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• London Overground goes 24-hour, joining night tube

  15-12-2017 20:37
  Passengers will be able to travel between Dalston in east and New Cross Gate in the south through night at weekends Passengers in east London will from now on be able to travel on the “night overground”. The 24-hour services will operate on Friday and Saturday nights on the London Overground.The service currently ends at around 12.30am from Monday to Saturday. Trains will run approximately every 15 minutes between Dalston Junction, east London, and New Cross Gate, south-east London,
  
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• Local buses could be replaced by Uber-style services, says Grayling

  15-12-2017 20:34
  Labour and campaigners angry at transport secretary’s suggestion bus services could be demand-led after funding falls by 33%Local buses could be replaced by “Uber-style” rides, the transport secretary has said, sparking a backlash from Labour, trade unions and campaigners. Chris Grayling told local government leaders that the future of local buses was a more bespoke service, suggesting on-demand models similar to the ride-hailing app could be used more widely to bridge funding
  
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• Can you crack our Christmas quiz?

  15-12-2017 13:53 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Do you have the skill and knowledge to be our quiz champion?
  Christmas comes but once a year, but let’s face it – by December 28 we’ve eaten far too much and there’s nothing to do but watch the television and bicker with relatives. So why not distract yourself with the first ever Passenger Transport Diversions Christmas Quiz?
  There are no prizes, but if you send your answers by email to [email protected] by January 5, who knows, you may just end up with the sm
  
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• MPs call for legal action over 'shocking' HS2 payouts

  15-12-2017 01:01
  Public body overseeing £55bn rail project ‘lacks basic financial controls’ with outgoing staff overpaid by £1.76m, committee warnsMPs have called on the government to consider legal action against the former chief executive of the public body building the new high-speed rail network, over £1.76m in redundancy payments made in direct contravention of civil service rules.HS2 Ltd, which is overseeing the £55bn project, paid a total of £2.76m to 94 individua
  
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• Wrexham to get £10m boost for transport infrastructure

  15-12-2017 01:00 via newsnorthwales.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - More than £10 million of Welsh Government funding is to be invested in modernising transport infrastructure and services in Wrexham.
  
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• Virgin Trains staff to hold 24-hour strike

  15-12-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Virgin Trains West Coast workers go strike later - the first of a number of walkouts by UK rail staff.
  
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• UK and China expand air links

  15-12-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- The UK and China have announced a major expansion of air connections between the two nations. read more
  
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• Transport Secretary under fire after he says funding is higher in the North

  15-12-2017 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -Transport Secretary wrote to MPs with good news about transport funding, but the reality was slightly different
  
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• Transport secretary opens new company that will link Oxford to Cambridge by rail again

  15-12-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - LINKING Oxford and Cambridge by rail is a step closer today after a company that will see the restoration of a line between the cities officially launched.
  
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• Transport in north needs £60bn, says regional body

  15-12-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - TfN to unveil 30-year plan aimed at raising productivity and closing wealth gap
  
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• Timpsons boss slams Virgin Trains for stranding daughter

  15-12-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Businessman James Timpson said his daughter Niamh was left stranded at London Euston when an inspector refused to let her through a barrier, writing 'not a child' on her ticket (pictured).
  
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• Suitcase journey through East Midlands Airport

  15-12-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Handlers deal with more than one million items of luggage a year at East Midlands Airport.
  
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• Scathing report on Sheffield-Rotherham tram-train pilot

  15-12-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The UK's first tram-train project has incurred "spiralling" costs with questionable benefit for similar schemes in the future, a scathing report by MPs has found.
  
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• Ryanair pilots to spark chaos by striking five days before Christmas

  15-12-2017 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  Other Regional Press -Trade union Impact said it would either disrupt flights or generate substantial costs for the airline
  
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• Ryanair has bowed to pressure and agreed to recognise pilots' unions

  15-12-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Embattled Ryanair said today it will recognise pilots' unions - as strikes threatened to cause travel misery for thousands of passengers over the Christmas period.
  
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• Rescue bid after freight ship loses power

  15-12-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Lifeboat and coastguard teams are assisting the stricken vessel which is drifting off Taransay in the Western Isles.
  
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• £56 billion HS2 high speed rail project is at risk of 'fraud and financial errors'

  15-12-2017 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail -MPs warn of poor financial controls after HS2 Ltd handed over £1.76 in unauthorised redundancy payments
  
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• Niki Austrian airline failure strands many passengers

  15-12-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - About 5,000 passengers are stuck abroad after the Austrian airline opens insolvency proceedings.
  
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• Network Rail releases shocking footage of drunk revellers dicing with death after falling onto railway tracks

  15-12-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Shocking footage of drunk revellers falling onto railway tracks has been released by Network Rail.
  
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• Millionaires daughter, 15, 'stranded in London after rail staff refuse to believe she is a child'

  15-12-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Man bites train passenger's ear during argument over loud phone conversation

  15-12-2017 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent - Victim requires hospital treatment after attack in south London
  
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• London Overground Night Tube service arrives today: Here's what you need to know about the new 24-hour service

  15-12-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - You may have heard the Night Tube is expanding once more, and branching out to the London Overground this week.
  
