Public Transport news

• 'We have no future'

  15-10-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - As the fleet of bankrupt Hanjin Shipping makes its way back home, the crew members know they face being set adrift into an uncertain future.
  
  Read more

• Warning to plan ahead over fears major traffic scheme could cause traffic chaos

  15-10-2016 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -MOTORISTS are being warned to plan ahead as residents warn a major road project could cause traffic chaos.
  
  Read more

• VW sales lifted by strong deliveries in China

  15-10-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Sales at Volkswagen shows signs of recovering from the emissions crisis as it reports a strong September, thanks mainly to China.
  
  Read more

• Volvo and ABB inaugurate charging station for electric buses based on OppCharge

  15-10-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Volvo Buses and ABB have inaugurated a charging station for electric buses based on the open OppCharge interface. With OppCharge, electrified buses and charging stations from different manufacturers can be used together. The aim is to facilitate the introduction of electric bus systems in cities the world over.Together with ABB, Volvo Buses yesterday inaugurated a charging station for electric buses based on the open OppCharge interface. This is A
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• United Airlines Flight Delays Caused By Major Computer System Meltdown

  15-10-2016 02:00 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
  
  Huffington Post -function onPlayerReadyVidible(e)'undefined'!typeof HPTrackmp;mp;HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)!function(e,i)if(e.vdb_Player)if('object'typeof commercial_video)var a'',o'm.fwsitesection'+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+o,commercial_video'package')var c'mp;m.fwkeyvaluessponsorship3D'+commercial_video'package';a+ce.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)i(e.vdb_Player)elsevar targuments.callee;setTimeout(function()t(e,i),0)(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); Uni
  
  Read more

• Tube strike looms 'because of rise in attacks on staff'

  15-10-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Tube staff are set to vote on strike action in after they reported an increase in attacks in the wake of the closure of ticket offices.
  
  Read more

• Tube strike looms 'because of rise in attacks on staff'

  15-10-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Tube staff are set to vote on strike action in after they reported an increase in attacks in the wake of the closure of ticket offices.
  
  Read more

• Tube strike: London Undergound ticket staff join threat for walkout in run-up to Christmas

  15-10-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The threat of Christmas strike chaos on the Tube increased today as 1,600 ticket staff prepared to ballot for industrial action in protest over assaults by passengers.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Traders horrified as nightmare of bridge closure is back in Biggleswade

  15-10-2016 02:00 via thecomet.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Traders in Biggleswade High Street are less than impressed that more work is to be carried out on the railway bridge after they say its closure for more than six months last year disrupted their business.
  
  Read more

• Theresa May to meet Nissan boss amid fears over firm's UK future following Brexit vote

  15-10-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Prime Minister Theresa May is meeting the boss of car giant Nissan amid fears over the Japanese company's future in Britain following the Brexit vote.
  
  Read more

• The Leigh Guided Busway is a success, say transport chiefs - so services are being extended

  15-10-2016 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - Some buses on the route will link up with the Oxford Road corridor in Manchester next year
  
  Read more

• Swedish fighter jets behind window-rattling Darlington flyover

  15-10-2016 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -A PAIR of Swedish military jets were behind a window-rattling fly past yesterday evening.
  
  Read more

• Sunderland Stagecoach drivers cancel four planned strikes in city

  15-10-2016 02:00 via sunderlandecho.com
  
  Sunderland Echo - Strikes planned by bus drivers in Sunderland over a pay row have now been cancelled.
  
  Read more

• Subsidies for buses to be cut as council seeks to save 500k

  15-10-2016 02:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -WILTSHIRE Council is to cut 500,000 of bus subsidies and is about to consult people on services which face the axe.
  
  Read more

• Southern Rail passengers will now be able to claim compensation for 15-minute delays

  15-10-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -The scheme was announced earlier this week and will be launched on Southern Rail lines in the coming months
  
  Read more

• Southern passengers badly let down by Government failures - MPs

  15-10-2016 02:00 via westsussextoday.co.uk
  
  West Sussex Gazette - Southern passengers have been badly let down by the Governments failure to properly structure and enforce rail franchise agreements, according to a damning report from backbench MPs.
  
