Public Transport news

• Heathrow Airport bosses to net bonus if third runway awarded

  15-05-2016 17:20
  
  Owner’s annual report shows executives would benefit personally from any expansion despite past denials Heathrow bosses will stand to gain from bonus payouts if the airport gets permission to build a £17.6bn third runway, it has emerged.Although the west London airport has previously denied the existence of any such financial incentives – not least when senior executives at rival Gatwick were found to have incentives to win a second runway – the annual report of Heathrow
  
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• Voice of girl, 10, used for terror warning on London trains

  15-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Britain's biggest rail operator has used the voice of a ten year-old girl in new safety announcements to 'increase security' following the Brussels terror attack.
  
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• Tunnel visions: New life for unloved underground spaces

  15-05-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Londons Rotherhithe Shaft is an innovative example of a subterranean industrial relic being put to new use
  
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• The UK is looking for people to test driverless cars

  15-05-2016 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Individuals are now able to register for the UK's first public driverless vehicle trials which are due to take place later this year.
  
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• The Tweed Run 2016: Hundreds of tweed-wearing cyclists take to the streets of central London

  15-05-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Hundreds of snappily dressed cyclists descended on central London for a mass tweed-themed bike ride.
  
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• Sussex train services named the least punctual

  15-05-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -SUSSEX rail services were the least punctual over the last year with nearly two in every ten services registered as late by train bosses.
  
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• Steamer TS Queen Mary returns to Clyde

  15-05-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A 1930s steam ship that gave its name to the ocean liner Queen Mary is set to return to the Clyde.
  
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• Red flag raised over award of Northern Rail subscription

  15-05-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The rail franchise system has been thrown into disarray again after the competition authorities said they would launch an in-depth investigation into the award of the Northern Rail network to the German-owned Arriva.
  
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• Protesters speak out against York bus cuts

  15-05-2016 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -PROTESTERS spoke out against proposed bus cuts during a demonstration in York this afternoon.
  
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• Over two years consecutive growth at Manchester Airport

  15-05-2016 02:00 via so-cheshire.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Airports passengers provide boost to North West visitor economy
  
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• Michael O'Leary calls for transport system to be privatised

  15-05-2016 02:00 via newstalk.com
  
  Other News Sources - Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary has called for the deregulation and privatisation of the transport system.He was speaking on Newstalk's Down To Business this morning about the Luas strike.
  
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• Merseyside driving fails on camera - red light rushers, road rage and more

  15-05-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Watch these videos that show bad driving, mad driving and near misses on our roads
  
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• Merseyrail fit staff with body cameras to spot commuters putting feet on seats

  15-05-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Train workers will now wear cameras on their uniforms to catch people who put their feet on seats. Almost half (43 per cent) of passengers said it was the main form of anti-social behaviour on trains.
  
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• Map lays down the law for driving abroad

  15-05-2016 02:00 via burnleyexpress.net
  
  Burnley Express - As tens of thousands of Britons begin to plan holidays on the Continent this summer a new interactive map aims to help keep us on the right side of the law.
  
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• Liverpool airport coffee shop workers offered training to spot people traffickers

  15-05-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Cardinal Vincent Nichols launches new scheme for 'eyes and ears' of cafe employees
  
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• Huddersfield traders call for bus gates scheme to be abolished

  15-05-2016 02:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Huge drop in trade following Kirklees Council scheme
  
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• HS2 may not even reach Manchester as Department for Transport faces having project taken out of its control

  15-05-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - HS2 has admitted that nothing is ruled out in a cost-cutting exercise which could see sizeable parts of the controversial high-speed project shelved.
  
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• HS2 and homebuilding schemes 'at risk of delay' over archaeologist shortage

  15-05-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The HS2, house building and road upgrades planned over the next 17 years could be in jeopardy unless action is taken over the lack of trained workers, experts have warned.
  
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• Doubts over Thames garden bridge as Sadiq Khan probes £175m project

  15-05-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Boris Johnsons less than honest role in procurement process under scrutiny by new mayor of LondonThe new London mayor, Sadiq Khan, is investigating his predecessors conduct over the procurement process for Londons planned £175m garden bridge.Khan, having completed his first week in office, has already begun scrutinising Boris Johnsons decisions relating to the controversial project, to which £60m of public money has been allocated in circumstances previously criticised
  
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• Council leader rubbishes reports that Manchester Airport has been axed from HS2 route

  15-05-2016 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - Sources had told a Sunday newspaper that the airport stop - which was inserted into plans for the line after sustained lobbying from the region - may get pulled
  
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• Cameron vows to make Britain a land of driverless cars and space exploration within the next few years

  15-05-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Driverless cars, drones and space travel will form the centrepiece of a Queens Speech which will echo Harold Wilsons famous invocation of the white heat of technology.
  
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• British airlines 'unlawfully' pocketing 300m in tax paid by passengers

  15-05-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Blast ooh-arf! UKs first spaceport may be in Newquay as Queens speech set to address modern transport

  15-05-2016 02:00 via thesun.co.uk
  
  The Sun - TOURISTS could soon be blasting off for the stars from a Cornish spaceport.Plans to open Britains first commercial rocket launch site will be unveiled this week and Newquay is tipped to host it.
  
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• ABERDEEN BUS LANE PENALTIES TO FUND £50K SALARY OF NEW TRANSPORT EXPERT

  15-05-2016 02:00 via eveningexpress.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Fines from bus lane offenders will fund the £50,000 salary of a new transport expert.
  
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