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• Grayling misleading Commons on East Coast rail 'bailout', says Labour

  30-11-2017 18:53
  Transport secretary faces accusations after it emerged operator Stagecoach had been due to pay Treasury more than £2bnLabour has accused the transport secretary of misleading parliament over the early termination of the East Coast rail franchise as it emerged that the operator, Stagecoach, had been due to pay the Treasury more than £2bn in the final four years of its contract.A new rail strategy announced by Chris Grayling on Wednesday contained plans to replace the Virgin Trains Eas
  
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• Wizz Air eyes greater expansion in London as it picks up Monarch's Luton slots

  30-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Hungarian airline Wizz Air has secured a number of take-off and landing slots at Luton from collapsed airline Monarch.
  
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• Wizz Air acquires Luton slots from Monarch Airlines

  30-11-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Center European LCC Wizz Air said it would further increase its fleet at the UKs London Luton Airport, as it acquires a number of slots from insolvent Monarch Airlines, just a few days after it unveiled a major expansion at the airport. read more
  
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• Why Birmingham leader cannot rule out congestion charge to tackle lethal pollution

  30-11-2017 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  Birmingham Post -Council leader Ian Ward says he will support whatever it takes to clean up the city's air quality and stop 900 premature deaths a year.
  
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• Virgin Trains strikes: Train workers to stage six 24-hour walkouts in December and January

  30-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Virgin Trains West Coast workers are to stage six 24-hour strikes in December and January in a dispute over pay.
  
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• Union threatens six days of strike on Virgin West Coast services

  30-11-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Following a vote earlier this month, members of the RMT union working on Virgin West Coast services have announced six days of strike action in December and January. The dispute revolves around disparities between support staff and drivers, after a deal between Virgin and both sets of staff left...
  
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• Uber says claims about spy unit came from disgruntled manager

  30-11-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Former employee was making extortionate demands when he raised concerns, court told
  
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• Uber-loss adds another bump in road for taxi-hailing app Subscription

  30-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Ubers loss widened to nearly $1.5 billion in the third quarter as it struggled to contain a series of scandals, regulatory investigations and a court battle with Google.
  
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• Transport officials knew there were problems with Queensferry Crossing when it opened three months ago

  30-11-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Trains, social care and housing - Colne Valley MP Thelma Walker delivers her alternative budget

  30-11-2017 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Labour MP on what Chancellor Philip Hammond should have done
  
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• Traffic commissioner for Wales has no office or staff

  30-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Nick Jones says there have been problems in finding bilingual staff in Cardiff
  
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• Ticket-free train travel means end of inspections Subscription

  30-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The end of traditional ticket inspections is in sight after rail bosses launched a trial of hands-free fares yesterday that automatically charge passengers as they board trains.
  
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• Thousands of American Airlines flights without pilots because of computer glitch

  30-11-2017 01:00 via ft.com
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• Thomas drives all the way to top spot in FTA competition

  30-11-2017 01:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Thomas Kent has been named as the UKs top driver in logistics, after a nationwide competition organized by the Freight Transport Association ...
  
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• TfL may take over suburban rail lines

  30-11-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The Transport Secretary is urged to resign after a leaked letter shows he opposed rail devolution to keep it
  
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• TfL could take control of Southern Rail routes in major transport overhaul, Chris Grayling announces

  30-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Transport for London could be handed control of some major commuter routes run by Southern Rail in an overhaul of the capital's train services.
  
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• Strategic vision to bring infrastructure and operations closer

  30-11-2017 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - UK: On November 29 Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling published the governments...
  
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• Stagecoach reaches end of East Coast line three years early Subscription

  30-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The troubled East Coast rail franchise will hit the buffers three years early after warnings that the private operator was on the brink of handing it back to the government.
  
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• Series of strikes to derail Christmas plans Subscription

  30-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Union bosses have announced a series of strikes over the Christmas period.
  
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• Rail routes axed under 1960s Beeching cuts could reopen to ease overcrowding

  30-11-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Rail lines and stations closed in 60s could re-open in new 'rail strategy'

  30-11-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -OXFORDSHIRE rail lines closed during the notorious Beeching cuts of the 1960s could be reopened, the Transport Secretary has announced.
  
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• Rail fans say Transport Secretary could do a lot more for rural Oxfordshire

  30-11-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - RAIL champions have hit out at Chris Grayling for not doing more for Oxfordshire in his new national rail strategy yesterday.
  
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• Qatar Airways chief says Birmingham has contributed to the airline's success

  30-11-2017 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  Birmingham Post -Birmingham Post Power 250's principal sponsors outlines why airline is enjoying successful boom period
  
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• Pictured: how Knightsbridge Tube station will look after multi-million pound revamp

  30-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - This is how Knightsbridge Tube station will look when a multi-million pound redevelopment is completed in five years.
  
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• On Yer Bike - Why people get confused about where you can and can't cycle in Oxford

  30-11-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -IVE an apology to make. Riding east on The High, a few afternoons ago, outside the Covered Market, I was behind a couple of other riders and we were all blocked behind a bus.
  
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• 'No viable option' to restore disused railway line, despite new Government plan to bring back old routes

  30-11-2017 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  Bolton News - BOLTON is unlikely to benefit from plans to re-open train lines that have been closed for decades, rail users believe.
  
