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Saturday, 09 November 2019

BBC News

• England flooding: River warnings and rail delays continueSeven severe flood warnings are in place amid travel problems after flooding that claimed a woman's life.
• Manchester Airport chiefs express concern over 95m apartment block plansAnchorage Gateway wants to build a 31-storey block at Salford Quays featuring 290 apartments.
• Crossrail Delay: Line will not open until 2021 as costs increaseThe route, which could cost £650m more than the current total of £17.6bn, was due to open in 2018.
• Thomas Cook airport slots bought by EasyJet and Jet2Slots at Gatwick, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and Stansted are bought as the travel firm is dismantled.
• EU should drop oil, gas and coal funding, say ministersEU finance ministers call upon the European Investment Bank (EIB) to cut fossil fuel funding.

Financial Times

• IAG cuts capacity growth targets as chief outlines plans to retirePullback comes as Willie Walsh prepares to step down from BA’s owner within two years
• EasyJet buys Thomas Cook’s slots at Gatwick and Bristol airportsCollapsed travel company’s take-off and landing slots were one of its most valuable assets
• Crossrail costs expected to hit £18.3bnSignalling and station completion problems push opening to March 2021

The Guardian

• On the tube in the 70s – in picturesThe tube photographs of Mike Goldwater, shot between 1970 and 1980, capture intimate private moments of tenderness and humour behind the hustle and bustle of the human traffic. Be transported back to a time when it was fine to talk (and smoke) on London’s undergroundLondon Underground 1970-1980 by Mike Goldwater is published by Hoxton Mini Press Continue reading...

The Independent

• Crossrail delayed until 2021 with costs set to hit £20bnFinal cost could be one-third more than original £14.8bn estimate
• Pollution solution: the greenest way to deliver your parcel'Realistically, the P1 can move as fast or faster than a traditional van through many cities because of the different routing it can take.' Sean O'Grady on a new green machine

The Telegraph

• Britain faces 'waste battery mountain' as electric car use surges [subscription]ritain faces a new waste crisis from a “ battery mountain” caused by the growing use of electric cars, according to an academic study.

Times Online

• Crossrail opening delayed again as bill rises to £18bn [Subscription]The opening of Crossrail has been put back again until at least 2021, with cost overruns amounting to £3 billion taking the total bill to £18 billion.
• Speed limits to be beamed into cars on sign‑free roads [Subscription]Signs could be removed from the side of major roads within eight years under government-backed plans to beam speed limits and traffic information directly into cars, experts said.

City AM

• Jet2 buys Thomas Cook's slots at Stansted, Manchester and Birmingham airportsBudget airline Jet2 has snapped up Thomas Cook’s airport slots at Stansted, Manchester and Birmingham, the collapsed travel company’s liquidators [...] The post Jet2 buys Thomas Cook's slots at Stansted, Manchester and Birmingham airports appeared first on CityAM.

Mail Online

• Ryanair named filthiest airline in Which? surveyIn a Which? Travel survey a quarter of those polled rated the hygiene on Ryanair flights as 'poor'. Airlines that fared well included BA, Air New Zealand and Cathay Pacific.
• Britain's motorways are so congested the average speed of drivers is just 25MPH in some areasThe slowest sections of motorway in Britain are two stretches of the M25 leading to the Dartford Tunnel. Findings emerged from an analysis of Department for Transport congestion figures in 2018.

The Mirror

• Ryanair named worst airline for cleanliness by passengers - see the full listRyanair has been named the worst airline for cleanliness in a new survey by Which? Travel where members were asked to rate a number of airlines

Bolton News

• Vandals trash Kearsley railway station with rocks causing misery for commutersDESTRUCTIVE yobs trashed a railway station in a callous overnight attack.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• ‘Huge’ number of services cancelledNORTHERN was forced to cancel a “huge” number of services last month amid staffing problems created by the need to send drivers for training on its new fleet of trains.
• Uber making taxi regulation more 'complex' - meeting told The rise of Uber has made the issue of safeguarding taxi passengers “even more complexâ€�, a meeting of councillors from across West Yorkshire has been told. 

