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• Nine Black Lives Matter protesters guilty over Heathrow disruption

  19-01-2017 18:07
  
  Campaigners who blocked part of M4 in demonstration last summer are found guilty of wilful obstruction of the highwayNine protesters who caused “utter chaos” when they chained themselves together and blocked a key route leading to Heathrow airport during a busy summer period last year have been found guilty of wilful obstruction of the highway.Chanting “black lives matter” and “if they do not give us justice, we won’t give them peace”, they blocked the M
  
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• Wheelchair user win partial victory over bus firm

  19-01-2017 01:00 via channel4.com
  
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• 'We're cut off': Student launches petition for nightly bus service to South Tyneside

  19-01-2017 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Adele Smith believes many in areas such as Boldon, Cleadon, and South Shields share her frustration
  
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• Union suspends three-day Southern strike for talks Subscription

  19-01-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Southern Rail will restore a full train service for long-suffering commuters from Tuesday after a drivers union suspended planned industrial action.
  
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• Union calls for public control of bus routes, fares and timetables

  19-01-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - BUS passengers in Scotland face a worse deal and poorer travelling experience than the public in England unless local authorities are given power to take control over routes, timetables and fares, a major union has claimed.
  
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• Southern to offer full train service next week

  19-01-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Rail operator has not been running normal timetable since December 6
  
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• Southern rail to run full service next week and suspends three days of walkouts

  19-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Southern Rail's hundreds of thousands of long-suffering passengers were today promised the return of a full train service - but not until next week.
  
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• Southern Rail to restore full train service after drivers' union strike suspended

  19-01-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Drivers' union ASLEF and the RMT had both originally planned to strike next week but ASLEF pulled out in a last minute decision
  
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• Southern Rail to restore full timetable next week

  19-01-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Southern rail 'full service' to resume next week

  19-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Train drivers suspend their walkouts, with a full timetable in place on Tuesday, the company says.
  
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• Slow train from China to Britain pulls in for the first time Subscription

  19-01-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - After 18 days crossing seven countries and 7,500 miles, a train stuffed with £4 million worth of socks, cloth, bags and suitcases pulled into Barking yesterday afternoon.
  
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• Second Gosport ferry sold to be a party boat

  19-01-2017 01:00 via portsmouth.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A BOAT which carried thousands of people across Portsmouth Harbour for nearly half a century has been sold.
  
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• ScotRail 'can't vouch' for passenger compensation scheme

  19-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
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• RMT agrees revised pay deal with Northern

  19-01-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The RMT has agreed a revised deal with Northern over worker pay, leading the union to halt its current vote for industrial action against the franchise. The rail union started balloting its members two weeks ago on whether they wished to take strike action over what it had called an...
  
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• Passengers deserve better information

  19-01-2017 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Train operating companies (TOCs) and Network Rail need to improve passenger information, according to Rail Minister Paul Maynard on January 16.
  
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• New ticket hall and entrance open at Victoria Station

  19-01-2017 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Journeys through Victoria Underground station are set to become easier as a new North ticket hall, a key part of the £700m project to upgrade Victoria Tube station, has opened. A new entrance on Victoria Street, at the junction of Bressenden Place, near Cardinal Place, is now open and leads to the ticket hall and Victoria line. The entrance means that customers can now easily exit the station onto Victoria Street without having to cross the
  
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• New opportunities offered as details of new rail franchise are released

  19-01-2017 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Government releases details of new West Coast Partnership rail franchise.
  
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• New Flying Scotsman opportunities in York next month

  19-01-2017 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -STEAM rides and footplate experiences on Flying Scotsman will be highlights of the half-term week of February Family Fun at the National Railway Museum in York.
  
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• New fares set for bus routes in Hampshire

  19-01-2017 01:00 via portsmouth.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Stagecoach has announced ticket price increases for customers travelling across Hampshire.
  
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• New 24 hour HGV refuelling site opens at Port of Liverpool

  19-01-2017 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Certas Energy, working in partnership with Peel Ports Group, hosted the grand opening of the new state-of-the-art HGV refuelling site at the Port of Liverpool.Accompanied by port users, the launch celebrated the significant investment in the site and the recognition of the Certas Energy and Peel Ports Group partnership to complete the project. Following twelve weeks of construction, the site will now provide diesel, gas oil and AdBlue for port use
  
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• Maynard: Sheffield tram-train on schedule

  19-01-2017 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - The tram-train project in Sheffield is on track and on schedule, says Rail Minister Paul Maynard.
  
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• London's congestion charge must be reformed, report finds

  19-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - London's congestion charge should target vehicles which add to congestion the most, a report finds.
  
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• London congestion charge should be scrapped as it is no longer 'fit for purpose,' report warns

  19-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Sadiq Khan should bring in radical plans for 'intelligent' road user pricing to tackle growing congestion across London, an influential report said today.
  
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• Korean Air used electric stun gun on five passengers

  19-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Korean Air is believed to be the only major airline that routinely carries electric stun guns on its planes.
  
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• KeolisAmey appointed to 10-year Manchester Metrolink operations contract

  19-01-2017 01:00 via constructionnews.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has appointed a Keolis / Amey joint venture to operate the citys Metrolink tram system.
  
