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• Accelerate TfL takeover of Southern train services – MPs

  07-07-2016 20:14
  
  Motion sponsored by Labour’s Chuka Umunna to strip Govia Thameslink of its franchise earns crossbench supportMPs have called on the government to accelerate a proposed takeover of Southern metropolitan services by Transport for London, as the train operating company Govia Thameslink Railway prepares to cut back its timetable by 350 trains a day. An early-day motion sponsored by Labour former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, and backed by MPs of other parties in affected constituenci
  
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• Woman dies after bus crashes into Darlington bank

  07-07-2016 14:46
  
  Two more people injured and driver arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after vehicle ploughs into a Halifax branchA woman has died and two others were injured after a bus ploughed into a Halifax bank in the centre of Darlington, County Durham.The driver of the Arriva bus was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after the crash shortly before 11am on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• Ron Arad's twisting aluminium sculpture unveiled at St Pancras

  07-07-2016 14:36
  
  Giant work is intended to have calming effect on the millions of passengers who pass through London station each yearA giant, twisted, rotating blade of aluminium has been unveiled in London’s St Pancras station to welcome visitors and perhaps even calm them down.The monumental artwork by Ron Arad will hang above the Eurostar platforms until January, part of an annual partnership between the station’s owners HS1 and the Royal Academy of Arts (RA). Continue reading...
  
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• One person seriously injured after bus crashes into bank in Darlington

  07-07-2016 13:29
  
  Three injuries reported after bus is believed to have hit pedestrians outside Halifax branch, trapping some underneath itOne person has been seriously injured after a bus ploughed into a bank in the centre of Darlington in the north of England.The vehicle is believed to have hit pedestrians outside a branch of Halifax on Northgate on Thursday morning. Continue reading...
  
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• Out now: Issue 138 of Passenger Transport

  07-07-2016 13:02 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 138 of Passenger Transport is published on July 8
  Contents include:
    
  LEAD STORYWhat will Brexit mean?
  Inside this issue, our special ‘Brexit’ news section examines how the UK’s historic vote to leave the EU could change our sector. Don’t tell Michael Gove, but we have ‘expert’ opinion too
   
  NEWS: BREXIT
  ‘Transport investment more crucial after vote’
  Transport secretary reiterated the case for £55bn HS2 project
  EU exit &
  
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• ‘Transport investment more crucial after vote’

  07-07-2016 12:42 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Transport secretary reiterated the case for £55bn HS2 project
    
  Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has reiterated the importance of continuing to invest in transport infrastructure, following the economic and political uncertainty created by the vote to leave the European Union.
  Speaking at last week’s National Infrastructure Forum event in London, he acknowledged that the UK faced a period of “adjustment: economic, political, social”.However, he said infra
  
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• Norman Baker: My eight predictions

  07-07-2016 12:36 via passengertransport.co.uk
  The UK’s transport sector should brace itself for a bumpy Brexit ride. Things are changing fast, but here’s what I think will happen
   
    
  I am writing this column on Sunday, July 3, and do so with some trepidation. After all, there is no guarantee that what I write will not be hopelessly out of date by publication date.In just 10 days, Britain has by a thin margin voted to leave the EU, the prime minister has resigned, the promises of the Leave campaign have unravelle
  
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• Belfast buses enjoy passenger growth

  07-07-2016 12:28 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Bus use in England’s metropolitan areas declined 3.1% in 2015/16, but Northern Ireland’s capital saw a marginal increase. Rhodri Clark reports
   
  Belfast’s Metro bus services carried 85,000 more passengers
   
  Belfast’s Metro bus services experienced a growth in passengers last year, primarily driven by investment in the Belfast Rapid Transit scheme and promotional campaigns.
  The 85,000 increase in passenger numbers in 2015/16 amounts to only a 0.3% increase in pat
  
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• Martijn Gilbert: Are we dressed for success?