  Read more

• Shortlist for Wales and Borders franchise revealed

  15-10-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - A shortlist of four foreign-owned companies to operate the Wales and Borders franchise, as well taking forward key aspects of the mp;pound;600m South Wales Metro, has been revealed. The four operational and development partner bidders are Abellio Rail Cymru, Arriva Rail Wales/Rheilffyrdd Arriva...
  
  Read more

• ScotRail boss tells of battle to juggle live services with improvement works

  15-10-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Implementing ScotRail's improvement programme is like performing open heart surgery while doing a marathon, the boss of the train company has said.
  
  Read more

• Rail report slams government, unions, and operator

  15-10-2016 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -CALLS have been made for the Mayor of London to take control after a scathing report heaped criticism on the Government, the operator and the rail union for our shambolic rail service.
  
  Read more

• Rail passengers have been badly let down, say MPs

  15-10-2016 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The House of Commons Transport Committee has published a highly critical report of the state of rail franchising, which considers whether Govia Thameslink Railway is in default of its contractual obligations and also makes a number of key recommendations about franchising in general. It claims rail passengers have been 'badly let down by Government failure to structure, monitor and enforce franchise agreements and the planning and management of major rail infrastructure projects'
  
  Read more

• Rail firm reveals weekend shutdown plans

  15-10-2016 02:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Rail passengers travelling between Blackpool and Preston are set to suffer more disruption with Network Rail planning months of weekend closures.
  
  Read more

• Pre-electrification work at West Calder suffers delays

  15-10-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Electrification of the Edinburgh-Glasgow line will be subject to delays after Network Rail withdrew an application for planning permission to build a temporary road. Network Rail applied to West Lothian Council for planning permission to build a 360m diversion to the A71 near Parkhead Primary...
  
  Read more

• 'Posturing' Russians to send aircraft carrier and fleet along the English Channel

  15-10-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph -
  
  Read more

• Police Scotland cars 'held together by duct tape'

  15-10-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Police Scotland using cars held together by duct tape and cable ties after years of under-investment, claims Scottish Police Federation.
  
  Read more

• Police cars 'held together with duct tape' and officers using 'mouldy interview rooms' due to lack of money

  15-10-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - POLICE facilities are at a precipice, with victims of sex crimes being interviewed in mouldy rooms with leaking roofs and vehicles held together with duct tape and cable ties, the body representing rank and file officers has warned Justice Secretary Michael Matheson.
  
  Read more

• Police cars 'held together with duct tape and cable ties' and officers using 'mouldy' interview rooms due to cash shortage

  15-10-2016 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - SHOCKING photos show damp and mouldy conditions as the Scottish Police Federation blast boards for making a 'pig's ear' of overseeing the force merger.
  
  Read more

• Plans for proposed 80m rail link to Glasgow Airport revealed

  15-10-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - AN 80million rail link could take travellers from a new station in Paisley to Glasgow Airport.
  
  Read more

• Parking costs at Northampton General Hospital in top 10 of the country

  15-10-2016 02:00 via daventryexpress.co.uk
  
  Daventry Express - Parking charges at Northampton General Hospital are among the highest in the country, new data has shown.
  
  Read more

• Parking charges rise at 'one in three hospitals'

  15-10-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A third of hospital trusts in England have increased their car parking charges in the last year, it is being reported.
  
  Read more

• Park & Ride extension agreed

  15-10-2016 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -CITY of York Councils ruling executive has agreed to a year-long extension to the authoritys current contract with First Bus to run Yorks Park mp; Ride Service.
  
