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• Shaw report: Network Rail's breakup and privatisation rejected

  16-03-2016 20:23
  
  Review by chief executive of HS1 calls for greater local flexibility and autonomy for Britain’s railwaysThe wholesale privatisation and breakup of Network Rail has been ruled out by a critical review, which argued for more devolution in the running of the railways rather than full-scale reform. However, the report by Nicola Shaw, the chief executive of HS1, left open the possibility of bringing more private finance into the running of the railways, at local level or for specific projects.R
  
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• Osborne's budget builds on 'northern powerhouse' ambitions

  16-03-2016 18:46
  
  Chancellor pledges millions to improving transport system but small print reveals construction will not begin before 2020George Osborne’s eighth budget built on his plans for a “northern powerhouse” to rebalance the economy away from London by pooling the strengths of the cities and towns of the north of England. Related: Northern powerhouse: is the north really a winner in the 2015 budget?Related: Manchester wins again in northern transport lottery – at cost to othersRel
  
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• Don't be fooled by more budget promises of infrastructure spending

  16-03-2016 12:12
  
  Whatever George Osborne says, putting huge sums into grandiose schemes is not always the panacea it is made out to beI love it when wise guys in all political parties and none say: “We must invest more in infrastructure.” George Osborne is doing it again today. This budget the chancellor is going big on transport. Jeremy Corbyn may veer off in another favoured direction. Housing anyone? Windfarms? Hinkley Point C?Yet it’s never that easy. Announcing plans is quite different fro
  
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• 'Vulnerable and unprepared' TfL duped into 900m Tube disaster

  16-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - A fatal mixture of poor commercial expertise, lack of IT procurement skills and ill-informed senior management led to the collapse of Transport for Londonmp;rsquo;s (TfLmp;rsquo;s) sub-surface upgrade programme (SSUP) contract with Bombardier, creating mp;ldquo;nothing short of a disastermp;rdquo; for...
  
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• VIDEO: Tiny robot ants pull car with teamwork

  16-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A team of tiny robot ants pull a car that is thousands of times their weight as part of an experiment at Stanford University.
  
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• VIDEO: Lord Adonis on northern transport plans

  16-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Lord Adonis, of the National Infrastructure Commission, explains the need for transport spending in the north of England.
  
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• Tyne & Wear Metro to be publicly-run after passengers 'let down' by DB Regio

  16-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Council leaders in the north east have stated that the seven-year Tyne mp;amp; Wear Metro contract with DB Regio, which is due to end in March 2017, should not be extended. In a report to the North East Combined Authority (NECA) it was noted that both transport authority Nexus and the operator, DB...
  
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• Tube sex attack conviction rate plummets

  16-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The number of people convicted for sex offences on the Tube has plunged in the past year, despite a campaign encouraging more victims to come forward.
  
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• True cost of noise insulation for third runway at Heathrow estimated at £1.8bn

  16-03-2016 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  
  Get West London - The figure quoted by anti-expansion group HACAN is well over twice the £700m set aside by bosses at the airport
  
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• TBMs for Northern Line extension all set for testing

  16-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - The two new 650-tonne tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will build the Northern Line extension under south London have finished being built. Transport for London (TfL) said the new machines, built by NFM Technologies in Le Creusot in central France, will start making their way underneath the...
  
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• Scots rail users promised 'revolution'

  16-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rail passengers in many parts of Scotland are being promised a
  
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• ScotRail announces major increase in daily trains

  16-03-2016 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - ScotRail today announced the biggest increase in its services for 25 years with an extra 200 trains a day running from 2018.
  
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• Regent's Park cycle superhighway could be axed after huge opposition from residents

  16-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - More than 3,000 people have signed an online petition calling for TfL to abandon the "catastrophically ill-planned scheme"
  
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• Rail worker with terminal cancer has train dedicated to him

  16-03-2016 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - A RAIL worker with terminal cancer has spoken of his overwhelming gratitude as a train dedicated to him rolled into Waverley.
  