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• Italys state railway buys struggling Greek operator

  19-01-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Bailout lenders press Athens to speed up privatisation programme
  
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• Hierarchy to help transport engineers get priorities in order

  19-01-2017 01:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - Just as the refrainreduce, reuse, recycle has been adopted byenvironmentalists worldwide to prioritise steps towards more sustainable practice, so the transport engineering sector has its own equivalentthe Transport Hierarchy. Developed by Duncan Kay and Daniel Kenning, engineers with decades of experience in the field, and published by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMeche), theTransport Hierarchy reportis designed as The post Hierarchy to help transport engineers get
  
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• Halesworth rail crossing could still be closed unless it is used safely

  19-01-2017 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - Work will be carried out next week to install gates at a station crossing on the east Suffolk rail line after campaigners fought off moves to close it.
  
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• Grayling: Opposition do not care

  19-01-2017 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling has accused Labour of not caring, regarding the continued industrial action on Southern.
  
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• Government gives way on HS2 blight claims

  19-01-2017 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Transport secretary Chris Grayling has told MPs that HS2 continues to be 'worthy of Parliaments support', but he has also revealed that some claims for compensation have been reconsidered. He was commenting on the latest report from the House of Lords about the project, which concentrates on the implications of the construction of Phase 1 of the high speed line between London and Birmingham. The purpose of the Committee, which was set up in May last year, was to hear petitions fr
  
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• Gatwicks carbon neutral commitment excludes 99 of emissions

  19-01-2017 01:00 via aef.org.uk
  Aviation Industry- Gatwick Airport announced today its participation in a global renewable electricity alliance designed to generate increased demand for renewable electricity, alongside plans to become carbon neutral by the spring. Gatwick will be the first UK airport to join the RE100
  
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• Gatwick plans to be carbon neutral by spring

  19-01-2017 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Gatwick aims to be carbon neutral by the spring.The airport has joined more than 80 global companies in a programme designed to generate a massive increase in the demand for renewable electricity.
  
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• Flybe adds London City-Cardiff route to summer schedule

  19-01-2017 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airline will operate two flights a day, seven days a week
  
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• FirstGroup increases use of alternative fuels

  19-01-2017 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - 2016 sees 1,300 increase in FirstGroups Euro VI bus mileage in the UK 63 million miles travelled by greener alternative fuel vehicles in USA and CanadaFigures from FirstGroup demonstrate an expanded use of latest-generation bus engines and alternative fuel sources across the companys fleets in 2016.Over the past 12 months, the transport operator has increased its use of alternative fuels, such as biodiesel, gas, and electric engines.The company ha
  
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• Etihad: no plans to invest in Lufthansa

  19-01-2017 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - CEO James Hogan rejects claims hes looking to acquire a stake in German airline
  
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• Etihad chief stands by long-haul investments

  19-01-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - James Hogan fights back as group denies plans to take stake in Germanys Lufthansa
  
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• East Wind train blows in from China to re-open Silk Road trail

  19-01-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• DOT proposes new baggage fee disclosure rules

  19-01-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- In the last week of the Obama Administration, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed that airlines and ticket agents be required to disclose specific baggage fees when providing airfare information.read more
  
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• DLR's KeolisAmey set to run Manchester Metrolink

  19-01-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Greater Manchesters Metrolink network is set to be run by a new joint venture partnership starting from this summer up until 2027. KeolisAmey, a partnership between transport operator Keolis and infrastructure specialist Ameythe same team in charge of Londons DLR ...
  
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• Consumer expert believes floodgates could open on Southern season ticket refunds

  19-01-2017 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -MONEY expert Martin Lewis has offered a lifeline to beleaguered Southern commuters.
  
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• Chinese railfreight containers arrive in London

  19-01-2017 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The first container train travelling between China and the UK has arrived at Barking in east London after making a 12,000km journey across Asia and Europe before arriving in Britain via the Channel Tunnel. The train, carrying textiles and other consumer goods, was operated by the InterRail Group on behalf of China Railway subsidiary CRIMT, and DB Cargo worked the final section from Duisberg to London.
  
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• Chinese freight train arrives in UK

  19-01-2017 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - The first container train travelling between China and the UK arrived at DB Cargos London Eurohub terminal at Barking today (January 18).
  
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• Chiltern Railways and SilverRail trial ticket-free travel

  19-01-2017 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Passengers automatically charged the best price for the day
  
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• CCTV footage highlights level crossing dangers

  19-01-2017 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Network Rail and British Transport Police release new incidents of crossing misuse
  
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• Cardiff's most dangerous 30mph roads revealed

  19-01-2017 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -These are the 30mph streets with the most accidents in 2015
  
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• Calls for changes on busy York road after flurry of crashes

  19-01-2017 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -A COUPLE living next to an accident blackspot fear someone will be seriously injured or killed and are calling for road changes.
  
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• Bradford to be UKs 2017 'cycle city' as major conference heads to district

  19-01-2017 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -A NATIONAL conference pushing for Britain to become a Dutch-style cycling society is heading to Bradford this year.
  
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• Bank Junction: Black cab drivers surround Parliament Square in third day of protest

  19-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Black cabs surrounded Parliament Square on Wednesday afternoon in an ongoing dispute over the closure of a busy junction to traffic.
  
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• Arriva Trains Wales has bought a virtual reality simulator to improve passenger safety

  19-01-2017 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - It was created using computer game technology
  
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• AerCap handles transactions covering 458 aircraft in 2016

  19-01-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Dublin-headquartered leasing giant AerCap leased, purchased and sold a total of 458 aircraft in 2016 and signed $4.6 billion in financing transactions.read more
  
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