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• Out now: Issue 130 of Passenger Transport

  17-03-2016 12:11 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 130 of Passenger Transport is published on March 18
  Contents include:
    
   
  LEAD STORYOsborne ‘green light’ for HS3 and Crossrail 2
  In his budget statement this week, the chancellor said he was accepting recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission
   
  NEWS
  Shaw seeks immediate start on reforms
  Network Rail devolution should be ‘deeper and faster’
  Cornwall steps back from bus franchising
  Council looks to partnership to improve its bus
  
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• Osborne ‘green light’ for HS3 and Crossrail 2

  17-03-2016 11:56 via passengertransport.co.uk
  In his budget statement this week, the chancellor said he was accepting recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission
   
  George Osborne
   
  Chancellor George Osborne has billed new government funding to develop Crossrail 2 in London and the HS3 route between Leeds and Manchester as giving the “green light” to both schemes.In his budget statement this week, Osborne said he was accepting recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission which had told the
  
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• Shaw seeks immediate start on reforms

  17-03-2016 11:51 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Network Rail devolution should be ‘deeper and faster’
   
  Nicola Shaw
   
  The Shaw review into the future shape and financing of Network Rail has recommended that the government and the rail industry should start work immediately on a series of reforms to improve customer service and value for money.
  They include “deeper and faster” devolution of responsibility from Network Rail to its routes than is currently planned; the government devising a long term 30-yea
  
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• Emerging technologies – friend or foe?

  17-03-2016 11:49 via passengertransport.co.uk
  The view at this month’s IT-TRANS show was that app-based mobility will bring huge changes, but public transport will remain the backbone in cities
   
  Left to right: Timothy Papandreou, Martin Röhrleef and Scott Cain is Chief Business Officer of the UK’s Future Cities Catapult
   
  Emerging technologies like app-based mobility and autonomous vehicles look set to bring the most radical overhaul of passenger transport since the invention of the internal combustion engine. It
  
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• I am coming out… as an enthusiast

  17-03-2016 11:41 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Yes, I am a transport enthusiast. If you’re like me, let’s be out and proud and enjoy ourselves, because we are an asset to our industry!
    
  How did a future-thinking guy like me get to end up designing, editing and owning a shamelessly nostalgic magazine like Classic Bus? How indeed. As must be apparent by now, I really like transport and, in particular, transport involving buses, coaches and trains. It’s what the majority of my working life and the business I
  
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• We are laying the track Chancellor confirms HS3

  17-03-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The Chancellor has confirmed funding to prepare for HS3 across the north and Crossrail 2 in London, during his budget speech. He told MPs:
  
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• Watch how North Tyneside Metro track will be replaced during 15-day line closure

  17-03-2016 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - A video has been produced to show how the work will be carried out during the Tynemouth to Shiremoor Metro line closure from March 19 to April 2
  
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• Vossloh Rail Vehicles-Urban, Suburban and Mainline Locomotives and Passenger Trains

  17-03-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -As one of Europe's leading train manufacturers, Vossloh Rail Vehicles designs and builds locomotives and passenger trains operating on urban, suburban and mainline public transport services.Using the...
  
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• Virgin East Coast had biggest performance decrease in period 12

  17-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Virgin East Coast had the steepest performance decline compared to last year in the past month, latest Network Rail figures show. The figures give Virgin Trains East Coast a public performance measure (PPM) of 84.6 for period 12 in 2015-16, an 8.9 percentage point drop from 93.5 at the same...
  
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• UK weather: 'Toxic stew' of air pollution to form over Scotland in next few days

  17-03-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Toxic levels of particulate matter from car exhausts and other pollutants are predicted to break safety standards
  
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• TFL celebrates the contribution of apprentices to Londons Transport Network

  17-03-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Transport for London (TfL), Crossrail, London Transport Museum and their suppliers, are celebrating the contribution of apprentices to keeping London working and growing with the announcement of 350 new apprenticeship roles. The new apprentices will work on vital transport infrastructure projects such as the Northern Line Extension, the Roads Modernisation programme and the Bond Street station upgrade.The announcement, which comes during National
  
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• South Yorkshire bus firm plans for Easter period

  17-03-2016 01:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  Doncaster Free Post - Stagecoach has announced details of its Easter services in South Yorkshire to help passengers plan ahead.
  
