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• Ten injured after bus crashes into shop in south London

  10-08-2017 18:46
  Driver reportedly said he blacked out before bus mounted pavement near Clapham JunctionTen people were injured and two trapped passengers rescued after a bus crashed into a shop on a busy high street in south London. The bus driver and two passengers were taken to hospital. Photographs showed the double-decker bus embedded in the side of a shop on Lavender Hill, near Clapham Junction station in Battersea.Firefighters are working to release two people who are trapped on the upper deck of the bus
  
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• London bus crash passenger: 'There was a lot of screaming' – video

  10-08-2017 13:43
  Andrew Matthews, a passenger on the bus that crashed into a shop in south London on Wednesday morning, describes what happened. At least six people were injured after the double-decker mounted the pavement and hit a shop on Lavender Hill, near Clapham Junction in BatterseaAt least six injured after bus crashes into shop in south LondonContinue reading...
  
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• Commercial Director, Scotland – First Bus

  10-08-2017 13:21 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Commercial Director, Scotland
  Competitive Salary + bonus & benefits
  First Bus in Scotland has created a new role as Commercial Director. This represents a great opportunity to deploy your leadership skills in a business with a turnover of over £170m, providing a vital service which makes a real difference to its local community and economy.
  As a key member of the senior team, reporting to Andrew Jarvis, Managing Director Scotland, you will develop an innovative commercial strat
  
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• Out now: Issue 166 of Passenger Transport

  10-08-2017 13:15 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 166 of Passenger Transport is published on August 11
  Contents include:
    
  LEAD STORYStreet launches traffic congestion action plan
  West Midlands mayor says modal shift from cars to public transport is the long-term answer, but in the short-term he promises better co-ordination
   
  NEWS
  NEG to extend revenue boosting low fare zones
  Sandwell and Dudley trial saw patronage and revenue growth
  Huge change in travel plans during upgrade
  Commuters are heeding warnings to avoid W
  
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• Street launches traffic congestion action plan

  10-08-2017 13:03 via passengertransport.co.uk
  West Midlands mayor says modal shift from cars to public transport is the long-term answer, but in the short-term he promises better co-ordination
   
  Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street and newly appointed director of network resilience, Anne Shaw
   
  West Midlands mayor Andy Street has launched an action plan aimed at combatting congestion. He has committed to a “step change in investment in public transport infrastructure to reduce the region’s dependence on cars”.
  
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• Huge change in travel plans during upgrade

  10-08-2017 12:58 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Commuters are heeding warnings to avoid Waterloo
   
  Upgrade work at Waterloo station this month
   
  Effective year-long campaigns to publicise disruption that will be caused by the Waterloo station upgrade throughout August has seen nearly half of South West Trains’ regular passengers make alternative travel and working arrangements.
  A survey by Transport Focus, published before the works started on August 5, showed that a third of regular passengers have arranged to work from home
  
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• CILT – Air Quality Plan is ‘weak and timid’

  10-08-2017 12:54 via passengertransport.co.uk
  The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport says government’s plan should have supported the introduction of charges for polluting vehicles
   
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  The government could do better than its “weak and timid” plan to tackle poor air quality, particularly given the urgency of public health risks, according to The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
  The professional body for individuals and companies associated with logistics and transport b
  
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• Entries open for National Cycle-Rail Awards

  10-08-2017 12:38 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Recognising those who encourage integrated cycle-rail travel
    
  Now in its 13th year, the Cycle-Rail Awards recognise the progress made by the rail industry and associated organisations towards encouraging integrated cycle-rail travel.
  The Rail Delivery Group has a clear aim to encourage the greater use of cycles to access the railway. RDG’s annual National Cycle Rail Awards, sponsored by Cyclepods, enable RDG, its partners and stakeholders to move closer towards fulfil
  
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• Armed police called to Heathrow over British Airways flight delay

  10-08-2017 10:22
  Tensions mounted as passengers trying to fly from London to Las Vegas were stranded for two daysArmed police have been called to Heathrow airport after passengers became angry that a British Airways flight was delayed for two days.People were left stranded when technical problems grounded the Boeing 747 due to fly from Heathrow to Las Vegas on Sunday. They thought they would be on their way the following day but a problem with their baggage meant the rescheduled flight was also held.Congratulati
  
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• At least six injured after bus crashes into shop in south London

