where fares are among the most expensive in Europe. Of course we do: much of the national media works from London. And we have warm words for the buses in the
  
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• Workshop upgrade targets international rolling stock market

  21-01-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - LATVIA: International passenger train operator L-Ekspresis has completed an EU-supported 14m...
  
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• Which?: Most cars break pollution laws

  21-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Consumer association Which? say it has collected together data which show most cars break EU pollution laws when driven.
  
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• Waterloo to Heathrow rail link back on the agenda

  21-01-2016 01:00 via london-se1.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Plans for a new train service between Waterloo Station and Heathrow Airport have been revived by Hounslow Council.
  
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• VIDEO: Is Hyperloop the future of inter-city travel?

  21-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Spencer Kelly visits an ambitious transport project in the Nevada desert.
  
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• UK based Tevva Motors develops next generation of zero emission trucks on home soil

  21-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Tevva Motors has developed a new environmentally friendly, low emission solution for back-to-base fleets. Currently being tested on UK roads with three separate vehiclesone of which is in daily use with logistics operator UPSthe electric range extended drivetrain has the ability to reduce and avoid producing emissions completely thanks to Tevvas intelligent predictive software.Tevva Motors has developed an electric range extender powertrain which
  
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• Uber wins major victory in London

  21-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Scheme to tighten rules for private-hire vehicles scrapped
  
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• Uber hails victory as TFL drops private car hire restrictions

  21-01-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Transport for London rejects a range of proposals to curb firms such as Uber
  
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• Tube strike 2016: Drivers set to call off walkout after progress made in Night Tube talks

  21-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Strike action planned by London Underground train drivers is set to be suspended after progress was reportedly made in talks over the Night Tube service.
  
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• Transport Secretary and Mayor set out vision for rail travel across London and the south east

  21-01-2016 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - DfT and TfL set out a commitment to improve capacity and service levels across the regions rail network.
  
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• Track renewals tendering launched

  21-01-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - URUGUAY: State railway AFE has announced that tender documentation is to be made available from...
  
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• Tories in Calderdale criticise 20mph speed limit roll-out as 'expensive and ineffective'

  21-01-2016 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -A 1 MILLION SCHEME to introduce 20mph zones across residential streets in Calderdale has come under fire from the Conservative group which has called the move ineffective and expensive.
  
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• Thousands of Virgin West Coast customers short-changed in compensation shambles

  21-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Exclusive: the train operator is awarding customers 45 for recent disruptions, regardless of the price of their ticket
  
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• Station will be 'gateway' to capital

  21-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Edinburgh's newest railway station is on schedule to open by the end of the year, Network Rail has said.
  
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• Small business confidence suffering after airport expansion delay

  21-01-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- FSB warns its members are losing confidence in government to make tough decisions
  
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• Siemens to electrify more Lima metro lines

  21-01-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - PERU: Ansaldo STS has awarded Siemens a contract to electrify Lima metro Line 2 and the first phase...
  
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• Shoppers "won't bother" with Huddersfield town centre because of bus gates, says Kirklees Tory chief

  21-01-2016 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Shoppers will snub Huddersfield town centre when bus gates are activated next month because of the fear of being fined.
  
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• Shadow Chancellor John MCDonnell barred from giving evidence at Heathrow protesters' trial

  21-01-2016 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  
  Get West London - District Judge Wright deemed the Shadow Chancellor's evidence 'irrelevant' as the last of the 13 defendants took to the stand on day three of the trial
  
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• Seized pin 'caused road bridge fault'

  21-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An engineering consultant tells the Forth Road Bridge inquiry that a seized pin caused the crack which forced the structure's closure late last year.
  
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• Scunthorpe to London direct rail link: MP takes campaign to Transport Secretary

  21-01-2016 01:00 via scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - LAST week Parliament returned from the Christmas break - it was hardly an easy day to ease us in gently. The Government had four important ministerial statements including one from the Environment Secretary with an update on the recent flooding. All of this took six hours and it was almost 9pm before we embarked on a six-hour debate on the Housing mp; Planning Bill.
  
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• Roll-out of smart ticketing will improve bus and rail journeys in MK

  21-01-2016 01:00 via miltonkeynes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Milton Keynes South MP Iain Stewart has welcomed the announcement that the five biggest UK bus operators will roll-out contactless travel for all buses by 2022.
  
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• Reigate MP calls on rail minister to improve performance of Southern Rail

  21-01-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Reigate MP Crispin Blunt took Claire Perry to task for the ongoing performance problems on Southern Rail including severe delays and high fares
  
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• Rail system 'more popular than ever'

  21-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A new interactive map reveals how, against all the odds, the railways have witnessed a stratospheric revival in popularity in the past two decades.
  
