Journal of Commerce:" Jun 25, 2009
Bruce Barnard
London – The slump in European rail freight traffic that began in the final quarter of 2008 is deepening as major shippers slash production and shutter plants and trucks cut freight rates to boost their share of a shrinking transport market.
BBC News: 26 June 2009
A deal to end the bitter jobs dispute at the Total-run Lindsey oil refinery, which has led to walkouts across the country, has been agreed, unions say.
Contract workers at the oil refinery walked out over job losses
Financial Times: June 26 2009
By Robert Wright, Transport Correspondent
The company that runs the Channel Tunnel is "looking carefully" at bidding for the UK's only dedicated high-speed rail line.
RMT: June 25 2009
RAIL UNION RMT announced today that members working for Network Rail Maintenance have voted by over 95% to reject harmonisation plans in a referendum ballot.
RMT: June 24 2009
SPECIALIST TRANSPORT union RMT today slammed the latest financial results of bus and rail company Stagecoach as they revealed that shareholders dividends are being increased while up to a thousand jobs on their South West Trains and East Midlands Trains franchises face the axe.
Continue reading "RMT slams Stagecoach as dividends rise while a thousand staff face the axe" »
Times Online: June 24, 2009
Dan Sabbagh
Stagecoach, the rail and bus operator, saw profits at its British rail franchise fall as the faltering economy hit passenger growth, particularly at its flagship South West Trains franchise operating from Waterloo.
Continue reading "Stagecoach rail profits fall as economy weakens" »
BBC News, Ethiopia: 22 June 2009
By Elizabeth Blunt
A major project is under way to restore Ethiopia's 100-year-old imperial railway, and there are even plans to build a new national network.
Continue reading "Ethiopia looks to revive past railway glories" »
Financial Times: June 22 2009
By Gill Plimmer
UK rail freight traffic has fallen sharply in the past quarter, according to new figures that show the effect of the recession on the industry is deepening.
The Guardian: Saturday 20 June 2009
Simon Hattenstone
Boris Johnson calls him demented, the Sun blockaded his home and many Londoners cursed his tube strike, but Bob Crow is in no mood to compromise his communist ideals - even the dog's called Castro
Bob Crow general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers. Photograph: Martin Godwin
Continue reading "'If anybody says it is nice to be hated, they're lying'" »
Financial Times: June 20 2009
By Robert Wright
Calls for a joint public inquiry into the Potters Bar and Grayrigg fatal train crashes have been rejected by the transport secretary.
Eastern Daily Press: 20/06/2009
ANTHONY CARROLL
The managing director of a Norfolk recruitment agency escaped the full force of the law last night after she fleeced casual workers out of more than £11,000.
New York Times: June 20, 2009
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Rail cars containing thousands of gallons of ethanol exploded when a Canadian National Railway freight train derailed on Friday night, killing one person and resulting in the evacuation of hundreds of nearby homes.
Continue reading "Woman Is Killed in Illinois Train Derailment" »
The Examiner: 20/06/2009
BY LORETTA JOHNSTON
THE State Government looks set to take control of Tasmania's rail network by the end of November, following two days of "intense" negotiations between the State Government and executives from Asciano, parent company of rail operator Pacific National.
Continue reading "It's lock, stock, barrel and locos as Government takes over rail" »
FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW: JUNE 19, 2009
By Kathleen E. McLaughlin
Only last fall, Sanjiang in the province of Guangxi, was the China of every tourist's dream. Stunning mountain rice terraces serve as a backdrop to quaint villages of airy, traditional wooden houses and peaked, covered bridges.
Continue reading "China's Rail Plans: Putting the good of the country above the tourist trail" »
Guardian: 17 June 2009
Dan Milmo, transport correspondent
Transport group succeeds in easing £1.2bn debt burden but needs to take more radical action – including handing back its biggest rail franchise.
Continue reading "National Express lightens load but still heads for buffers on east coast" »
8 June 2009
No2EU:Yes to Democracy coalition convener Bob Crow has called for urgent discussions involving socialist organisations, campaigns and trade unions to build a concerted response following the election of two fascists from the BNP to the European Parliament.
Continue reading "No2EU calls for unity to defeat the BNP " »
BBC News: 8 June 2009
The left-wing No2EU party led by the leader of RMT rail union Bob Crow has gained 1% of the UK vote in the European Parliament elections. The No2EU - Yes to Democracy alliance polled 153,236 votes.
Bob Crow called for concerted action to tackle the BNP
IFW: 08-06-2009
James Falkner
Rail freight operators risk losing further volumes to road transport providers because they cannot respond quickly enough to bids from their customers, according to delegates at the Rail Freight Group conference.
Continue reading "Rail 'needs to speed up response to bids'" »
Transport Intelligence: 08/Jun/2009
Major global and European customers, shippers, forwarders, independent train operators and other representative interest groups are calling on European Transport Ministers meeting at the Transport Council on 11-12 June 2009 to accelerate liberalisation of the rail freight sector.
Continue reading "Call for European ministers to accelerate rail liberalisation" »
No2EU-Yes to Democracy: Who's standing and why you should vote for them click here: http://no2eu.com/candidates.html
Continue reading "Vote 'No2EU - Yes to Democracy' on 4 June" »
PUBLIC MEETING - BRISTOL
TODAY - Friday, May 29
18:30 - 21:30
SPEAKERS: Alex Gordon (NO2EU candidate SW)
Gawain Little (NO2EU candidate SE)
Dave Nellist (NO2EU candidate W Midlands)
VENUE: GWR Staff Association Club
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The Times: May 29, 2009
Peter Stiff
National Express back on the rails after an upgrade - Such is the impact of the recession on the country’s railways, with passenger growth faltering as would-be commuters stay at home without jobs, perhaps the rail companies would be better off jacking it all in.
Continue reading "NX shares rise on stockbrokers' advice to dump rail franchises" »
No2EU – Yes to Democracy today confirmed a full schedule of election broadcasts this week and announced that former Labour MP Alice Mahon will declare her support for the No2EU coalition at a public meeting in Birmingham tonight.
Alice Mahon resigned from the Labour Party last month after 50 years of membership. She was the MP for Halifax from 1987 to 2005.
Financial Times: May 26 2009
By Robert Wright, Transport Correspondent
It is one of the defining images of the rural US. Across mile upon mile of highway in the plains of the midwest, the rolling hills of the south-east or the forests of New England, huge trucks thunder, carrying goods from producers to customers or from distribution centres to retailers.
Continue reading "US road haulage: Rail rivalry pulls big rigs off the highway" »
