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• Strike halts Caledonian Sleeper train

  22-12-2015 09:15
  
  Workers on the London-Scotland service will go on strike for 48 hours on Tuesday night over claims of defective trainsA 48-hour strike by workers on the Caledonian Sleeper service between Scotland and London will go ahead on Tuesday night after talks broke down.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union will walk out at 6.30pm, halting services. Continue reading...
  
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• YouTube star's shock as Uber driver 'watches videos at the wheel' during journey

  22-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A YouTube star has told how he was left in fear for his safety as his Uber driver watched videos during a journey through west London.
  
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• Which is Birmingham's least popular railway station?

  22-12-2015 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - And find out how many passengers share the weekly commute from your local West Midlands station.
  
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• Which are the busiest and least well used railway stations in Surrey?

  22-12-2015 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Figures released by the Office of Rail and Road showed Surrey's busiest station had more than 8m passenger journeys in a single year
  
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• West Coast Main Line runs full service after flood repairs

  22-12-2015 01:00 via networkrail.co.uk
  Network Rail - Passengers are benefiting from the return of a normal timetable on the West Coast Main Line today (Monday 21 December) after Network Rail fully reopened the section that had been badly damaged by flooding north of Carlisle.
  
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• VIDEO: Rail regulator receives super-complaint

  22-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Train companies are making it too difficult for delayed rail passengers to receive compensation, consumer group Which? has argued.
  
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• Unfair rail fine or unused train tickets? Six ways you can claim compensation

  22-12-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Millions of rail passengers are missing out on delay payouts, research shows. A passenger campaigner explains exactly how to claim
  
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• Transport Secretary unveils major boost for Crewe economy

  22-12-2015 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Patrick McLoughlin opens £26.5 million dual carriageway commemorating local figure David Whitby.
  
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• Transport Secretary opens Crewe Green Link Road

  22-12-2015 01:00 via crewechronicle.co.uk
  
  Crewe Chronicle -The new road has been named David Whitby Way in memory of the co-driver of the train hijacked during the so-called Great Train Robbery in 1963
  
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• Transport chiefs blame severe road works for bus network chaos

  22-12-2015 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Transport chiefs have blamed severe road works as a reason why Sheffields bus network has descended into chaos.
  
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• TramForward welcomes the development of two light rail schemes in Scotland.

  22-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - TramForward welcomes the development of two light rail schemes in Scotland.TramForward welcomes the decision taken by the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley City Deal Cabinet to help fund four major infrastructure projects in Greater Glasgow - including an airport public transport link.The Cabinet approved funding of £1.1m towards a project to connect Glasgow city centre with Glasgow Airport via Paisley Gilmour Street station. The Airport Access P
  
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• Thousands of London buses set to run on meat waste from 2016

  22-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A third of London's buses will run on fuel made from meat from next year, transport bosses have revealed.
  
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• TfL gets approval for Bank Tube station upgrade

  22-12-2015 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -Transport for London (TfL) has received approval from the UK Government to begin work on the £563m upgrade of London Underground's Bank Tube station in 2016.
  
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• Stagecoach invests 2m in new buses on its North Liverpool 19 route

  22-12-2015 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo -The services stops close to both Liverpool and Everton FC on matchdays
  
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• Stagecoach investigating after second bus crash in a month

  22-12-2015 01:00 via grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Bus company Stagecoach has confirmed it has opened an investigation after a bus crashed into a parked car in Cleethorpes over the weekend - the second collision involving the company this month.
  
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• Southern should improve immediately or lose rail franchise says MP

  22-12-2015 01:00 via portsmouth.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Southern should be stripped of its rail franchise unless it shows immediate improvement, an MP has demanded.
  
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• Someone has decided to put mistletoe on the London Underground

  22-12-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - A journey on the tube entails physical contact with too many strangers already, and one person has decided to add to the experience
  
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• Sleeper trains halted by strike

  22-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Strike action on rail sleeper services operated by Serco between stations in Scotland and London begins later.
  