  10-08-2017 10:18
  Firefighters working to free two passengers from top deck of bus which is wedged into side of a shop in Clapham At least six people have been injured and two trapped in a bus crash on a busy high street in south London. Firefighters are working to release two people who are trapped on the upper deck of the bus in #Battersea https://t.co/CUpL3FLuyV pic.twitter.com/jq9CHc6Pn2We have treated six patients following the road traffic collision in #LavenderHill and we remain on scene. https://t.co/W3ER
  
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• The cabmen's shelters fuelling London taxi drivers – in pictures

  10-08-2017 08:00
  The cabmen’s shelters were established in 1875, at a time when the drivers’ vehicles were horse-drawn carriages called hansom cabs. Sixty-one were built across London up to 1914, to provide shelter, hot food and non-alcoholic drinks to cab drivers Continue reading...
  
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• WW2 Mosquito aircraft blueprints found at Airbus factory

  10-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - More than 20,000 drawings of the Mosquito aircraft are saved from being thrown into a skip.
  
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• West Midlands rail network set for £1bn investment

  10-08-2017 02:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  The Business Desk - The West Midlands rail network is set to receive new longer trains with more seats and more space as part of a £1bn investment programme announced today.
  
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• 'We'll get you there on time - whatever it takes!' - minicab firm laughs off concerns after driver caught on camera performing illegal move

  10-08-2017 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A MINICAB firm is under investigation by Council chiefs after appearing to laugh off concerns about an illegal manoeuvre performed by one of its drivers.
  
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• Watch exciting Oxfordshire rail improvements unfold

  10-08-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - You can now watch the start of multi-million pound works which will make trains more reliable through Oxford and Didcot.
  
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• US airlines bumping from overbooked flights is at 22-year low

  10-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The bumping of passengers from overbooked US flights plummets to its lowest rate since 1995.
  
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• Upsurge in visitors stretches Edinburgh to limit Subscription

  10-08-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Concerns over Edinburghs capacity to cope with growing numbers of tourists have been stoked after more than 340,000 people passed through the citys main train station in the first weekend of this years festivals.
  
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• UAV manufacturers criticize UK collision tests

  10-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Organizations representing manufacturers of small unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), or drones, and those operating them have criticized a UK government report into the risks associated with collisions between the systems and manned aircraft.read more
  
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• TfL bosses destroy 400,000 Tube maps after printing with tiny mistake

  10-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Tube bosses were forced to destroy nearly half a million London Underground maps after they accidentally printed them with a tiny error.
  
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• Southend Airport offers free flights to delayed passengers at Heathrow and Gatwick

  10-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - The first 1,000 passengers will scoop free flights from Southend Airport
  
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• RMT urges transport secretary to intervene in Southern row

  10-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Chris Grayling is urged to broker
  
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• RMT calls on Grayling to urgently intervene in Southern dispute

  10-08-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - The RMT has put further pressure on transport secretary Chris Grayling today as it penned an open letter calling for mp;ldquo;urgent interventionmp;rdquo; in its dispute with Southern. Back in June, the RMT called for talks to be held as Grayling was reappointed into the Cabinet following the...
  
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• Rail passengers see rise in crime

  10-08-2017 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - Rail passengers in the South faced a massive rise in crime on trains and stations last year - according to the British Transport Police.
  
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• Overground extension to Barking Riverside given green light

  10-08-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - An extension of the London Overground to Barking Riverside has this week been announced by Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport (DfT). The extension will also unlock the building of 10,800 new homes, and the first services are expected in late 2021, with construction set...
  
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• Muslim man suing Virgin Atlantic 'after being thrown off flight for harmless mention of 9/11'

  10-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A Muslim man is embroiled in a legal battle with Virgin Atlantic after claiming he was frogmarched off a plane for "harmlessly" mentioning 9/11.
  
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• Morgan Sindall reports strong profits as rail work 'progresses well'

  10-08-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Morgan Sindall Group Plc has today announced that it enjoyed strong profit growth in the first half of this year, with its rail division mp;ldquo;progressing wellmp;rdquo; with its projects. The construction company recorded a 37 increase in profits to mp;pound;24.9m in 2016-17, on revenue of...
  
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• More seats for rail passengers as nearly £1 billion is invested in Midlands services

  10-08-2017 02:00 via gov.uk
  Department for Transport - Better trains, services and stations for passengers travelling between the north-west, the Midlands and London.
  
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• Mobile operators to trial London tube coverage

  10-08-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - A trial of mobile signals on London's tube network is poised to begin on the Waterloo and City line, as authorities attempt to bring coverage Europe's biggest "not-spot".
  
