Public Transport news

• Resurrecting the railways killed off by mistakes of yesteryear | Letters

  15-12-2016 20:51
  
  Thanks for Ian Jack’s interesting piece (Amid the weeds, this new rail line will be clattering through 75 miles of history, 10 December). However, he was perhaps incorrect in stating that the Oxford University railway club never travelled the line. A book of the line shows photographs taken on the University Railway Society (presumably the same) rail tours in 1981 and 1982 that passed through Verney Junction. The book also records other special passenger trains that ran on the line up
  
  Read more

• Chris Grayling sent cyclist flying with his car door, video shows

  15-12-2016 18:36
  
  Film shows transport secretary knocking Jaiqi Liu over in an incident that left rider in a state of shock by the roadsideVideo footage has emerged of the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, knocking over a cyclist and sending his bicycle crashing into a lamppost, in an incident that left the rider in a state of shock by the roadside.The film obtained by the Guardian shows Grayling swinging open the door of his ministerial car as it sat in traffic outside the Palace of Westminster and the unfort
  
  Read more

• Transport secretary Chris Grayling knocks over cyclist as he opens car door – video

  15-12-2016 18:34
  
  Exclusive footage obtained by the Guardian shows the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, knocking a cyclist off his bike when opening the door of his ministerial car near the Houses of Parliament. Grayling speaks to the cyclist, Jaiqi Liu, and shakes his hand. The footage came from cyclist Laurence de Hoest and was filmed on 12 October Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Southern rail dispute talks end without agreement

  15-12-2016 16:42
  
  Failure of two sides to reach agreement at Acas means widespread disruption of services will continue on FridayTalks aimed at resolving the Southern rail dispute have ended without agreement, meaning widespread disruption of service will continue on Friday. Leaders of the train drivers’ union Aslef met with the company for a second day under the chairmanship of the conciliation service Acas to try to break a deadlocked row over driver-only trains. No service tomorrow (Friday 16 Dec) due to
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• HS2 chairman takes job at Gatwick

  15-12-2016 11:53
  
  Sir David Higgins becomes chairman at airport as high-speed rail project continues to look for permanent chief executiveHS2’s chairman, Sir David Higgins, is to become chairman of Gatwick next month, leaving the £55bn high-speed rail project with an increasingly occupied figurehead and no permanent chief executive.
  Higgins, who also spends time working in Australia as a director of the Commonwealth Bank, will take over from Sir Roy McNulty on 1 January at the Sussex airport.Continue
  
  Read more

• Southern rail users face another day of chaos as Acas talks resume

  15-12-2016 09:33
  
  Although there is a 24-hour pause in industrial action, Southern warns there will still be delays and cancellationsCommuters on the Southern rail network and Gatwick Express face another day of disruption, as talks between the train operator and drivers’ union Aslef continue.The strike action that shut down the entire network for two days is in a brief hiatus, having ended on Wednesday and resuming on Friday. But the franchise’s operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), warned that t
  
  Read more

• Which Dorset train station is used just five times a day?

  15-12-2016 01:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -NEW figures have revealed the busiest and quietest train stations in Dorset, with one used by just five people each day.
  
  Read more

• Video: Meet Glasgow Airport's newest member of staff- a 4ft humanoid

  15-12-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Glasgow Airport has unveiled its newest member of staff - a singing and dancing humanoid robot.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Trade body in 'scrap bus lanes' call

  15-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce calls for bus lanes to be scrapped in parts of Belfast 'as an experiment'.
  
  Read more

• Thousands of airline pilots flying every day with suicidal thoughts, says landmark study

  15-12-2016 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph -
  
  Read more

• The date for the delayed M4 relief road inquiry has been announced

  15-12-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Mr Skates will also call for greater devolution of transport powers to Wales
  
  Read more

• Sudbury bus station move consultation closes at midnight

  15-12-2016 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Bus-users in Sudbury who are protesting against controversial plans to relocate the towns bus station only have until midnight tonight to officially voice their concerns.
  
  Read more

• Student says her grades are being affected by problems on Southern Rail

  15-12-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Natasha Pearson (pictured) is studying politics, law and media at Collyers College in Horsham, which should be a 45-minute train journey from her hometown of East Grinstead.
  
