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• Out now: Issue 171 of Passenger Transport

  02-11-2017 17:59 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 171 of Passenger Transport is published on November 3
  Contents include:
    
  LEAD STORY
  Bound for Belfast
  Tram-style vehicle for city’s new £90m Bus Rapid Transit route was among the exhibits at the biggest ever Busworld Europe show in Belgium last week
   
  NEWS EXTRA: Scotland’s buses
  Minister faces a tough trip to TurnberryScotland’s transport minister has praised the industry for not ‘whingeing’, but he is likely to come under pressure
  
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• ‘Glider’ at Busworld show. Next stop, Belfast

  02-11-2017 17:26 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Tram-style vehicle for city’s new £90m Bus Rapid Transit route was among the exhibits at the biggest ever Busworld Europe show in Belgium last week
    
  The new Belfast Rapid Transit ‘Glider’ vehicle was unveiled at the Busworld Europe exhibition in Kortrijk, Belgium, last week.
  The new £90m Glider service will begin in September 2018, operating every 7-8 minutes between East Belfast, West Belfast and Titanic Quarter via the city centre.
  Built by Van Hool in
  
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• Arriva drops out of Wales & Borders race

  02-11-2017 17:23 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Deutsche Bahn-owned group will surrender rail franchise it has operated since 2003 after withdrawing from the competition for a new contract
   
  Arriva has operated the Welsh rail franchise for almost 14 years
   
  Incumbent operator Arriva has withdrawn from the competition for the next Wales and Borders rail franchise. This leaves three bidders in contention for the 15-year contract – Abellio, KeolisAmey and MTR.
  The Welsh Government intends to appoint an Operator and Development Pa
  
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• TfL suspends graduate scheme

  02-11-2017 17:20 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Transport for London has denied claims that it has suspended graduate recruitment due to cuts
    Transport for London has denied claims that it has suspended its prestigious graduate management training scheme as a result of budget cuts made in order to help fund London mayor Sadiq Khan’s fares freeze.
  The Evening Standard this week reported that TfL was suspending recruitment for the scheme’s 2018 intake. In a leaked internal email, an unnamed senior TfL figure said that th
  
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• Read our supplement: Scotland’s Buses 2017

  02-11-2017 16:09 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Welcome to Scotland’s Buses 2017, a publication devoted to Scotland’s main mode of public transport.
  Buses make an enormous contribution to Scotland, carrying 400 million passenger journeys annually, providing the vital links that enable communities to function. This publication from passenger transport puts the spotlight on Scotland’s bus industry and its stakeholder partners, celebrates their achievements and considers the challenges they face.
  Published in association with C
  
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• Work to repair huge water leak on busy road to continue into tomorrow

  02-11-2017 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  Bucks Free Press -Engineers have been working throughout the night to repair aleak that forced a huge jet of water to shoot metres into the air.
  
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• Willesden crash: commuter flees for his life as car mounts pavement, flattening bus stop

  02-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Passers-by today told of their shock after a motorist mounted the pavement and flattened a bus stop in north London.
  
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• Why has Surrey's iconic Supercar Event moved? Dunsfold Park will no longer host the popular show

  02-11-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources - It hosts more than 150 supercars worth more than £60 million
  
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• Why Finnair wants to put passengers on the weighing scales

  02-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The airline says it is asking travellers to step on to the scales to gather better data.
  
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• The Thames can be a freight highway

  02-11-2017 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport -(Image source: Visit London) The Thames could be a highway easing road congestion says London Chamber. The Mayor should establish a temporary River Commission to explore how to make better use of the River Thames a leading business group said today. London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) said such a body could have a brief to look at greater moving of freight and construction material by river thereby helping to ease congestion on the capit
  
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• Tesla delays production of is mass-market Model 3 car

  02-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Tesla has pushed back its target for its new Model 3 vehicle by around three months, saying it did not correctly predict how long it would take to fix bottlenecks in its production line.
  
