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Updates on the Birmingham New Street re-development, Birmingham International Airport and national news. en-gb Birmingham Post http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/19/rail-passengers-set-for-huge-disruption-says-virgin-trains-65233-21565732/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:21:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/19/rail-passengers-set-for-huge-disruption-says-virgin-trains-65233-21565732/ Midland rail passengers are being warned by Virgin Trains to expect severe disruption on its West Coast Main Line services for a fortnight, starting this weekend. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/19/west-coast-main-line-disruption-will-be-worth-it-says-network-rail-65233-21565721/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:09:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/19/west-coast-main-line-disruption-will-be-worth-it-says-network-rail-65233-21565721/ It is costing £8.8 billion. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/15/birmingham-aiport-could-be-hit-by-strike-65233-21543597/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:21:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/15/birmingham-aiport-could-be-hit-by-strike-65233-21543597/ Tens of thousands of travellers at Birmingham International Airport face the prospect of bank holiday chaos as workers consider strike action in a pay dispute. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/12/network-rail-workers-call-off-strike-65233-21521592/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:29:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/12/network-rail-workers-call-off-strike-65233-21521592/ A four-day strike by thousands of Network Rail maintenance workers has been suspended to allow fresh talks in a bid to resolve a row over terms and conditions. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/09/lobby-group-rails-against-new-street-plans-65233-21501003/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:02:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/09/lobby-group-rails-against-new-street-plans-65233-21501003/ A national rail organisation wants the Government to force Birmingham City Council to re-think plans for redeveloping New Street Station. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/07/birmingham-airport-breaks-1m-passengers-in-one-month-65233-21489292/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:20:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/07/birmingham-airport-breaks-1m-passengers-in-one-month-65233-21489292/ Birmingham International Airport last month handled a record 1,036,135 passengers – confounding the fuel crisis which has been hitting many airlines. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/06/network-rail-and-virgin-row-hits-passengers-in-the-pocket-65233-21480166/ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:20:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/06/network-rail-and-virgin-row-hits-passengers-in-the-pocket-65233-21480166/ Birmingham travellers booking train tickets to London over August Bank Holiday are being short-changed because of a feud between Virgin Trains and Network Rail, it has been claimed. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/06/new-airline-service-from-birmingham-to-istanbul-65233-21480078/ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:19:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/06/new-airline-service-from-birmingham-to-istanbul-65233-21480078/ Birmingham International Airport has received a major boost with the news that a major airline will commence services from the hub to Istanbul. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/04/longbridge-railway-line-hopes-dashed-by-a38-road-plans-65233-21463921/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:30:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/08/04/longbridge-railway-line-hopes-dashed-by-a38-road-plans-65233-21463921/ Plans for road improvements at Longbridge in Birmingham will kill off any hopes of resurrecting a nearby disused railway line, it has been claimed. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/31/national-express-sales-rise-as-travellers-choose-buses-and-trains-65233-21445833/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:41:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/31/national-express-sales-rise-as-travellers-choose-buses-and-trains-65233-21445833/ Birmingham-based National Express (NEX) is to mount a vigorous campaign to attract customers as high petrol prices force more travellers to leave their cars at home. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/31/new-street-redevelopment-hit-by-more-delays-65233-21445856/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:04:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/31/new-street-redevelopment-hit-by-more-delays-65233-21445856/ Frustration over the redevelopment of New Street Station has been exacerbated by a delay of six months in naming the architects for the £600m scheme. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/31/26m-to-help-tackle-west-midlands-traffic-congestion-65233-21445750/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:50:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/31/26m-to-help-tackle-west-midlands-traffic-congestion-65233-21445750/ The West Midlands is to receive £26.6 million of funding to introduce congestion-busting technology and traffic flow improvement measures. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/30/aa-turns-to-bikes-to-cut-through-brum-s-traffic-65233-21438598/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:12:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/30/aa-turns-to-bikes-to-cut-through-brum-s-traffic-65233-21438598/ Birmingham has the slowest moving rush hour traffic of Britain’s five major regional cities, a major report has revealed. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/29/grand-central-station-plan-was-snubbed-by-council-half-wits-65233-21428676/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:59:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/29/grand-central-station-plan-was-snubbed-by-council-half-wits-65233-21428676/ The man behind plans for a £2 billion main railway station at Birmingham’s Eastside has hit out at “half-wit” politicians for failing to back the idea. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/25/forget-grand-central-station-says-birmingham-council-chief-65233-21408270/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:34:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/25/forget-grand-central-station-says-birmingham-council-chief-65233-21408270/ Supporters of Grand Central railway station at Eastside are dead and buried and the scheme’s supporters should stop engaging in “pointless” arguments about what might have been, Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes has said http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/25/black-country-rail-service-faces-funding-axe-65233-21408260/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:03:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/25/black-country-rail-service-faces-funding-axe-65233-21408260/ A West Midlands rail commuter link could be axed even though the number of passengers using it has grown to 60,000 a year. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/24/former-travel-west-midlands-chief-joins-calls-to-scrap-cosmetic-new-street-scheme-65233-21403170/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:55:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/24/former-travel-west-midlands-chief-joins-calls-to-scrap-cosmetic-new-street-scheme-65233-21403170/ The refurbishment of New Street station should be derailed according to a former chairman of Travel West Midlands. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/24/regeneration-experts-say-birmingham-must-be-improved-65233-21403155/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:47:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/24/regeneration-experts-say-birmingham-must-be-improved-65233-21403155/ Birmingham needs an improved inner-city transport system to tie together disparate development projects, top regeneration experts have said. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/22/tailbacks-on-m6-after-lorries-collide-65233-21382148/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:07:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/22/tailbacks-on-m6-after-lorries-collide-65233-21382148/ Commuters faced huge tailbacks this morning after three lorries were involved in an accident at Spaghetti junction on the M6 in Birmingham. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/21/new-street-plan-dismissed-as-inadequate-by-mps-65233-21377288/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:36:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-transport-news/2008/07/21/new-street-plan-dismissed-as-inadequate-by-mps-65233-21377288/ The planned £600 million refurbishment of New Street Station is “cosmetic” and the Government needs to consider alternatives now, a hard-hitting Commons inquiry has warned.