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• Shun car to lose weight, commuters told

  17-03-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - People who cycle, walk or catch the train or bus to work keep more weight off than commuters who travel by car, a large UK study has found.
  
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• Shaw rules out Network Rail privatisation

  17-03-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Network Rail privatisation has been ruled out by Nicola Shaw in her analysis of the future financing and structure of the company. She says:
  
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• Shaw Report rejects NR privatisation, but wants further route devolution

  17-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Network Rail will remain a public sector body for the mp;ldquo;foreseeablemp;rdquo; future, but the company should make greater moves towards devolving its routes and explore further options for private sector investment, according to recommendations in the long-anticipated Shaw Report. In her...
  
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• Shaw report published: statement from our chief executive

  17-03-2016 01:00 via networkrail.co.uk
  Network Rail - The Department for Transport has today (Wednesday 16 March) published Nicola Shaws review into the future shape and financing of Network Rail from the start of Control Period 6 (2019).
  
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• Review rejects privatisation of Network Rail

  17-03-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A report on the future of Network Rail (NR) has dismissed privatisation of the company.
  
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• Rail reform: the Shaw Report

  17-03-2016 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Final report by Nicola Shaw into the future of Network Rail.
  
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• Rail in the 2016 UK budget

  17-03-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - UK: Funding allocations for a number of railway projects were set out in the budget presented to...
  
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• Put HS3 at the heart of a High Speed North

  17-03-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - In October 2015, The National Infrastructure was asked to create the report, titled: High Speed North to advise on strategic improvements to transport connectivity in the North. The Commission published their report yesterday (15th March).The Commissions findings say that the North needs immediate and very significant investment for action now and a plan for longer term transformation to reduce journey times, increase capacity and improve reliabil
  
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• Perry Barr centre getting 3.5m boost to revamp bus station and close subways

  17-03-2016 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Council given cash towards major revamp of district centre
  
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• NR privatisation ruled out as Shaw focuses on growth

  17-03-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - UK: Identifying a compelling vision for growth, the report into Network Rails structure and...
  
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• Northumberland A69 improvements promised as part of 300m Northern Powerhouse transport

  17-03-2016 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Politicians have welcomed George Osborne's pledge but warned 'the devil is in the detail'
  
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• New route from Manchester Airport for the Dreamliner

  17-03-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -Bigger windows, more leg space, wifi, and touch screens - American Airlines takes on 'greenest' plane
  
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• New rail link could cut Sizewell congestion, claim campaigners

  17-03-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - A pressure group is calling for changes to the rail network to enable construction materials for Sizewell C to be transported by train to avoid using the roads and protect residents.
  
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• New Eurostar service could link London to Bordeaux in just four hours

  17-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Eurostar is considering launching a new service linking London to Bordeaux in under four hours.
  
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• MPs welcome devolution deal

  17-03-2016 01:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Sleaford Standard - The MPs for Boston and Skegness and for for Sleaford and North Hykeham welcomed the newly agreed devolution deal for Greater Lincolnshire announced in todaymp;#8217;s (Wednesdaymp;#8217;s) budget.
  
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• Marylebone residents in battle with TfL over Tube noise 'as loud as a jet'

  17-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - "The real fear is the 24-hour Tube," say residents who complain rattling caused by trains makes their lives unbearable
  
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• Luton station funding announcement to be made shortly

  17-03-2016 01:00 via lutontoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A key funding announcement which could transform the future of Luton railway station will be made shortly, Rail Minister Claire Perry has promised.
  
