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• Scotland's rail network vulnerable as problems mount, regulator warns

  24-11-2016 19:03
  
  Office of Rail and Road says bad winter weather could lead to further difficulties on beleaguered ScotRail servicesScotland’s rail network faces mounting problems as performance targets are missed and overspending grows on upgrade work, the rail regulator has warned.In more bad news for Humza Yousaf, the Scottish transport minister, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has predicted even worse problems on the network if there is bad weather this winter. Despite Network Rail cutting a key perf
  
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• Out now: Issue 148 of Passenger Transport

  24-11-2016 18:10 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 148 of Passenger Transport is published on November 25
  Contents include:
    
  LEAD STORY‘Nothing ruled out’ as First’s bus profits slide
  Chief executive Tim O’Toole says profit margins at some of the group’s regional bus operations ‘are simply unsustainable’ and action is required
   
  NEWS
  FirstGroup lures top talent from Stagecoach
  Andrew Jarvis and Phil Medlicott to take over key roles
  ASLEF raises safety issues after tram crash
  Driver
  
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• ‘Nothing ruled out’ as First’s bus profits slide

  24-11-2016 17:55 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Chief executive Tim O’Toole says profit margins at some of the group’s regional bus operations ‘are simply unsustainable’ and action is required
   
  UK Bus operating profit margins have fallen to 3.2%
   
  FirstGroup has instructed all its UK bus businesses to draw up and accelerate plans to cut costs and revise timetables in a bid to counter the division’s rock bottom profitability. Changes will include service cuts in loss-making and low profit areas so that
  
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• ASLEF raises safety issues after tram crash

  24-11-2016 17:52 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Drivers’ union raises questions in wake of first tram crash in the UK causing passenger fatalities since 1959, as interim report is published by RAIB
   
  ASLEF pointed out that the crash could not have occurred on the mainline railway
   
  Train drivers’ union ASLEF and MPs have called for the investigation into the Croydon Tramlink derailment to examine the case for requiring light rail systems to be fitted with automated braking technology.
  The Rail Accident Investigation Bran
  
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• NCT crowned bus operator of the year

  24-11-2016 17:49 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Local authority-owned company wins top prize just two years since it last won the coveted title in a competition dominated by ALBUM members
   
  The Nottingham City Transport team at this week’s UK Bus Awards
   
  Nottingham City Transport was crowned Operator of the Year at this week’s UK Bus Awards in London. The local authority-owned company took home the coveted prize just two years since it last won the top honour.
  NCT fought off competition from last year’s winner, Re
  
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• Make passengers aware of rights, urges DfT

  24-11-2016 17:46 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Train operators will be required to highlight compensation rights
    
  The Department for Transport has announced that it will require train operators to raise passengers’ awareness of their right to claim compensation when trains are delayed. The move follows research by Transport Focus which showed that only 35% of eligible passengers claim.Although claims have trebled from just 12% of eligible passengers in 2013, the watchdog found that over half of passengers still do not know
  
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• Drivers on two London Underground lines to strike in December

  24-11-2016 14:16
  
  Drivers on Piccadilly and Hammersmith and City lines to walk out over alleged bullying and procedure breaches, says RMTA 24-hour strike by drivers on two major London Underground lines is to go ahead in early December.
  The RMT union announced that its drivers on the Piccadilly and Hammersmith and City lines are to walk out from the evening of Tuesday 6 December. Continue reading...
  
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• London and the chancellor's 2016 autumn statement

  24-11-2016 10:04
  
  Despite saying that the UK is too dependent on the capital, Philip Hammond has given it at least some of what its politicians have been asking forLook at it this way: UK economic growth is slowing, public borrowing will be higher than expected and the government no longer thinks it can balance the budget by 2020. Much of this is down to Brexit. Good old Boris. We’ve got our country back. Now we are free to scavenge for consolations from an autumn statement that seeks to limit the damage do
  
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• Hammond seeks productivity boost with £2.6bn for transport

  24-11-2016 01:14
  
  Road and rail links between Oxford and Cambridge among infrastructure projects announced by the chancellorTransport is one of the biggest beneficiaries of a new commitment to “high-value” investment in the British economy announced by the chancellor, Philip Hammond, in his autumn statement. Traffic-clogged roads and a new hi-tech railway system are among the projects to receive an additional £2.6bn in funds. The chancellor’s focus in the autumn statement was for small-sca
  
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• 'Zero chance' British Airways will restore Liverpool to Heathrow flights

  24-11-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Airline chief says passenger demand will be key factor for future routes
  
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• YP Letters: More sticking plaster for Leeds transport system

  24-11-2016 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - From: M E Wright, Harrogate.
  