London Evening Standard

• Bosses angered after another Crossrail delayFurious bosses on Friday lashed out after a fresh warning that the already-delayed Crossrail will not open until 2021.
• Crossrail delayed until 2021 and could be £650 million over budgetHopes of opening Crossrail next year were officially abandoned today as bosses revealed it could cost the public purse an extra £650 million to get the crisis-hit line running.

Manchester Evening News

• 'Pandemonium' at Oxford Road station as platforms closed after broken-down train causes major delaysServices heading towards Oxford Road from Liverpool Lime Street and Salford Crescent have been affected

The York Press

• Council slated over loss of 72 rail parts jobs RACHAEL Maskell has accused City of York Council of

East Anglian Daily Times

• First look at plans for new rail station ravaged by fireThis is what the new railway station at Saxmundham will look like once it is rebuilt following last year's devastating fire.

Leeds Live

• 'Defining moment' for £9m rail upgrade works between Harrogate and YorkNetwork Rail has commissioned an in-depth review of railway timetables

Other Regional Press

• Isle of Wight train service suspended againISLAND Line services have reportedly been suspended again today (Friday) — after several problems earlier in the week.
• Crossrail has been delayed again and Elizabeth Line now won't open until 2021The overall cost of the line has gone up again too - to a mind-boggling £18.25 billion
• A new £22m train station could be built at the White Rose Shopping CentreYou could soon be able to take a train straight to the shops
• Jet2 acquires Thomas Cook landing slots at Birmingham AirportJet2 has bought the slots at Birmingham, Manchester and Stansted airports
• Nuneaton to Coventry super cycle route back on trackThere are also plans to make it easier to cycle to Hinckley too

Business Live

• Crossrail delayed until 2021 - and costs go up by £650m"We are doing everything we can to complete the Elizabeth Line as quickly as we can but there are no shortcuts"
• Impressive new vessel welcomed to Grimsby's wind fleetInvestment in offshore division tops £12 million for pan-Humber MMS as 26-metre MMS Superior is launched

Railnews

• Railways in north of England blocked by floods Heavy rain has blocked and damaged railways, particularly in the North of England. South Yorkshire was the area worst affected, and there were no trains running on Friday morning between Sheffield and Leeds via Moorthorpe, or between Sheffield, Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Hull or Huddersfield. Trams in Sheffield were also affected by flooded streets. There was more disruption in Manchester, Chester and Derbyshire, while a Cornish line is blocked by subsidence. Network Rail said its engineers will carry out safety inspections once the water levels have dropped. Meanwhile, a senior railway manager say...

Transportxtra

• Modern PRM-compliant trains may go for scrap or exportInterCity railway carriages refurbished as recently as three years ago are now being scrapped amid concerns over the rail industry’s “incredibly long-winded” process for re-using rolling stock.

Aviation Industry

• Airbus bullish on A220 in Cambodian marketAirbus believes the A220 will be an attractive platform for carriers in Cambodia as it brings the regional airliner to the seventh leg of an Asia-Pacific demonstration tour. read more
• Finance ministers call for European aviation taxNine European finance ministers have called on the incoming European Commission to make progress on a European aviation tax as part of efforts to reduce the airline industry’s environmental impact. read more
• Lion Air finds cracks on two Boeing 737NGs Indonesian LCC Lion Air has discovered cracks on two of its Boeing 737NGs, each aircraft having fewer than the 22,000 flight cycles stipulated by FAA’s threshold for inspection since cracks were discovered on other airline aircraft. read more
• New Icelandic LCC PLAY announces 2020 operationsEight months after the collapse of WOW Air, a new Icelandic LCC has emerged with plans for services to Europe and North America. read more

Other News Sources

• Concern raised over new Heathrow rail linkThe backers of a planned new Heathrow rail link fear it will not be completed until 2030. The concern was raised by the independent Heathrow Southern Railway Limited (HSRL) on publication of strategic objectives for southern access to the London hub by the Department for Transport.
• Concern raised over new Heathrow rail linkThe backers of a planned new Heathrow rail link fear it will not be completed until 2030. The concern was raised by the independent Heathrow Southern Railway Limited (HSRL) on publication of strategic objectives for southern access to the London hub by the Department for Transport.