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• Ministers lose £80m in revenue after scrapping car tax discs

  26-11-2015 18:38
  
  DVLA decision found to have backfired as figures show government has lost as much as eight times intended saving The government looks to have lost as much as £80m of revenue as a result of its decision to scrap car tax discs a year ago. The move has also led to a doubling in the number of unlicensed vehicles on British roads.The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) ended the need for drivers to display a valid tax disc in October 2014, and said at the time that the move would save th
  
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• How connected is your city? Urban transport trends around the world

  26-11-2015 13:06
  
  Cities in numbers: The densest cities can be the most efficient, lively and sustainable – but only if they boast effective management and design to minimise overcrowding and pollutionCities exist to provide access to people, goods, services and information: the better and more efficient this access, the greater the social and economic benefits of urban living. A defining characteristic of cities is therefore the degree to which accessibility is based on the physical proximity between origi
  
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• Network Rail misses punctuality target as profits fall

  26-11-2015 12:56
  
  But the railways operator will meet its own 90% target if one-in-200 trains run more quicklyRailways operator Network Rail has narrowly missed its own punctuality target as more than one-in-10 trains arrived late.The owner of Britain’s railway track admitted that “train performance has not been as good as we want”, after it undershot a target that 90% of trains should be on time in the six months to the end of September. Related: Transport suffers deepest cuts after London subs
  
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• Heathrow protesters block tunnel in protest against third runway – video

  26-11-2015 12:02
  
  Environmental activist group Plane Stupid causes rush-hour chaos at Heathrow on Thursday in a protest against plans for a third runway. Footage from Ian Stopher shows a van parked across the entrance tunnel to Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and a person chained to it so it can’t be moved Continue reading...
  
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• Heathrow protesters cause chaos by blocking entrance to Terminals 1, 2 and 3

  26-11-2015 10:40
  
  Police deal with rush-hour airport incident by campaign group Plane Stupid in which activist has locked himself to vehicleEnvironmental activists have caused rush-hour chaos at Heathrow by parking a van across the entrance tunnel to Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and locking themselves to the vehicle so it cannot be moved. The campaign group Plane Stupid says three of its members parked the van across the tunnel at 7.40am and unfurled a banner quoting David Cameron’s election promise: “No ifs,
  
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• Heathrow protesters block entrance tunnel to Terminals 1, 2 and 3

  26-11-2015 10:40
  
  Campaign group Plane Stupid parked van across road at 7.40am, and police say protesters removed and road reopened by about 11.10amEnvironmental activists caused disruption at Heathrow during rush hour by parking a van across the entrance tunnel to Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and locking themselves to the vehicle so that it could not be moved. The campaign group Plane Stupid said three of its members parked the van across the tunnel at 7.40am and unfurled a banner quoting David Cameron’s election
  
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• Lessons from Leicester … the UK's unlikely new poster city for cycling

  26-11-2015 08:30
  
  Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby is using his strong mandate and the discovery of Richard III’s remains to reverse decades of car-centric planning in this medieval cityLeicester was eviscerated in the 1960s by modernist town planners. They scythed through the medieval core of the city with two inner ring-roads, and multi-lane highways were built to provide fast access to the M1 motorway. The city, like many others, became dominated by cars: congested despite the width of the radial roads and danger
  
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• Spending review 2015: things you may have missed in Osborne's small print

  26-11-2015 08:24
  
  The tax credit cuts that will still go ahead, the bad news for students, and other devils in George Osborne’s detail Related: Tory MPs cheer George Osborne's climbdown on tax credit cuts We have added our own forecast judgment of a further six-month delay to the managed migration phase of the [universal credit, or UC] rollout. As usual, we have considered evidence from DWP and the latest assessment of UC rollout by the Major Projects Authority. While this indicates greater confidence in th
  
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• Wizz Air begins A321 services

  26-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Low-cost carrier (LCC) Wizz Air has begun Airbus A321ceo operations. read more
  
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• Whitehall ready to let TfL control Londons commuter rail services

  26-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Transportfor London took a step closer to greater control of commuter rail services in London today after it was claimed ministers were warming to the idea.
  
