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• Rail letter leak: Chris Grayling accused of putting politics over people

  07-12-2016 18:14
  
  Transport secretary, who blocked London rail devolution, under fire over note saying it could put routes ‘in clutches of Labour mayor’Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, has been accused of putting party politics above the interests of London commuters, after a leaked letter showed he once opposed devolution of suburban rail routes in case it put them “in the clutches of a Labour mayor”.The transport secretary this week blocked a request by Sadiq Khan, the mayor of L
  
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• Chris Grayling accused of putting politics over people in rail letter leak

  07-12-2016 15:06
  
  Transport secretary, who blocked London rail devolution, under fire over note saying it could put routes ‘in clutches of Labour mayor’Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, has been accused of putting party politics above the interests of London commuters, after a leaked letter showed he once opposed devolution of suburban rail routes in case it put them “in the clutches of a Labour mayor”.The transport secretary this week blocked a request by Sadiq Khan, the mayor of L
  
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• Stagecoach: cheap fuel means more people are choosing to travel by car

  07-12-2016 14:51
  
  Bus and rail group says trend towards car and air travel weighed on its first-half revenue growth in the UK and USStagecoach has said that lower fuel prices are encouraging consumers to choose car and air travel over buses and trains, weighing on first-half revenue growth.The bus and rail group that operates South West Trains and Megabus said the trend was evident in both its UK and US businesses, but long-term prospects for public transport were positive. Continue reading...
  
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• YP Letters: HS2 is about rail capacity, not speed

  07-12-2016 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - From: Dr Alex Strickland, Childwall Road, Liverpool.
  
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• Yorkshire's busiest and quietest railway stations revealed

  07-12-2016 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -YORK Railway Station is the third-busiest in Yorkshire and Humberside, according to new statistics.
  
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• Waterloo continues to top list of Britain's busiest rail stations

  07-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - More passengers passed through London Waterloo than any other station last year, the latest figures from the ORR show. In 2015-16, an estimated 99 million people entered and exited the station, a similar figure to the previous year. Overall, nine of Britainmp;rsquo;s 10 busiest rail stations were...
  
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• Using data to improve global transport systems

  07-12-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - Cities in emerging markets are using apps to refine how people travel
  
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• Unmanned aircraft trials stepped up by BAE Systems

  07-12-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Scientists and engineers at BAE Systems have begun another tranche of ground-breaking unmanned aircraft technology trials.
  
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• UKs new train orders signal risk to leasing groups

  07-12-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Upgrades to rolling stock increase chances of not earning money on older trains
  
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• Turn your words into action plea to Leeds transport buses over trolleybus successor

  07-12-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - A new mass transport system to replace the scrapped trolleybus and Supertram plans WILL form part of Leedss future transport vision, council bosses confirmed today.
  
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• Trump says Air Force One Boeing order should be cancelled

  07-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Donald Trump says he wants to cancel the
  
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• Space travel from Scotland by end of decade as Pretwick secures NASA tie in

  07-12-2016 01:00 via eveningtimes.co.uk
  
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• Space travel from Scotland by end of decade as Prestwick secures Nasa tie-in

  07-12-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - IT is a new frontier for an airport better used to budget flights to the continent's beaches and city break getaways.mp;nbsp;
  
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• Southern Rail strikes: Commuter chaos to continue as walk-out enters second day

  07-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Fed-up commuters face yet more chaos on Southern Rail services tomorrow as the beleaguered operator struggles through the second day of another crippling walk-out.
  
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• Southern Rail strikes 2016: How to claim up to a month's compensation for disruption

  07-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Tens of thousands of Southern rail commuters who have suffered months of travel chaos are entitled to compensation.
  
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• Southern Rail strike: Minister tells unions and Southern to sort out differences themselves

  07-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has told Southern Rail and unions to sort out their differences themselves as he condemned strike action affecting London commuters.
  
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• Southern rail 'major delays' as union action grows

  07-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Commuters face major delays as an RMT strike on the Southern rail network coincides with an Aslef drivers' overtime ban.
  
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• Southern Rail cancels over 1,000 trains in worst disruption so far

  07-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Southern Rail today cancelled 1,100 trains in the worst disruption so far in the nine month-old dispute with some areas left without any service at all.
  
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• Severn Valley Railway share offer hits 500,000 after a month

  07-12-2016 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - More than 500,000 has rolled in during the first month of a scheme to buy shares in the Severn Valley Railway.
  
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• Scotland's £320million spaceport dream moves closer with Houston partnership

  07-12-2016 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - KEY players at Prestwick have signed an agreement with the Houston Spaceport as part of an agreement to share resources.
  
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• Sadiq Khan's bid to take over London's suburban railways stopped in its tracks by Chris Grayling

  07-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Sadiq Khan's bid to take over London's suburban railways was halted in its tracks today.
  
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• Sadiq Khan promises 200m boost for step-free Tube stations

  07-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Sadiq Khan today promised to spend 200 million on step-free access to the Tube over the next five years, making it easier for the disabled, elderly and parents with young children to use.
  
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• Read more at http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycle-lanes-cause-problems-for-road-users-says-transport-secretary-303276#SDK0SuDD5rvVHYLA.99

  07-12-2016 01:00 via cyclingweekly.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Chris Grayling was speaking about wider transport issues when he made the comments about cycling
  
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• 'Railway level-crossing is killing town and must be replaced'

  07-12-2016 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -AN UNDER-threat railway crossing needs to be replaced or trade in Bicester's town centre could be 'killed off', transport campaigners have warned.
  
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• POLL: Should Network Rail share control of the tracks with train companies?

