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• Police form human barriers at Euston as flooding causes chaos on Midlands rail routes

  09-03-2016 21:51
  
  Heavy rain knocks out services between Rugby and Milton Keynes, causing severe overcrowding at London terminusBritish Transport police officers formed human barriers at Euston station as heavy flooding led to severe rail disruption and overcrowding at the London terminus.Officers locked together in front of the main concourse to prevent passengers from gathering on the platforms, and told travellers they were trying to ensure safety. One told passengers that people had fallen from trains earlier
  
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• Schedules Compiler/Trainee Schedules Compiler – RATP Dev London

  09-03-2016 15:54 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Schedules Compiler/Trainee Schedules Compiler
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  Salary: Depending on skills and experience
  Would you like to play a key role in a critical business function of a growing business?Do you enjoy working with numerical data?If you answered yes to the questions above, then why not join us and help drive our business forward.
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• York-Leeds rail line must be improved, say campaigners

  09-03-2016 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -TRANSPORT chiefs have set out ambitious plans that could transform rail and road across the north - but say more money needs to be put in if they are to come to fruition.
  
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• Wootton Bassett SPAD occurred after driver bypassed brake demand - RAIB

  09-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - A safety breach at Wootton Basset junction last year involved a crew member on a steam locomotive using an AWS isolating cock to bypass a brake demand, according to an interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB). The signal passed at danger (SPAD) incident occurred at...
  
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• Tube strike: Piccadilly line drivers vote for walkout

  09-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Workers voted in favour of action over claims of a breakdown in industrial relations, the RMT union said.
  
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• Tube drivers to strike over 'bullying'

  09-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Piccadilly line Tube drivers vote to strike after the RMT union accused London Underground managers of
  
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• Transport Security Expo 2015

  09-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Event (multiple dates) - Recent events making the headlines underpin just how vulnerable our transport systems are. Indeed, the head of MI5, Andrew Parker, highlighted 'transport systems' as a key target in his public speech on the 8th January 2015. Now in its 13th edition, Transport Security Expo (TRS) has become the main global platform bring...
  
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• The world's 10 best designed bus stations and stops for 2016, in pictures

  09-03-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - In pics: The world's 10 best designed bus stations and stops for 2016
  
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• The big stink: how much do trains really emit?

  09-03-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Other News Sources - Peak time emissions from diesel trains at Londons Paddington Station far exceed European recommendations, a new study has found. With emissions within the station far higher than those on a nearby busy road, the results serve as a reminder that, des
  
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• TfN plans for improving airport rail links 'crucial to Northern Powerhouse'

  09-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Plans to connect major northern cities to Manchester Airport by rail are crucial for building the Northern Powerhouse, the airport has said. The proposals, laid out in yesterdaymp;rsquo;s spring report from Transport for the North (TfN), include increased capacity to make it easier to access...
  
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• Smart motorway misery for six more years from Huddersfield and Leeds to Manchester

  09-03-2016 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -The high tech upgrade of M62 will stretch all the way past Huddersfield to Leeds - but it won't be finished until 2022
  
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• Shippings size obsession could be ending

  09-03-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Building ever-larger container vessels unlikely to be cost-efficient, research discovers
  
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• Sheffield MP quizzes Government over where staff reponsible for northern powerhouse are based

  09-03-2016 01:00 via sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Telegraph - Almost all of the senior civil servants employed by the Government department responsible for promoting the so-called northern powerhouse initiative are based in London.
  
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• Railway bridge in Cowbridge set to get a facelift

  09-03-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - As part of Network Rail's 40 billion Railway Upgrade Plan, Cowbridge Road railway bridge in Bridgend is set to be refurbished to bring a bigger, better and more reliable railway for the train line's customers. Staff from Network Rail will be carrying out essential repairs to the bridge, which has been damaged due to being struck repeatedly by various vehicles. As well as structural changes, the bridge will also receive improvements to its appearan
  
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• Qatar Airways completes first phase of NDC pilot

  09-03-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Airline will now offer a sales platform to showcase its premium products
  
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• Prosecutors widen VW investigations

  09-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Prosecutors in Germany and France broaden their investigations into the emissions scandal at Volkswagen.
  
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• OLD PHOTOS: a trip back in time on the buses

  09-03-2016 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -We have been sent some great photos of buses in and around York just after the war, courtesy of reader Reginald Chambers, who supplied us with the photographs of vans and lorries belonging to NMU (1953) that we ran recently.
  
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• Northern Powerhouse transport report - What's in it for the North East?

  09-03-2016 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -Major transport proposals for the North East have been put forward in a report outlining improvements to help boost the North
  
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• Network Rail signs agreement with Great Western Railway

  09-03-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -UK rail infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has signed an agreement with train operator Great Western Railway (GWR) with the aim to encourage co-operation on large-scale improvements to western railways.
  
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• MP takes ticket to Parliament

  09-03-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge is to bring up the plight of part-time commuters to the House of Commons at an adjournment debate tomorrow.
  
