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• The innovative delivery system transforming Gothenburg's roads

  18-11-2015 13:09
  
  It’s a simple idea. The Swedish city’s Stadsleveransen system pools deliveries for 500 shops and businesses – drastically reducing shopping centre traffic and freeing up once-congested streets for pedestrians and cyclists“I call it the rolling deckchair,” says Johan Erlandsson as his six-wheeled cargo bike, the Velove Armadillo, glides down the cobbled pedestrian streets of central Gothenburg. Stretching 14ft long but only 34 inches wide, the sleek machine is crafte
  
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• Storm Barney knocks out power to thousands of homes across UK

  18-11-2015 10:33
  
  Winds of over 80mph also cause widespread disruption to rail services, flights and ferry crossings Thousands of homes were left without power in Wales, the Midlands and southern and eastern England, while rail services were disrupted as Storm Barney struck Britain.Barney – the second UK storm strong enough to be named – saw winds peak on Tuesday, before conditions calmed down overnight. The highest winds were recorded at 83mph in coastal areas of north Wales, while gusts of 66mph reg
  
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• West Midlands and Liverpool take control of billions of infrastructure funds

  18-11-2015 01:00 via transportxtra.com
  Transportxtra - The Chancellor today hails devolution deals with the West Midlands and the Liverpool City Region, which will see local leaders handed control of £1bn of funds each for economic development and further transport funding.
  
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• Were running out of room, says Gatwick Subscription

  18-11-2015 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Gatwick is processing 40 million passengers a year for the first time after a record October.
  
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• Welsh Government has given £1.5 billion to Arriva Trains Wales over the last eight years

  18-11-2015 01:00 via southwales-eveningpost.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The UK Department for Transport provides a separate subsidy to Arriva Trains Wales for its services across the border.
  
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• Tube treasures under your feet

  18-11-2015 01:00 via tfl.gov.uk
  Transport for London - Earlier this year an abandoned station, unseen by commuters for 100 years, was uncovered during rail work for the Thameslink Programme. Lying half-forgotten beneath Rotherhithe New Road was Bermondsey's Southwark Park station. It opened in autumn 1902 but shut after just 13 years owing to lack of use and First World War economising.
  
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• Transport clich strikes as leaves on the line delay new train service

  18-11-2015 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - FALLEN leaves on railway tracks have been partly blamed for delays on a new train service to London.
  
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• Transport bosses to discuss changes to controversial bus cuts in Sheffield

  18-11-2015 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Sweeping changes to the citys buses came into force on November 1 and have sparked a wave of complaints about cramped buses, long waits, missed services and confusion over timetables.
  
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• Tramway threat in budget proposals

  18-11-2015 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Blackpools tram link to Fleetwood could be lost after County Hall chiefs threatened to stop funding its share of the tramway.
  
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• Trains to London will take 60 minutes longer on bus replacement over Christmas and the New Year

  18-11-2015 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -RAIL passengers to London will face hour-long delays over Christmas - despite the efforts of more than 20,000 engineers working on the nations rail infrastructure.
  
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• TfL files housing development application

  18-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Londons public-transport operator turns to property portfolio to fund network
  
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• Siemens plans 20 transport savings

  18-11-2015 01:00 via renews.biz
  
  Other News Sources - Siemens has announced its plans to reduce transport costs for offshore wind turbines by 20.
  
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• Qantas launches UK group travel booking site

  18-11-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Australian airline says UK-based agents can now book flexible group fares and competitive group quotes
  
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• Plans on track for better rail service

  18-11-2015 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Train passengers across the North West will be stunned at the improvements they see in 2016.
  
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• Norfolk Southern criticises bid from CP

  18-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - US railroad says offer values it about $28.3bn, less than 10 per cent premium to trading price
  
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• New Get Me There bus ticket will let you travel with more than 30 different operators across Greater Manchester

  18-11-2015 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - One step closer to an electronic pass for all transport across Greater Manchester
  
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• Merseyside devolution deal does NOT include better deal on tunnel tolls

  18-11-2015 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo - City region leaders say negotiations will continue with the Government
  
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• Major new rail deal for Scotland

  18-11-2015 01:00 via machinery-market.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A significant new contract for work to improve the railway between Aberdeen and Inverness has been announced by the Scottish Government agency Transport Scotland.
  
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• Leeds dad fronts new campaign

  18-11-2015 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - A railway worker from Leeds has been chosen as the face of a nationwide Christmas campaign by Network Rail.
  
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• Johnstone calls for the Government to improve its performance on transport justice

  18-11-2015 01:00 via theedinburghreporter.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian,is calling on The Scottish Government to recognise its failure to increase transport justice, reduce air pollution or deliver and climate change targets through investment in sustainable transport.
  
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• Greater Lincolnshire railway upgrade will be a boost for British businesses

  18-11-2015 01:00 via networkrail.co.uk
  Network Rail - Investment of almost £100m in Greater Lincolnshires railway this Christmas will improve passenger journeys and enable more freight trains to run from Immingham, one of Britains busiest ports.
  
