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• Train misery for commuters yet to vote in EU referendum

  23-06-2016 21:17
  
  Thousands of people stranded at Waterloo and other stations after torrential rain throws services into chaosEU referendum polling day – live updatesWith no exit poll, when is the result announced?Commuters in south-east England expressed their frustration as extensive rail disruption threatened to scupper their chances to vote in the EU referendum.Thousands of people were stranded at Waterloo station as trains were delayed or cancelled after torrential rain caused a flood in the Wimbledon
  
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• Out now: Issue 137 of Passenger Transport

  23-06-2016 16:48 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 137 of Passenger Transport is published on June 24
  Contents include:
    
  LEAD STORYFirst eyes further cost cuts as growth slows
  UK bus revenue growth in first half of group’s financial year was almost completely wiped out in the second half. Rail also experienced slowdown
   
  NEWS
  O’Toole warns rivals against ‘big bet’ bids
  First claims other groups are taking high risk gambles
  Stagecoach park and ride proposals rejected
  Cambridgeshire rejects plans to r
  
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• First eyes further cost cuts as growth slows

  23-06-2016 16:14 via passengertransport.co.uk
  UK bus revenue growth in first half of group’s financial year was almost completely wiped out in the second half. Rail also experienced slowdown
   
  FirstGroup is considering the closure of one of its six Manchester depots
   
  FirstGroup will consider closing one of its Manchester depots in a new round of cost cuts at its UK bus division triggered by expectations of declines in revenue and patronage over the next 12 months. The outlook echoes concerns over trading conditions expresse
  
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• ScotRail faces summer of industrial action

  23-06-2016 16:10 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Conductors’ strikes over extension of driver controlled operation spread to ScotRail in echo of dispute between RMT and Govia Thameslink Railway
   
  Visualisation of ScotRail’s new AT200 trainsScotRail is facing a summer of industrial action after the RMT union called conductors’ strikes on seven days from June 21 to July 17 over the company’s plans to extend driver controlled operation to new electric services in the Central Belt. The strike days called included
  
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• Giving Jersey Liberty from the car

  23-06-2016 16:06 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Franchising is giving Jersey a simple and straightforward bus network that works and makes being car-free a realistic option
   
  Jersey’s bus network
   
  When you get up close to the issue of  national identity it can get complicated – particularly in the British Isles.
  Within its more than 6,000 islands it contains within it the sometimes overlapping concepts or legal entities (or both) of the British Islands, the United Kingdom, Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales,
  
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• Transports Publics 2016: A glimpse of the future

  23-06-2016 16:03 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Driverless vehicles and electric buses were at the fore at last week’s Transports Publics show
   
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  There’s no UK equivalent for the biennial Transports Publics show in Paris. Attended by more than 10,000 people, the show unites the world of public transport under one roof – private operators mingle with public authorities, and buses appear alongside trains, trams and bicycles. And although many of the exhibitors and the delegates are French, the sel
  
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• VLM Airlines files for bankruptcy

  23-06-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Belgium carrier made a loss of 13 million last year
  
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• Uber driver and 'black cab driver' fight in the street in 'road rage clash'

  23-06-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Dramatic footage has captured the moment an Uber driver was repeatedly punched in the face by another motorist in an apparent road rage clash.
  
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• Trains to be cancelled on second day of rail strikes

  23-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Commuters are facing another day of disruption as ScotRail workers continue a planned series of one-day strikes.
  
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• TfN must not reduce powers available to local transport authorities - WYCA

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - A limitation on the use of concurrent powers by Transport for the North (TfN) must be included in the order to make it a statutory body to ensure powers to local areas remain protected, West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has said. TfN is due to be established as a statutory body by the end...
  
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• Tesla dims after Musk bid for struggling SolarCity

  23-06-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Shares in Elon Musk's Tesla slammed into reverse after his pioneering electric car firm launched a $2.8 billion (1.9 billion) takeover of the celebrated entrepreneur's struggling solar power company.
  
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• Task Force delays publication of demands for South West

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Publication of the Peninsula Rail Task Forces 20-year plan on the needs for the South West has been postponed until after the summer.
  