  07-07-2016 12:25 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Modernising the image of our industry can unlock its true potential, and business attire and staff uniforms are part of that
   
  Casual and comfortable: our staff uniform
   
  Last time I wrote about some thoughts on attracting the best talent to work in our industry (PT136). I was challenged recently that we should, of course, be calling it a profession, if we are really serious about this important matter! Inspired by comments from a young tech professional at a recent industry event, I
  
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• Man fined for driving fake ambulance through rush-hour traffic queue

  07-07-2016 10:33
  
  Shaun Scandle, 31, forced way past cars at Tyne tunnel, in Renault Megane fitted with blue lights and a sirenA driver who made his car into a fake ambulance with blue lights and a siren and then forced his way through traffic waiting to use a busy tunnel has been fined more than £1,000.CCTV showed the white vehicle, with its lights flashing, moving through cars queuing at the Tyne tunnel, and drivers getting out of the way of what they must have thought was a response to a 999 call.Continu
  
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• Way forward now for the Northern Powerhouse

  07-07-2016 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -An expert panel gathered at Manchester Metropolitan University to debate the business of devolution.
  
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• Warning on HS2 as new South Yorkshire plan unveiled

  07-07-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - THE MAN in charge of delivering HS2 has warned the North must continue to campaign for the high speed rail project as he unveils a new plan for the route and stations in South Yorkshire.
  
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• Uber faces permit pressure in France

  07-07-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Proposed legislation would prevent ride-hailing services from using drivers holding popular licence
  
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• Traffic boost for airlines despite strike disruption

  07-07-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Both Ryanair and Easyjet continue to break passenger records
  
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• TfL prosecutes Vodafone over mismanaged street works

  07-07-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Vodafone has become the second telecoms company to be prosecuted by Transport for London (TfL) in the space of seven days for mismanaging street work in the capital. The mobile network was ordered to pay 2,636 after failing to serve a required statutory street works notice during work in Tooting Bec in January. Vodafone also failed to pay a fixed penalty notice after the stop notice failed to appear. This comes exactly seven days after BT was orde
  
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• Team Sheffields campaign of strength and unity wins HS2 for the city centre

  07-07-2016 02:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Telegraph - The strength and unity of Sheffields HS2 campaign led to proposed high speed services being re-routed into the city centre, Sir David Higgins revealed.
  
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• Talks break up again in ScotRail dispute

  07-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Talks aimed at resolving the ScotRail dispute have broken up, without any progress being made.
  
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• Southern rail service 'at rock bottom', says Hove MP

  07-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The government is asked by an MP, at what point will it take over control of Southern rail if its service continues to deteriorate.
  
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• Singapore returns faulty trains to China

  07-07-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Blow to Beijings export ambitions after 26 defective vehicles sent back to manufacturer for repair
  
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• Shoppers shun new cars amid uncertainty over Europe

  07-07-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - DRIVERS put the brakes on buying new cars in June, figures showed today, sparking worries that Brexit fears are deterring consumers from big-ticket purchases.
  
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• ScotRail dubbed 'underhand and provocative' as Merseyrail conductors approached to break strike

  07-07-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - SCOTRAIL has been accused of trying to import an
  
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• Ryanair to return to Aberdeen with new Spanish routes

  07-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Ryanair announces it is to launch new routes from Aberdeen International Airport for the first time in more than five years.
  
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• Rail delays hit worst level for a decade, figures show

  07-07-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Rail delays in the UK have soared to their highest level in nearly 10 years owing to problems in London and the South East.
  
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• Race to run busy West Midlands rail franchise down to just two after Hong Kong-based MTR Corporation mysteriously withdraws from bidding process

  07-07-2016 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - The battle to win the contract to run one of Birmingham's busiest train services is now down to just two after Hong Kong rail company MTR Corporation pulled out of the race.
  
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• Mobile ticketing comes to New York commuter rail

  07-07-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - USA: New York MTA has introduced m-ticketing on its Long Island Rail Road and Metro North commuter...
  
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• Ministers called on to strip Southern Railway of franchise

  07-07-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Ministers have been called on to strip Southern Railway of its franchise after the firm made controversial changes to its timetable.
  
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• Lufthansa, flight attendants union reach long-term no-strike agreement

  07-07-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Lufthansa and the Independent Flight Attendants Organization (UFO) negotiated a long-term, no-strike agreement July 5, concluding nearly six months of arbitration. read more
  
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• 'Keep sending your dash-cam footage' police urge drivers

  07-07-2016 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -POLICE have urged people to keep sending in dash-cam footage of dangerous drivingas prosecutors bring charges against a motorist caught on video in Bradford.
  
