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• Western oil firms must innovate or die

  29-12-2015 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Companies such as Exxon, Shell and BP could stop exploring and provide equipment, knowhow and technologies to oil-producing countriesNow that oil prices have settled into a long-term range of $30-50 a barrel (as described here a year ago), energy users everywhere are enjoying an annual income boost worth more than $2tn (mp;pound;1.34tn). The net result will almost certainly accelerate global growth, because the beneficiaries of this enormous income redistribution are mostly lower-
  
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• Volvo gears up for first bond issue

  29-12-2015 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Chinese-owned carmaker considers tapping capital markets in potential precursor to IPO
  
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• Tube workers using fake names to protect against stalkers and 'fixated' passengers

  29-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - London Underground workers are using fake names on ID badges to protect themselves against stalkers and harassment from passengers.
  
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• Trains running again between Bolton, Horwich and Chorley after landslip removed

  29-12-2015 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -TRAINS are running again between Bolton, Horwich and Chorley after a landslip was removed.
  
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• Train firm apology over cancellations

  29-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A train company apologises for cancelling services on one of the busiest post-Christmas shopping days.
  
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• Severn Bridge tolls are about to rise again to 6.60 a car from January 1

  29-12-2015 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Drivers who use the Severn Bridge and Second Severn Crossing regularly say it is an unfair burden on workers and businesses
  
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• Railway line closed for days by flooding

  29-12-2015 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -TheConwy Valley line disappeared under water as homes also flooded in Beaumaris
  
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• Polish passenger information consolidated

  29-12-2015 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - POLAND: In an effort to integrate, standardise and simplify the provision of passenger information...
  
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• Passengers reminded of disruption expected over festive period

  29-12-2015 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -BUS and trainpassengers are being reminded of changes to travel services today.
  
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• Nottingham Post published Robert Howard: Time to end 'The Twirlies' on buses?

  29-12-2015 01:00 via nottinghampost.com
  Nottingham Evening Post - Robert Howard, a blogger from Beeston, says bus travel concessions should be aimed at the young, not the old. There is not a bus driver in the land who has not heard someone, somewhere, ask, mp;quot;Am I too early?mp;quot;. Over the decades this has morphed into, mp;quot;Am I twirly?mp;quot;. The origin of concessionary bus fares can be traced back to the late-1920s, and by 1955, a total of 26 municipal transport undertakings were offering some form of concessionary tra
  
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• Nottingham Post published John Flynn: Why can't older people's bus passes be more flexible?

  29-12-2015 01:00 via nottinghampost.com
  Nottingham Evening Post - John Flynn from Burton Joyce argues that there could be more flexibility in older people's bus passes. I suppose that there are arguments about whether concessionary bus passes should be issued at all. Concessionary bus passes are currently issued to two main groups, the elderly and the disabled, and different considerations apply to each group. One school of thought is that if a person wishes to travel on a bus, then they should pay the full fare, just like everyone el
  
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• New Year's Day parade boss: Airlines 'crippling' tourism with sky-high fees

  29-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Airlines flying passengers into UK from the US accused of profiteering
  
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• Letters: An additional runway at Heathrow is merely a stop-gap measure

  29-12-2015 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - SIRThe hopeless saga of Britains new runway grinds on. Whatever the perceived economic benefits of building an additional runway at Heathrow, several intractable problems were not adequately addressed by the Airports Commission.
  
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• Judy Terry: Dont expand Heathrow boost regional airports instead

  29-12-2015 01:00 via conservativehome.com
  Conservative Party - How I tire of the criticism and abuse directed at David Cameron. You expect the Opposition to misrepresent the facts, but when business leaders and Conservative backbenchers weigh in, using words like hypocrite and coward to the media, its different.
  
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• Hidden Spaces: Elan Valley Aqueduct's tunnels deep underground

  29-12-2015 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -If the Edgbaston Waterworks were the key to the industrialisation of Birmingham then the Elan Valley Aqueduct was the lock that was opened.
  
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• Heathrow starts fight over bill for Crossrail link Subscription

  29-12-2015 01:00 via thesundaytimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Travellers could be hit with a surcharge as airport demands £40m a year from operator of flagship London project
  
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• Heathrow or Gatwick? It's make your mind up time for David Cameron - Lillian Greenwood MP

  29-12-2015 01:00 via citymetric.com
  
  Other News Sources - Few policy problems have proved to be as intractable as providing new airport capacitybut the case for action is overwhelming.
  
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• Handheld vehicle tag reader introduced

  29-12-2015 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - RFID: Mobile computing specialist Trimble has introduced a rugged, handheld computer with an...
  
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• Government in talks to boost mobile coverage on trains

  29-12-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Operators and infrastructure providers developing plan to cover 19,000 miles of track and deliver PM's 'free WiFi' pledge
  
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• Freight train carrying thousands of litres of sulphuric acid derails in Australia

  29-12-2015 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A massive 26-carriage freight train carrying up to 200,000 litres of sulphuric acid has derailed in Australia.
  
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• Football fans who cause disorder on trains to be targeted by new Transport Police unit

  29-12-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A new unit of uniformed and plain clothes police officers is being deployed across Scotland's rail network.
  
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• Flooding: Rail services disrupted by bad weather across West Yorkshire

  29-12-2015 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Train services expected to be hit until Tuesday evening
  
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• 'Drunk' young men filmed on citybikes in Mersey tunnel

  29-12-2015 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -Cycling is allowed between certain hours, but one Merseytravel figure wants the rules reviewed
  
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• Department of Transport balks at Heathrow Airport's demand for £40m-a-year to use part of its Express line for Crossrail

  29-12-2015 01:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  
  This is Money- Heathrow Airport is reported to be clashing with the Department of Transport over an annual £40millio payment to link Crossrail to its stations.
  
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• Commuters suffer as rail repairs hit the return to work

  29-12-2015 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Transport campaigners complain the public is paying the price for 'past neglect' of basic maintenance on railways
  
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• Buses badly damaged by blaze at Elland

  29-12-2015 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Twenty firefighters called to bus depot for late-night blaze
  
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• Bosses quizzed about 'joke' service

  29-12-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rail bosses are to be quizzed about train services in the South East which have been branded an
  
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• 75,000 passengers fly into Edinburgh Airport ahead of Hogmanay celebrations

  29-12-2015 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A record-breaking 75,000 passengers are expected to fly into Edinburgh Airport ahead of the capital's world-famous Hogmanay celebrations.
  
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