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• Southern rail operator launches legal action in attempt to stop strike

  01-12-2016 20:16
  
  Govia Thameslink issues proceedings at high court seeking injunction to stop drivers’ strikes this month and in new yearThe operator of Southern rail has launched legal action in an attempt to stop industrial action by the drivers of its trains. Aslef, the drivers union, this week announced three days of strikes later this month as well a week-long walkout in the new year.Action by the drivers could cripple services on Britain’s biggest commuter rail franchise, which has been disrupt
  
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• Southern rail pre-Christmas strike dates changed

  01-12-2016 15:20
  
  RMT moves walkout up to 24 December to earlier in the week after consultation with passengers and union membersThe UK’s biggest rail union has changed strike dates on Southern rail, moving a walkout up to Christmas Eve to earlier in the week.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are embroiled in a dispute over changes to the role of guards and have launched a series of strikes that have disrupted services. Continue reading...
  
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• YEP Says: The roads to nowhere costing Yorkshire £90bn

  01-12-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds is a commuter city; its burgeoning economy dependent on the tens of thousands who make their way into the city every morning and home again every night.Read more at: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/yep-says/yep-says-the-roads-to-nowhere-costing-yorkshire-90bn-1-8265943
  
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• Wrightbus zero-emission bus in London trial

  01-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Northern Ireland company Wrightbus is testing a prototype zero-emission, double decker bus in London.
  
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• With ScotRail and Transport Minister in dock, it's UK Government track operator given most tasks to improve Scotland's railways

  01-12-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Britain's state-owned railway infrastructure operator is responsible for most of the improvements ordered to get Scotland's railways back on track.
  
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• Wide-bodied Tulpar-Talgo coaches certified

  01-12-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - KAZAKHSTAN: Wide-bodied coaches developed by Tulpar-Talgo for operation in the 1 520 mm gauge...
  
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• Voters rail against train performance subscription

  01-12-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Voters are increasingly unhappy with train services in Scotland and their support for nationalisation is growing, according to an exclusive new Times poll.
  
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• UK health body proposes removal of speed bumps to cut air pollution

  01-12-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Variable speed limits, removal of speed bumps and no idling zones near schools among Nice recommendations
  
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• TSSA threatens 'last resort' strike over ticket office closures

  01-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Station staff on the London Underground have voted in favour of strike action over ticket office closures in a TSSA ballot. The union described the ballot, issued on 14 November, as concerning mp;ldquo;station staffing and staff safety (post implementation of Fit for the Future) in connection with...
  
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• Transport Secretary 'baffled' by TfL's Heathrow expansion cost estimate

  01-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The transport secretary has said he is "baffled" by warnings from Transport for London (TfL) that improving road and rail links to an expanded Heathrow Airport could cost up to £20bn.
  
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• This is how 7.5m will be invested to improve Cardiff

  01-12-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Businesses in Cardiff have signed up to a Business Improvement District (BID), each paying a contribution and setting their own agenda to help boost the city
  
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• THINK! drink drive campaign targets young men digitally this Christmas

  01-12-2016 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Young men targeted in THINK! drink drive campaign this Christmas as they account for nearly two-thirds of fatalities.
  
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• The shocking emails sent to a Northern Rail customer who had complained about a fine

  01-12-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -One told shocked Thomas Sykes: Do not insult me or I will cause serious discomfort in your life.
  
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• Thameslink blasted over poor rail service - voted worst performing in the country

  01-12-2016 01:00 via bedfordtoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - More than a third of trains between Bedford and Brightonvoted Britains worst performing train linewere either late or cancelled during one week this month.
  
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• TfL issues 4.8m flooring contract for Piccadilly Line rolling stock

  01-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Transport for London (TfL) has launched a contract to replace rolling stock parts on the London Underground Piccadilly Line. The notice is for a mp;pound;4.8m goods and services contract for the supply of new saloon car and cab flooring on the 1973TS fleet of trains. The contract will run for 36...
  
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• Test trains launched on Oxford to London Marylebone link

  01-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The new railway link between Oxford and London Marylebone has come a step closer as trains began testing ahead of its opening. The new service, featuring two Chiltern trains an hour, will begin running on 12 December after the final track was laid between Oxford and Oxford Parkway. The first...
  
