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• YOUR VIEWS: Commuters on the 2 week station closure and bus replacement service

  17-08-2017 02:00 via thisislancashire.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - COMMUTERS have given a mixed reaction to having to use replacement buses from Bolton train station.
  
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• UK car buyers turn to secondhand vehicles

  17-08-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Figures suggesting new car market is cooling could alleviate concerns over credit bubble in motor financeThe British car market is coming under increasing pressure as consumers turn away from buying new models after a squeeze on earnings, favouring secondhand cars instead. Figures show the number of used cars bought using finance increased by 7 in June compared with the same month a year ago, according to the Finance and Leasing Association, which represents about 86 of borrowing
  
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• Uber crafts share sale plan to prop up valuation

  17-08-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Investors could pair new shares with cut-price stock from existing holders
  
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• Transport for London awards new cleaning contract to ABM UK

  17-08-2017 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport -(Image Source: FMJ) Transport for London (TfL) has announced that it has awarded a five-year contract for the provision of cleaning and associated services to ABM UK - guaranteeing 2,800 people will receive the London Living Wage. The contract includes the cleaning of Tube stations and trains, bus depots, head office buildings and the London Transport Museum.It is one of six facilities management contracts that have been consolidated from 50 as par
  
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• Transport apprenticeships celebrated ahead of A-level results day

  17-08-2017 02:00 via gov.uk
  Department for Transport - Transport Minister John Hayes meets Heathrow apprentices and celebrates A-level results day.
  
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• Train derailment causes week of delays

  17-08-2017 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  Peterborough Telegraph - A freight train which derailed has blocked a major railway line linking Peterborough with a number of cities.
  
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• Thieves make off with £90,000 of copper wire from railway in Staffordshire

  17-08-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Thieves have stolen more than mp;pound;90,000 worth of copper wire from the railway over the past six weeks in Staffordshire, Network Rail has today stated. Around 3,650 metres of copper cable was removed by criminals, and police believe that the power, signalling and communications wire was...
  
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• The Yorkshire Post Says: As rail fares skyrocket, Northern must remember it's running a public service

  17-08-2017 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - IN the week that it was confirmed that rail commuters will face a 3.6 per cent fare increase in 2018, the highest for five years, its even more important that train operators like Northern recognise that theyre supposed to be providing a public service. If only this was the case.
  
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• The number of escalators on Crossrail escalates

  17-08-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - More than half of all escalators on the Crossrail project have been installed, with a special timelapse video released showing the progress.
  
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• The death of presenteeism is the birth of flexible working

  17-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - As you're reading this article, perhaps trundling along in a crowded Tube carriage, try to imagine a saner, less stressful way of working.
  
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• TfL 'wastes' £45m on London Underground redundancy payouts

  17-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - More than 800 people were made redundant following the ticket office closure plan, but 325 jobs were reintroduced.
  
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• TfL 'spent £45m on redundancy payouts for 800 staff members' over ticket office closures

  17-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Transport for London has reportedly spent about £45m making more than 800 people redundant over a controversial plan to close ticket offices.
  
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• Surging expenses drive down US airlines' 1H 2017 earnings

  17-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- US airlines' expenses grew at more than twice the rate of revenue in the 2017 first half, leading to a 23.3 year-over-year (YOY) decline in pre-tax profitability.read more
  
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• Stranded: What happens if you can't pay your way home?

  17-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The story of 16-year-old India Ballancore, who was gifted the £85 cost of a train ticket home by a kind-hearted stranger after she had missed her service, has captured the imagination of people on social media.
  
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• Ryanair adds more connecting flights

  17-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Irish LCC Ryanair has doubled its connecting flights at Milan Bergamo from 25 to 50 routes, marking the latest step in a wider expansion in Ryanair-to-Ryanair connections.
  
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• Ryanair accuses Lufthansa of Air Berlin 'conspiracy'

  17-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Ryanair accuses Lufthansa and the German government of colluding to carve up the failed airline.
  
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• Rail fares: Commuters to pay £100 more in 2018

  17-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Analysis of six cities finds average season ticket price will increase to £2,840.
  
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• Plea to rail bosses to rethink flawed proposed changes to railway timetables in Yorkshire

  17-08-2017 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - The controversial timetable changes proposed for May 2018 will build on a planned new structure for which will take effect from December this year.
  
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• Platforms reopen after Waterloo derailment

  17-08-2017 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Disruption has eased at London Waterloo today after one bogie of a Class 456 unit derailed as it was leaving Platform 13 about 05.40 yesterday, tilting the leading driving car into the side of wagons involved in this months blockade. No one was injured, but the incident caused serious disruption to services, while an unrelated points failure meant that the former international platforms 20 to 24 were also isolated. Other incidents which have been disrupting services include a slo
  
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• Optimism over electric cars sparks rare earths

  17-08-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Key metals soar more than 50 this year, lifting profits of Chinese producers
  
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• One in ten UK holidaymakers stopped at airports due to misplaced tech

  17-08-2017 02:00 via lutontoday.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - More than one in ten UK holidaymakers have misplaced an electronic device in their luggage, resulting in them being stopped by airport security, according to a new report.
  
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• NR recovery operation after Ely derailment set to cause more disruption

  17-08-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Network Rail has today been working to lift a derailed train off the track in Ely, which has been causing serious disruption over the last few days. Eleven carriages of a freight train came off the tracks at Queen Adelaide near the Ely North junction on Monday, and has since blocked the line and...
  