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• Sheffield bus operator announces service plans for Christmas

  22-12-2015 01:00 via sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk
  Sheffield Telegraph - A Sheffield bus operator has released details of its Christmas and New Year services so passengers can plan their festive journeys.
  
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• Scotrail unveils £475m improvement plan

  22-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Train operator Scotrail announces a £475m programme, pledging new trains, thousands of extra seats, more at-seat power points and better wifi.
  
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• ScotRail announce £475m investment in fleet

  22-12-2015 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - A £475 million ScotRail programme to improve train capacity, accessibility and wifi has been announced.
  
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• Road safety measures are a positive step forward, says FTA

  22-12-2015 01:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Freight Transport Association has reacted positively to the range of measures set out by the Government today to improve road safety, which ...
  
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• Rail passengers in north Cambridgeshire set for bigger say in services

  22-12-2015 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Passengers in north Cambridgeshire will have more say on how local rail services are run, after the governments decision today (22 December 2015) to designate the Hereward Line as a community rail service.
  
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• Rail media vote Institute of Railway Research for top award

  22-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The Institute took the award for the SUSTRAIL project which aims to boost the quantity of freight carried by railAFTER participating in an EU-funded research project that led to a breakthrough design for an eco-friendly freight train of the future, the University of Huddersfields Professor Simon Iwnicki has collected an award from one of the worlds leading rail industry publishers.He heads the Institute of Railway Research (IRR) that is based at t
  
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• Paris-style electric car sharing coming to the UK

  22-12-2015 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Bluecity will mimic the Autolib scheme running in Paris
  
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• One third of Londons buses to run on waste fats and oils

  22-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Almost a third of Londons bus fleet will soon be running on a greener blend of diesel, resulting in a huge reduction in CO2 emissions of 21,000 tonnes each year which comes on top of the 48,000 tonne CO2 reduction from 2013 levels as a result of the introduction of lower emitting buses such as hybrids.Two bus operators, Stagecoach and Metroline, have signed deals with Argent Energy to supply them with B20 green diesel. The cleaner burning fuel is
  
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• New harbour master appointed at Port of Tyne

  22-12-2015 01:00 via shieldsgazette.com
  
  The Shields Gazette - The Port of Tyne has a new harbour master after Captain Alan McPherson was appointed.
  
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• Network Rail's 1m West Coast upgrade

  22-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Some of the 20,000 Network Rail staff working on the company's Railway Upgrade Plan will be upgrading the West Coast main line at Weedon. The improvements to the main line at Weedon are set to see an uplift in the reliability of the railway travel through the area. The investment by Network Rail will total 1 million and its focus is to benefit its passengers as the money will be spent on replacing more than 2km of drainage under the track at Weedo
  
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• Network Rail to upgrade line between London and Gatwick Airport

  22-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Part of Network Rail's Railway Upgrade Plan includes a project to replace a section of railways between London and Gatwick Airport and replacea bridge on the Brighton Main Line. From now, there will be no trains between Croydon and Redhill from 10pm on Christmas Eve through to 4th January 2016. To ensure there are minimal passenger disruptions during this time, there will be a mixture of diversions and rail replacement buses. Speaking on the upgra
  
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• Network Rail offers £20m of wheelset work at Holgate depot

  22-12-2015 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Other News Sources - Network Rail is considering hiring a partner to set up a facility at its Holgate depot in York to carry out the overhaul and assembly of its fleets wheelsets.
  
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• More seats promised as major overhaul of ScotRail fleet gets underway

  22-12-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A MAJOR upgrade of the ScotRail fleet has got underway in a move which will see 180 extra carriages added to the fleet within three years.
  
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• Million-pound bus interchange is unveiled

  22-12-2015 01:00 via hemeltoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The first bus picked up passengers from Hemel Hempsteads new million-pound transport hub this morning (Monday, December 21).
  
