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• Commercial Manager – Stagecoach East Scotland

  16-11-2015 11:53 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Head of Commercial
  We’re looking for an imaginative and innovative individual who wants to move their career to the next level by taking on this important post with one of Scotland’s largest operators.
  We operate over 500 buses and coaches with our local services being found throughout Fife, Dundee, Angus and Perthshire whilst our multi award winning coach services link the area to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, seeing continual growth under the Express City Connect and Coa
  
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• Glasgow could get greener by reclaiming its motorways

  16-11-2015 08:00
  
  Two ambitious developments could see Glasgow’s uncompromising urban motorways becoming a little greener: a public park spanning the chasm created by the M8 at Sauchiehall Street and a new skate park under the M74Glasgow’s historic centre has been ringed for decades by motorways which carve through the city. But now they could be slowly reclaimed for residents, with plans to span one with an urban park and decorate a second with a “world class” skate park.Plans are now und
  
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• Year of celebrations will mark 200th anniversary of completion of Leeds and Liverpool Canal

  16-11-2015 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -CANAL enthusiasts across the country have started a year of celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the completion of Britains longest single man-made waterway.
  
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• West Midlands' commutes are getting slower

  16-11-2015 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -With fears of traffic hell in Birmingham city centre with road closures as Central Library is knocked down, it appears the misery is well spread
  
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• We hoped for a march of the makers, but even BAE is failing to produce the goods

  16-11-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Observer -and now another British areospace giant, Rolls-Royce, is suffering from gambles that have gone wrong in the airline market
  
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• Trains attracted hundreds to weekend of activities

  16-11-2015 01:00 via portsmouth.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - THE romance of the railways drew hundreds of people to Hayling Island for a steam and model railway event.
  
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• This is the change everyone has been waiting for at London's Heathrow Airport

  16-11-2015 01:00 via uk.businessinsider.com
  
  Other News Sources - London's Heathrow Airport is one of the busiest hubs in the world and serves as a major point to connect traffic from Asia and Africa to North America.
  
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• Stagecoach launch luxury gold buses in Chester

  16-11-2015 01:00 via chesterchronicle.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Public transport users in Chester can travel in the lap of luxury now Stagecoach has officially launched a fleet of lavish gold buses.
  
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• Secret meetings over Cambridge transport plans questioned

  16-11-2015 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A council leader has been criticised after calling for secret meetings with hospital chiefs, schools and businesses over transport schemes in Cambridge.
  
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• Periodic review 2018 (PR18) consultations

  16-11-2015 01:00 via orr.gov.uk
  Office of Rail and Road (ORR) - On this page you will find details of the closed consultations/opportunities to comment on PR18 related matters...
  
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• Oyster card network not coming to north Surrey railway stations

  16-11-2015 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A rail campaigner has said "every station within the M25 should have Oyster"
  
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• Nottinghamshire village could get new bus route - followed by a tram

  16-11-2015 01:00 via nottinghampost.com
  Nottingham Evening Post - A feasibility study has been signed off by Nottinghamshire County Council to look at "the Rushcliffe growth corridor" and more transport options - including a bus heading out of the south side of the city, over Trent Bridge and onto the A52 to the village.
  
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• Northern routes key to growth, TfN says

  16-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - New cross-Pennine lines vital big-ticket item for economic growth
  
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• Northern Powerhouse unknown to 64

  16-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Two-thirds of people in the North of England have either never heard of, or know nothing about, the Northern Powerhouse, according to a BBC-commissioned survey.
  
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• No trains at Coventry and Birmingham International due to vandalism

  16-11-2015 01:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - A signalling problem caused by vandalism near Canley has led to delays of up to 60 minutes to trains between Coventry and Birmingham New Street.
  
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• MP Sir Edward Garnier joins the row to save the 31 bus route through Oadby

  16-11-2015 01:00 via leicestermercury.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The Harborough MP, whose constituency covers Oadby and Wigston, wrote to chief executive David Martin after it was announced the company was removing Copse Close and Launde Road.
  
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• More misery on the railways as lack of trains and overrunning engineering work disrupt services to Felixstowe, Sudbury and London

  16-11-2015 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Greater Anglia is unable to run trains on two of its branch lines for the second week running.
  
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• Letters, November 16: Commons hurdle for regions transport boost

  16-11-2015 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - ALL the talk about elected mayors for city regions in order to attract money for transport infrastructure on the scale of London and the South East will not come to anything unless something else happens.
  
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• John Prescott calls for a 'super region' for northern England to help it catch up to London

  16-11-2015 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - The former Deputy Prime Minister, who was MP for Hull East, said towns and cities in the north should be encouraged to join forces and form a super region with control over economic development, housing and transportarguing George Osbornes Northern Powerhouse plans are not coherent.
  
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• HS2: Cost of London-to-Birmingham leg of proposed new railway a third higher than previously estimated

  16-11-2015 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - The cost of the London-to-Birmingham leg of Britains proposed new railway, High Speed Two (HS2), is approaching £30bna third higher than previously estimated.
  
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• French rail crash: children were on board test train, says SNCF

  16-11-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Rail firm says it will investigate why children were allowed on high-speed train that derailed near Strasbourg, as death toll rises to 11 Children were on board a high-speed train that derailed during a test run in north-eastern France, the French rail company said, as the death toll rose to 11 with five still missing. Related: Ten dead in Strasbourg train crash, reports sayContinue reading...
  
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• First refurbished Enterprise train to be unveiled by Translink

  16-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The first refurbished train for the Belfast-Dublin Enterprise service is to be unveiled by Translink later.
  
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• Ferry lines to fight Danish tunnel terms

  16-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Stena and Scandlines dispute Brussels backing for EU-backed infrastructure project
  
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• Electric bikes offer all the benefits of a scooter, and none of the downsides

  16-11-2015 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - When Steve Richards' Vespa was stolen, a friend suggested he consider an electric bike instead: no MOT, tax, petrol, or parking problems
  
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• 'Double the spend on cycle paths'

  16-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Spending on cycle paths and footpaths in Wales should be doubled, according to a transport charity.
  
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• Daresbury researchers' breakthrough in electric car battery technology

  16-11-2015 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo -Cheshire site's super-powerful electron microscope helps to improve understanding of technology
  
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• Cost of HS2 'rises dramatically'

  16-11-2015 01:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - The cost of the controversial HS2 link which will run through the Thames Valley, has risen dramatically, according to figures given to the Treasury ahead of the spending review.
  
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• Branson's B Team calls for long-term climate goals beyond Paris

  16-11-2015 01:00 via edie.net
  
  Other News Sources -An environmental coalition of 22 business leaders including Sir Richard Branson and Unilever's Paul Polman have penned an open letter ahead of the crucial Paris talks calling for an 'actionable' global commitment of 'Net-Zero by 2050'.
  
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