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• Network Rail and train operators shunted towards closer integration

  30-11-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Shake-up involves major reform of structure pursued since privatisation
  
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• Moody's expects a slowdown in traffic growth at UK airports as airlines move capacity elsewhere

  30-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - While Europe's airport sector as a whole is poised to reap the rewards from robust traffic growth over the next year and a half, the UK faces the prospect of a slowdown as airlines shift capacity elsewhere, according to a new report from Moody's.
  
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• M3 smart motorway users tell us just how 'smart' they think the road really is

  30-11-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -A 13.4-mile stretch of the M3 has active traffic management and converts the hard shoulder into a running lane
  
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• Lufthansa must offer EU concessions to seal Air Berlin deal

  30-11-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Brussels regulator concerned that move will hurt competition and raise prices
  
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• Its not just driverless cars, robots could drive our trains too Subscription

  30-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The government has announced further support for autonomous vehicles. We are embracing the opportunity presented by driverless cars to lower accident rates and transform how we think of urban road networks.
  
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• IAG secures Monarch's Gatwick slots

  30-11-2017 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport -(Image source: BBC) British Airways owner IAG has secured take-off and landing slots at London's Gatwick Airport that used to belong to Monarch before it collapsed. IAG said the deal would enable its airlines - primarily BA - to offer more flights and new routes from Gatwick. Monarch collapsed in early October and thousands of its customers had to be returned on government rescue flights.Its administrator, KPMG, won a court appeal last week for the
  
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• How to make the most of your 'millennial railcard': the best day, weekend and long weekend trips from London

  30-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - From Edinburgh to Arundel, these are the best places to visit by train from London
  
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• Heathrow has revealed the latest rankings of the nosiest and dirtiest airlines at the airport

  30-11-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Heathrow has revealed the latest rankings of the nosiest and dirtiest airlines at the airport
  
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• Heathrow Airport report shows 15 fewer households are impacted by noise compared to 2006 - the lowest level ever recorded

  30-11-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The data comes after a public consultation on the planned third runway at the airport was reopened in October this year
  
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• Green light for reopening derelict rail lines - Andy McDonald, MP Shadow transport secretary Subscription

  30-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Sir, I was pleased to see Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, announce the pledge from Labours manifesto to reopen rail lines (Derelict rail lines will reopen to tackle overcrowding crisis, Nov 29), but his failure to back up this commitment with more tangible support is disappointing.
  
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• Grayling shakes up franchising and plans to overturn Beeching cuts

  30-11-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - A new franchising model will be brought in, some old routes may be reopened, and more details have been revealed on the break-up of GTR and Great Western as part of the governmentmp;rsquo;s mp;lsquo;Strategic Vision for Rail,mp;rsquo; released today. Transport secretary Chris Grayling has used the...
  
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• Grayling report sets out new vision for rail

  30-11-2017 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Plans to reform almost every aspect of the railway industry have been set out by transport secretary Chris Grayling. In a new report, entitled Connecting People: a strategic vision for rail, Mr Graylings ambitions include further reorganisation of Network Rail as well as more reintegration of track and train, new forms of passenger franchise, boosts for railfreight and the reopening of some lines which were closed by British Rail. However, it is not clear at this stage how reopen
  
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• First Airbus A330-800 on final assembly line

  30-11-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Airbus has begun final assembly of the first A330-800, the second member of the A330neo family.read more
  
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• Electronic passport gates 'helping people smugglers'

  30-11-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Electronic passport gates at airports could be hampering the fight against people smuggling,David Bolt, the chief inspector of borders and immigration, has said.
  
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• Drivers face months of delays to fix snags on new Queensferry Crossing

  30-11-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Motorists are facing ten months of delays and lane closures on the Queensferry Crossing because of poor workmanship on the new bridge.
  
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• DfT reveals new franchising model for upcoming South Eastern contract

  30-11-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Plans revealed today by the DfT detail a 40,000-passenger capacity increase expected from the next operator of the South Eastern franchise. The new operator will also have to work under the new mp;lsquo;one teammp;rsquo; model of franchising, which was announced by transport secretary Chris Grayling...
  
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• Containers by rail from China to France

  30-11-2017 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - INTERNATIONAL: For its customer PSA, Gefco has operated its first trainload of 40 ft containers...
  
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• Christmas lights for your bicycle

  30-11-2017 01:00 via eta.co.uk
  Green Miscellany - Why not festoon your bicycle with a new set of lights worthy of the season? We have a set of Lezyne lights to give way with no fewer than seven different modes. The compact design emits a maximum 120 lumens for up to 7 hours in the most efficient of its settings. The 20 lumen rear unitmatches the seven hours The post Christmas lights for your bicycle appeared first on ETA.
  
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• At least one carriageway of motorway into Leeds will be shut EVERY night for the next six months

  30-11-2017 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -Major safety work on the M621
  
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• 'Decaying tracks' led to Paddington commuter train derailment

  30-11-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - "Decaying tracks" led to the derailment of a commuter train as it left London's Paddington station, investigators have found.
  
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• Americans pilot scheduling glitch threatens holiday flying

  30-11-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- A technical glitch in American Airlines pilot scheduling system has left the Dallas/Fort Worth-based carrier without enough pilots during the upcoming holiday season, igniting a social media uproar Nov. 29 when news of the situation became public. read more
  
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• Air France-KLM seals enhanced deal with Jet Airways

  30-11-2017 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airlines extend their co-operation agreement between Europe, India and North America
  
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