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• Siemens' £310m Hull plant will take windfarm technology to new level

  01-12-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Greg Clark welcomes 700-job factory, the first to produce 75m-long blades for a new generation of offshore windfarmsThe first 75-metre-long blades destined for windfarms off the UKs coast will roll out of a factory in Hull when it officially opens on Thursday.The inauguration of the Siemens plant at the citys Alexandra Dock employs 700 people and was hailed by campaigners as an example of how curbing carbon emissions could create jobs. Continue reading...
  
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• Reading drivers spend around 15 days a year sat in traffic

  01-12-2016 01:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post - The TomTom Traffic Index says Reading-based businesses lose out on around £5 million a year because of heavy congestion
  
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• Reading Buses staff 'humbled' by latest awards haul

  01-12-2016 01:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post - The company bagged a hat-trick at the 2016 UK Bus Awards
  
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• Prosser: 'Not ORR's role' to arbitrate in train company DOO disputes

  01-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Ian Prosser, the director of railway safety at the ORR, has reiterated his certainty that driver-only operated (DOO) services are safe and indicated that the regulator will not intervene in the dispute about DOO on Southern rail. The RMT, which claims DOO will threaten rail guardsmp;rsquo; jobs...
  
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• Paul Dyer to become new CEO of DHL Supply Chain

  01-12-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Following a career of more than 21 years within the Deutsche Post DHL Group, Perry Watts, CEO DHL Supply Chain UK and Ireland will be retiring at the end of the year. Since joining Deutsche Post DHL Group in 1995, Perry has held various roles including Key Account Management and Managing Director of Non Food and Food Retail before being appointed CEO UK mp; Ireland, DHL Supply Chain in 2008 and being appointed to the Supply Chain Global Board in 2
  
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• Opec countries agree first oil output cut in eight years

  01-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Oil cartel Opec agrees first supply cut in eight years, sending the price of crude surging 10.
  
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• Opec agreement: the winners and the losers

  01-12-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Deal will help ease supply glut but comes at a price for some cartel members
  
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• Oil price surges as Opec agrees first cut in output since 2008

  01-12-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Saudi Arabia to bear brunt of curbs as 14-nation cartel of producers secures deal to stabilise world marketThe price of oil has surged by 8 after the 14-nation cartel Opec agreed to its first cut in production in eight years.Confounding critics who said the club of oil-producing nations was too riven with political infighting to agree a deal, Opec announced it was trimming output by 1.2m barrels per day (bpd) from 1 January. Continue reading...
  
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• North Wales' rail improvement call backed by 400 companies

  01-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - More than 400 companies have backed calls for improvements to rail services in north Wales.
  
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• Network Rail awarded four prestigious health and safety management awards

  01-12-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Four Network Rail Infrastructure Projects delivery teams have won the prestigious Sword of Honour award from the British Safety Council. Network Rail was one of 64 organisations worldwide that achieved a Sword of Honour, which is awarded to companies which have demonstrated excellence in the management of health and safety risks at work. The four teams - Smp;C North alliance, Smp;C South alliance, Plain line track renewals and High output track re
  
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• Minister gives update on ScotRail actions to lift performance

  01-12-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Rail passengers across the central belt are to benefit from more reliability and more seats thanks to £19m investment in the fleet which is well on the way to completion. The upgrade of the fleet of c334 trains which primarily run on the services from Edinburgh to/from Helensburgh and Milngavie through Bathgate, Airdrie and the low-level platforms at Glasgow Queen Street. It also increases the number of six car trains able to run on the netw
  
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• Merseyrail offers free Kit Kats to delayed train passengers

  01-12-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo -Services were delayed this morning after a track-cleaning train broke down at Bank Hall
  
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• Major A34 upgrades and at least 22 miles of new road in expressway plans

  01-12-2016 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE A34 could be upgraded to an 'expressway' and connected to at least 22 miles of new road as part of plans to connect Oxford and Cambridge.
  
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• Lufthansa pilots cool on effort to end strikes

  01-12-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Union rejects German flag carriers request to call off action after fresh offer
  
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• Investigators confirm Chapecoense plane had 'no fuel' when it crashed into mountains killing 71 people

  01-12-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Civil aviation chief Alfredo Bocanegra said the focus is now on establishing "for what reason" flight 2933 had no fuel
  
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• Hydrogen powered double-decker bus to be trialled in London

  01-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A hydrogen powered double decker is to be trialed in London next year as Sadiq Khan steps up action to tackle toxic air blighting the capital.
  