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• Leeds passengers facing festive shutdown on rail and buses

  22-12-2015 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Public transport users are facing a festive shutdown of rail and bus services in Leeds and the rest of West Yorkshire.
  
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• Heathrow and Gatwick express services disrupted over Christmas

  22-12-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - Fast trains will be suspended over the festive period due to engineering works
  
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• Government unveils host of measures to further improve road safety

  22-12-2015 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - New measures to help learner drivers and punish dangerous drivers.
  
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• Government report on Plymouth airport to be published early 2016

  22-12-2015 01:00 via plymouthherald.co.uk
  Plymouth Herald - A MINISTER has said the findings of a Government study into the future of the former Plymouth City Airport site will be published in the New Year.
  
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• Freightliner to improve rail fright competition

  22-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Leading real freight provider Freightliner has said that it will help strengthen competition in its sector. This is according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), which is going to investigate complaints into the lack of competition in the sector, reports Logistics Manager. The ORR will be looking into the transport of deep-sea containers by rail from two years ago throughout its investigation. So far, the ORR has found that arrangements between
  
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• Firm fined 200,000 for safety failings that led to worker's death on Tay Rail Bridge

  22-12-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A FIRM has been fined 200,000 after a rail bridge worker was gassed to death as a result of a catalogue of safety failings.
  
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• Fare dodgers urged to buy tickets...or risk devastating Star Wars spoilers

  22-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The London Underground's ever-imaginative employees have thought up a novel way to clamp down on fare dodgers.
  
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• Etihad expands codeshare with Russias S7 Airlines

  22-12-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- The deal will cover eight additional destinations from the airline's Moscow hub.
  
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• Edinburgh trams use up 12 per cent, surpassing targets

  22-12-2015 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  Edinburgh Evening News - MORE than five million passengers have used Edinburghs trams in the networks first calendar year, the Evening News can reveal.
  
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• Cycle hire bikes to get laser lights

  22-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Laser lights are to be installed on bikes in London's cycle hire scheme to make them more visible.
  
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• CTI appoints CEO

  22-12-2015 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Other News Sources - TMC names Clive Wratten as its new chief executive
  
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• Commuters in dark about rail compensation

  22-12-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Consumer group Which launches super-complaint against regulator
  
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• Christmas rail works: 'Plans in place' to stop repeat of last year

  22-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rail passengers facing disruption over the festive period have been promised measures are in place to stop a repeat of last year when overrunning work left thousands stranded.
  
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• Bus ticket inspector punched and kicked during attack in Islington

  22-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A bus inspector was punched and kicked in a shocking attack after asking a passenger for his ticket.
  
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• Brian Wilson: Flying for Scots has become lottery

  22-12-2015 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Residents of Scotlands islands are not unaccustomed to travel vagaries around the festive period. Generations of ferry travellers have kept an anxious eye on barometers and forecasts to gauge the likelihood of making it home for Christmas or the bells.
  
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• Alstom delivers first XTrapolis train to South Africa

  22-12-2015 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has received the first of 600 X'Trapolis Mega commuter trains ordered from Alstom at the Wolmerton depot in Johannesburg.
  
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• All Santander Cycles to be fitted with Blaze Laserlights to improve cyclist safety

  22-12-2015 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson MP, Transport for London (TfL), and Santander UK have today announced that all 11,500 Santander Cycles will be fitted with Blaze Laserlights over time from early 2016.After a successful trial with overwhelmingly positive feedback and strong independent test results, the lights will provide a bigger, brighter presence on the road and early warning of a cyclists proximity. The project is largely funded by Santander
  
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• 1 million upgrade to railway in Northamptonshire over Christmas

  22-12-2015 01:00 via northamptonchron.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Travellers using the railway face a diversion over the Christmas weekend as engineers work on a £1 million improvement scheme.
  
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