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BBC News - The new operators of Wales and Borders rail services have taken over the running of the franchise.

BBC News - Despite walking away from another franchise, Virgin Trains and Stagecoach shared £51.2m in dividends.

BBC News - High pressure water and sand are applied to the tracks to remove

BBC News - The figures are revealed after Mobike left Manchester because of repeated vandalism and theft.

Other News Sources - 'I have never heard a crowd cheer for train doors opening before'

Other News Sources - A quality assurance scheme provider is seeking an injunction against Network Rail, which owns and operates rail infrastructure in England, Scotland and Wales, for allegedly abusing its dominance by insisting that suppliers use a different assurance scheme.

Other News Sources - Ruth Cadbury MP has asked the Government to review its decision to go ahead with Heathrow expansion following the release this week of new World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on noise.

Other News Sources - One of York's bus operators has revealed that it is spending up to 25 minutes removing rubbish from every bus each evening and is therefore urging customers to think before they litter and to take their rubbish away with them.

Aviation Industry - Japans All Nippon Airways (ANA) is expanding its network to Europe with daily Tokyo Haneda-Vienna (Austria) services, starting Feb. 19, 2019. read more

Aviation Industry - LCC Volotea has carried its 20 millionth passenger, six years after its creation, the Spanish airline said Oct. 11. read more

Aviation Industry - Russias S7 Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX on lease from Air Lease Corp., becoming the first Russian airline to fly the type. read more

Aviation Industry - UK-based maintenance provider Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) said it has secured significant funding from its owner, Greybull Capital, after earlier reports that its future might be under threat. read more

Aviation Industry - Ryanair has confirmed the Irish LCC has appointed a third managing director for Austria-based LaudaMotion. read more

The Business Desk - Derby-based CoMech has appointed Craig Burton, formerly of Bombardier, as its new managing director.

Railway Gazette - UK: Network Rail has confirmed its intention to directly award Hitachi Rail Europe a £30m contract to supply a traffic management system for the Sussex area of its South East Route and the East London Line.

RailNews.co.uk - AN HITACHI Intercity Express has arrived at Newquay on the north coast of Cornwall for the first time.

Rail Technology Magazine - Completion of electrification of lines on the Bristol Parkway route have taken one step closer today following further upgrades by Network Rail.

Rail Technology Magazine - KeolisAmey has begun operations taking over the Wales and Borders franchise today, with transformed services on the way for passengers according to the Welsh transport secretary Ken Skates.

Rail Technology Magazine - Londons deputy mayor for transport Heidi Alexander has called for Jo Johnson to back the extension of contactless payments across London in preparation for the Euro 2020 football tournament.

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