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• Heathrow Airport hit by 'monster' queues amid border staff shortage

  01-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Holidaymakers have hit out at "monster" queues at Heathrow immigration amid growing fears of a shortage of border guards.
  
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• Former Air France workers found guilty of assaults

  01-12-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Employees ripped shirt from company executive during a union protest last year
  
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• Ford to test driverless cars in the UK from early next year as survey by the company finds motorists expect vehicles to be life-changing

  01-12-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Car giant Ford is to start testing driverless cars on UK roads next year. Ford said testing of autonomous cars will start in early 2017. People have said driverless cars will have the biggest benefit when commuting.
  
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• Evening Standard comment: The best way to keep London on the move

  01-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Few Londoners will be surprised to learn that London has more congestion hotspots12,776than anywhere in Europe, according to a report from INRIX, a traffic consultancy. The effect is worse than in Rome, Paris, Hamburg and Madrid combined. Congestion takes a toll on our lives and tempers; it costs moneyby one estimate, £42 billion over the next decadeand it aggravates pollution.
  
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• Environmental study released for MTAs Long Island Rail Road expansion project

  01-12-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -A new environmental study draft has been released for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) proposed third track for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) expansion project in New York, US.
  
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• End of the road for London's 'dirty' diesel buses

  01-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that diesel engine double-decker buses will be phased out from the capital's current bus fleet from 2018.
  
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• Confused air traffic control trainee nearly crashed planes subscription

  01-12-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Two aircraft came close to a mid-air collision as a trainee air traffic controller told a pilot: Er, Im not sure which way to go now.
  
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• Colombia plane crash: jet may have run out of fuel, says aviation expert

  01-12-2016 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• China introduces 10 extra tax on 'super cars'

  01-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - China introduces an additional 10 tax on
  
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• Chapecoense plane crashed when other aircraft was allowed to land first

  01-12-2016 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Chapecoense plane crash: fans' anger after confirmation plane ran out of fuel

  01-12-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Colombian media release audio of pilot telling air traffic controllers that planewhich crashed killing 71 players, crew and journalistswas without fuelFootball, religion and grief dominated the emotional requiem service in Southern Brazil on Wednesday night for the 71 players, technical staff, sports journalists and crew killed when a plane chartered by local team Chapecoense crashed on a Colombian mountainside on Wednesday night. Related: Colombia plane crash: leaked audio shows
  
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• Car firms to build electric charge network

  01-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - BMW, Daimler, Ford and VW Group agree to create the highest-powered charging network in Europe.
  
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• Bus driver named as one of the top 10 drivers in the country

  01-12-2016 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -A FIRST bus driver has been named as one of the top 10 drivers in the country.
  
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• Axiomtek's eBOX670-891-FL: High-Performance Fanless Embedded System with Flexible Expansion

  01-12-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -Axiomtek, a world-renowned leader relentlessly devoted in the research, development and manufacture of series of innovative and reliable industrial computer products of high efficiency, is announcing the eBOX670-891-FL, a fanless embedded system supp
  
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• Average fuel price set to rise by another 6p as the cost of a barrel continues to rise

  01-12-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said drivers should brace for prices to rise by another 6p a litre or more to around 120padding more than £3 to the price of a tank of fuel.
  
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• 'Worst commute in years' as 17 stations close and Tube network brought to grinding halt at rush hour

  01-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A woman racing for a train reportedly slipped and fell from the platform at King's Cross rail station last night as commuters endured the rush hour "from hell".
  
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• 'Motorway limit should be 50mph... and speed bumps could be banned'

  01-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Speed limits should be reduced to 50mph on some sections of motorways to cut down on air pollution, a health watchdog has said.
  
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• Air France workers found guilty of tearing off bosses' shirts

  01-12-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Three workers given suspended sentences and two others acquitted over violence during protest over proposed job cutsThree Air France workers have been given suspended sentences for organised violence after being found guilty of an attack on two airline executives whose shirts were ripped off their backs in a protest over proposed job cuts. Pictures of angry workers chasing their bosses, forcing one to scramble shirtless over a wire fence outside the company headquarters, went arou
  
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