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• West Coast Railways responds to steam prohibition

  26-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Company allowed to run certain steam charters on main line
  
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• VIDEO: Transport Focus response to Spending Review

  26-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Passenger Director David Sidebottom of Transport Focus reacts to the Autumn statement/spending review
  
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• Under-fire rail company announces increased carriage spaces for commuters

  26-11-2015 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press -A train company that was criticised by commuters after it introduced a new timetable will add extra capacity to trains when it brings in another new timetable next month.
  
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• Tube station abandons

  26-11-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - At Holborn station on the London Underground, rush hour commuters will have to stand on both sides for the next three weeks
  
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• Travelport launches Eurostar seat map app

  26-11-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Travel technology firm Travelport has launched an enhanced app for booking Eurostar seats
  
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• Transport grant cuts to hit from 2018

  26-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Transport for London will have to be self-sufficient with its operating costs as day-to-day grants end from 2018.
  
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• Train finally found to provide Fleetwood service

  26-11-2015 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Fleetwoods rail link moved closer to getting back on track this week after a train was finally acquired to provide the service.
  
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• 'Stand on left' Tube bid to cut queues

  26-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Commuters are being asked to stand rather than walk on the left side of escalators at a central London Tube station to see if it can cut queues.
  
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• Runway protesters cause traffic chaos at London's Heathrow airport

  26-11-2015 01:00 via uk.reuters.com
  
  Reuters News - Activists opposed to the expansion of London's Heathrow Airport blocked an approach tunnel on Thursday by chaining themselves to a parked vehicle, bringing traffic chaos to Europe's busiest airport.
  
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• Revealed: New walkthrough Thameslink trains that will replace existing 1980s stock from next year

  26-11-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Rail bosses have unveiled the new train design that will replace the crumbling stock on Thameslink lines from next spring.
  
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• Railway enthusiasts feel like "vultures" for taking away Plumpton level crossing gates

  26-11-2015 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -RAILWAY enthusiasts admit they feel like vultures for volunteering to take away a much-loved Victorian-period village level-crossing.
  
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• Rail upgrade needs extra 2.5bn

  26-11-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Most of the money to come from commercial property sell-off and the government
  
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• Rail freight upgrades needed now.

  26-11-2015 01:00 via freightonrail.org.uk
  Freight on Rail- Freight on Rail welcomed the Hendy Reviews 1 recognition of the significant benefits to the UK economy and society of increasing rail freight capacity on key routes 2 but expressed concern that the major projects were now be delayed until the next control period after 2019. 3
  
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• Rail electrification to Swansea delayed

  26-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The electrification of the Great Western Railway line going west from Cardiff will take longer than initially expected, a Network Rail report says.
  
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• Rail electrification on South Wales mainline could be delayed to 2024

  26-11-2015 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -A review into UK railway projects says electrifying the Great Western Mainline to Swansea will not be completed until 2024
  
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• Petrol prices could rise after George Osborne failed to mention fuel tax

  26-11-2015 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Motoring campaigners reacted with fury at the prospect of petrol prices rising by 2p a litre after the Chancellor neglected to mention fuel tax during his Autumn statement.
  
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• Peel Ports urges cargo firms to cut haulage miles

  26-11-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Peel Ports has announced that it now has 50 advocates for its Cargo 200 initiative, which calls on cargo firms up and down the country - and particularly in the north-west - to pledge to cut their haulage miles. The initiative was launched in May in the hope of encouraging importers and exporters whose journeys end in the north of the UK - where Peel is based - to switch from accepting ocean deliveries at south-east ports to accepting them at the
  
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• Passenger levels still climbing as Liverpool John Lennon Airport continues investing

  26-11-2015 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Airport on track to serve almost 5m passengers in 2016 as momentum continues
  
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• Part-time Night Tube solution proposed

  26-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Part-time Tube drivers and better pay are offered by London Underground in a bid to solve the dispute that has stopped the launch of its new Night Tube.
  
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• Osborne confirms HS2 construction in Spending Review

  26-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Osborne confirms HS2 construction in Spending Review.
  