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• Mazda hails more efficient petrol engine

  10-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The carmaker says it is the world's first commercial petrol engine to use compression ignition.
  
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• Lots of 'esteem' as new train fleet is tested

  10-08-2017 02:00 via thebreeze.com
  Other News Sources - The first new trains on the First Great Western line in 40 years are currently being trialled at night.
  
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• London Midland statement on next West Midlands franchise

  10-08-2017 02:00 via londonmidland.com
  Other News Sources - London Midland has congratulated the group that has won the right to operate the next West Midlands rail franchise. London Midland says a new long-term franchise means further investment can now be made in the regions rail network.
  
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• London Midland loses rail franchise

  10-08-2017 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - London Midland has lost the right to operate in the West Midlands.The franchise, which won the contract in 2007, has been replaced by West Midlands Trains Ltd, a joint venture between Abellio, East Japan Railway Company and Mitsui mp; Co Ltd.
  
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• Jogger who shoved woman into path of bus 'was pathological and played chicken with his victim'

  10-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - The jogger who shoved a woman in front of a bus was a well-to-do man who thought he owned the pavement, a psychology professor has claimed.
  
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• HS2 should "not be at the expense of rail electrification," says Vince Cable

  10-08-2017 02:00 via transportxtra.com
  Transportxtra - The new leader of the Liberal Democrats has said that HS2 should not come "at the expense of good regional investment," suggesting that rail electrification for Wales should be a bigger priority.
  
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• Government pledges £6.2million for major new road

  10-08-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The Government has toady announced significant funding to help build a new road in Didcot.
  
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• Free Wifi and compensation for passengers in new deal

  10-08-2017 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - Rail passengers are expected to be able to look forward to new longer trains with more seats and more space, along with a number of other, new benefits, following a £1billion investment in services on the West Midlands network.
  
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• Free bus travel helps thousands of young people take part in community programme

  10-08-2017 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport -This summer thousands of young people from South Yorkshire will benefit from free travel when taking part in the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme in partnership with EFL Trust. NCS provides the opportunity for 1517 year olds to take part in exhilarating challenges to help build important skills for the future. More than 100,000 young people are taking part in NCS this Summer across the country. In South Yorkshire NCS is delivered by several
  
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• First for Japan as WMT wins rail franchise

  10-08-2017 02:00 via staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - WEST Midlands Trains Ltd (WMT) is the winning bidder to run the next West Midlands rail franchise from December 10.
  
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• Driving instructors to trial body cameras due to rise in attacks by failed candidates

  10-08-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Drivers in Cardiff have paid almost £1m in fines in three months

  10-08-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online -In the three months since April, a total of 29,234 fines were handed out for people driving illegally in bus lanes, stopping in a yellow box junction or on zig-zag lines
  
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• Drivers ignore background noise of diesel engines Subscription

  10-08-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The price of secondhand diesel cars has fallen and the number of people searching for used diesel vehicles has slumped, yet the demonisation of diesel is not having as severe an impact as the industry had feared, according to Auto Trader.
  
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• Delta breaks ground on $4 billion New York LaGuardia terminal

  10-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Delta Air Lines has broken ground on a 37-gate terminal at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) that will replace two aging terminal facilities.read more
  
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• CAMPAIGNERS KEEP UP CALLS TO REOPEN CAMBERWELL STATION WITH MASSIVE CAKE

  10-08-2017 02:00 via southwarknews.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Over 1,800 people have signed petition calling for Camberwell's old railway station to be reopened, and TfL have said a report on its feasibility will now be published in September
  
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• Biometric facial recognition comes to Las Vegas, Houston airports

  10-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continued its federally mandated implementation of facial recognition biometric exit technology at US airports this week with new deployments at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS) and Houstons William P. Hobby International Airport (HOU). read more
  
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• Air France tests immersive entertainment

  10-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Air France has begun testing an immersive inflight entertainment (IFE) system with virtual reality headsets on Airbus A340 business-class service between Paris Charles de Gaulle and St. Martin. read more
  
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• Abellio wins West Midlands franchise

  10-08-2017 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk - A joint venture led by Abellio has won the West Midlands franchise, ending a decade of control by Govia. The routes between London, the West Midlands and Liverpool are set to receive an investment of almost £1 billion, said the Department for Transport. The fleet will be boosted by 400 new vehicles, which are to be in service by 2021, while the new contract includes compensation for delays of more than 15 minutes.
  
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