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• London Mayor and DECC rally behind 'Cleantech City' plans

  17-03-2016 01:00 via edie.net
  
  Other News Sources -Plans to develop a new business district which could transform London into a global centre for cleantech innovation have today (15 March) been wholeheartedly supported by the Mayor of London and the Department of Energy mp; Climate Change (DECC).
  
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• Liverpool2 needs HS2, says Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson

  17-03-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Leader says missing out on rail link would be regretted for many years
  
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• Letters to the editor: Infrastructure has to be a priority

  17-03-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The most important thing we have been looking for in today's Budget is some urgency from the Government over infrastructure. We have been busy preparing ourselves to increase airport capacity, continue work on the UK's rail enhancement programmeincluding high-speed railand create a northern powerhouse. What's missing is the green light to keep this momentum going.
  
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• HS2 stations needed at Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport

  17-03-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - HS2 stations will be needed at Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport by 2040 to accommodate the citymp;rsquo;s growth, according to a draft strategy. The draft Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2040, which is to be considered at a Greater Manchester Combined Authority meeting on Friday...
  
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• Highly-paid rail drivers dont work Sundays

  17-03-2016 01:00 via bedfordtoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Thousand of rail passengers are left waiting for weekend trains which never arrive because there arent enough drivers - and the drivers there are, dont have to work on Sundays.
  
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• Here's what the new Nine Elms Tube station will look like

  17-03-2016 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled its design for Nine Elms Tube station, which will open when the Northern Line extension is completed in 2020.
  
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• Heathrows new tool to reduce freight emissions

  17-03-2016 01:00 via eturbonews.com
  Other News Sources - Heathrow has today revealed new plans for a WebPortal aimed at consolidating freight loads, and decreasing the amount of trucks and emissions on roads around the airport. Encouraging freight company partners to operate sustainably is one of ten priorities Heathrow has outlined for this year in its new Blueprint to Reduce Emissions, also launched today.
  
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• Heathrow loses market share to London rivals

  17-03-2016 01:00 via trbusiness.com
  
  Other News Sources - London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is losing passenger share to its three key rival London air gateways according to provisional 2015 data from the UKs Civil Aviation Authority. It has now slipped below the 30 mark.
  
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• Heathrow air quality plan 2016 includes freight focus

  17-03-2016 01:00 via airqualitynews.com
  
  Other News Sources - Heathrow Airport unveiled its action plan for reducing air pollution emissions in 2016, including the launch of a new cycling strategy and a further £2 million investment in electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the coming year.
  
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• Gwynedd bus company boss 'told employee to change dates on claim forms'

  17-03-2016 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 his role in the alleged £500,000 fraud
  
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• George Osborne insists families shouldn't be penalised for the state of the oil industry

  17-03-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Motorists have escaped an expected fuel duty rise, despite falling petrol and diesel prices. George Osborne insisted families shouldnt be penalised for the state of the oil industry.
  
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• George Osborne gets behind High Speed 3 and Crossrail 2 in the Budget2016

  17-03-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The Chancellor announced backing for part of High Speed 3, a proposed rail line crossing the North of England. He also gave the green light to Crossrail 2, a major rail project crossing London.
  
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• Former Anglesey to Cardiff airline Links Air set 'to be liquidated'

  17-03-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Administrators have written to passengers informing them of a meeting of creditors
  
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• Eurostar mulls direct Bordeaux route

  17-03-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Service could become possible when high-speed link from Tours opens next year
  
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• Electrification work to take place near Polmont memorial

  17-03-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Network Rail is set to undertake works at the memorial garden at Polmont station to install electrification mast foundations as part of the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP). The area that will bedisturbed will be fully reformed once the works have finished, but Network Rail is planning to work around the memorial plaque and bench that are a main and important feature of the station and surrounding area. It's important to Network Rail
  
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• ECJ Wi-Fi opinion could boost free internet in Europe

  17-03-2016 01:00 via euractiv.com
  
  News from Europe - A new legal opinion from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) could topple Germany's tight restrictions on free Wi-Fiand internet service providers say it might also help boost the number of free Wi-Fi points across Europe.
  
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