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• Rural hospital journeys by public transport almost twice as long as cities

  15-12-2015 15:22
  
  Report finds average journey to hospital is 57 minutes for English people in the country, compared with 33 minutes in cities
  People who live in rural areas of England take at least 57 minutes on average to reach their nearest hospital by public transport, almost twice as long as their urban counterparts at 33 minutes, according to a report published by the Department for Transport.The report also finds that those in urban areas have, on average, access to between three and four hospitals within
  
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• Southern Railway conductors vote to strike over staff shortages

  15-12-2015 14:35
  
  RMT ballot for strike action gets more than 70% backing over understaffing that it says has forced rush-hour cancellations on key commuter route into LondonPassengers on one of the biggest commuter routes into London could experience further disruption after conductors on Southern Railway voted to strike. A ballot held by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) saw more than 70% backing strike action in a dispute over staff shortages on the network.Related: Southern Rail fixes least-punctua
  
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• Scotland's PFI boom means £1.3bn a year bill is in the post

  15-12-2015 13:02
  
  New roads, hospitals and public buildings are being built now, but latest Treasury data shows government repayments will peak in 10 years’ timeTravelling around Scotland, the country feels dynamic. Motorways are being extended, new schools built and modern hospitals are springing up. But these projects are also the largest source of new public sector debt in Scotland and the biggest financial headache for Scottish National party ministers.The majority of these public building projects &nda
  
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• Scottish investment in rail funded with record borrowing

  15-12-2015 12:31
  
  Scotland’s total rail debt is forecast to reach £4.9bn by 2019, according to the Office of Rail and Road – more than double what it was in 2009The opening of the Borders railway in September came with the full royal fanfare. The Queen’s presence at its official launch crowned a surge in line upgrades and electrification, new and refurbished stations, and modernised trains.
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• Walsh sees scope for IAG-LATAM joint venture

  15-12-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh is interested in strengthening relations with Latin Americas LATAM Airlines Group, hinting at a potential joint venture (JV) between the oneworld partners.read more
  
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• Virgin East Coast launches Sunderland and Stirling services

  15-12-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Rail operator adds early morning departures after demand from business travellers
  
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• VanHool Trambuses ordered for Belfast Rapid Transit

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• UK's first tram train Unveiled in Sheffield

  15-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The UKS first Tram Train will be unveiled by Transport Minister Andrew Jones together with the Tram Train project team at an official event in Sheffield on Thursday 10 December.Passengers in South Yorkshire will be the first in the country to benefit from the innovative Tram Trains - a new tram-type vehicle, designed to run on both the citys tramlines and the rail network between Sheffield and Rotherham.The Tram Trains, which will allow passengers
  
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• Uber drivers win union breakthrough

  15-12-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Seattle move set to boost early efforts by drivers to organise in other US cities
  
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• Traffic plan hints at school hours move

  15-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Schools in Greater Manchester could vary their opening times if proposals to reduce carbon emissions are adopted.
  
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• Third call for low carbon project applications

  15-12-2015 01:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The third call for European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) applications for low carbon projects in the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough area is now live.
  
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• 'Spiralling cost of parking at Coventry Station'

  15-12-2015 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press -Car parking in city and indoor bowls hall - Coventry Telegraph letters for December 14
  
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• Spelthorne Borough Council disappointed a decision on Heathrow's expansion has been delayed

  15-12-2015 01:00 via 964eagle.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The decision on the creation of a third runway at Heathrow has been delayed - much to the disappointment of Spelthorne Borough Council.
  
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• Specialist equipment needed for Eden Bridge survey

  15-12-2015 01:00 via newsandstar.co.uk
  Carlisle News & Star -Specialist equipment is required to carry out a thorough inspection of Eden Bridge in Carlisle.
  
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• Sadiq Khan: make Gatwick expansion official party policy

  15-12-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- London mayoral candidate urges Jeremy Corbyn to back a second runway at Gatwick
  
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• Rolls-Royce shares fall over nationalisation contingency plan

  15-12-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Investors react to reports that UK government could take over firms nuclear submarine power arm or force it to merge with BAE SystemsConcerns are growing over the future of Rolls-Royce after it emerged the government has drawn up contingency plans to nationalise part of the power systems engineering firm if the crisis facing it worsens.Shares in Rolls fell on Monday as investors digested reports that the government could nationalise the companys nuclear submarine business or force
  
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• Reopening railway line between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen 'could cost £750m'

  15-12-2015 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -A study commissioned by the Welsh Government has suggested the full cost of the scheme could be between £500 and £750m
  
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• Rail franchising: pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) passport award - Claire Perry MP

  15-12-2015 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Transport companies that have been successful in their pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) passport application.
  
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• Publish detailed Heathrow third runway flight paths, says Sadiq Khan

  15-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Ministers were today urged to publish detailed flight paths for a Heathrow third runway to show which communities would be blighted by more noise.
  
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• PRESSURE ON TRANSPORT MINISTER OVER NEW TAYSIDE RAIL SERVICES

  15-12-2015 01:00 via eveningtelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - SCOTLANDS Transport Minister is coming under pressure to back plans to enhance rail services in Tayside....
  
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• Passengers on board with station opening

  15-12-2015 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -PASSENGERS and councillors say a new 10 million train station will give a huge boost to Apperley Bridge.
  
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• Passengers could soon travel on trains, buses and planes using same 'superticket'

  15-12-2015 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
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• Oral statement to Parliament Aviation capacity

  15-12-2015 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Explains that the government is undertaking a package of further work before making a decision about airport expansion in the south-east.
  