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• Is Hyperloop coming to Europe? Super-fast transport system could cut 310 mile trip from Helsinki to Stockholm to 28 minutes Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3676845/Is-Hyperloop-coming-Europe-Super-fast-transport-cut-310-mile-tr

  07-07-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - It started as a dream borne out of frustration over how long it took to travel by train or car between San Francisco and Los Angeles in California.
  Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3676845/Is-Hyperloop-coming-Europe-Super-fast-transport-cut-310-mile-trip-Helsinki-Stockholm-28-minutes.html#ixzz4DhW0cyX4Follow us: @MailOnline on TwitterDailyMail on Facebook
  
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• Is Hyperloop coming to Europe? Super-fast transport system could cut 310 mile trip from Helsinki to Stockholm to 28 minutes

  07-07-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - It started as a dream borne out of frustration over how long it took to travel by train or car between San Francisco and Los Angeles in California.
  Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3676845/Is-Hyperloop-coming-Europe-Super-fast-transport-cut-310-mile-trip-Helsinki-Stockholm-28-minutes.html#ixzz4DhW0cyX4Follow us: @MailOnline on TwitterDailyMail on Facebook
  
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• Investment in transport in the north could reunite England

  07-07-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The EU referendum highlighted deep divisions between the north and south, due to decades of underinvestment in northern infrastructure, experts say
  
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• Investment in infrastructures and skills essential to future economic growth

  07-07-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Peel Ports has endorsed a call by leading think tank, IPPR North, for closer co-operation between ports, supply chain operators and logistics companies based in the north of England to nurture vital economic sectors and take advantage of global opportunities, following the publication of the organisations wide-ranging research report Gateways to the Northern Powerhouse - a Northern Port Strategy. Peel Ports believes that there is unexploited poten
  
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• Iconic railway will be safe for generations to come after £23m repair

  07-07-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - IT has been described as one of the worlds greatest railway journeys.
  
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• HS2 may be diverted around Sheffield, says report

  07-07-2016 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -New proposals to solve the dispute about the site of the future HS2 station in Sheffield involve diverting the main line east of the city and serving the centre via a connection from HS2 to the existing Midland Main Line instead. The plans, unveiled today in a report by HS2 chairman David Higgins, have rejected previous plans to create a new station at Meadowhall on the grounds of expense, and the alternative of reviving the former station at Sheffield Victoria has also been rule
  
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• FTA says lorry area announcement will end misery on Kents roads

  07-07-2016 02:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says todays announcement of a new lorry area to solve the problems caused by Operation Stack will ease ...
  
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• EgyptAir pilots tried to put out fire before crash

  07-07-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Voice recorder indicates crews efforts to extinguish onboard fire
  
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• easyJet launches inaugural flight to Gibraltar from Manchester Airport

  07-07-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - easyJet, the UKs largest airline, has launched its first flight from Manchester to Gibraltar. easyJet now flies to 45 destinations from Manchester and bases 11 aircraft there. The airline carried over 2.6 million passengers on flights to and from the airport last year. easyJet is expected to fly 30,000 passengers between the destinations annually, operating twice a week throughout this summer. The Airbus 320 aircraft which operated the first fligh
  
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• Congress to vote on extending FAAs authority through September 2017

  07-07-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Leaders of transportation panels in both houses of the US Congress say they have reached agreement on a bipartisan extension of FAAs authorization through Sept. 30, 2017. The agreement is expected to be voted on in both the House of Representatives and Senate ahead of FAAs authority expiring July 15. read more
  
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• Chinese transport giant MTR Corporation bidding to deliver the South Wales Metro

  07-07-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The Hong Kong based firm has transport interests across the world including those in Australia and Sweden
  
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• Bombardier: Successful SWISS CSeries EIS is critical

  07-07-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS)which took delivery of its first Bombardier CSeries 100 June 29could benefit from a swift entry-into-service (EIS) period, according to a Bombardier executive.read more
  
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• Arriva to meet with wheelchair user who was refused ramp to board bus

  07-07-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Christopher Browne said a driver refused to lower a ramp to help him get onto the bus
  
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• Anti-HS2 campaigners say more cuts to come after Sheffield plan dropped

  07-07-2016 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Telegraph - Campaigners opposed to the High Speed 2 rail project claimed "there will be more cuts to come" after it was recommended that plans for a new station in Sheffield should be dropped.
  
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• Airbus prepares for A330neo final assembly

  07-07-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Airbus is starting to pull together components in preparation for the final assembly of the first A330neo, which is scheduled to get underway in September.read more
  
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