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Abellio agrees to sell 40% of Greater Anglia franchise to Mitsui

Abellio agrees to sell 40% of its Greater Anglia rail franchise to Japanese firm Mitsui.

Court to rule on wheelchair priority on buses

The Supreme Court will today rule on whether disabled travellers are legally entitled to priority use of wheelchair spaces on buses - even when there are babies in buggies on board.

Zac's back: Goldsmith to lead four-borough campaign against Heathrow expansion

Former Richmond Park MP Zac Goldsmith has been appointed spokesman and organiser of the anti-third runway campaign by Richmond, Wandsworth, Hillingdon and Windsor and Maidenhead councils.

Yousaf urges Scottish rail devolution

Transport Minister cites improved efficiency and effectiveness of rail operations

Prime Minister supports campaign to deliver £1bn rail improvements across North Wales & Cheshire

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has backed the Growth Track 360 campaign to secure £1 billion of rail improvements for North Wales and Cheshire.

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

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  • Our island nation: maritime growthMaritime reception address mentioning the 'UK is a world class maritime centre' booklet, growth study, recent appointments and successes.

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  • Southern rail strikes suspended as two sides agree to TUC talksUnion members had planned three-day walkout next week that would have brought Southern’s services to a halt A strike by train drivers on Southern rail planned for next week has been suspended and talks announced, raising fresh hopes of a resolution to the long-running dispute.The TUC will host talks from Wednesday between Southern’s owner, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), and the train drivers’ union Aslef. Continue reading...

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  • Holyrood rail powers call to save £100m for servicesA CAMPAIGN to devolve control of Scotland’s railways to Holyrood - which champions say would save the taxpayer £100 million a year - is set to issue a clarion call for support from across the political divide.

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  • Glasgow’s unbuilt Inner Ring RoadTHE MOTORWAY which famously cuts through Glasgow and spans the Clyde was dreamt up over 70 years ago in a bid to ease congestion and divert traffic from the city centre. But just how much of it remains unbuilt?

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  • Lighting the way ahead in a green blaze of glory [Subscription]Forget about painting the town red. For five years Emily Brooke has wanted to make the night-time streets of the world’s great cities glow green, yet it was only at the end of last year that her bright idea started to dazzle the City’s great and good.
  • Carol Midgley: Ever touched thighs on the bus with a man watching porn? [Subscription]Who doesn’t feel a tad queasy that people are watching porn on public transport as casually as if they were reading a free copy of the Metro? So many passengers whip out their phones on buses and trains to view some Slutload as they schlep to work (possibly to make your lunchtime sandwich — think on that) that transport bosses have warned they will be reported to the police and may be charged with outraging public decency.
  • East Anglia deal opens a route for HS2 bid [Subscription]Mitsui has become the first Japanese company to join the increasingly international list of operators with their hands on the controls of Britain’s railways by buying a 40 per cent stake in the East Anglia train franchise.

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  • Court to rule on wheelchair priority on busesThe Supreme Court will today rule on whether disabled travellers are legally entitled to priority use of wheelchair spaces on buses - even when there are babies in buggies on board.

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  • Railway makes plea to stop fly-tippers Staff at one of Peterborough’s best known attractions are pleading for fly-tippers to be derailed after piles of rubbish have been left on train tracks.

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  • SNC-Lavalin wins US rail contracts from SEPTA and PLTP in US Canadian engineering and construction company SNC-Lavalin has secured two rail and transit contracts in the US.
  • UK’s Network Rail to upgrade North Yorkshire's East Coast Main Line UK Network Rail has announced details of improvements to the East Coast Main Line in North Yorkshire as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan.
  • Key Techniques for Rail Fastening Systems Rail fastening system is composed of rail fastenings. Rail fastenings are used to connect rail and railway sleeper. The main function of rail fastening system is fixing rail on the railway sleeper.
  • Achieving efficiency through standardsVaibhav Puri, head of standards policy at the RSSB, attempts to bust the myths around standards, and argues that they will be vital to the trading relationship of the rail industry and its supply chain in a post-Brexit world.
  • Aslef offers to suspend Southern strikes for talksThe railway drivers’ union Aslef has offered to suspend its industrial action on Southern rail next week if the operator agrees to new talks hosted by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Drivers were due to strike next week on 24, 25 and 27 January as Aslef and RMT continue their dispute with...
  • Delivering on route devolutionAt RTM's recent Northern Powerhouse Rail Conference, Andy Haynes, Network Rail's contracts and procurement director, explained the infrastructure owner's decision to establish eight devolved routes, each with a managing director responsible for aligning TOCs and FOCs in their area and engaging suppliers.
  • Vital transport links closer to being a realityDavid Brown, chief executive of Transport for the North (TfN), shares his thoughts on the government's announcement of HS2 Phase 2b.

Railnews

  • New gloomy rail survey figures prompt calls for devolution or nationalisation There have been new developments in the dispute over driver-only operation on Southern, but no resolution appears to be in sight. The RMT has called a conductors' strike on 23 January, with three 24-hour walkouts by drivers belonging to ASLEF and the RMT set to follow on 24, 25 and 27 January. Southern said services will be 'limited' on the 23rd, and that no trains will run during the drivers' strikes. Previous disruption is also continuing to have an effect: a survey published today by the consumer group Which? reports that Southern is at the bottom of a table measuring passenger satisfactio...
  • Southern drivers' strikes suspended for new talks The drivers' union ASLEF has suspended industrial action on Southern next week so that new talks can take place with Govia Thameslink Railway. The TUC confirmed the move, which has followed an offer from the union to suspend the strikes if GTR agreed to 'intensive talks over driver-only operation under the auspices of the TUC'. However, a strike of conductors set for 23 January is still on.
  • Mitsui to own 40% of Greater Anglia franchise Abellio is selling a 40 per cent stake in its Greater Anglia franchise to Mitsui, reinforcing the Japanese presence in the British rail sector. The Dutch group said the deal met a 'long-standing objective' to run GA as a 60:40 joint venture, but the RMT criticised the sale as making a 'mockery' of the franchising process.

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  • TSA administrator Neffenger to step down Jan. 20US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) head Peter Neffenger will resign Jan. 20, the day President-elect Donald Trump assumes office. read more
  • Rolls-Royce finalizes bribery settlements UK aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has finalized a series of agreements with authorities in three countries, at a cost of �671 million ($808.5 million), related to a bribery and corruption investigation. read more
  • United earns $2.3 billion 2016 net profitUnited Airlines parent United Continental Holdings reported a full-year 2016 net profit of $2.3 billion, down 69.2% from net income of $7.3 billion in 2015. read more

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  • New law will say yes to the 30 mph electric bicycleIt looks like European law is finally about to catch up with a new breed of faster electric bicycle. And it’s about time, too. While the uptake of electric cars remains painfully slow, the popularity of the 30 mph speed pedelec is soaring. Sales in Holland increased by over 30 per cent last year alone. One such speed pedelec is the Stromer… The post New law will say yes to the 30 mph electric bicycle appeared first on ETA.

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