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• YP Letters: Bus service is vital to health of our tourism

  24-11-2016 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - From: Colin Speakman, Managing Director, Dales mp; Bowland CIC, Lawn Avenue, Burley in Wharfedale, Ilkley.
  
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• Wales gets £400M extra for infrastructure spending...will A55 and our railways get their share?

  24-11-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -List of projects in the region that the Welsh Government could spend the cash on
  
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• Victoria line delays: Rush hour Tube commuters face delays after engineering work overruns

  24-11-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Rush hour commuters using the Victoria line faced severe delays after engineering work overran.
  
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• UK car output dips on slow domestic demand but exports rise

  24-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - UK car manufacturing slips in October for the first time in 14 months amid slower domestic demand, but exports rise.
  
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• TUI Group board gives green light for new airline venture with Etihad

  24-11-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- The supervisory board of German holiday company TUI Group has given the go-ahead to create a European leisure airline group together with Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Aviation Group.read more
  
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• Tui approves plan to create airline with Etihad

  24-11-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Board gives green light to merging stakes in Tuifly and part of Air Berlin
  
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• Transport minister must publish ScotRail improvement plans, say opposition

  24-11-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - TRANSPORT Minister Humza Yousaf is now receiving twice daily briefings on the state of Scotlands railways in light of continued problems with ScotRail, it has emerged.
  
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• Transport infrastructure to benefit from Autumn Statement

  24-11-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Exactly five months on from the decision to leave the European Union, Philip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered his first Autumn Statement. Mr Hammond confirmed that significant funds will be granted to improve road networks, develop digital infrastructure and support local transport networks and declared that
  
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• Trains delays cause misery for Glasgow's commuters

  24-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rail commuters faced severe disruption in Glasgow after a problem with overhead power cables affected services in the city.
  
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• This is Philip Hammond's vision for Wales in the Chancellor's own words

  24-11-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The Chancellor writes that the Welsh Government now has 'important decisions' about how to spend new cash
  
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• Stansted Airport handles 36m equine cargo as top racehorses head of warmer winter climate

  24-11-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - More than 70 elite racehorses valued at a combined total of £36m have been flown out of Stansted Airport following the end of the European flat racing season.
  
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• Skyscanner sold to China travel firm Ctrip in $1.75bn deal

  24-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Travel search business Skyscanner is bought by Ctrip, China's biggest online travel firm, in a deal that values it at 1.4bn ($1.75bn).
  
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• Railways in the UK Autumn Statement

  24-11-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond announced significant additional funding for...
  
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• Rail upgrade cash to be brought forward early, says minister

  24-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Scotland's Transport minister Humza Yousaf said £16m would be "brought forward" to help improve the country's rail system.
  
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• Port bosses call for greater improvements to rail infrastructure as teesport celebrates rail terminals second anniversary

  24-11-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Two years ago, Teesport Intermodal Rail Terminal welcomed the arrival of its first train signifying the start of enhanced connectivity for the North-East port.Constructed in 2014, Teesports intermodal rail terminal was established with connections to Felixstowe and Southampton undertaken by Freightliner. Another connection was swiftly added in the following months calling at Mossend and Grangemouth in Scotland in collaboration with DB Cargo UK.Exi
  
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• Newcastle Airport 'disappointed' after Government goes back on air passenger duty promise

  24-11-2016 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -Ministers say there will be no decision to help for regional airports until after we quit the European Union
  
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• Network Rail appoints non-executive directors to board

  24-11-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Network Rail has announced the appointment of Silla Maizey and John Mogford as non-executive directors, replacing Malcolm Brinded and Janis Kong.Ms Maizey has 38 years experience in the aviation industry and currently serves as a non-executive director of John Menzies Plc, NHS Business Services Authority and Crown Commercial Service. She will sit on both the Audit and Risk and Treasury committees.Mr Mogford has over 40 years experience in the oil
  
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• Minster tells MSPs 'ScotRail has learned lessons'

  24-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Transport Minister Humza Yousaf tells MSPs that
  
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• Lufthansa pilots set to extend strike to a third day

  24-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A Lufthansa pilots strike that halted hundreds of flights could be extended until Friday.
  