  Read more

• New figures reveal the shocking scale of violence and abuse on Manchester's trams

  15-10-2016 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -'We get no back up from our bosses' says one driver. 'We need guards on the tram'
  
  Read more

• New controlled parking zone will solve 'enormous' scale of parking problem supporters claim

  15-10-2016 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -New controlled parking zone will solve 'enormous' scale of parking problem supporters claim
  
  Read more

• MPs condemn government for 'woeful' franchise monitoring

  15-10-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The governmentmp;rsquo;s handling of its contract with Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) to operate the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise since it was introduced last year has been sharply criticised in a new report by the Transport Select Committee. GTR had the lowest performance and...
  
  Read more

• MP joins parents to demand crossing on hazardous Sheffield road

  15-10-2016 02:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - A Sheffield MP has backed calls for a crossing on a stretch of road where a schoolgirl was seriously injured.
  
  Read more

• Major road will close to allow for repair work after thousands of litres of oil spilled from a leaking pipe

  15-10-2016 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The A48 in Carmarthen will be closed in both directions with diversions in place until Monday morning
  
  Read more

• London mayor bids for more control of suburban rail services

  15-10-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - London Mayor Sadiq Khan is to lobby the government for more powers for Transport for London over rail services into the capital.
  
  Read more

• Khan submits plan to take more control of suburban rail services

  15-10-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - More of Londonmp;rsquo;s suburban rail services should be transferred to TfL, London mayor Sadiq Khan has said in a new business case. The principle of further devolution had been agreed by the government in a joint DfT/TfL prospectus in January 2016. In the new plans, presented to the transport...
  
  Read more

• ITV 'disappointed' after trams cleared to run past Coronation Street

  15-10-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - ITV says it is
  
  Read more

• HS2 bidders tested for best behaviour

  15-10-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Engineering consortiums must prove they can work together before being awarded contracts
  
  Read more

• Hospital trusts now charging up to 4 an hour in car parking fees

  15-10-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Campaigners say they hit cancer sufferers and other very sick patients receiving life-saving treatment particularly hard.
  
  Read more

• Here's how a new royal yachtBritannia could sail again

  15-10-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph -
  
  Read more

• Heathrow passengers stuggle through delays due to computer meltdown

  15-10-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Hundreds of passengers at Heathrow suffered delays of up to 90 minutes today after a computer meltdown grounded United Airlines flights worldwide.
  
  Read more

• Green light for new Trafford Park Metrolink line

  15-10-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Greater Manchesters Metrolink network is set to expand even further after plans for a new £350 million tram line through Trafford Park were given the green light. Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Transport, has granted Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) legal powers to build the new 3.4mile (5.5km) line under a Transport and Works Act order. That means work could start on the line this winterand be operational by 2020/2021. TfGM,
  
  Read more

• Expand Heathrow Airport for global trade says Osborne

  15-10-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Britain must expand Heathrow, a
  
  Read more

• Ex-chancellor backs expanding Heathrow to help make UK

  15-10-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - GEORGE Osborne has urged Theresa May and her government to back the expansion of Heathrow Airport.
  
  Read more

• Evening Standard comment: TfL bids to take over suburban rail services

  15-10-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - London's economy has been reliant on railways since Victorian times. We take the complex network of Tube lines and overground services for grantedit is only when things go wrong that we come to see how essential trains are to keeping London on the move. Unfortunately, this year has seen ever greater, more frequent problems.
  
  Read more

• Electric cars set to get road priority in clean air zones

  15-10-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Electric cars could be given priority at traffic lights and exempted from one-way systems, a government consultation suggests.
  
  Read more

• Electric car network stalls as chargers fail Subscription

  15-10-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - A government attempt to make Ireland a world leader in electric car use is in tatters amid sluggish sales and infrastructure deficits.
  
  Read more

• Driving home an investment: Women are fuelling a classic car sales boom, says RAY MASSEY

  15-10-2016 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- The classic car market is now attracting younger, financially savvy women defying falling savings rates and plummeting annuity rates on their pension pots.
  
  Read more

• Dangerous zebra crossing being moved - two years late

  15-10-2016 02:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - OAP run down on notorious village crossing spot in Carr Lane, Slaithwaite
  
  Read more

Follow @PublicTrnsprtUK on Twitter!