Public Transport news

• How to reduce the risks of carmageddon | Letters

  23-09-2016 19:45
  
  Geoge Monbiot (Our roads are choked. We’re on the verge of carmageddon, 21 September) bemoans Brits’ reluctance to travel by bike. Apart from climate and geography (try popping to the shops on a wild day in the mid-Pennines) there is a dearth of suitably safe and inviting cycleways. The national cycling charity Sustrans was set up to establish a cycling network for Britain. Although great progress has been made, the routes opened are entirely aimed at leisure cycling – not
  
  Read more

• Sadiq Khan's new TfL board's first meeting: hopping, inclusive and refreshed

  23-09-2016 12:37
  
  The Labour mayor’s choice of board members for his transport agency and his attitude towards its senior officers demonstrate the new approaches he requires The first meeting of Sadiq Khan’s new Transport for London (TfL) board took place on Thursday, characterised by much newbie enthusiasm, an upbeat vibe and a few jokes from the Mayor in the Chair, determined to set a new tone to match the new approach he requires. The board’s job is approve TfL’s business planning and a
  
  Read more

• Uber-style app launched by North East bus company Stagecoach

  23-09-2016 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Stagecoach Bus is a free app for iOS and Android users which bosses hope will make missing your bus a thing of the past
  
  Read more

• Turning circle row could scrap plans to pedestrianise Queen Street

  23-09-2016 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -PLANS to pedestrianise Queen Street could be have to be abandoned if an Oxford college continues to block a new bus turning circle.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Track installed on Oxford to Marylebone line

  23-09-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Track between Oxford station and Marylebone in London is now complete ahead of a new Chiltern line opening in December. Network Rail engineers finished laying track on what was an old branch line at Peartree and Wolvercote. Once the project is complete, two 100mph trains will run from Oxford to...
  
  Read more

• Terminally ill boy 'had to lie on Heathrow Airport floor'

  23-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A terminally ill teenager was forced to lie on a Heathrow Airport floor for several hours as his family waited to change planes, his mother claims.
  
  Read more

• Terminally-ill boy 'forced to lie on floor for hours' at Heathrow Airport

  23-09-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A terminally-ill child was forced to spend several hours lying on the floor in a Heathrow Airport corridor while enduring a long wait to change planes, his mother has claimed.
  
  Read more

• SPT boss Ronnie Park quits 'suddenly' as director of bus operations

  23-09-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - THE head of bus operations at Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has sent shockwaves through the industry after quitting suddenly, less than two years after he was hired amid claims of a
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Southern Railway travellers face more strikes

  23-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Southern Railway workers are to stage 14 days of strike action in five blocks from October in an ongoing dispute over the role of conductors on trains.
  
  Read more

• Sadiq Khan hints car-free days could come to London

  23-09-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Sadiq Khan has hinted car-free days could be on their way to London in a bid to get people walking and cut air pollution.
  
  Read more

• Robert Halfon attacks Abellio Greater Anglia over Harlow rail fares

  23-09-2016 02:00 via harlowstar.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Rail fares for Harlow commuters are too high according to town MP Robert Halfon who has attacked franchise holder Abellio Greater Anglia.
  
  Read more

• RMT calls new autumn walkouts on Southern

  23-09-2016 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Commuters on Southern face a new series of mostly three-day strikes this autumn, as the dispute between Govia Thameslink Railway and the RMT over driver-only operation continues. The RMT described the lack of progress in negotiations as 'disgraceful', while GTR responded that the union's action in calling new walkouts was 'shameful'. The decision to stage more strikes on Southern follows a provisional agreement this week with ScotRail over DOO proposals, which are now being put t
  
  Read more

• RMT announces 14 days of strikes across Southern

  23-09-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Southern rail services will face 14 days of strikes between now and Christmas as part of an escalating dispute with RMT. The union has called the strikes in protest against Southernmp;rsquo;s plans to take away conductorsmp;rsquo; powers to operate doors, which it claims are a safety risk and will...
  
  Read more

• Rail chaos on Brighton Main Line if Gatwick expands

  23-09-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -BUILDING an extra runway at Gatwick will cause the Brighton Main Line to go into complete meltdown, according to a group of campaigning MPs.
  
