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• Southern rail strike causes 'significant' disruption for commuters

  26-04-2016 13:13
  
  No services running on many routes after members of RMT union stage 24-hour walkout in dispute over role of conductors Rail passengers on some of the busiest routes in the country suffered travel chaos because of a conductors’ strike, which caused a “significant” impact on services.Southern warned it could not guarantee that travellers would get to their destination after members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union walked out for 24 hours from 11am on Tuesday. Conti
  
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• Don't think disabled people aren't interested in cycling – or in proper bike lanes | Isabelle Clement

  26-04-2016 08:00
  
  Objectors to new bike routes in London and elsewhere often cite the needs of people with disabilities. They’ve missed the pointWhenever bike infrastructure is debated, it’s never very long before someone objects by saying: “But what happens to people with disabilities if you build cycle lanes?” They have forgotten one very important thing: a lot of disabled people cycle, and benefit even more than most from quick, safe cycle routes.Such arguments are seen around the count
  
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• Zac Goldsmith: Tube passengers will suffer conditions worse than farmyard animals unless changes are made

  26-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Commuters will endure conditions that would be illegal for farmyard animals unless there is urgent investment in London's transport infrastructure, Zac Goldsmith warned today.
  
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• Why Maidstone sees more car crashes than anywhere else in Kent

  26-04-2016 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Road accidents are falling year on year across Kent, but this area stubbornly bucks the trend.
  
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• VIDEO: Car makers bet on China for growth

  26-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Car makers at Beijing's annual car show explain why they're still looking to China for growth.
  
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• UPDATE: Weymouth Park and Ride to re-open - with services provided by First Bus

  26-04-2016 02:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -SERVICES are set to re-commence at Weymouth Park and Ride.
  
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• Uber and Lyft overtake car rental for corporate travel

  26-04-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Report finds ride-hailing firms now more popular than car rental and taxis for business travellers
  
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• Two Optare Metrocity buses for Midland Classic

  26-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Midland Classic have acquired two Optare Metrocity buses. Midland Classic founded in 2005 operates local bus services around Swadlincote and Burton upon Trent.The 10.1m, Euro 5, Metrocity buses, seat up to 35 and feature, under seat lighting, an additional buggy bay as well as the usual wheelchair bay, and USB charging points fully integrated into the seating. The vehicles will operate on the Lichfield City circular services.James Boddice, Managin
  
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• Tube strike: Piccadilly line walk-out called off after progress in talks, RMT confirms

  26-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A planned Piccadilly line strike that threatened chaos for thousands of commuters tomorrow has been called off, the RMT has confirmed.
  
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• Tory civil war putting key decisions for North East in doubt

  26-04-2016 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Turmoil surrounding EU referendum could affect decisions on Heathrow expansion and APD - both of which are crucial for North East
  
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• TfL predicts 330m MORE journeys per year on London Underground

  26-04-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Nearly 22,000 passengers are now arriving in London during the morning rush hour peak - forcing commuters to be crammed in carriages with five people per square metre.
  
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• TFL: Heathrow underestimated cost of road and rail links by £16bn

  26-04-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Upgrade work to Londons transport system eight times more than airports estimate
  
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• TfL and Airports Commission at odds over impact of Heathrow third runway

  26-04-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Newly released documents show that the Airports Commissions estimate of the cost of rail links needed to support the third runway at Heathrow airport is as much as £11bn below that of Transport for London (TfL).
  
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• Stagecoach freezes fares on all Lancaster buses

  26-04-2016 02:00 via thevisitor.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Stagecoach will freeze fares on all routes in Lancaster in a drive to continue to offer passengers value for money and to encourage more people to travel by bus.
  
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• Southern railways strike to cause two days of travel chaos for commuters

  26-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A strike across Southern railways from Tuesday means two days of major travel chaos, rail chiefs warned.
  
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• Southern rail strike to cause disruption

  26-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Passengers on Southern railway face more than 24 hours of disruption due to a strike by conductors over their role and driver-only trains.
  
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• Southern rail strike: Commuters braced for days of travel chaos as walkout begins

  26-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Thousands of commuters are braced for two days of travel chaos from this morning as strike action cripples major rail routes into London.
  
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• Reading Buses order worlds first Scania gas double deck buses

  26-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Reading Buses has today officially confirmed its inaugural order worth £1.3 million for five Scania double deck buses powered by Compressed Natural Gas from a bio-methane sourcea world first.The order, for Scanias new N280UD model, builds upon the success of its single deck variant which Reading Buses was the first bus operator to adopt in 2013.Reading Buses operate a fleet of 34 single deck Scania gas buses and the five new double deck buse
  
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• Railway along Cumbrian Coast line gets rock armour

  26-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Network Rail has finished a project to install a 15,000-tonne rock armour sea defence to protect the railway along the Cumbrian Coast line at Parton. The company's team worked with the tidal patterns of the Irish Sea to deliver the emergency repairs to the sea wall. These repairs were much-needed because of storms over Christmas and the New Year that had battered the sea defences, which were in place to protect the railway. 15,000 tonnes of rock h
  
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• Rail tickets featuring Samaritans helpline number launched by Audley Harrison to cut suicides

  26-04-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Train tickets will feature a helpline number for the Samaritans in a bid to reduce suicides on the rail network, it has been announced.
  
