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  • The railways are no longer just a man's domain: meet the female train driversSome depots don’t have female toilets, and children still stare when they see a woman in the driver’s seat, but more is being done to bring gender balance to the railways
  • Southern to reinstate one-third of cancelled train servicesLib Dems say it is a ‘small step in the right direction’ but does not go far enough, and further strikes loom next weekThe train operator Southern will restore more than 100 cancelled services next Monday, bringing some relief after a summer of misery for passengers. The operator, which is owned by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), said 119 services – more than a third of the 341 cancelled on 11 July – would be reinstated. It blamed “unprecedented levels of train crew sickness” for the cancellations. Continue reading...
  • How Britain sank its shipping industry by waiving the rules | Polly ToynbeeThe fate of a ship stuck in Great Yarmouth sums up the damage that state inaction and unfettered free markets have inflicted on a once-proud merchant fleetMalaviya Twenty has been moored in Great Yarmouth docks since December. To look at, it’s no rustbucket, kept in good shape by its Indian crew – but when I visited a week ago, they hadn’t been paid by the ship’s owners for all those months. This is a story about the fate of shipping in Britain – an often forgotten industry, though we depend on it for over 90% of our imports and exports, and for most of what is stacked on supermarket shelves. ...
  • Tighten your safety briefing: Air New Zealand rebuked over flippant videosAirline that has featured celebrities, surfers, dogs and swimsuit models in its light-hearted safety videos is rapped over knuckles for ‘extraneous material’ Air New Zealand has been rebuked by the country’s aviation watchdog for burying life-saving messages in among celebrity cameos in its pre-flight safety videos.The airline is infamous for its elaborate star-studded clips in which celebrities like Richard Simmons, Bear Grylls and Betty White tell passengers how to respond in an aviation emergency. Continue reading...

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  • Britain’s privatised railways, going down the toilet? [letter]Owen Jones paints a picture of Britain’s railway that is far from accurate (On the floor and in first class our railways are a disgrace, 25 August). Twenty years ago, Britain’s railway ran at a £2bn a year loss in terms of day-to-day costs. As the safest and fastest-growing railway in Europe, it now virtually covers those costs, with £3.5bn a year from taxpayers spent on building a better railway.

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  • The Airport Property Partnership completes new DHL Express Hub in HeathrowThe construction of DHL Express UK’s new South East operation and Head Office in Colnbrook, on the western edge of Heathrow Airport, has reached completion.  The 150,000 sq ft facility, developed by the Airport Property Partnership (APP), a joint venture between SEGRO and Aviva Investors, is part of a major UK investment plan by DHL.  The new site will see DHL Express relocate its Head Office and South East operation from its current smaller premises at APP's Orbital Park, Heathrow. With a phased transition, the new Colnbrook site will be fully operational in early 2017. The...
  • Alstom to provide Amtrak with its new generation of high-speed trainAlstom and Amtrak have announced that they have signed a contract for Alstom to design and build 28 new high-speed trains, which will run on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between Boston and Washington D.C. Amtrak and Alstom also signed a long-term contract under which Alstom will provide Amtrak with long-term technical support and supply spare components and parts for the maintenance of the new trainsets. Together, these contracts are worth €1.8 billion ($2 billion).  Amtrak and Alstom also signed a long-term contract under which Alstom will provide Amtrak with long-term technica...

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  • How a summer meltdown helped deliver real-time feedbackDavid Sidebottom, passenger director at Transport Focus, reflects on the lessons learned during the recent Southern disruptions by using passenger feedback.
  • Night Tube to launch on Jubilee Line in OctoberNight Tube services will launch on the Jubilee Line on 7 October, London mayor Sadiq Khan has said. Khan made the announcement after the service was successfully launched on the Victoria and Central lines on 19 August. It is expected that it will open on the Northern and Piccadilly lines by the...
  • Network Rail promises �20m to fund new stationsNetwork Rail and the DfT have opened the next round of funding for building new stations or reopening closed ones. Councils and TOCs are invited to bid for a share of the £20m second phase of the New Stations Fund, which will fund up to 75% of their proposals. The first round of money...

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  • Air New Zealand posts record net profit in 2QAir New Zealand has continued its run of strong financial results with a record net profit of NZ$463 million ($328 million) for the fiscal year through June 30, up 42% from the previous year. read more
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  • Vienna Airport glitch resolved Vienna International Airport flight operations have returned to normal following a glitch in data transmissions problems that caused cancellations and delays on Sunday, Aug. 28. read more
  • Legendary 747 designer Sutter dies age 95Joe Sutter, who was dubbed “Father of the 747” by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, has died at age 95. read more

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