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• Rail engineers trying to fix problem causing London Midland cancellations

  21-01-2016 01:00 via bedfordtoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Commuters are being warned of major disruption on the London Midland line this morning.
  
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• Quito metro breaks ground

  21-01-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - ECUADOR: Mayor Mauricio Rodas launched the construction of the first metro line in Quito on January...
  
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• Plane Stupid protesters claim they acted to 'save lives' during alleged Heathrow Airport trespass

  21-01-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -One Plane Stupid protester told the court: "I wanted to stop emissions which would lead to lives being saved by stopping flights.
  
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• Pitch update

  21-01-2016 01:00 via campaignlive.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Heathrow Airport has had meetings with much of adland over the past couple of weeks. Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, Adam mp; Eve/DDB, Engine, Havas Worldwide London, Leo Burnett London, Mmp;C Saatchi, Mullen Lowe London, Ogilvy mp; Mather London, Rapp and VCCP are all understood to have had meetings with the airport about its creative account
  Read more at http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/pitch-update/1380213#3WyIz5WgKDQmBr8D.99
  
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• Paris Metro, le-de-France

  21-01-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Other News Sources -Metro de Paris is a rapid transit metro system serving the capital city of Paris within the le-de-France region, France. It is the second busiest metro system in Europe, the first being Moscow's Metro.
  
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• One of world's biggest planes lands at Robin Hood

  21-01-2016 01:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Doncaster Free Post - One of the world's biggest aircraft has landed at Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport.
  
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• New railway station dubbed as the 'Great Wall of Guildford'

  21-01-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Plans for the £150million redevelopment of Guildford's railway station are currently being considered by the borough council
  
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• New pony cart will allow wheelchair users to traverse the South Downs Way. Picture by the South Downs National Park Authority.

  21-01-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -THIS pony cart is going to give wheelchair users a new opportunity to enjoy the joy of the South Downs.
  
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• New 1.9m fleet of buses in the region

  21-01-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Stagecoach Yorkshire has unveiled its new £1.9m fleet of next generation buses for the region.
  
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• Mayor unveils sweeping crackdown on Uber and rickshaws in London

  21-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Boris Johnson unveiled far-reaching plans today to help curb the soaring number of Uber cars and other minicabs on London's streets.
  
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• Martin Vickers: Getting on the track with busy 2016 diary

  21-01-2016 01:00 via grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
  Other News Sources - By chance, after arriving at Westminster and having headed for the cafeteria, I was joined by Patrick Mcloughlin, the Transport Secretary, which gave me an opportunity to pass on complaints from constituents and bend his ear about how important it is that we get a through rail service to King's Cross. Alliance Rail has an application with the rail regulator to operate four through trains each way, each day.
  
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• Long-running cycle path campaign gets boost from Westminster and Holyrood

  21-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - CAMPAIGNERS for a cycle path at the centre of one of the longest-running right of way disputes in Scotland have been backed by politicians.
  
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• London Underground Tube driver strikes are OFF after talks progress

  21-01-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - London commuters were braced for the prospect of prolonged travel misery after three 24-hour Tube strikes were announced earlier this month, but train drivers' union Aslef is now set to suspend the action.
  
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• London backs off Uber restrictions

  21-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - London's transport authority rejects proposals that would have restricted Uber from offering its car pick-up service in the city.
  
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• Loganair chief executive stepping down

  21-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The chief executive of Scottish airline Loganair, Stewart Adams, is stepping down.
  
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• Less than two weeks left to enter 2016 FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards

  21-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The women driving the UKs transport and logistics sector have two weeks to enter the 2016 FTA everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards, closing on 1 February 2016. This is the ninth year of this prestigious programme, which celebrates the women who really stand outwhether they are warehouse managers, train or lorry drivers, senior directors, or school-leavers just setting out on their path to career success.The UK logistics industry is worth a
  
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• Leeds children are gearing up with bike library

  21-01-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Youngsters are being urged to show off their pedal power and get on their bikes.
  
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• John McDonnell barred from giving evidence at 'Heathrow 13' trial

  21-01-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Judge deems evidence from shadow chancellor irrelevant in trial of 13 climate change protesters accused of blocking Heathrow runway in July last year
  
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• 'Huge rise in Tube accidents caused by passengers standing too close to the platform's edge'

  21-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The number of accidents caused by Tube passengers failing to mind the gap or stand behind the yellow line has sky-rocketed in the past decade, new figures show.
  
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