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• SWT completes 65m roll-out of extra 108 carriages

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - South West Trains has completed the mp;pound;65m roll-out of 108 additional carriages, allowing capacity for 23,000 new passengers on its services. The Class 456 and Class 458/5 carriages will be added to 34 morning services and 43 evening services, running on routes from London Waterloo to...
  
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• Swansea electrification uncertainty 'affecting business'

  23-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Uncertainty over the date when electrified trains start arriving in Swansea is affecting potential investment, it is claimed.
  
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• Stena Line upgrades passenger ship communications

  23-06-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Stena Line has upgraded the communications systems on its passenger ships to enhance internet speed for its guests. It has upgraded VSAT connectivity and linked this to global mobile phone 3G and 4G networks and in-port WiFi. The system was deployed by Norway-based Marlink across Stena Lines fleet of 25 ferries to enable passengers to access social media and online services.Marlink has trebled the bandwidth available in Stenas fleet-wide closed us
  
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• Stagecoach offers free wi-fi and USB charging points for Liverpool bus passengers

  23-06-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo - 18 of the new double-decker buses will be used across the 82 and 86 routes and 14 of the vehicles on the 14 route
  
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• Riba Awards: York abbey, M5 services and Liverpool hospital honoured

  23-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A grass-roofed children's hospital, a Yorkshire abbey and a
  
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• Rex Articoli Tecnici-Track Insulation Materials for Railway Lines

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -Rex Articoli Tecnici SA specialises track insulation materials for railway lines, with or without ballast, including rubber to metal, rubber to plastic and rubber to rubber components. Specific railw...
  
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• Revealed: London's most overcrowded Tube stations

  23-06-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Oxford Circus has been revealed as London's most overcrowded Tube station, with passengers being prevented from entering the station more than 100 times each year.
  
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• Publication of Peninsula Rail plan delayed until after summer

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - A 20-year plan for improvements to the South West rail network will not be published until after the summer, it has been revealed. The Peninsula Rail Task Force announced yesterday that it has agreed with the DfT and Network Rail to postpone the report on improving the networkmp;rsquo;s resilience...
  
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• Plymouth rail improvements delayed as key report is put back until after summer

  23-06-2016 02:00 via plymouthherald.co.uk
  Plymouth Herald - Campaigners are struggling to make the case for an improved rail network because businesses are not telling the Government how important faster services would be.
  
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• Perry: stock procurement remains a matter for operators

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Procurement and evaluation of rolling stock is a matter for the private operators, as it has been since privatisation says Rail Minister Claire Perry.
  
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• Peel Ports hits biomass milestone

  23-06-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Peel Ports has hit the milestone of dispatching more than 400 freight services from the railheads at Liverpool to Drax power station in North Yorkshire seven months after opening the first phase of its biomass terminal. Each train service carries around 1,700 tonnes of compressed wood pellets manufactured and imported from North America as a by-product from the sawmill industry. The terminal has created nearly 50 extra permanent jobs at the Port o
  
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• Park&Ride shake-up

  23-06-2016 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -A NEW bus company could take over Yorks Parkmp;Ride service from next year, and council bosses say they want to make sure harmful emissions are kept low on the ever-growing services.
  
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• Night Tube to be expanded to extra line within weeks of launch

  23-06-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The new Night Tube is set to be extended to a third line within weeks of being launched.
  
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• New Pop up depot to serve construction market and remove lorries from roads

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - DB Cargo and Cemex open pop-up depot at Warrington, designed to serve the North West construction market. reduce number of HGVs in the High Peak area.
  
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• MTR joins FirstGroups bid for South Western rail franchise

  23-06-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - UK: Shortlisted bidder FirstGroup announced on June 16 that MTR Corp (UK) is to join it in a joint venture to bid for the next South Western rail franchise.The Department for Transport has appoved the agreement, which will see the UK subsidiary of Hong Kong-based transport group MTR take a 30 stake in the joint venture. Both FirstGroup and MTR already hold Pre-Qualification Questionnaire Passports enabling them to express interest in franchises wi
  
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• Midland Metro Wolverhampton extension approved

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - UK: Powers to extend the Midland Metro light rail line in Wolverhampton were granted on June 21 by...
  
