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• Vauxhall first knew of Zafira fire risk in 2009, MPs hear

  19-07-2016 22:12
  
  Transport select committee questions carmaker over decision to wait until 2014 to investigate potentially fatal faultVauxhall has revealed it first recorded a Zafira car bursting into flames due to a problem with its heating and ventilation system in 2009, several years before owners were contacted over the issue.
  Campaigners claim more than 300 Zafiras have caught fire in recent years, leaving their occupants with just a few seconds to escape without harm. Related: Vauxhall recalls more than 22
  
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• Eurostar trains disrupted by trackside fire in Paris

  19-07-2016 21:51
  
  TGV and international rail services to and from French capital halted after suspected ‘malicious act’ of vandalism A fire suspected to be caused by vandals at the Gare du Nord in Paris has halted train traffic to Britain and many other destinations.Some rail services, including Eurostar and Thalys trains, from the central Paris station were suspended until further notice on Tuesday after a transformer caught fire, authorities said.Continue reading...
  
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• Eurostar disrupted by trackside fire in Paris

  19-07-2016 21:51
  
  TGV and international rail services to and from French capital halted for several hours after attempted theft of electric cableA fire suspected to be caused by vandals at the Gare du Nord in Paris halted train traffic to Britain and many other destinations for several hours on Tuesday evening.Some rail services, including Eurostar and Thalys trains, from the central Paris station were suspended at around 6:30pm after a transformer caught fire, authorities said.Continue reading...
  
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• Uber faces court battle with drivers over employment status

  19-07-2016 18:21
  
  Employment law’s ‘case of the year’ will assess claim by 19 drivers that they are not technically self-employedUber is facing a legal challenge from drivers who say that they should be recognised officially as workers at the company, as calls grow for new rights for the UK’s burgeoning army of self-employed individuals.In a tribunal hearing described as “the case of the year in UK employment law”, lawyers working for a group of Uber drivers will argue that the
  
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• Southern is a story of rail failure. But the real agenda is to crush the unions | Aditya Chakrabortty

  19-07-2016 07:00
  
  This is the most farcical privatisation even by the comedic standards of British railways – and the aim is to defeat one of the last holdouts of organised labourYou work in an office, study at a further education college, want to visit your nan in her care home. Whoever you are, wherever you go, you rely on the trains to take you there. Except you can’t rely on them – not at all.The only thing predictable about the service is that it’s always awful: the train you want is
  
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• Work set to start on vital Leeds link road which is key to success of 7,000 homes and jobs

  19-07-2016 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Campaigners have welcomed the start of work on an almost forgotten piece of key infrastructure in east Leeds which it was claimed had been languishing in development limbo - and which campaigners say is vital to the success of a sprawling wider masterplan for the area.
  
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• Warnings of service disruption as RMT announces two new ScotRail strikes

  19-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - RMT announced today that it is leading two further strikes on ScotRail services in protest at the introduction of driver-operated only (DOO) services. The 24-hour strikes will take place on 24 and 31 July and follow six previous strikes, which finished on Sunday. ScotRail said they will only be...
  
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• Use your loaf and catch the bus to reduce pollution

  19-07-2016 02:00 via burnleyexpress.net
  
  Burnley Express - Leading Burnley companies Warburtons and Transdev teamed up to promote Catch the Bus Week.
  
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• US regulators investigate Fiat Chrysler sales reports

  19-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Fiat Chrysler said it is being investigated by US regulators over its reporting of quarterly and annual results.
  
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• Turkish Airlines offers free flight cancellations after coup attempt

  19-07-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- FCO updates Turkey travel advice
  
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• Turkish Airlines: a gulf to bridge

  19-07-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Coup attempt is the latest brake on the companys rapid expansion
  
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• Travellers fear they will lose their rail station as services scrapped

  19-07-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -THERE are fears a town will lose its rail connection after seeing 80 per cent of its trains scrapped in Southern's emergency reduced timetable
  
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• Train game parodies 'shambolic' railway

  19-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Web developers create an online game where players cancel Southern Rail trains and take profits from passengers.
  
