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• Plan forcing cyclists to dismantle bikes before using Channel service ditched

  13-11-2015 21:48
  
  Eurostar reverses decision after campaign by cycling groups and charities signed by more than 9,000 peopleEurostar has reversed its decision to force cyclists to dismantle their bikes before using the Cross-channel rail service after growing pressure from the public.The company announced that it will continue to accept fully assembled bikes after it was accused of treating cyclists as third class passengers and was warned the plan would discourage new cyclists and make air travel a more attracti
  
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• Meet the supercommuters: how to survive five hours of travel every day

  13-11-2015 17:20
  
  By train, by bike, and even by ferry – there are now 3m of us who commute for two hours a day, and 900,000 who are en route for more than three hours. This is what it’s like to spend a fifth of your waking life in transit - through vicious storms, traffic jams and German lessonsFrom my house, I cycle along country roads, then I get two trains across Glasgow, then I’m back on my bike on country roads. It takes me about 2hr 15mins in the morning, and about 2hr 45min in the evenin
  
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• VW sets whistleblower deadline

  13-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - German carmaker VW sets a 30 November deadline for staff whistleblowers to come forward about its diesel emissions test cheating.
  
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• UK airports see passenger numbers rise

  13-11-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Record growth at Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted
  
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• The Tube network had its busiest day ever... as TfL warns of worse to come

  13-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Londons Tube network has had its busiest day in history when almost five million people clambered onboard.
  
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• The towns transformed by budget airlines

  13-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - It's 20 years since Easyjet's first flight. In that time the aviation industry has changed almost beyond recognition, taking tourists to towns previously untouched by holidaymakers.
  
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• South Yorkshire transport staff travel passes worth 212,000 a year - and chief earns 115,000

  13-11-2015 01:00 via rss.feedsportal.com
  
  Doncaster Free Post - Free travel passes with a retail value of mp;#163;212,000 are provided to staff working at South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive annually, The Star has learned.
  
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• Six coach bays to be built at former Greyfriars bus station site in Northampton

  13-11-2015 01:00 via northamptonchron.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Bays for six coaches will be included in plans for any new shops built on the former Greyfriars bus station site.
  
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• Shaw Report: Genuine consensus on industry concerns

  13-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Nicola Shaw releases scoping report for review into Network Rails structure and finance
  
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• ScotRail fits power sockets to more trains

  13-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - ScotRail has fitted power sockets to the first of 40 Class 334s, as part of a 36 million upgrade.
  
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• Same-day ticket app on Abellio Greater Anglia

  13-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Passengers on Abellio Greater Anglia services can now purchase same-day travel tickets on their phone
  
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• Safer cycle lanes design contest launched

  13-11-2015 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - DESIGNS for new segregated cycle lanes to encourage timid cyclists to take to the roads are being sought in a competition launched by transport minister Derek Mackay today.
  
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• Railway supply industry news in brief

  13-11-2015 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - HSH Nordbank, ING DiBa, BAML, DVB, Deutsche Bank, Barclays and ABN AMRO are participating in a...
  
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• Privatisation talks nonsense, says Highways England chief

  13-11-2015 01:00 via cnplus.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Highways Englands chief has rubbished claims that the management of the UKs highways is set to be handed over to private firms, calling the idea nonsense.
  
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• Preston-Blackpool electrification put back a year

  13-11-2015 01:00 via cnplus.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Network Rail has set a new completion date for a crucial part of the 75m north-western electrification programme that is almost two years later than originally scheduled.
  
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• PD Ports appoints new general manager

  13-11-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - On 1st September, PD Ports welcomed on board a new general manager business development, Roy Merryweather, as part of its growth plans to generate further new business in the Companys bulk handling operations at its North-east based port, Teesport.Roy joins PD Ports from Peel Ports where he was employed for over four years as group business development manager.In his new role at Teesport, Roy is responsible for developing supply chain solutions fo
  
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• Number of trains that failed to stop at red signals at 10-year high

  13-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Potentially dangerous incidents of trains driving passing stop signals on Britain's railways have reached their highest level since 2004, official figures show.
  