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• New technology trials to transform bus safety in London

  17-08-2017 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport -(Image Source: Alexander Dennis) Transport for London has announced plans to test new safety technology on London buses. Automatic braking and audible warning systems will be trialled alongside measures including new mirrors to improve the drivers vision. Earlier this year the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, set out a Vision Zero approach to road danger in his draft transport strategy. It aims for no one to be killed in or by a London bus by 2030, and
  
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• New study looks at costs and benefits of ambitious rail tunnel cycle path plan

  17-08-2017 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - EXPERTS cant yet tell whether it would be good value-for-money to turn a disused railway tunnel into a new cycle route, a new study shows.
  
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• New high-speed train due to cut travel times from London to Edinburgh makes first trip to Scotland

  17-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A new high-speed train aimed at slashing journey time between London and Edinburgh to four hours has travelled to Scotland for the first time.
  
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• Moller-Maersk puts cost of cyber attack at up to $300m

  17-08-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Container shipping conditions best since financial crisis, says Danish conglomerate
  
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• Merseyrail staff member allegedly assaulted on train

  17-08-2017 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Post -Services had to be cancelled and were subject to delays
  
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• London Stansted and Manchester airports to swap CEOs

  17-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- UK airports operator Manchester Airports Group (MAG) is rolling out a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) investment program and swapping the CEOs of Manchester and London Stansted airports into one another's roles.
  
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• Ipswich station up for national award after a transformational year

  17-08-2017 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - Ipswich railway station has been nominated for a prestigious award as we near the end of a year when it has been transformed by a £2m facelift.
  
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• High-tech airport-style body scanners are being trialed on the LA subway to test for explosive compounds

  17-08-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Los Angeles officials are running a two-day trial of new scanning technology that aims to spot firearms and explosives being carried onto the subway.
  
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• High-speed train rolls into Scotland as Virgin looks to cut Edinburgh to London travel to four hours

  17-08-2017 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  Daily Record -The Azuma uses technology developed from Japan's world famous bullet trains.
  
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• Foreign-backed investors are pocketing £200m a year from Britain's privatised railways just by leasing them trains

  17-08-2017 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror - Foreign-backed speculators are making £200m a year out of Britains privatised railways just by leasing trains to train operating companies, official figures reveal.An analysis of government data by the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union shows that rail users could see a fare cut of 2.1 if the rip-off was ended.
  
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• Five technologies Transport for London is testing to change bus travel by improving safety

  17-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Transport for London is testing out new technologies on the capital's public transport that could bring sound warnings to buses, like those found on reversing trucks, to improve safety.
  
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• Find another route, HS2 protesters told

  17-08-2017 02:00 via shropshirestar.com
  Other Regional Press - Campaigners have been told by HS2 bosses to come up with alternative routes for construction traffic building the high speed rail line.
  
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• EasyJet 'putting passengers at risk' by scheduling too many flights, French pilots say

  17-08-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Danish shipping giant Maersk says June's cyber attack will cost it up to $300m

  17-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Shipping giant Maersk said today it still expects full-year underlying profit to top last year's, despite the fact it will take a financial hit of up to $300m (£233m) from a massive cyber attack in June.
  
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• Crossrail: All you need to know about the multi-billion pound project as it nears completion

  17-08-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -From tunnelling and tracks, to new trains and stations.... the countdown to the Elizabeth line begins
  
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• Can you spot the border crossings?

  17-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - BBC News NI travels along the Cavan Road, which crosses the Irish border four times in ten minutes.
  
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• Call for speed traps after fatal A259 crash

  17-08-2017 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  Other News Sources -CALLS have been made to tackle drivers speeding on the A259 after a woman was run over and killed near a pelican crossing.
  
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• Bring back the bendy bus, transport chiefs urged Subscription

  17-08-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The bendy buses so hated by Boris Johnson would cut journey times and provide better disabled access if they returned to Londons streets, an influential committee has suggested.
  
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• BMW brings Fiat Chrysler on board its driverless car collaboration with Intel and Mobileye

  17-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Fiat Chrysler has become the latest name to sign up to BMW's collaborative driverless car project.
  
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• Birmingham Airport luggage delays unacceptable, says family

  17-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - More baggage handlers are being trained at Birmingham Airport after complaints about delays over the summer.
  
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• Azuma train on track to cut London-Edinburgh journey times visits Scotland

  17-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - A new high-speed train aimed at cutting rail journeys between London and Edinburgh to four hours has travelled to Scotland for the first time.
  
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• Atkins awarded £29m deal for innovative Anglia re-signalling programme

  17-08-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Network Rail today announced that Atkins has been awarded a mp;pound;29m contract for re-signalling of the Norwich-Yarmouth-Lowestoft route. The company will provide a full suite of GRIP 5-8 design, engineering, construction, testing and commissioning services for the project, which aims to bring...
  
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• Al-Qaeda calls for jihadists in the West to derail trains Subscription

  17-08-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Al-Qaeda is telling supporters to target trains with homemade derailment devices to inflict mass casualties and regain the prominence it has lost to Isis.
  
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• Air Berlin collapse threatens to clip rivals wings

  17-08-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Lufthansas talks for parts of carriers business called a conspiracy by Ryanair
  
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• A truly global Britain would abolish air passenger duty

  17-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Airlines play a fundamental role in connecting the UK to the world.
  
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