  Read more

• PICTURE: First brand new train for Scotland arrives in UK

  23-09-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - The first four-car Class 385 has arrived in the UK from Japan.
  
  Read more

• Oxford line ready for December launch

  23-09-2016 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The upgrading of the Oxford to Bicester line west of the new station at Oxford Parkway into the city itself has been completed by Network Rail, and the project is on schedule to open in December, when Chiltern Railways will start running services between Oxford and London Marylebone. The route, which includes a new chord at Bicester connecting the east west corridor with the Chiltern Main Line, will be the first ever to compete with GWR services between Oxford and London.
  
  Read more

• No step back on Londons walking and cycling push

  23-09-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Modernisation programme to continue despite worsening congestion
  
  Read more

• New help for disabled rail travellers on West Coast Main Line

  23-09-2016 02:00 via daventryexpress.co.uk
  
  Daventry Express - Railway bosses have unveiled a number of new initiatives to make travelling easier for the disabled.
  
  Read more

• MPs warn Brighton Main Line will go into

  23-09-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -BUILDING an extra runway at Gatwick will cause the Brighton Main Line to go into complete meltdown, according to a group of campaigning MPs.
  
  Read more

• MP urges for West Anglia not to be overlooked

  23-09-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - West Anglia Main Line Taskforce Chairman Sir Alan Haselhurst MP urges Government not to forget route to Stansted and Cambridge.
  
  Read more

• Maersk conglomerate to split

  23-09-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - One of Europes leading industrial conglomerates to separate into transport and energy groups
  
  Read more

• LOROL claims top National Rail Awards accolade

  23-09-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - London Overground Railway Operations Ltd has claimed the blue riband award at this years National Rail Awards - the Passenger Operator of the Year.
  
  Read more

• 'Lack of staffing' impeded London Tube emergency rescue

  23-09-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The emergency response to a woman slipping between a Tube train and platform was
  
  Read more

• Healey secures promise on HS2 station

  23-09-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - PROPOSALS FOR a second South Yorkshire station along the route of the planned high speed rail lineare set to take a significant step forward.
  
  Read more

• Google unveils mobile travel planning app

  23-09-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Download entire trips to use offline
  
  Read more

• Garden Bridge looking shaky as Khan orders fresh review subscription

  23-09-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The future of the Thames Garden Bridge is looking increasingly less secure after Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, ordered another review.
  
  Read more

• First look at plans to end driver confusion and improve traffic on A133 in Colchester Ipswich Road and Harwich Road double mini-roundabouts to be replaced

  23-09-2016 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - A major scheme aimed at alleviating congestion and removing driver confusion in central Colchester was unveiled to the public for the first time yesterday.
  
  Read more

• EasyJet predicts busiest day ever

  23-09-2016 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -The budget airline will operate more than 1,600 flights to cope with the demand.
  
  Read more

• Dunblane conference aims to prepare transport managers for 2017

  23-09-2016 02:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Minister for Transport and Islands, Hamza Yousaf and Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, Joan Aitken head the line-up of speakers at FTA Transport ...
  
  Read more

• DRS and Beacon buy 10 new Stadler Class 88 locos for UK use

  23-09-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The Stadler Class 88 Eurodual UK dual-powered locomotive is due to start operating in the UK after being unveiled at InnoTrans earlier this week. Direct Rail Services, in partnership with Beacon Rail Leasing Limited, has ordered 10 of the locomotives to be used in passenger and freight services...
  
  Read more

• Bombardier unveils two new trains

  23-09-2016 02:00 via railjournal.com
  Other News Sources - Despite not having any trains on show at InnoTrans this year, Bombardier unveiled two new trains along with a system to improve infrastructure management.
  
  Read more

• Bombardier targets $ 1 bn revenue from India biz in 5 yrs

  23-09-2016 02:00 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
  
  Other News Sources - BERLIN: Buoyed by India's plans to expand rail and metro network, Bombardier Transportation has exuded confidence over tripling its Indian business revenue to $ 1 billion in the next five years and plans to open an engineering centre in the country.
  
  Read more

• Abandon first class on overcrowded late trains from Reading, urge passengers

  23-09-2016 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post - MP Alok Sharma wants the rail minister to make the declassification of first class carriages on late peak-time trains compulsory
  
  Read more

Follow @PublicTrnsprtUK on Twitter!