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• The tracks are MELTING Outrage as commuter trains delayed by summer sunshine

  19-07-2016 02:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - COMMUTERS have slammed Network Rail after rush hour trains tonight faced lengthy delays over speed restrictions due to melting tracks.
  
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• Stagecoach steps in to operate Kirkby bus services facing the axe

  19-07-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -19 routes have been affected in a major shakeup by Merseytravel
  
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• Southern Rail chaos as sinkhole blocks line between East Croydon and London Bridge

  19-07-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Delays and cancellations are expected to last for the rest on Monday as engineers carry out essential repair work to the line
  
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• Southern is a story of rail failure. But the real agenda is to crush the unions

  19-07-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - You work in an office, study at a further education college, want to visit your nan in her care home. Whoever you are, wherever you go, you rely on the trains to take you there. Except you cant rely on themnot at all.
  
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• RMT announces new strike dates in ScotRail dispute

  19-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The RMT rail union announces two new days of strike action in July in an ongoing dispute with ScotRail over driver-only trains.
  
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• Pilots 'impaired through alcohol' arrested at Glasgow airport 'as they prepared flight'

  19-07-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Daily Express - TWO pilots have been arrested on suspicion of being
  
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• Perry resigns after admitting Southern 'feels like a failure'

  19-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Claire Perry has resigned as the rail minister after telling MPs that she had been considering it over the mp;lsquo;failuremp;rsquo; of the Southern franchise. Southern was recently forced to cancel 341 services a day in order to try and control the unexpected delays that have blighted the franchise...
  
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• NR carries out Class 800 test runs on Great Western

  19-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Network Rail carried out two test runs of a new Class 800 Intercity Express train over the weekend on the recently energised section of the route from Reading to Didcot. During a series of exercises, designed to test the overhead electric power system, the Class 800 was driven from Reading to...
  
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• Nothing done to simplify rail since 2009

  19-07-2016 02:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Rail companies do not appear to have done anything to simplify the train ticketing system for at least seven years, the Transport Select Committee has claimed.
  
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• No plans to back away from HS2, says Grayling

  19-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Chris Grayling, the newly appointed transport secretary, has confirmed the new government is still committed to building HS2. In an interview with Radio 4mp;rsquo;s The World This Weekend, Grayling said: mp;ldquo;I have no plans to back away from the HS2 project. And the thing thatmp;rsquo;s important...
  
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• Newcastle Airport has been named the best in Britain - and here's why

  19-07-2016 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -Newcastle was ranked top out of 15 airports, with high satisfaction in every possible category - from wi-fi to security
  
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• New transport secretary comments on HS2 and runway capacity

  19-07-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The new transport secretary, Chris Grayling, says he does not intend to scrap the high-speed HS2 rail project. The initial plan is for a new line from London to Birmingham, with later extensions to Manchester and Leeds. Mr Grayling told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend:
  
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• New transport secretary backs HS2 rail project

  19-07-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Chris Grayling says government has no plans to scrap 56bn link
  
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• Multiple buses in Glasgow city centre crash

  19-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Police are attending the scene of a bus crash in the centre of Glasgow.
  
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• Moving towards a right-time railway

  19-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - David Sidebottom, passenger director at Transport Focus, on how being honest about the quality of service passengers can expect is a key part of building trust between the railway and its customers.
  
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• Make reservations compulsory on peak trains Subscription

  19-07-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Virgin trains wants to ban passengers from boarding the busiest long-distance trains without a reservation.
  
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• London Bridge disruption continues

  19-07-2016 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Network Rail is warning that train services through London Bridge will continue to be seriously disrupted today, after a sink hole appeared under the railway at Forest Hill. The 15m hole is linked to a sewer, and Network Rail is working with Thames Water to make repairs. Network Rail rushed repair teams to the site last night, but hopes that the problem could be resolved by pouring up to 50 tonnes of ballast into the gap appear to have been dashed, and it is now clear that the wo
  
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• Lines into London Bridge closed after hole found under tracks

  19-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Two lines into London Bridge have closed after a 4m deep hole was found under the railway tracks at Forest Hill. The hole means that the already troubled Southern services will face even more disruption tonight as Southern and Thameslink passengers are advised to use Victoria or Blackfriars...
  
