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• UK public transport security to benefit from growing shift from forensic to real-time video surveillance - SecurityNewsDesk

  22-02-2018 11:16
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  UK public transport security to benefit from growing shift from forensic to real-time video surveillance
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  A move away from legacy analogue CCTV technology to IP video solutions will enable critical transport networks to effectively deter, detect and delay threats to ensure passenger safety. More than 85% of transport networks across Western Europe are ...en meer »
  
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• Vaping at the wheel? You can be prosecuted for that, police warn

  22-02-2018 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Transport officers oppose police merger Subscription

  22-02-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Theresa May has cast doubt on the SNPs planned merger of the British Transport Police with Police Scotland after a survey revealed huge staff resistance to the move.
  
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• Third of Brits are more scared of flying than 10 years ago

  22-02-2018 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - The study, carried out by National Geographic, showed that people in the UK now take an average of three flights every year but that hasn't stopped a third of Brits having a fear of taking to the skies.
  
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• TfL opens Elizabeth Line commercial partnership tender to bring six brands on board for the launch

  22-02-2018 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Transport for London (TfL) today announced it has opened a tender process as it starts the hunt for six commercial partners for the Elizabeth Line in a move it hopes will bring an income boost to the organisation.
  
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• TfL finance crisis puts ALL major improvements to London's roads on hold for two years

  22-02-2018 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Transport for London's finances are in such a state that major improvements to London's roads have been put on hold for two years, it emerged today.
  
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• Talyllyn Railway marks locomotives' 100th birthday

  22-02-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Talyllyn Railway is celebrating the centenary of a steam locomotive with links to the RAF.
  
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• Surrey Roads Police slam pothole-ridden cycle lanes as 'not fit for purpose' and suggest riders do not have to use them

  22-02-2018 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -Police say bike paths are in a worse state than Surrey's crumbling roads
  
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• Street lights that dim when nobody is about

  22-02-2018 01:00 via eta.co.uk
  Green Miscellany - Highway 155 near Hole in Norway is no ordinary road. At night, 220 of its lamp posts operate at 20 per cent of their capacity increasing to full capacity only when radars detect approaching road users. Norwegian company Comlight has developed theMotion Sensing Street Lighting system to reduce the wasteful consumption of energy.The 9 km trial site saves 2100 kWh The post Street lights that dim when nobody is about appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Qantas shares jump on buyback plans, profits growth

  22-02-2018 01:00 via ft.com
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• Qantas Airways sees record half year profits

  22-02-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Australian biggest airline beats off competition and higher fuel costs to post a 14.6 jump in profits.
  
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• Once in a generation opportunity for brands as Transport for London opens Elizabeth line commercial partnership tender

  22-02-2018 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Transport for London (TfL) has opened a tender process for commercial partners for the Elizabeth line, offering brands a unique opportunity to align with the historic launch in 10 months time.When services begin in December, TfLs state-of-the-art new railway will connect Paddington to Canary Wharf in only 17 minutes, redefining how Londoners and visitors travel around the Capital and providing quicker, easier and more accessible journeys. Two-hund
  
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• Manchester to Sheffield line upgrade gets green light

  22-02-2018 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - Improvement works on a key northern rail route have been given the go-ahead as the first building blocks are laid for the Northern Powerhouse Rail project.
  
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• London Conservatives take aim at TfL free travel perk for employees' friends and family costing £32m a year

  22-02-2018 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - GLA Conservatives said today a travel perk for relatives of Transport for London (TfL) employees is coming at a cost of nearly £32m a year, as the row over TfL finances heats up.
  
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• How bad does it need to get - sinkhole? - Suffolk Highways website flooded with reports from angry drivers

  22-02-2018 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - Suffolks highways website has been inundated with problem reportsmany from frustrated drivers issuing angry warnings about the dangerous condition of the countys roads.
  
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• Hedge funds seek lift-off in leasing aircraft

  22-02-2018 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Investment firms turn to the business of buying and leasing planes to help boost returns
  
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• GWR under fire after day of chaos on services

  22-02-2018 01:00 via eveshamjournal.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - RAIL users are urging local MPs and the Transport Minister to intervene over a catalogue of train cancellations and serious delays on trains from Worcester to London since the start of the year.
  