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• Pilot aborts landing due to badger on runway

  16-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A Flybe plane was forced to abort its landing after a badger wandered onto the runway.
  
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• People urged to submit questions about noise pollution to London Luton Airport

  16-03-2016 01:00 via stalbansreview.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - People are being urged to submit questions to London Luton Airport about noise pollution.
  
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• Osborne to green light biggest rail investment since Victorian age with support for HS3 and Crossrail 2

  16-03-2016 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald -GEORGE Osborne will tomorrow vow to make Britain fit for the future by giving the green light to the HS3 high speed rail project, which will cut journey times for Scots travelling across northern England, and Crossrail 2 in London.
  
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• Osborne to back HS3 and Crossrail 2 projects in Budget

  16-03-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Chancellor wants to 'kick-start' link that will slash journey times between Manchester-Leeds to 30 minutes
  
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• Night Tube under threat from another strike as RMT fights to improve offer for engineering staff on Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern Lines

  16-03-2016 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Just when you thought it was safe to plan for the start of the 24-hour Tube, another strike looms large.
  
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• Night Tube start under threat yet again, days after summer launch was announced

  16-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - An industrial dispute could still wreck the summer launch of the Night Tube.
  
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• Mackay:

  16-03-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - TRANSPORT Minister Derek Mackay hailed a revolution in rail in Scotland as he announced plans to 200 new services from 2018.
  
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• London 'the world's most gridlocked city'

  16-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - London is the worst city in the world for traffic jams, a survey has found.
  
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• Liverpool John Lennon Airport in level playing plea over air passenger duty

  16-03-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo - Airport calls for UK to follow any cuts Scottish Parliament makes to APD flight tax
  
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• It will provide a £1.2bn boost to the Cardiff Capital Region, but what is a City Deal?

  16-03-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Metro will be at the heart of the City Deal for the Cardiff Capital Region, alongside skills and innovation
  
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• HS3 rail link 'too little, too late'

  16-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans to upgrade road and rail links to boost the so-called Northern Powerhouse are
  
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• HS3 plans must be developed swiftly with benefits felt by 2022 - NIC

  16-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Plans to develop the HS3 network should be complete by the end of 2017 with benefits being felt between Manchester and Leeds by 2022, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has recommended. Chaired by Lord Adonis, the commission has called for a two-part plan for the Trans-Pennine route to...
  
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• HS3 high-speed rail link could be a 'game-changer' for Bradford

  16-03-2016 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -BRING high-speed rail to Bradford - that's the rallying cry from the city's leaders to the Government today. Chancellor George Osborne will use his Budget to give the go-ahead for a high-speed rail link, dubbed HS3, between Leeds and Manchester.
  
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• HS3 high-speed line for the North is branded a 'political gimmick' by critics

  16-03-2016 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - George Osborne's plans for a new high-speed rail line in the North have come under fire as he prepares to deliver his Budget
  
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• HS2 launches two consultations for Phase IIa of High Speed 2 rail network

  16-03-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -HS2, the developer and promoter of the UK's new high-speed rail network, has launched two consultations on its environmental impact assessment (EIA) and equality impact assessment (EQIA) scope and methodology reports for the Phase IIa section of the
  
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• HS2 advisers help set in train fast line

  16-03-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Economic impact of Englands 225mph line is already being felt 10 years before a track has been laid
  
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• Heathrow jumps gun and awards runway contracts Subscription

  16-03-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Heathrow faced claims that it had jumped the gun over a third runway yesterday by awarding contracts worth millions in an attempt to kick-start the project.
  