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• LIVE: Long delays at Manchester Piccadilly and Oxford Road rail stations due to broken down train

  15-12-2017 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News -Passengers are being warned of delays and cancellations between Manchester Piccadilly and stations across the country
  
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• Kirkstall Forge station train times: Everything you need to know as five new peak hour stops announced

  15-12-2017 01:00 via leeds-live.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Kirkstall Forge station is set to get five extra peak hour stops.
  
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• 'Jobs at risk' at new West Midlands rail franchise

  15-12-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - West Midlands Trains suggests outsourcing and moving some jobs in a letter to staff seen by the BBC.
  
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• HS2 'Wasted £1.7 Million Of Taxpayers' Money' On Redundancy Pay-Outs

  15-12-2017 01:00 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
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• HS2 redundancy pay 'shocking waste' of taxpayer cash

  15-12-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Overpayments totalling £1.76m were made to 94 people, a committee of MPs says.
  
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• HS2 high speed rail project at risk of 'fraud and financial errors' as £56bn plans come under fire

  15-12-2017 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - North East MPs warn of poor financial controls after HS2 Ltd handed over £1.76m in unauthorised redundancy payments
  
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• HS2 bosses covered up unauthorised payments Subscription

  15-12-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Bosses at HS2 have been accused of a cover-up over unauthorised redundancy payments amid warnings of financial chaos at the heart of the £56 billion high-speed rail project.
  
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• Heathrow third runway: Anti-expansion group vows "tough proposals" to reduce impacts of third runway

  15-12-2017 01:00 via talkradio.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Tough proposals in order to reduce the impact of a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been promised by opponents of the expansion.
  
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• Greater Manchester Mayor's disappointment after Government rejects railway plans

  15-12-2017 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  Bolton News - PROPOSALS that would have seen the boroughs railway stations transformed into community hubs, encompassing gyms, cafes and even art galleries have been rejected by the Government.
  
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• Ghost railway axed in Beeching cuts could be reopened

  15-12-2017 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Bid to improve transport infrastructure could also see island airport linked up to main coast line
  
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• Four of the world's eight happiest airports are in the UK (but none are in London)

  15-12-2017 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Most people associate airports with long waits, overpriced food, lengthy treks to terminals and pottering around in WHSmiths.
  
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• Eurowings to offer business class

  15-12-2017 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Full-flat bed seats to feature on long-haul routes
  
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• DfT officially launches East West Railway Company

  15-12-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Transport secretary Chris Grayling has officially launched the East West Railway (EWR) Company today, intended to restore the link between Oxford and Cambridge. The Varsity line, which previously connected the two cities, was shut down nearly 50 years ago during the Beeching cuts, although it...
  
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• Department for Transport says East Surrey passengers with 'Southern-only' tickets won't be charged extra for using Thameslink

  15-12-2017 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -Reigate MP Crispin Blunt has confirmed 'discretion' will be used after getting assurances from the government that passengers won't be penalised for the switching of rail franchises
  
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• Delta orders 100 A321neos valued at $12.7 billion; selects GTF engines

  15-12-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Delta Air Lines has placed a firm order for 100 Airbus A321neo aircraft, ending speculation on what was perhaps the most heated aircraft order campaign waged between Airbus and Boeing in recent months.read more
  
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• CSX railroad chief takes unexpected medical leave

  15-12-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Move comes 9-months after Hunter Harrison was paid $84m up front to join group
  
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• c2c announces £100m train deal with Bombardier

  15-12-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Train operator c2c has today announced a deal for mp;pound;100m worth of new trains to be manufactured by Bombardier in its Derby factory. The agreement will see 60 carriages of the latest Aventra trains delivered to c2c by the end of 2021, three years earlier than previously planned. Each of the...
  
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• Bus users in Coventry have TWO WEEKS to make huge savings on passes

  15-12-2017 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  Other Regional Press -As with any offer, there are a few terms and conditions be note
  
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• Bus travel plummets amid funding cuts, city congestion and a rise in car ownership

  15-12-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Bus operator accused of putting profit before passengers after closing 59 stops

  15-12-2017 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - Transport for West Midlands move criticised in House of Commons
  
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• Bombardier to supply Aventra EMUs to c2c

  15-12-2017 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - UK: Leasing company Porterbook has awarded Bombardier Transportation a £105m contract to supply 10...
  
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• BIMCO and CIRM propose software maintenance standard for shipping

  15-12-2017 01:00 via shipmanagementinternational.com
  Other News Sources - BIMCO and the international association for the marine electronics industry, CIRM (Comit International Radio-Maritime), have sent the industrys first proposal for an industry-wide standard for software maintenance to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for consideration. Without an industry-standard, BIMCO sees an increasing risk of severe incidents on ships, delays and costs to ship owners and cyber security problems.
  
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