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• South Western Railway proposes to slash services from Woking to London in new timetable

  02-11-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -Commuters may have to get up earlier and go home later
  
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• SoftBanks $10bn Uber deal held up by last-minute dispute

  02-11-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Tension between former chief Kalanick and venture capital firm Benchmark is final hurdle
  
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• Shoppers flee as black taxicab mounts pavement in London's Covent Garden

  02-11-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Security enhanced after girl, seven, gets on plane without boarding pass

  02-11-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - A runaway seven-year-old girl slipped through security checks atGeneva's airport and onto a plane without a ticket before being spotted by a crew member and handed over to police, officials said on Wednesday.
  
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• Scottish Highlands feel the strain as tourism surge causes disruption

  02-11-2017 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Scotland welcomes £6m funding boost as Highland council reports strain on parking, toilets, phone reception and public transportYoud struggle to find anyone in the Highlands who is anti-tourist, says the SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Kate Forbes, but some people have been pushed to the brink. Forbes adds succinctly: There is perfectly legitimate nimbyism going on when someone is doing the toilet in your garden!Locals and politicians agree that the summer of 2017 s
  
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• Ryanair posts strong performance despite cancellations

  02-11-2017 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - O'Leary expects growth to continue
  
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• Rail workers want credible pay proposal Subscription

  02-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Unions have called on Irish Rail to make a credible pay offer to workers to cut short the third major transport strike in a year.
  
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• Rail companies promise jam tomorrow but will tomorrow ever arrive?

  02-11-2017 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - Over the last week theres been a great deal of navel-gazing and mutual self-congratulation in the rail industryespecially in East Anglia.
  
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• Passengers 'missing out' on chance to voice rail views

  02-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Three firms want to run the Welsh rail network - but the bid process is not being made public.
  
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• NR stabilises Chiltern main line with innovative Japanese piling method

  02-11-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Network Rail has stabilised a railway using an innovative piling method from Japan. The technique has been used to stabilise half a mile of subsiding embankment beneath the Chiltern main line. Prior to this, Network Rail engineers had been making ongoing repairs to dips in the tracks that, if...
  
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• North Korean hackers steal warship blueprints from South

  02-11-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - The despotic regime is thought to have taken the documents after hacking into South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding mp; Marine Engineering Co Ltd's database in April last year.
  
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• North-East trainbuilder Hitachi shortlisted for HS2 contract

  02-11-2017 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  Northern Echo - A NORTH-EAST trainbuilder has been shortlisted for multi-million pound contract to build HS2 trains, it has been announced.
  
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• Nippy Bus firm boss fires EVERY employee and shuts company down so he can pursue dream of 'not having to work' there any more

  02-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A manager at a bus company in Somerset left employees stunned when he sent a memo firing all of them at once.
  
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• New York truck attack suspect Sayfullo Saipov charged with terrorism

  02-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - An immigrant from Uzbekistan has been charged with terrorism after a truck mowed down crowds on a New York cycle path, killing eight.
  
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• Monarch pilots demand backpay

  02-11-2017 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - BALPA asks if sudden shut-down was necessary
  
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• Monarch administrators seek slots clarity

  02-11-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- The administrators of UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlineswhich entered into administration Oct. 2are scheduled in court next week to determine whether the carrier still has allocation powers over its airport slots.read more
  
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• Major milestone as first Class 385 makes Edinburgh-Linlithgow trip

  02-11-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - The first of the new Class 385 electric trains, which still has interiors to be fitted, made its inaugural mainline trip between Edinburgh and Linlithgow last night. This journey represents a major step forward for Scotlandmp;rsquo;s Edinburgh-Glasgow electrification project, which forms a key...
  
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• Lorry trailer packed full of aerosols explodes on the M1

  02-11-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Leicestershire Fire and Rescue rushed to scene and managed to put the fire out, but the road remained closed in both directions between junctions 20 and 21 for several hours.
  
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• London City Airport celebrates 30th anniversary

  02-11-2017 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport -On 26 October 1987, a flight carrying around 40 passengers touched down from Plymouth in East London, on the peninsula between Royal Albert Dock and King George V Dock. It was the first commercial flight to land at London City Airport. The first arrival, operated by Brymon Airways, was followed by a Eurocity Express service from Brussels, both using De Havilland Dash 7 aircraft. At the time, London City Airport was the first completely new airport
  
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• Jobs lost as heavy haulage company goes into administration

  02-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Cumbernauld-based West of Scotland Heavy Haulage operated a fleet of specialist haulage vehicles.
  