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• Lufthansa pilots announce third day of strike action

  24-11-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - More than 200,000 passengers already hit by walkout
  
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• Key road safety charities back our Drive for Justice campaign

  24-11-2016 01:00 via bedfordtoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - There is a backlash from families who have lost loved ones to road crashes that justice is not done with lenient sentences compounding their grief.
  
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• Hammond accelerates 100m East West Rail funding

  24-11-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The delayed East West Rail project received a boost in todaymp;rsquo;s Autumn Statement, as chancellor Philip Hammond announced mp;pound;100m of funding to ensure the projectmp;rsquo;s delivery. The project, a planned rail link between Oxford and Cambridge, was originally due to be finished in 2017...
  
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• Government promises 5m for Midlands Rail Hub evaluation study

  24-11-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - A new mp;pound;5m development funding boost for the Midlands Rail Hub was announced by chancellor Philip Hammond in the Autumn Statement today. In his speech before the House of Commons, Hammond said: mp;ldquo;This government recognises that for too long, economic growth in our country has been too...
  
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• Furious commuter waits THREE HOURS for train from New Street to Bournville

  24-11-2016 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -London Midland says sorry for 'really bad night' on Cross City Line
  
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• Funding for East West rail and Digital Railway

  24-11-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The Chancellor has confirmed funding for the development of the 'Digital Railway' and also for East West Rail between Oxford and Bedford
  
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• Fuel duty frozen for seventh year in row

  24-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Chancellor Philip Hammond cancels next year's rise in fuel duty, meaning it is unchanged since 2011.
  
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• Digital Railway to receive 450m Autumn Statement funding boost

  24-11-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Chancellor Philip Hammond announced new funding for the Digital Railway in todaymp;rsquo;s Autumn Statement. In his speech before the House of Commons, Hammond said the UK needed to raise productivity to create a mp;ldquo;high-wage, high-skill economy that will deliver higher living standards for...
  
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• Darren Caplan

  24-11-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - The UKs Railway Industry Association has appointed Darren Caplan as Chief Executive. He succeeds...
  
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• Bombardier takes over Montreal commuter services

  24-11-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - CANADA: Bombardier Transportation took over the operation of commuter rail services on six routes...
  
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• Bombardier gains Same Type Rating for CS100 and CS300

  24-11-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Transport Canada and the EASA have awarded both variants of the Bombardier CSeries with the Same Type Rating, which Bombardier said will provide airlines with significant cost-saving opportunities. read more
  
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• Blackpool Transport set to roll new buses into town

  24-11-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Transport chiefs have confirmed Blackpool is to buy another 25 buses which will be added to the fleet next year.
  
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• Autumn Statement: Rail modernisation funding boost announced... with a dig at Jeremy Corbyn

  24-11-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A funding boost for the modernisation of signalling on Britain's railways was revealed in the Autumn Statement.
  
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• Autumn Statement: government ignores calls for cuts to APD

  24-11-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airline execs including Willie Walsh and Carolyn McCall called for the tax to be scrapped
  
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• Autumn Statement: Extra £400m for Wales capital projects

  24-11-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Wales will get an extra £400m over five years to spend on capital projects, Chancellor Philip Hammond has said in his first Autumn Statement.
  
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• Access for all at Whitton following 5 million upgrade

  24-11-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Passengers using Whitton station will now benefit from £5 million worth of upgrades at their station, after Network Rails route managing director, Becky Lumlock, officially marked the completion of the final phase of the upgradea new, fully-accessible footbridgealongside MP for Twickenham, Dr Tania Mathias, and representatives from Richmond Borough Council, the Rugby Football Union and South West Trains. The new bridge, which also provides t
  
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