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• Ken Skates: Mid Wales should forge Midlands economic links

  19-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Close economic links should be forged between mid and west Wales and the West Midlands, according to Wales' economy secretary.
  
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• Inquiry launched into double debacle of Leeds Supertram and trolleybus schemes

  19-07-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - A MAJOR inquiry is set to be launched into the chain of decisions stretching back across three decades which saw TWO major transport schemes for Leeds scrappedand tens of millions of pounds in taxpayer cash wasted in the process.
  
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• If youre going to do it at all, do it with conviction Subscription

  19-07-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Sir Nigel Rudd has just stood down as chairman of Heathrow, but retirement has made him no mellower
  
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• HS2: New Transport Secretary Chris Grayling pledges to push project ahead

  19-07-2016 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The new Transport Secretary has backed the high-speed HS2 rail project.
  
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• Glasgow bus crash driver suspended amid claims he left bus without securing handbrake

  19-07-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Eyewitnesses described seeing the driver chasing after the runaway First Bus as it hurtled down the citys Renfield Street yesterday afternoon, minutes after he stopped to buy a drink at a nearby shop.
  
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• Germany train axe attack: Chilling image inside blood-splattered carriages show the horror endured by victims fighting for life

  19-07-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Armed police swarmed the area soon after receiving reports that a man hacked at passengers on board a train close to Wurzburg in southern Germany, shooting the suspect dead
  
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• Gatwick Express revealed as UKs most delayed rail route

  19-07-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Direct airport service operated more than 8,000 late journeys in the past six months
  
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• Gatwick Airport rogue parking operation in 'disgusting' muddy field sees couple fined nearly 5,000

  19-07-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - More than 500 vehicles were left unguarded in a boggy Horley field belonging to David and Eliza Fritton as part of an unofficial parking operation
  
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• Fury at Italys fatal train crash

  19-07-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Notebook: Tragedy is a psychological blow to a region that feels abandoned, writes James Politi
  
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• Further rail improvements planned in Essex - meaning East Anglia will have been cut off from London for half of 2016

  19-07-2016 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Rail services between London and East Anglia will be cancelled again for eight weekends between September and Novemberand there will be a total shutdown on the southern end of the route for 10 days over the festive period.
  
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• Fresh Paradise road closures make Birmingham commuter headache worse

  19-07-2016 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Busy area for bars is now closed to all traffic until next month as work continues on traffic element of £500m Paradise scheme
  
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• Expedia to offer rail booking service

  19-07-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Global OTA strikes deal with Silverrail
  
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• Eurostar storing bikes in disabled toilets

  19-07-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Bicycles are being stored in disabled toilets on some of Eurostar's international services to and from France, the BBC learns.
  
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• Don't cut our trains! Business leaders blast plans to reduce the service from Coventry to London

  19-07-2016 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Coventry has been classed as an "intermediate" station as the future of the West Coast mainline is decided
  
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• Digital signalling: the biggest game changer since conversion from steam to diesel

  19-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Peter Wilkinson, managing director, Passenger Services, DfT, Rail Executive, writes for RTM about the digital future of the railway and how it will contribute to the sustainability of the sector.
  
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• Delta to cut capacity on US-UK routes

  19-07-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Airline blames fall in pound and economic uncertainty
  
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• Cyclists given the knowledge by new Rotary Club-sponsored board

  19-07-2016 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -AN information board has been placed to help cyclists riding the Great Northern Railway Trail, after it was sponsored by members of the Rotary Club of Bradford West.
  
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• Commuter chaos as 50ft deep sinkhole opens up under rail tracks

  19-07-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Candfield retires as RIA director general

  19-07-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Jeremy Candfield is to retire as director general of the Railway Industry Association (RIA) due to health reasons. Candfield, who has held the position since 1998, has not been well for a while with Parkinsonmp;rsquo;s disease, and he has reluctantly decided to step down from his role and focus on...
  
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