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• North Wales rail summit demands Boxing Day trains

  13-11-2015 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Calls for Boxing Day rail service follows Liverpool's move to run trains on December 26th
  
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• North Wales devolved rail body to tackle electrification

  13-11-2015 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Other News Sources - Welsh leaders attending a rail summit in Llandudno are set to refine and agree to details of a major new body designed to drive forward rail modernisation in North Wales.
  
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• Network Rail sell-off to be considered

  13-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Shaw Report on structure and financing of infrastructure operator to look at full or partial sale
  
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• Network Rail sale possible to cut its debt Subscription

  13-11-2015 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Network Rail could be privatised as part of sweeping government reforms designed to reduce train delays and cut its £38 billion debt.
  
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• Motorway speeding fines will lead to 'complete breakdown in police relations with public'

  13-11-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Head of College of Policing launches blistering attack on plans floated by crime commissioner to switch on all speed traps on stretch of M1
  
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• More local input to go into road repair decisions in Northamptonshire as part of £10 million investment

  13-11-2015 01:00 via daventryexpress.co.uk
  
  Daventry Express - Councillors in Northamptonshire will be able to select roads in their area to be given pothole repairs as part of a two-year investment of £10 million.
  
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• Medway Arriva drivers are being balloted for industrial action over controversial and unsafe timetable changes

  13-11-2015 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Arriva drivers are being balloted for industrial action over controversial timetable changes which are unsafe and unreliable.
  
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• Man arrested 30 times for bus and train thefts just wants to work on the subway

  13-11-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Darius McCollum has become an unlikely folk hero for illegally commandeering New York Citys trains and buses, in an attempt to fulfill his childhood dreamDarius McCollum has a peculiar hobby: impersonating New York transit staff, stealing buses and trains, and then driving them away.As one police spokesman said of him in 2010, he has a thing for mass transit.Continue reading...
  
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• Maersk Line chief talks up $2bn NOL move

  13-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Consolidation in container shipping would be good for carriers and their customers, says Soren Skou
  
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• Luton station revamp hinges on bid for 2.5m bounty

  13-11-2015 01:00 via lutontoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The long-awaited redevelopment of Luton railway station may finally go aheadshould the government give a bid for £2.5 million the green light.
  
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• Lufthansa's Growing Strike Bill Shows CEO Is Ready for Fight

  13-11-2015 01:00 via topix.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Lufthansa's losses from a series of crippling strikes over the past 10 months are set to surpass 230 million euros , eclipsing expenses from a spate of walkouts last year. While the bill is eating into profit, it's also testimony to Spohr's determination to deliver the radical restructuring he says is needed to take on leaner carriers such as EasyJet Plc and British Airways.
  
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• Lufthansa signs Singapore Airlines deal to target Asia market

  13-11-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Codeshare deals on routes between Singapore and Frankfurt, Munich and Zurich
  
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• London politicians attack Heathrow expansion plans in favour of new runway at Gatwick

  13-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Council leaders in Wandsworth, Kingston, Southwark and Croydon issued a joint call for David Cameron to 'get behind Gatwick'
  
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• London commuters face 1 fare rise

  13-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Transit authority expects to raise 43m from changes but Labour pledges four-year freeze
  
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• London bus fares and Tube prices 'to be frozen' in 2016, Mayor of London announces

  13-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Commuters will benefit from a real term freeze on transport fares across London in the New Year, the Mayor of London announced today.
  
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• Learner drivers who pass driving test will be given 'cashback'

  13-11-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, announces plans to 'incentivise' young drivers to ensure they are ready for their tests
  
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• Jobs hope as Blackpool Airports unused site granted enterprise zone status

  13-11-2015 01:00 via lep.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - This is how the former international terminal at Blackpool Airport could look when the proposed enterprise zone at the site gets under way.
  