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• Gwynedd company boss 'doctored bus fare reports as part of 500,000 fraud'

  16-03-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Former Padarn Bus Ltd managing director David John Hulme, 55, of Glan Seiont, Caernarfon denies one charge of fraud and another of false accounting
  
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• Green light for HS3 and Crossrail 2

  16-03-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Tomorrow's budget will include funding for two major railway projects as well as highway upgrades, the Treasury said today. One is the start of investigatory work on building HS3, an east-west railway across the north of England, with the first section running under the Pennines to provide a faster railway between Leeds and Manchester. Ultimately, the travel time could come down to 30 minutes. The scheme is expected to include a combination of new build and upgrades of existing r
  
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• Google urges self-drive rules shake-up

  16-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Google and other tech firms tell US lawmakers that individual states should be prevented from creating a patchwork of self-driving car laws.
  
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• George Osborne is right to back Crossrail 2 but London should pay for it

  16-03-2016 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Crossrail hasnt even opened but already attention is turning to its £32bn successor. The second stage would relieve congestion on the Northern and Victoria lines, and connect Surrey and Hertfordshire with central London. The capitals business leaders are already warning that any repeat of the wrangling that so delayed the first line would be disastrous. After all, the new Elizabeth Line was first proposed in the 1940s. Crossrail 2 has won the endorsement of George Osbornes newly-
  
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• Forth Road Bridge closure could have been avoided, insists Labour MSP

  16-03-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - The public can
  
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• Euston Passenger Information Displays Developed To Prevent Passenger Surge

  16-03-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -A solution developed in partnership with Worldline and Virgin Trains and brought to fruition by passenger information display (PID) specialist Infotec to help prevent passenger surge is generating considerable interest throughout the rail network.
  
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• Eurostar travel could be affected over Easter after staff vote to strike

  16-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Easter holidaymakers could face travel misery after Eurostar managers voted overwhelmingly to strike following a row over lone working.
  
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• Eurostar profits hit by Paris attacks and strong pound

  16-03-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Rail operator reports a 21m fall in profits
  
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• Eurostar profits hit by Paris attacks

  16-03-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Train operator falls behind on growth targets with flat passenger numbers
  
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• Enterprise Rail Technology Solutions

  16-03-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -Rezopia from Sonata Software offers the next-generation reservation, operations and distribution management system for rail providers.
  
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• End delays to London City Airport expansion and the whole UK will see the benefits

  16-03-2016 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - UK airports had their busiest ever summer last year, collectively handling 78m passengers, and the indicators are that 2015 as a whole was the busiest year on record. London City Airport certainly had a record-breaking year, with 18 per cent growth in passengers to 4.3m.
  
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• Dutch-style cycle 'super hub' to help tackle London's bike theft epidemic

  16-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - An estimated 70,000 bikes are stolen in London each year
  
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• Devon fire safety firm wins £15m Heathrow airport contract

  16-03-2016 01:00 via plymouthherald.co.uk
  Plymouth Herald - A Devon fire safety company has won a £15 million maintenance contract with Heathrow airport.
  
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• Delight as axed Conwy Valley bus service reinstated

  16-03-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Llew Jones Coaches will take on the no 19 route after Arriva announced that they were ending the vital service from May 1
  
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• CMA clears new TransPennine franchise

  16-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - The Competition Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the award of the TransPennine Express (TPE) franchise to FirstGroup. The department, which last week also laid out options for the future of rail franchising in the UK, opened an inquiry into the new TPE franchise in January. After examining...
  
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• Capital road at centre of cycleway row 'worst for congestion'

  16-03-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - AN EDINBURGH route at the centre of controversial plans which would see parts of it turned into a segregated cycleway has been named as the most congested outside of London.
  
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• Boris Johnson unveils 20m road safety fund for London

  16-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Boris Johnson today announced a 20 million road safety technology fund to help tackle serious casualties on London's streets.
  
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• Amadeus and Virgin Australia sign long-term deal

  16-03-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Amadeus and Virgin Australia have signed a new multi-year partnership.The new agreement provides Amadeus agents with continued access to Virgin Australias full range of fares, seats and schedules under the same conditions as that offered through all other channels.
  
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• 1.2bn Cardiff region deal signed

  16-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A £1.2bn Cardiff Capital Region deal is signed to improve public transport and bring economic growth over the next 20 years.
  
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