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• Go-Ahead Group secures German rail contracts worth £1.12bn

  18-11-2015 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - The Newcastle-headquartered firm will operate two Lots of the Baden-Wurttemberg rail network, starting from June 2019
  
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• Gatwick approaches full capacity as airport renews argument for expansion

  18-11-2015 01:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - Gatwick Airport has revealed that it has handled 40 million passengers this year and is rapidly approaching full capacity.
  
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• Gatwick airport: Coaches launched direct from Kent by National Express and run by The Kings Ferry in Gillingham

  18-11-2015 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Kent Online - National Express is to launch a direct bus service to Gatwick airport from Kent in time for the Christmas holidays.
  
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• GARRANDALE GROUP DELIVERS REDUCED COSTS AND ENERGY SAVINGS FOR RAIL INDUSTRY WITH SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

  18-11-2015 01:00 via pandct.com
  Other News Sources - Garrandale combines innovation and the latest technology with traditional engineering skills to provide engineering solutions to the rail industry, providing jigs, fixtures and handling equipment for the manufacture of trains.
  
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• Fold-up helmets and sandwich bikes: 12 designs that revolutionised cycling

  18-11-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Choppers, Stumpjumpers, fold-away helmets and a flatpack DIY bike kit ... as the Design Museums new exhibition Cycle Revolution hits the tarmac, here are 12 innovations that reinvented the wheelBecause without a good saddle your buttocks are on a road to bruised and throbbing misery. The moulded leather Brooks saddle is, of course, a design classicclean, traditional, warm and beautiful. But what you may not know is that John Boultbee Brooks was working in Birmingham making horse h
  
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• First Group director takes CEO role at National College for High Speed Rail

  18-11-2015 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -John Evans is the first chief executive of new college in Birmingham and Doncaster which will train next generation of rail engineers
  
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• Extend tram link to boost investment Subscription

  18-11-2015 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Edinburgh must extend its tram line to make the most of investment opportunities, according to business and transport campaigners (Paris Gourtsoyannis writes).
  
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• Elmbridge anger as MP and council 'lack Heathrow stance'

  18-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Campaigners fighting Heathrow expansion have demanded their MP and council take a stance on the issue - as a government decision looms by the end of the year.
  
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• Easyjet profits hit record levels

  18-11-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Strong passenger growth and low fuel-costs helps profits jump 18
  
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• EasyJet posts record profits

  18-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Bumper summer holiday bookings and lower fuel costs offset impact of strikes and airport fires
  
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• EasyJet posts $833 million full-year net profit

  18-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- EasyJet has reported a full-year net income of £548 million ($833 million) for the year to September 2015, 21.8 higher than its £450 million profit for 2013-14, following a solid winter and a very strong summer performance.read more
  
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• Disabled access to public transport 'worse than before 2012' claims Paralympics star

  18-11-2015 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - A new surbet by the charity Whizz-Kidz says transport issues left many young people feeling excluded from job opportunities or accessing health and education services
  
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• Design award for Hitachi trains

  18-11-2015 01:00 via machinery-market.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - DCA (www.dca-design.com) and Hitachi Rail Europe (www.hitachirail-eu.com) have won the Stanley H Caplan User-centred Product Design Award 2015 from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES).
  
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• Cycle Revolution at the Design Museum: the hottest show on two wheels subscription

  18-11-2015 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - A celebration of cycle aesthetics featuring machines used by Bradley Wiggins will thrill the middle-aged Lycra brigade
  
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• Country dwellers 'neglected' by cuts

  18-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - People living in the countryside have been
  
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• CBI Wales wants to speed up big transport projects

  18-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The next Welsh government should set a timetable for the M4 relief road around Newport and put an independent body in charge of big infrastructure projects, an industry organisation has said.
  
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• Campaign to reopen Beattock rail station gathers steam

  18-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A group campaigning to re-open Beattock railway station claim to have taken an important step forward.
  
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• Campaign for a new railway line is gathering pace

  18-11-2015 01:00 via sussexexpress.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The proposal to open a new main line from the South Coast to London is gathering pace, campaigners say
  
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• Bus replaces rail services between Ipswich and Felixstowe and Marks Tey and Sudbury

  18-11-2015 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Two rail lines will not be in operation today due to a number of trains needing repair work.
  
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• BA and Lufthansa emissions in spotlight

  18-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Research ranks transatlantic carriers among least fuel efficient along with rival SAS
  
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• Armed police officers will be deployed across the rail network as part of the response to the Paris terror attacks

  18-11-2015 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - British Transport Police said high visibility policing would be brought in after a review of operations carried out in the wake of Friday's atrocities
  
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• Airberlin CEO: Germany must rule permanently on Etihad codeshare

  18-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Airberlin CEO Stefan Pichler said the German government must arrive at a permanent solution to its Etihad Airways codeshare discussions with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and not unilaterally terminate the approval policy that has been continuously implemented since 2012.read more
  
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