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• Optare Metrodecker to commence trial with Reading Buses

  15-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Optare celebrated the handover of their first Metrodecker demonstrator vehicle to UK Bus Operator of the Year, Reading Buses, for the start of a 1 month trial. Since 2003, this innovative operator has invested millions in over 100 new fully-accessible, ultra-low emission buses for their Premier Routes and subsequent evolution of its network, and welcomes the opportunity to launch the Metrodecker into service.Martijn Gilbert, Chief Executive Office
  
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• Optare Metrodecker starts trial with Reading Buses

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• NextCity: New travel app 'wakes Londoners up early if there are travel problems'

  15-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The inventors of the Oyster card are developing an "intelligent travel" system that could wake London commuters early if there are travel problems.
  
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• New Volvo S90 will have 'large animal detection'

  15-12-2015 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Swedens finest prepares to take on the 5 Series with an all-new executive saloon
  
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• New train service from Stirling to London will 'boost business and tourism'

  15-12-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A new direct train service connecting Stirling and Falkirk to London will boost business and tourism, according to the Transport Minister.
  
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• New Stirling to London rail service

  15-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A new direct rail service linking Stirling and London is launched by Virgin Trains.
  
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• New stations and routes mark timetable changes

  15-12-2015 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -Timetable changes have been affecting weekday services around the country today. Among the alterations is a doubling of frequency of Thameslink's all-night service on the Bedford route to half-hourly, and new services from Virgin Trains to serve Hull, Stirling and Sunderland. Northern has increased capacity on its network by 10 million seats a year, while new stations have opened in Kent and Lancashire.
  
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• New 'Smart' motorway comes into force on M1 near Huddersfield tomorrow

  15-12-2015 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -Highways England say improvements will help drivers
  
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• New mobile-friendly website for Stagecoach

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• New customer facility at Wrightbus Ballymena plant

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• New Bus Alliance established in Merseyside

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• National Express launches first German rail services

  15-12-2015 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The first rail services to be operated in another European country by National Express have been launched in Germany. Yesterday's Europe-wide timetable change saw the transfer of operations on two German routes from DB Regio to National Express, which had won the 15-year contracts to run lines in the Cologne area in February 2013. NX is also taking over some other German services, but its status as preferred bidder for S-Bahn routes in the Nuremberg region currently depends on th
  
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• Mackay pledges full disclosure on bridge repairs

  15-12-2015 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Transport minister Derek MacKay has agreed to release all documents about maintenance of the Forth Road Bridge after opposition parties demanded full transparency on when the government became aware of the need for urgent repairs.
  
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• Last Class: Airlines coin new term for cheapest seats

  15-12-2015 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Travel experts say that some airlines are informally calling using the term to refer to the cheapest seats on an aircraft, where service, cost and flexibility is worse than that of economy.
  
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• Jim Armitage: The Greater London Authority buys £3.5 million Heathrow bond

  15-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The folks in City Hall who really control our money are clearly more practical on airport expansion than London Mayor Boris Johnson.
  
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• HCT Group raises 10million to fund growth

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• Government's plan for rail investment goes ahead

  15-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The transport secretary has welcomed rail investment in the form of two new train stations to the west Yorkshire economy. Patrick McLoughlin - transport secretary - confirmed the government's conviction to modernise rail transport in the north, during a visit to the region. One of the two new stations to have been funded by the government and the west Yorkshire Combined Authority was Kirkstall Forge, which is set to open in 2016. Prior to this, th
  
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• Government confirms support for south-east airport expansion

  15-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The government has agreed with the Airports Commission to bring more runway capacity to the south-east.. With accepting the case for airport expansion the government, along with the Airports Commission, hope to have adequate runway capacity in the relevant area by 2030, according to the Department for Transport. The Airports Commission provided the government with a shortlist of options for expansion and found a way to deliver planning consents fo
  
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• Forth Road Bridge set to re-open on January 4

  15-12-2015 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - THE Forth Road Bridge is to reopen in the first week of January, one month after it was closed for urgent repairs, the operator of the crossing has confirmed.
  
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• First Manchester unveils images of interiors for new Busway fleet

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• European logistics market has a positive outlook

  15-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Cushman and Wakefield's latest Property Times European Logistics market report has shown that take-up and investment in the European industrial and logistics property market are set to hit new records in the new year. The report by Cushman and Wakefield revealed that property take-up hit 10.8 million square metres across the first nine months of 2015. In terms of figures, the study states that this property take-up marks a year-on-year increase of
  
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• Egypt contradicts bomb theory on Metrojet crash

  15-12-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Egyptian investigators for the Metrojet Airbus A321 crash say it has not received information indicating unlawful interference or a terrorist act in the Oct. 31 crash, contradicting statements made by Russias Federal Security Police in mid-November that a self-made explosive device equivalent of up to 1 kg of TNT had been set off on board.read more
  
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• Date set for Forth Bridge reopening

  15-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Engineers aim to have the Forth Road Bridge repaired and open to traffic by 4 January, bridge operator Amey confirms.
  
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• Council to try again to decide future of 15 million road project in face of hundreds of objections

  15-12-2015 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -COUNCILLORS are being asked to rubber stamp a 15 million road for a second time just months after High Court judges ruled the authority were mistaken to green light it in the first place.
  
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• Commuter misery and delays on new 'half-sized' C2C train service into Fenchurch St

  15-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Commuters faced travel misery on the way into work this morning as a new timetable of smaller trains left people standing in packed carriages or unable to board.
  
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• CMA recommends 10-year extension for ticketing block exemption

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• Christmas rail work criticised by Tunbridge Wells MP

  15-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The timing of engineering work on a busy stretch of railway has been criticised by a local MP.
  
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