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• The Retired Public Transport Vehicles Still Serving us Today - Gizmodo UK

  24-06-2016 14:34
  
  Gizmodo UK
  The Retired Public Transport Vehicles Still Serving us Today
  Gizmodo UK
  What happens to old buses and trains when they die? Most are recycled into tuna tins and foil, probably, but a few, like the old railway carriages you see in odd places about the country, survive as relics of a bygone era. Recycling our history is not ...
  
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• Will your driverless car be willing to kill you to save the lives of others?

  24-06-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Survey reveals the moral dilemma of programming autonomous vehicles: should they hit pedestrians or avoid and risk the lives of occupants?Theres a chance it could bring the mood down. Having chosen your shiny new driverless car, only one question remains on the order form: whether your spangly, futuristic vehicle be willing to kill you?To buyers more accustomed to talking models and colours, the query might sound untoward. But for manufacturers of autonomous vehicles (AVs), the di
  
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• West Midlands franchise bid down to two companies as MTR withdraws

  24-06-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - MTR Corporation West Midlands has unexpectedly withdrawn its bid to take over the West Midlands rail franchise. The company, a subsidiary of the Hong-Kong based MTR, was among three shortlisted bidders announced in April. Its decision to withdraw it now means the bidding competition is down to...
  
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• Volkswagen to settle emissions cheating scandal for more than $10.2bn

  24-06-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Sources say agreement would compensate 482,000 owners but automaker still has to settle foreign suits as US justice department conducts separate inquiryVolkswagen has agreed to pay US vehicle owners an average of about $5,000 apiece to settle claims from its diesel emissions cheating scandal, two people briefed on the matter said on Thursday. The total price tag for the repayments and other fines is said to exceed $10.2bn.The company will still have to settle foreign suits over al
  
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• Volkswagen 'to pay $10bn' for US emissions scandal

  24-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Volkswagen agrees to pay $10.2bn (6.9bn) to settle some claims in the US from its emissions cheating scandal, according to reports.
  
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• Themed tours of InnoTrans 2016

  24-06-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - INNOTRANS: Visitors to InnoTrans 2016 will be able to discover the latest products, innovations and...
  
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• Swansea businesses 'want fixed date' over electrification

  24-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Uncertainty over the date when electrified trains will start running to Swansea is affecting potential investment, it has been claimed.
  
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• Stand-in train conductor gave all-clear at red light Subscription

  24-06-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Union leaders yesterday accused ScotRail of gambling with passenger and staff safety after an incident in which a manager gave the all-clear for a train to travel through a red stop signal.
  
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• SPT receives four awards for services to transport

  24-06-2016 02:00 via kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has clinched four major accolades celebrating the best in Scotlands transport industry.
  
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• Southern Railways boss apologises for

  24-06-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The service on Southern Railways has been totally unacceptable, so says the very man tasked with running them. In a full-page newspaper advert, Charles Horton, chief executive of Southern Railways, apologised to commuters who face significant disruption as a result of its ongoing dispute with the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) over conductors. The RMT union is protesting Southerns plans to introduce new trains with dr
  
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• Sheffield to remain on the wrong track

  24-06-2016 02:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Lord Blunkett (May 13) made a call for Sheffield to show ambition while his former cabinet colleague, Richard Caborn, has entered the fray over the HS2 station location.
  
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• ScotRail talks offer amid strike dismissed as 'stunt'

  24-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An offer by ScotRail to hold fresh talks with union leaders as a series of one-day strikes continues is dismissed as a
  
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• Passengers will 'tap in and out' with their bank cards or smartphones to save money

  24-06-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The train industry wants paper tickets, which have an orange border, phased out by 2022. They are considered out-dated and costly and, it is claimed, the ink runs and the print is too small.
  
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• MTR withdraws from race for West Midlands franchise

  24-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - MTR has withdrawn from bidding for the new West Midlands franchise.
  
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• Metrolink expands free travel offer for service personnel

  24-06-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - In-uniform service men and women will be able to travel for free on Metrolink, the Manchester tram network announced to mark Armed Forces Day. Metrolink has traditionally offered free travel to personnel on Armed Forces Day, which takes place each year on 25 June, but it is now offering it full...
  
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• Metrodecker starts real world operation with First Bus

  24-06-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Yesterday, Optare celebrated the handover of the pre production 11.1m Metrodecker demonstrator vehicle to UK Operator First Bus, for a series of extensive trails which will see Optares new double deck put through its paces operating on route X78 from Sheffield to Doncaster. The X78 route is a service route used by First Bus for extensive testing of all the major bus manufacturers vehicles.Mark Munday, Technical Director at First Bus, commented: We
  
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• London train delays: Thousands of commuters battle to get home after flash floods spark rail chaos

  24-06-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Thousands of rush hour commuters crammed into stations across London today as they battled to get home after flash flood's wreaked chaos on the capital's rail network.
  
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• Loco on light railway named after York Normandy veteran

  24-06-2016 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -A LOCO on a York light railway has been named Ken Cooke in honour of one of the city's Normandy veterans.
  
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• Heathrow airport third runway plans are a 'rip off' says BA boss

  24-06-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Willie Walsh, chief executive of the firm that owns British Airways, suggested that it would be more efficient to extend one of the existing runways instead.
  
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• Heathrow Airport presses expansion case as passengers pour in

  24-06-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The number of passengers passing through Heathrow's terminals this year is set to climb 0.7 to 75.5 million, the London airport has said, strengthening its case for expansion.
  
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• Growth steams ahead on Irish rail networks Subscription

  24-06-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - It is not just the economy that is back on track as new figures revealed strong growth in the numbers travelling by rail last year.
  
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• Flooding continues to cause delays on road and rail network into the evening across Suffolk and Essex

  24-06-2016 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Commuters across Suffolk and Essex are continuing to face severe disruption to their journeys this evening as a result of severe weather conditions, which has seen Essex fire crews attend more than 300 flood-related incidents.
  
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• Electric car sets world acceleration record

  24-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An electric racing car built by Swiss student engineers has broken the world record for acceleration by battery-powered vehicles.
  
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• Eighty Newport Transport workers could take industrial action over pay

  24-06-2016 02:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -EIGHTY Newport Transport workers could go on strike if a better pay deal is not offered, according to the regional officer for Unite the Union.
  
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• Circle line to be closed during weekend disruption on Tube network

  24-06-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Londoners face major disruption on the Tube this weekend with four Underground lines hit by closures.
  
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• BAE Systems selects software from AEB to enhance export controls

  24-06-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - BAE Systemsone of the leading aerospace, defence, and security companies in the worldhas launched a major IT transformation project in its UK Military Air mp; Information (MAI) division and selected software solution provider AEB as its partner to standardise and optimise global trade management systems. In 2012, the MAI division of BAE Systems at the Warton and Samlesbury sites in Lancashire, United Kingdom, kicked-off a major project to enhance
  
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• BA boss threatens to pull flights from Gatwick if expansion is approved

  24-06-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -THE boss of the firm which owns British Airways has threatened to reduce its flights at Gatwick if the airport is given permission to expand.
  
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• Airlines cancel flights as French air traffic controllers strike

  24-06-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- BA, Easyjet and Ryanair warn of a day of disruption
  
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• Abellio Greater Anglia point St Margarets commuters the wrong way

  24-06-2016 02:00 via hertfordshiremercury.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Commuters arriving at St Margarets railway station have been left scratching their heads.
  
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