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• ORR to focus on workforce safety in 2016-17

  26-04-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is to focus on worker safety in its 2016-17 business plan
  
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• ORR investigates incident involving WCR at Bath Spa

  26-04-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Another safety incident involving West Coast Railway Company occurred on April 13
  
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• No Southern trains in Tonbridge and Ashford during RMT Union strike

  26-04-2016 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Southern trains from two busy Kent stations will be cancelled as workers strike over safety fears.
  
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• More truckers take to bikes in Belfast for FTA safe driving scheme

  26-04-2016 02:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - HGV drivers will be taking to their bikes in Belfast as part of a scheme aimed at improving safety for all road users. ...
  
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• Manchester Metrolink services restored

  26-04-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Tram journeys across Manchester's Metrolink resume after a technical fault at its control depot halted services for five hours.
  
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• Lottery boost for Mid Suffolk Light Railways jubilee

  26-04-2016 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Suffolks only standard-gauge steam railway, the Middy, got its 25th birthday year off to a great start at the weekend with the formal start of work on its new workshop.
  
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• Italy and Spain now closer with new Dorset flights announced

  26-04-2016 02:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -PARTS of Italy and Spain are slightly closer as airlines announce new direct flights from Dorset.
  
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• High Court intervenes in Gatwick DOO dispute

  26-04-2016 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -A High Court judge has ordered ASLEF not to 'induce' refusals by Gatwick Express drivers to operate 12-car trains. Govia Thameslink Railway said it was 'pleased' at the ruling, but ASLEF is balloting its members on Gatwick Express and Southern, which is also operated by GTR, while Southern services are also set to be disrupted by a separate conductors' strike from tomorrow.
  
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• High Court Injunction looms in GatEx new train row

  26-04-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Govia Thameslink Railway has issued proceedings at the High Court to seek an injunction enabling the operation of its new 12-car Gatwick Express trains
  
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• Heathrow dismisses transport cost claims

  26-04-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Transport for London estimates third runway will more than double passenger numbers
  
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• GTR statement at the conclusion of high court proceedings

  26-04-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Govia Thameslink Railway has issued proceedings at the High Court to seek an injunction enabling the operation of its new 12-car Gatwick Express trains
  
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• Further delays in store for rail passenger rights

  26-04-2016 02:00 via which.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The government is set to delay implementing enhanced rights for rail passengers by 18 months, Which? has discovered.
  
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• Finishing touches to be added to Stafford and Crewe line

  26-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - There will be finishing touches added to the line that connects Stafford and Crewe over the May bank holiday weekends. Forming part of Network Rail's 40 billion Railway Upgrade Plan, the company's staff will be working at Stafford to remove one of the last major bottlenecks on the West Coast main line. By doing this, there will be room at the station for more passenger and freight services between Birmingham and Manchester, London and the north-we
  
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• Finalists announced in the 2016 FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards

  26-04-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - 22 of the most inspirational role models within the transport and logistics industry have been announced as finalists in the 2016 FTA everywoman in Transport mp; Logistics Awards. The Awards aim to demonstrate the breadth of career opportunities offered by the industry, particularly for women, and those shortlisted are prime examples of this with careers ranging from engineers to warehousing managers and HGV drivers.This is the ninth year of this
  
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• ETCS forecast to facilitate 30 capacity boost

  26-04-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Installation of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) will increase capacity by up to 30 on some parts of the network
  
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• Electric charging 'on the go' gets closer

  26-04-2016 02:00 via crewechronicle.co.uk
  
  Crewe Chronicle -Production of electric cars' wireless charging as you drive is near.
  
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• Conductors' strike set to cause rail chaos

  26-04-2016 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Telegraph - Rail passengers on some of the busiest routes in the country face travel chaos because of a conductors' strike.
  
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• Aslef back down over 12-car dispute after GTR obtain injunction

  26-04-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The High Court has awarded an injunction to Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) forbidding their drivers from refusing to drive their new 12-car trains in an ongoing industrial dispute. GTR applied for the injunction, which was awarded on Friday, after Aslef drivers refused to drive the new 12-car...
  
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• All Metrolink services suspended after communications failure

  26-04-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Trams in Manchester came to a stop today (Monday 25 April) after a communications failure at the Old Trafford stop. The fault occurred at about 11.30am and means that the network control room staff are not able to monitor tram movements or access information displays. Metrolink RATP Dev trams...
  
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• £100m contracts to build Luton airport link advertised

  26-04-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Contracts worth between £100m and £200m to build the light rail link between Luton Airport Parkway station and London Luton Airport, including driverless rolling stock, are being advertised.
  
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