  Read more

• Southern Rail talks with ASLEF union adjourned as passengers face continuing disruption

  15-12-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Southern Rail and Aslef have held talks at Acas but RMT have been barred from any discussion
  
  Read more

• Southern Rail strikes: Peace talks begin amid claims unions pushing for renationalisation

  15-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Peace talks belatedly began as 300,000 Southern Rail passengers were left stranded again todayamid dramatic claims that union bosses are using the "safety" dispute to get the railways renationalised.
  
  Read more

• Southern Rail strikes: Commuters face more travel disruption even though strike has ended

  15-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Commuters using Southern Rail services are facing disruption despite the fact there is no strike on Thursday.
  
  Read more

• Southern rail strike talks positive but no breakthrough

  15-12-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Negotiations will continue after the second day of strike that has halted services
  
  Read more

• Southern Rail Strike: Second night of 'chaos' at Wimbledon station

  15-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - This was the scene at Wimbledon station for a second night as commuters caught up in London's worst rail strike in decades tried to get home.
  
  Read more

• Southern Rail strike: RMT union 'barred' from ACAS talks to resolve drivers' strike

  15-12-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - RMT union leader Mick Cash was turned away from talks at ACAS between Southern Rail bosses and the ASLEF union to halt the ongoing drivers' strike
  
  Read more

• Southern, Aslef and RMT holding Acas talks over strikes

  15-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - GTR has agreed to hold formal talks with unions at conciliation service Acas in a bid to resolve the dispute on Southern Rail that has left commuter services at a standstill. Aslef announced the move on the first day of a 48-hour strike by its train driver members which shut down travel on one...
  
  Read more

• Sadiq Khan: Driverless Piccadilly Line trains could be launched in 2023

  15-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A new roll-out of Piccadilly Line trains could be driverless and will arrive on the Tube in 2023, Sadiq Khan has said.
  
  Read more

• Riding along in Ubers self-drive car in San Francisco

  15-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Uber has begun testing its self-driving car in San Francisco - the BBC went for a quick ride.
  
  Read more

• Rail electrification work should have had 'more planning'

  15-12-2016 01:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - The Chief Executive of Network Rail has admitted more planning should have been carried out before work started to electrify the line between London and the West Country.
  
  Read more

• £20 million spent on railways has not had 'desired effect' as commuters resign and businesses close amid strikes

  15-12-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -THE Governments rail minister admitted £20 million pledged to sort out Sussex's ailing train network has not made things better as the service ground to a halt yesterday.
  
  Read more

• "Please don't get drunk if you want to catch the train in York", transport police urge

  15-12-2016 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -PEOPLE using York train station and the rail network are urged to be on their best behaviour this Christmas.
  
  Read more

• Plea for a united front on Leeds transport vision

  15-12-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Calls have been made for Leeds to show a united front on its transport strategy if it is to secure vital Government funding and move forward with bringing a mass transit scheme to the city.
  
  Read more

• Plan to tackle complex ticketing system unveiled, but 'wider reforms still needed'

  15-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Buying train tickets will be made easier under a set of reforms promised today by the DfT, in partnership with the Rail Delivery Group (RDG). The action plan, developed in partnership with Transport Focus and consumer group Which?, commits TOCs to informing passengers when stocks of best value...
  
  Read more

• Peace talks to start in Southern DOO dispute

  15-12-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Talks are set to take place today between Govia Thameslink Railway and the unions in the continuing dispute over driver-only operation on Southern, where a 24-hour strike by drivers has halted all services for the second day running. Many stations between London and the south coast have no trains again today. Sussex is the most seriously affected county, although the disruption is also affecting parts of Surrey and Kent. The discussions will take place against a background of cla
  
  Read more

• Orange Army Choristers, from Network Rail's track team at Rugby, have reworked the carol into Away on the Railway.

  15-12-2016 01:00 via theconstructionindex.co.uk
  Other News Sources -
  
  Read more

• NIC calls for end to 'digital deserts' on rail routes

  15-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The UK is being held back by poor mobile connectivity with the countrymp;rsquo;s rail services needing particular improvement, the National Infrastructure Commission has found. mp;nbsp; A report by the government infrastructure watchdog concluded that the UKmp;rsquo;s 4G mobile phone coverage ranks...
  
  Read more

• Labour transport chief praises 'guts' of striking Southern Rail workers

  15-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A Labour shadow minister has branded striking Southern Rail workers "admirable" amid the worst disruption to the train network in years.
  