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• Midland Metro extension to Wolverhampton approved

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The mp;pound;18m Midland Metro tram extension to Wolverhampton was given formal approval yesterday by the transport secretary. Work on the extension can now begin later this year, and it is due to open in 2019. The route, part of a mp;pound;120m redevelopment of the city centre, will take trams...
  
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• Mercedes reveals wireless car charging

  23-06-2016 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -2017 Mercedes 500 e hybrid will offer contactless charging
  
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• Liverpool rail connection provides environmental win for Drax

  23-06-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Seven months after opening phase 1 of its biomass terminal, Peel Ports has dispatched more than 400 freight services from the railheads at the Port of Liverpool to Drax power station in North Yorkshire. The milestone was announced to delegates at TOC Europe in Hamburg today (15 June) by Port Director David Huck during a case study presentation about its partnership with the Drax facility.The site is both the single largest carbon saving project in
  
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• Independent freight operator launches in Serbia

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - SERBIA:Kombinovani Prevoz has become the first independent railway operator to launch...
  
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• HS2 construction will inform West Coast Main Line capacity

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Construction of Phase 1 of HS2 will allow rail industry to evaluate how capacity freed up on the southern section of the West Coast Main Line should be used.
  
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• Hornby to cut number of toys in turnaround bid

  23-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Toymaker Hornby plans to cut the number of toys it makes as it strives to make the business profitable again.
  
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• Higher demand for public transport in European Union

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Study by International Association of Public Transport (UITP) reveals 57.9 billion journeys were made on public transport in the European Union in 2014.
  
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• Heathrow accused of third runway rip-off - Willie Walsh Subscription

  23-06-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The boss of Britains biggest airline has accused Heathrow of ripping off passengers with plans for a new runway when it could save billions of pounds by doubling the length of an existing one.
  
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• Glos-Warks extension bid: share offer reaches halfway mark

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway has reached halfway in its share issue plan to raise 1.25 million to extend the line to Broadway.
  
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• Finchampstead woman feels 'trapped' by bus shortage

  23-06-2016 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post - Barbara Wilks, 74, claims the Reading Buses services she depends on are too few and far between
  
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• ERTMS business case confirmed

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - EUROPE: A clear business case for the installation of ETCS throughout the nine European core...
  
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• Dutch transport concession lawful Subscription

  23-06-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - By providing access to fares at preferential rates on public transport in the Netherlands for students who were registered with a private or public educational establishment in the Netherlands, but only extending that concession to students from other member states of the European Union who were economically active or had obtained the right of permanent residence in the Netherlands, the Kingdom of the Netherlands did not discriminate against non-Dutch students who were studying in
  
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• Cycling festival will leave "legacy for years to come"

  23-06-2016 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -
  
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• Camcorder to test Thameslink ETCS

  23-06-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - UK: Network Rail is to make use of an ERTMSCamCorder to undertake integrated onsite testing of the...
  
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• Bus subsidy cuts set to be scaled back

  23-06-2016 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -PROPOSED cuts to bus subsidies are set to be scaled back by senior York councillors to ensure some key services continue to run after all.
  
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• Big winners from the £1.2bn City Deal will be communities outside of Cardiff says Valleys council leader

  23-06-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Andrew Morgan said that the long list of City Deal projects for transport alone far exceed the £1.2bn available
  
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• Aslef drops legal action and accepts 12-car Gatwick trains

  23-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A train drivers' union decides against further legal action after losing a court battle over a strike ballot in protest at longer trains.
  
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• Angry motorists call for the end of the Lycra lout cyclists

  23-06-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Three out of four British motorists called for cyclists to be licenced to help put an end to Lycra louts, with one in three saying they had experienced road rage from someone on a bike at some point.
  
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• AM calls for valleys to regain lost rail services under Metro plan

  23-06-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Valleys which lost rail services decades ago should get them back under future phases of the South Wales Metro transport scheme, Ogmore AM Huw Irranca-Davies has said.
  
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• A chance to have your say on bus routes in the Capital

  23-06-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The routes affected by the proposals are all in the Tottenham Court Road area and people have until 24 July to give their views.TfL says the plans, if adopted, will simplify the bus network and cut journey times for many passengers.The consultation comes ahead of the introduction of two-way traffic to Tottenham Court Road and Gower Street, which is planned for the end of 2018 as part of Camden Council's West End Project.TfL is proposing to make th
  
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