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• Iran president moots Airbus order

  13-11-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- President Hassan Rouhani says deal will probably be signed during French state visit
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of children under eleven to get free travel on ALL London trains

  13-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Hundreds of thousands of children under eleven are to get free travel on all train services in the capital, it was announced today.
  
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• 'Hideous, horrible, overpriced!' - YOUR views on rail travel in Surrey revealed

  13-11-2015 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The majority of people who responded to the Get Surrey rail travel survey felt they weren't getting value for money
  
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• Heathrow in Scots export push amid runway battle

  13-11-2015 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Research commissioned by Heathrow has highlighted its contribution to Scottish exports as the battle for a new runway between Londons largest airport and rival Gatwick continues.
  
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• Halfords signs up Sir Bradley Wiggins

  13-11-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Tour de France and Olympic gold winner to launch new range of childrens bikes to refire cycling groups profitsHalfords has enlisted Sir Bradley Wiggins to to aid its turnaround efforts, after reporting a fall in profits and bicycle sales.The cycle and car-repair chain is teaming up with the British Olympian and Tour de France winner to launch a new range of affordable, lightweight bikes for under-16s next July to get more children and teens into cycling.Continue reading...
  
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• Glass shell starts to grow around Blackburn's £4.7m bus station

  13-11-2015 01:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -WORK has begun to install the remaining 102 glass panels surrounding Blackburns new £4.7million bus station.
  
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• Ford looks to geckos to boost the recyclability of its cars

  13-11-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - A new partnership between the car maker and the Biomimicry Institute is a significant step forward in propelling the philosophy of nature-inspired sustainable design In recent years, the Ford Motor Company has aggressively sought to solve environmental problems related to its products while reducing production costs. Wasted wheat straw often burned by Canadian farmers has been blended into a plastic feature of the Ford Flex to reduce petroleum use. Plastic bottles have been conver
  
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• FirstGroup hit by losing rail franchises

  13-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Transport groups US bus business suffers as low oil prices make driving more affordable
  
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• First Dog on the Moon's handy guide to the difference between Uber and taxis

  13-11-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - One hands out mints, but also knows your name, address and mobile number. The other allows you to run away without paying. Which do you choose?Christmas is coming, and brand new First Dog toys for kiddies (and for adults who like toys) are on sale now. What a coincidence!Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published Continue reading...
  
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• Eurostar takes ELEVEN HOURS to get to Paris after hitting boar

  13-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Trainee opera singer and entire Discovery Channel team entertain irate passengers with music and virtual reality headsets
  
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• Corethree wins tender for delivery of transport for Greater Manchester mobile ticket solution

  13-11-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), another of the UKs major public transport operators, has chosen Corethree to build its first ever mobile application for ticketing. The first new app to roll out will be for the Manchester Metrolink tram system, which has 92 stops in the Greater Manchester region. It is the first UK entry to the travel sector for Apple Pay. Corethree has delivered the app in record time, from tender win to completed build i
  
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• Bus company switching to solar power

  13-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A Perth bus company is hoping to cut three million kg of carbon emissions by installing solar panels at its depots.
  
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• Anger mounts over rail breakdowns caused by leaves on the line

  13-11-2015 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Rail passengers on two Suffolk branch lines are facing another day of bus rides after it emerged that nearly half the diesel railcars in East Anglia had been sidelined at one point this week because of problems caused by falling leads.
  
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• 20mph speed limits on the way to many roads in Rastrick, Elland and Brighouse

  13-11-2015 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Calderdale Council plan to lead the way in slashing speed limits
  
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• First time driving test passes to be given cash refunds

  13-11-2015 00:51
  
  A new government plan intends to raise the low first-time pass rate which stands at just 21% of applicantsWell-prepared learner drivers who pass their driving test first time will be eligible for a refund of part of the cost, under new government proposals.The plan is intended to raise the low first-time pass rate, which stands at just 21%. Continue reading...
  
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