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• I'd scrap long-haul flight tax, says Carwyn Jones

  02-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Carwyn Jones says he aims to end air passenger duty on long-haul flights, if the tax is devolved.
  
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• HS2 train companies must give jobs to British workers Subscription

  02-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - New 225mph trains for Britains high-speed railway will be built in the UK under government plans to generate hundreds of jobs, it will be announced today.
  
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• HS2 rolling stock bidders named

  02-11-2017 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Five companies have been shortlisted to build the first generation of trains for HS2. The fleet of at least 54 trains, capable of travelling at 360km/h, will be built early in the next decade to enter service in 2026. This initial fleet is expected to be classic compatible and built to the British structure gauge, meaning that its size will allow the new trains to continue beyond Phase 1 of HS2 between London and Birmingham to serve destinations on existing lines in the north wes
  
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• HS2 hires new finance director amid redundancy payment controversy

  02-11-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - HS2 has brought in a new financial director as the organisation attempts to tackle questions over unauthorised redundancy payments. Elizabeth Gillbe mp;ndash; currently finance and analysis director at Crossrail mp;ndash; will join the company in January next year. The decision comes in the wake of...
  
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• How did it get here?

  02-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - How the UK's newest port DP World London Gateway is trying to lure the world's biggest container ships.
  
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• Holidays are coming! Coca Cola Truck to visit Peterborough this year

  02-11-2017 01:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  Peterborough Telegraph - The holidays are coming to Peterborough as the famous Coca Cola lorry will return to the city this year.
  
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• Hitachi to learn whether it's shortlisted for £2.75bn HS2 train contract

  02-11-2017 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Trains for the HS2 high speed rail line could be manufactured at Hitachi's plant in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
  
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• Historic Scottish line could be reopened

  02-11-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - The Formartine and Buchan railway line could be revived by the Scottish government after it was discussed by MSPs. Economy secretary Keith Brown said his department was looking into options for connecting Peterhead and Aberdeen through rail. After being quizzed on the subject by Aberdeenshire...
  
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• Heathrow Southern Railway: Everything you need to know about plans for direct Surrey rail link with Britain's busiest airport

  02-11-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -The project aims to create a new route into central London from Heathrow Airport with stops at Guildford, Woking, Basingstoke and Farnborough
  
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• Heathrow Southern Railway: Controversial plans for direct Surrey rail link with Britain's busiest airport set for public debate

  02-11-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A protest group has argued Egham residents need "more details" about the noise and visual impact of the proposed route
  
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• Hampshire's motorway services ranked among the worst in the country

  02-11-2017 01:00 via hampshirechronicle.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A SURVEY has named the worst motorway service areas in the countryand three are in Hampshire.
  
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• Green is the new black for London taxi cabs Subscription

  02-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - A legal ruling raised the prospect yesterday of Londons streets being flooded with new black cabs after judges decided that the shape of the traditional taxi was not distinctive enough to be protected.
  
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• Great Escape motorbike goes on show

  02-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Steve McQueen's bike goes on display along with others from Jurassic World and Mission Impossible II.
  
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• Government launches £3.5m competition to drive innovations in rail

  02-11-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - The Department for Transport has launched a competition to inject mp;pound;3.5m into innovative ideas to transform rail. The First of a Kind (FOAK) competition is searching for existing innovations which may be in use outside of the rail industry, but could benefit rail passengers. The...
  
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• First road to be built on tiny island of Sanday

  02-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Once built, the road will replace a rough track that is covered by water at high tide.
  
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• CYCLISTS BEWARE: Big rise in bike thefts

  02-11-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - CYCLISTS have been warned to take extra precautions to secure their bikes amid a sharp rise in thefts in Oxford.
  
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• Culture of carelessness behind fake breath tests Subscription

  02-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Widespread falsification of figures and a culture of inaccurate recording of data have been identified as the fundamental flaws at the heart of the fake breath test and wrongful conviction scandals.
  
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• Croydon Tram drivers to strike over 'sleep detectors'

  02-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The row centres on a device to detect if a driver is asleep and follows a fatal crash last year.
  
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