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• Gok Wan 'told off' for tidying rubbish on Virgin Train

  22-02-2018 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Gok, 43, was on the 9.16 from Leeds to London yesterday when the row over his table in First Class kicked off. He tweeted: 'Ok! So I've just been told off for cleaning my table on Virgin Trains.'
  
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• German court to rule on city bans for heavily polluting diesel cars

  22-02-2018 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Federal court set to announce whether Stuttgart and Dsseldorf can use vehicle bans to try to improve air qualityOne of Germanys top courts will rule on Thursday whether heavily polluting vehicles can be banned from the urban centres of Stuttgart and Dsseldorf, a landmark ruling which could cause traffic chaos and dramatically hit the value of diesel cars on the countrys roads. Related: First fall in car sales since 2011 blamed on fears over diesel banContinue reading...
  
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• Gatwick airport travel chaos as trains from London cancelled over next three Sundays

  22-02-2018 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent - Gatwick airport will be cut off from London by rail for the next three Sundays.
  Engineering work is taking place on 25 February, 4 March and 11 March to replace a key junction at Earlswood, where the fast and slow lines to the airport converge. It is part of a £300m track modernisation programme.
  
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• Franchise fears lurk in First Groups hard winter Subscription

  22-02-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The implications of a tough winter in America and fears of trouble down the line in Britain sent a shiver through investors in First Group yesterday as the transport operator issued a profit warning.
  
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• FirstGroup warns on Greyhound as Americans switch to planes

  22-02-2018 01:00 via ft.com
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• FirstGroup: late arrival

  22-02-2018 01:00 via ft.com
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• First 'double bed' Airbus delivered to Qatar Airways

  22-02-2018 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) -The aircraft is the first of 37 A350-1000s ordered by the carrier
  
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• Exclusive Lendlease wins HS2 Euston Station MDP race

  22-02-2018 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - Lendlease has won the race to become HS2 Ltds Euston Station master development partner (MDP) in a deal worth up to £40M.
  
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• DLR strike: RMT union members to hold fresh 48-hour walkout in pay row

  22-02-2018 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Workers on London's Docklands Light Railway are set to stage a new 48-hour strike as part of an ongoing dispute over pay.
  
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• 'Commuter Chaos': huge queues after Oxford rail line failure

  22-02-2018 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -COMMUTERS faced long queues this morning as all Chiltern Railways servicesbetween Oxford and Oxford Parkway station were suspended due to a fault.
  
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• Clean hydrogen could power Hebridean ferries within five years Subscription

  22-02-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The backers of an ambitious green energy scheme say that ferries powered by hydrogen could be serving the Outer Hebrides within five years.
  
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• Citymapper's launched a mincab-bus hybrid carpooling service after TfL approves PHV licence

  22-02-2018 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Citymapper is launching an on-demand carpooling service in the capital that's part minicab, part bus, after Transport for London finally approved its application for a private hire licence.
  
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• CFM International names new EVP

  22-02-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- CFM International has named Sbastien Imbourg as EVP, replacing Franois Bastin who has been appointed EVP-commercial engine programs for Safran Aircraft Engines (SAE).read more
  
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• Call for permanent cheaper fares on the slower Glasgow to Edinburgh train line

  22-02-2018 01:00 via eveningtimes.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - TICKET prices on the slower Glasgow to Edinburgh train should be reduced permanently according to a Glasgow MSP.
  
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• British Airways reassures buyers over NDC

  22-02-2018 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airline will talk to buyers before marketing directly to their travellers
  
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• Bosses get to bottom of ironing board seats on Thameslink subscription

  22-02-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Train seats will have to meet minimum standards for comfort after passengers complained that a multibillion-pound new generation of carriages left them with aching backsides.
  
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• Amey Rail acquires Carillions Network Rail contracts

  22-02-2018 01:00 via globalrailnews.com
  Global Rail News - Around 700 jobs are expected to be safeguarded following the sale of Carillions Network Rail contracts to Amey Rail.
  
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• Air France to operate 75 of flights during Feb. 22 strike

  22-02-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Air France estimates it would operate 75 of flights despite a strike planned for Feb. 22, with the turnout of strikers estimated at 28. read more
  
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• AA share price plunge close 28 down on profit warning

  22-02-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The breakdown and insurance firm is cutting dividend payments as it invests in the business.
  
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