  Read more

• Ken Skates: M4 congestion near Newport needs tackling

  15-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A delayed public inquiry into the proposed M4 relief road around Newport will begin on 28 February.
  
  Read more

• Jet2.com axes card charges on UK bookings

  15-12-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Jet2.com has axed all fees for UK bookings paid for with a credit card, debit card, AMEX and Paypal
  
  Read more

• IATA: Airline industry net profits up 5 in 3Q

  15-12-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Third-quarter 2016 net profits for the airline industry were up 4.9 year-over-year, according to a sampling of 67 airlines reported in IATAs latest Airlines Financial Monitor. read more
  
  Read more

• Hornsey depot set to transform Great Northern services

  15-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - RTM attended an event to celebrate the completion of the new traincare centre at Hornsey, which will enable the transformation of Great Northernmp;rsquo;s rail services. The state-of-the-art depot, which will house and maintain mp;pound;1bn worth of new train fleets, was built by Siemens using main...
  
  Read more

• Hero train guard who saved woman from sex attacker could lose job over 'reckless' driver-only plans

  15-12-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The RMT rail union says the plans to scrap the vital role of guards would be an act of 'sheer, reckless stupidity'
  
  Read more

• Heathrow commences preparation of a planning application for expansion

  15-12-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Heathrow is to commence the preparation of a planning application to expand the airport with a new runway. The application is intended to be formally submitted in 2019, after the Government has designated the National Policy Statement.The news follows the Governments announcement in October 2016 that a new runway at Heathrow is its preferred option for airport expansion. To inform its planning application, Heathrow will undertake extensive engagem
  
  Read more

• Green transport project scoops regional award

  15-12-2016 01:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - A sustainable transport project to reduce visitor car travel around Cumbria has scooped a top regional award from industry experts.
  
  Read more

• Great Western Railway cleaners to take strike action

  15-12-2016 01:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post - The Railway Maritime and Transport Union says the disgruntled contract cleaners want to be employed as full time staff
  
  Read more

• Gordon Ramsay lands 10-year Heathrow Airport dining deal

  15-12-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Gordon Ramsay Group has fended off competition from rivals to secure a 10-year extension at Heathrow's Terminal 5 for its Plane Food restauranta £75 million boon for the revitalised empire.
  
  Read more

• Glasgow Airport unveils robot 'staff member'

  15-12-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Glasgow Airport unveils its newest member of staff - a singing and dancing humanoid robot.
  
  Read more

• Fourth Railway Package market pillar adopted by European Parliament

  15-12-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - EUROPE: The European Parliament voted on December 14 to adopt the final wording for the market...
  
  Read more

• Drivers try extra lane

  15-12-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  Sheffield Star - Work is underway on a £15 billion upgrade to add a fourth lane to South Yorkshires M1 motorway.
  
  Read more

• Ditch the pensions triple lock and free bus passes for the elderly to helps fund care bills, urges head of the NHS

  15-12-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The head of the NHS has demanded the pensions triple lock and the free bus pass be scrapped to enable more money to be ploughed into elderly care.
  
  Read more

• DfT refuses to provide extra funding for over-budget Croxley rail link

  15-12-2016 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The Croxley rail link is going over-budget again, but will not receive any additional government funding, the DfT has stated. The line, which will extend the London Undergroundmp;rsquo;s Metropolitan Line to Watford Junction via Watford High Street, was originally due to be completed by May 2016...
  
  Read more

• Contract botch sired Southern rail chaos

  15-12-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - DfT pays fixed fees while most compensation costs are borne by taxpayers
  
  Read more

• Cleaners for Great Western Railway to stage two 24-hour strikes before Christmas

  15-12-2016 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -CONTRACT cleaners who work for Oxfordshire train operator Great Western Railway are set to stage two 24-hour strikes before Christmas.
  
  Read more

• Christmas chaos looms as BA staff vote to strike over poverty pay

  15-12-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Airlines junior cabin crew could strike any day from Dec 21
  
  Read more

• Chris Grayling: Rail unions refused last-minute talks to avert Southern Rail strikes

  15-12-2016 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph -
  
  Read more

• Camberley bus stuck under bridge described as 'comedy gold'

  15-12-2016 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -The double-decker Stagecoach bus got stuck at the railway bridge in Park Street, which has a 12'6" height restriction sign
  
  Read more

Follow @PublicTrnsprtUK on Twitter!