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CBI Wales wants to speed up big transport projects
The next Welsh government should set a timetable for the M4 relief road around Newport and put an independent body in charge of big infrastructure projects, an industry organisation has said.
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Gatwick is processing 40 million passengers a year for the first time after a record October.
Transport bosses to discuss changes to controversial bus cuts in Sheffield
Sweeping changes to the city’s buses came into force on November 1 and have sparked a wave of complaints about cramped buses, long waits, missed services and confusion over timetables.
West Midlands and Liverpool take control of billions of infrastructure funds
The Chancellor today hails devolution deals with the West Midlands and the Liverpool City Region, which will see local leaders handed control of £1bn of funds each for economic development and further transport funding.
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
BBC News
- Campaign to reopen Beattock rail station gathers steamA group campaigning to re-open Beattock railway station claim to have taken an important step forward.
Financial Times
- Norfolk Southern criticises bid from CPUS railroad says offer values it about $28.3bn, less than 10 per cent premium to trading price
Times Online
- ‘Extend tram link to boost investment’ [Subscription]Edinburgh must extend its tram line to make the most of investment opportunities, according to business and transport campaigners (Paris Gourtsoyannis writes).
The Mirror
- Disabled access to public transport 'worse than before 2012' claims Paralympics starA new surbet by the charity Whizz-Kidz says transport issues left many young people feeling excluded from job opportunities or accessing health and education services
Network Rail
- Greater Lincolnshire railway upgrade will be a boost for British businessesInvestment of almost £100m in Greater Lincolnshire’s railway this Christmas will improve passenger journeys and enable more freight trains to run from Immingham, one of Britain’s busiest ports.
Birmingham Post
- First Group director takes CEO role at National College for High Speed Rail John Evans is the first chief executive of new college in Birmingham and Doncaster which will train next generation of rail engineers
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Go-Ahead Group secures German rail contracts worth £1.12bnThe Newcastle-headquartered firm will operate two Lots of the Baden-Wurttemberg rail network, starting from June 2019
Wales Online
- Armed police officers will be deployed across the rail network as part of the response to the Paris terror attacksBritish Transport Police said high visibility policing would be brought in after a review of operations carried out in the wake of Friday's atrocities
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Leeds dad fronts new campaignA railway worker from Leeds has been chosen as the face of a nationwide Christmas campaign by Network Rail.
Blackpool Gazette
- Plans on track for better rail serviceTrain passengers across the North West will be stunned at the improvements they see in 2016.
- Tramway threat in budget proposalsBlackpool’s tram link to Fleetwood could be lost after County Hall chiefs threatened to stop funding its share of the tramway.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Bus replaces rail services between Ipswich and Felixstowe and Marks Tey and SudburyTwo rail lines will not be in operation today due to a number of trains needing repair work.
Other Regional Press
- Campaign for a new railway line is gathering paceThe proposal to open a new main line from the South Coast to London is gathering pace, campaigners say
- Welsh Government has given £1.5 billion to Arriva Trains Wales over the last eight years The UK Department for Transport provides a separate subsidy to Arriva Trains Wales for its services across the border.
- Transport cliché strikes as leaves on the line delay new train serviceFALLEN leaves on railway tracks have been partly blamed for delays on a new train service to London.
Transport for London
- Tube treasures under your feetEarlier this year an abandoned station, unseen by commuters for 100 years, was uncovered during rail work for the Thameslink Programme. Lying half-forgotten beneath Rotherhithe New Road was Bermondsey's Southwark Park station. It opened in autumn 1902 but shut after just 13 years owing to lack of use and First World War economising.
Other News Sources
- Major new rail deal for ScotlandA significant new contract for work to improve the railway between Aberdeen and Inverness has been announced by the Scottish Government agency Transport Scotland.
- Design award for Hitachi trainsDCA (www.dca-design.com) and Hitachi Rail Europe (www.hitachirail-eu.com) have won the Stanley H Caplan User-centred Product Design Award 2015 from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES).
- GARRANDALE GROUP DELIVERS REDUCED COSTS AND ENERGY SAVINGS FOR RAIL INDUSTRY WITH SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC Garrandale combines innovation and the latest technology with traditional engineering skills to provide engineering solutions to the rail industry, providing jigs, fixtures and handling equipment for the manufacture of trains.
- Trains to London will take 60 minutes longer on bus replacement over Christmas and the New Year RAIL passengers to London will face hour-long delays over Christmas - despite the efforts of more than 20,000 engineers working on the nation’s rail infrastructure.
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