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• North Wales rail winter timetable launched

  26-11-2015 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Some new services and amendments have been announced by the rail operator
  
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• New Thameslink train makes successful first-ever test run, to Brighton

  26-11-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The future of commuting made its first outing on Thameslink tracks last night (Tuesday, 24 November).Govia Thameslink Railway took Siemens next-generation Class 700 train on its first-ever test run on national rail tracks between its depot at Three Bridges and Brighton in Sussex.The 240m 12-carriage trainhalf as long again as most Thameslink trains operating todaypassed initial tests that proved its compatibility with signalling and will now begin
  
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• New study finds major variations in fuel efficiency of transatlantic airlines

  26-11-2015 01:00 via aef.org.uk
  Aviation Industry- A new report by ICCT, the independent U.S. think tank, has ranked the fuel efficiency of the top airlines on routes between the U.S. and Europe, finding a 51 difference between the most (Norwegian Air Shuttle) and least (British Airways, BA) fuel efficient airlines.
  
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• Network Rail to sell off 1.8billion of 'non-core' assets to meet costs

  26-11-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Network Rail's chairman, Sir Peter Hendy, claims
  
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• Network Rail to sell off 1.88bn of 'non-core assets' to meet costs

  26-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Network Rail (NR) has announced plans to sell 1.8 billion of its
  
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• Network Rail sell-off to fund upgrades

  26-11-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Network Rail wants to sell £1.8bn of railway arch space, disused depots and shop space in bigger stations to help raise the cash to upgrade UK railways.
  
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• Network Rail blasted for 'poor cost estimating' and 'inadequate planning' behind bungled TransPennine route

  26-11-2015 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -The company will have to 'sell depots' and 'borrow £700m from taxpayer' to fund projects like Manchester-Leeds electrification, according to a new report
  
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• MP accused of 'being out of touch' with residents over Heathrow expansion

  26-11-2015 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  
  Get West London - Lateef Shattu from Chiswick said: Ruth Cadbury is out of touch with the views of most local people when it comes to the airport."
  
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• Merseytravel sets ambitious targets to increase numbers of people using buses

  26-11-2015 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Will free wifi and USB charging convince you to take the bus?
  
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• Main line largely missing from latest rail investment review

  26-11-2015 01:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The review into Network Rails investment proposals has been publishedbut there is little mention of any work to improve the main rail line between East Anglia and London.
  
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• Lufthansa strikes called off

  26-11-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Action planned for November 26-27 has been averted after unions agreed to hold more talks
  
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• Lessons from Leicester the UK's unlikely new poster city for cycling

  26-11-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby is using his strong mandate and the discovery of Richard IIIs remains to reverse decades of car-centric planning in this medieval city
  
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• Hendy confirms majority of enhancement projects can go ahead as planned

  26-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Network Rail chairman says some projects may cost more and take longer than originally expected
  
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• Hacktrain unearths new solutions to industry problems

  26-11-2015 01:00 via railjournal.com
  Other News Sources - MORE than 120 software developers, designers and entrepreneurs from around the world joined together last weekend for Hacktrain, a 48-hour onboard "hackathon" with the goal of developing new innovations to benefit the British railway industry.
  
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• Green Park station blow as electrification delayed until after 2019

  26-11-2015 01:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post -Network Rail reschedule railway project after report into massive overspend
  
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• Future of rail

  26-11-2015 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Announces the latest developments on rail investment and publication of Sir Peter Hendys report.
  
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• First UK main line tests for new Thameslink Class 700

  26-11-2015 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - A Class 700 made its debut on the UK network on November 24, when 12-car 700107 ran from its depot at Three Bridges to Brighton.
  
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• Department for Transports settlement at the Spending Review 2015

  26-11-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Chancellor George Osborne has today set out the state of the economy in the Autumn Statement and spending plans for the next four years in the Spending Review. The Chancellor used his speech to reveal details of the Department for Transports budget over the course of this parliament.Osborne spoke of the devolution revolution and declared Sheffield and Liverpool are to follow Greater Manchester in agreeing to elect local mayors. He also spoke of hi
  
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• Cyclists get ready for winter

  26-11-2015 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Sheffield commuters have been giving their bikes an early Christmas present at a new workshop which aims to keep cyclists on the roads during winter - as well as helping those less fortunate in society.
  
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• Councils to seek City Deal funding for a tram-train rail link at Glasgow Airport

  26-11-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A RAIL link between between Glasgow Airport and the city centre
  
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