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• More funding for East Anglian community lines

  09-03-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -ABELLIO Greater Anglia has announced more funding for Community Rail Partnerships in its region, intended to help them to continue to promote and improve rural railways. Projects undertaken to date by CRPs in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire include the production of local area guides, guided walks, special event trains, volunteering initiatives, community art projects, wildlife initiatives, partnership initiatives to deliver service improvements and station upgrades an
  
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• Make the M6 Toll free when other roads are jammed, Government urged

  09-03-2016 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -Solihull MP Julian Knight is asking Transport Ministers to make the M6 Toll road free for motorists when needed, following a day of chaos on the M6 in February
  
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• m2 railgroup-Safety Systems and On-Board Service on Railway Worksites

  09-03-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -m2 railgroup provides automatic track warning systems (ATWS), as well as on-board and engineering services for the railway infrastructure maintenance sector.
  
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• London's worst airports for summer flight delays are named and shamed

  09-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Gatwick has been named the UKs worst airport for flight delays during the busy summer months.
  
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• London's roads are too dangerous for child cyclists, say parents

  09-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The vast majority of London parents believe the capital's traffic-choked roads are too dangerous for their children to cycle on, new research suggests.
  
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• Leeds Bradford airport tops UKs list for on-time flights

  09-03-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- London airports see fall in punctuality performance
  
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• King's Cross St Pancras evacuated: Busy Tube station closed amid rush hour overcrowding

  09-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - One of Londons busiest Tube stations was evacuated after becoming overwhelmed with rush hour commuters.
  
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• How can you improve upon 'automotive perfection'?

  09-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - How Bugatti used technology to improve its 'faultless' supercar
  
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• Heathrow's masterstroke in race for new runway as Olympics supremo and former Treasury advisor is made airport chairman

  09-03-2016 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- Heathrow has achieved a coup in its battle to build a third runway by appointing as its chairman the millionaire banker credited with delivering the London Olympics.
  
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• Heathrow names Lord Deighton as chairman

  09-03-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Former Goldman Sachs banker to succeed Nigel Rudd
  
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• Heathrow could expand without adding to pollution, suggests new report

  09-03-2016 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  
  Get West London - Heathrow welcomes the Independent Transport Commission's report, but campaigners dismiss it as 'ivory tower research'
  
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• Flying Scotsman: Public urged to stay safe when locomotive visits Teesside

  09-03-2016 01:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -Advice issued by loco's owners ahead of its stay on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and journey through Teesside on Thursday
  
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• Evening Standard comment: An email that states the obvious about the Tube

  09-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - It takes a good deal to ruffle the stoicism of the London commuter but an email from London Underground's managing director for customer experience advising commuters to avoid Tube services from Victoria between 8am and 9am because they are "particularly busy" may do so. There is no probably no group of individuals more keenly aware of the various impediments between them and getting to work on time; the advice that travelling through Victoria outside rush hour may be m
  
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• DfT confirms driverless HGV trial in the UK

  09-03-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed its plans to carry out an initial trial of driverless HGV fleets in the United Kingdom. Reporting on this subject last year, AXA UK and firm Douglas MacNeil said that the UK logistics industry could save itself nearly 43 billion per year if it swapped to driverless vehicles for heavy goods purposes. Germany has already begun testing out the vehicles in its logistics sector, as it trialled its first
  
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• Competition body calls for rail shake-up

  09-03-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - CMA watchdog urges increased open-access services or scrapping franchise system
  
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• Competition authority calls for more open access

  09-03-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The Competition and Markets Authority has called for greater competition on the railways, with a substantial increase in the number of open access operators. However, such operators could be called upon to help subsidise unprofitable routes and make a greater contribution to network costs. The CMA said its report had 'identified a range of benefits that could arise from allowing other operators to run competing services against the existing franchise operators'.
  
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• Colin Speakman: How the train can take the strain to Leeds Bradford Airport

  09-03-2016 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - IN a hard-hitting representation to Leeds City Council, the local group of the Campaign for Better Transport, the national campaigning body, sets out its case that the proposed Leeds-Bradford Airport major new road schemes are the wrong solution for the wrongly identified problem.
  
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• Bus routes cut or merged as Kent County Council bids to save 400,000 on rural routes

  09-03-2016 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Transport chiefs have warned some rural bus routes could be slashed or merged in a bid to save 400,000.
  
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• Bethune leads proxy battle at United

  09-03-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Former Continental chief seeks to join airlines board amid claims of underperformance
  
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• Action 'needed now' to move into competitive TOC licensing model

  09-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Increased competition in railway franchising, potentially including a licensing system in the future, could deliver significant benefits for passengers, according to the results of a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) consultation. The non-ministerial body published an interim report from...
  
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• Aberdeen to offer Scotlands first hydrogen cars

  09-03-2016 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Drivers in Aberdeen will be the first in Europe to try out hydrogen-powered cars through a car-sharing club, the city council and operator Co-wheels announced today.
  
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