  07-12-2016 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Labour has accused the Government of putting the nation's railways on the
  
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• Pilotless aircraft to return to Fylde skies

  07-12-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Engineers at BAE Systems Warton site are set to carry out a new set of pilotless plane tests.
  
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• Passengers numbers at Oxford station drop for first time since records began

  07-12-2016 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE number of passengers using Oxford railway station has dropped for the first time since records began following the opening of Oxford Parkway.
  
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• New rail link could improve links from East Anglia to the west of England

  07-12-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Through trains from Ipswich and Norwich to Oxford and possibly Swindon or even Bristol could be running within 15 years under a new rail model being flagged up by the government today.
  
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• Mystery of a bus stop - on a road with no buses

  07-12-2016 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Neither Kirklees nor the bus operator can explain why it's there
  
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• M42 upgrade plans at Birmingham Airport junction

  07-12-2016 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Highways England launches consultation programme on notoriously problematic junction which serves both airport and NEC
  
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• LOOK SMART: South Yorkshire drivers try extra motorway lane

  07-12-2016 01:00 via sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk
  Sheffield Telegraph - Today sees launch of South Yorkshire M1 fourth lane in 15 billion upgrade.
  
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• London Tube Twitter account suffers meltdown after complaining 'I'm really getting it in the neck' from commuters

  07-12-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Social media staffer for troubled Piccadily Line tweeted: "Can we move on now... like a delayed tube, can we move on now?" after lamenting lack of staff to help him
  
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• 'Living in fear'

  07-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The human impact of rail strikes on commuters
  
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• Labour's Andy McDonald on government railway plans

  07-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Government plans to change running of the English railway network are criticised by Labour
  
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• Khan frustrated as Grayling halts London train devolution plans

  07-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The government has announced that suburban rail services may not be devolved to London after all, frustrating the citymp;rsquo;s mayor Sadiq Khan. Earlier this year, the government signed a prospectus which stated suburban services operated by Southern, Southeastern and South West Trains could be...
  
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• Houston Spaceport partners with U.K. spaceport

  07-12-2016 01:00 via chron.com
  
  Other News Sources - The Houston Spaceport has signed a memorandum of understanding with a counterpoint in the U.K. to share relevant policies, processes and other information relating to commercial spaceport licensing and operations
  
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• Hitachi awarded Frecciarossa maintenance contracts

  07-12-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - ITALY: Hitachi Rail Italy has been awarded two contracts worth a total of 100m, covering the...
  
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• Grayling urges an end to rail maintenance confrontation

  07-12-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Transport secretary Chris Grayling has told Railnews his reforms of railway maintenance, to be formally unveiled later today, are intended to get people around the same table rather than 'throwing contracts at each other'. In a speech to the think tank Policy Exchange this evening, he will unveil plans to make franchised operators more responsible for infrastructure maintenance. However, speaking in advance of the event, he dismissed any idea that Network Rail will be 'stripped o
  
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• Grayling to reveal plans for fully privatised railway line

  07-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Under proposals drawn up by transport secretary Chris Grayling, the new route between Oxford and Cambridge will not be developed by Network Rail but instead by a new East West Rail organisation, who will also operate train services on the line. In his keynote address at Conservative think tank...
  
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• Grayling downplays fears over rail shake-up

  07-12-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Vow to put more stress on quality of service than simple financial terms of bids
  
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• FTA tells Government Dont forget freight in rail reforms

  07-12-2016 01:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has responded with caution to todays Government announcement of changes to the structure of the rail ...
  
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• East West rail route gets a big boost from government trains could run from Ipswich to Bristol

  07-12-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Hopes of building a major new rail link from East Anglia to Bristol, creating an Arc of Prosperity around London have received a major boost.
  
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• East West Rail heads move to vertical reintegration

  07-12-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: On December 6 Transport Secretary Chris Grayling announced a series of measures that aim to...
  
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• East Cambridgeshire station Shippea Hill only used by TWELVE people in a year

  07-12-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - A league table of the quietest stations in the country has been topped by Shippea Hill - which was astonishingly used by just 12 people last year.
  
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• Ealing Broadway derailment due to miscommunication, RAIB finds

  07-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The RAIB has released its report into the derailment of a Tube train at Ealing Broadway station in March of this year, concluding that the accident was caused due to miscommunication between control room staff. At 1:29am on 2 March 2016, the leading bogie of the District Line train derailed with...
  
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• Director of Chapecoense plane crash airline ARRESTED in Bolivia over disaster which killed 71 people

  07-12-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Gustavo Vargas, director of La Mia airlines, has been detained by Bolivian authorities carrying out an investigation
  
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• DfT to extend West Coast franchise until 2019 ahead of new WCP

  07-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - A short-term contract will be needed to deliver services on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) for a year after the current franchise ends, prior to the delivery of the new West Coast Partnership (WCP), the DfT has confirmed. From 1 April 2019, the WCML will be run as a new franchise in combination...
  
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• Cycle lanes cause problems for road users, says Transport Secretary

  07-12-2016 01:00 via cyclingweekly.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Chris Grayling was speaking about wider transport issues when he made the comments about cycling
  
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• Closing Oxford to Cambridge rail link was decision 'we have lived to regret'

  07-12-2016 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -Transport secretary set to pledge commitment to new East West Rail link
  
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• CILT responds to the future direction of Network Rail

  07-12-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Responding to todays (6th December) announcement by Chris Grayling MP on the future direction of Network Rail, CILTs Strategic Rail Policy Group said: While the policy announcement by the Secretary of State is somewhat less radical than some had anticipated or hoped for, it shows a welcome attention to improving the overall level of service to rail users. The approach is based on fostering practical cooperation in management at working level betwe
  
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