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• Scotland battered by heavy rain and gales

  04-01-2016 14:49
  
  West coast mainline between Carlisle and Glasgow closed for at least a month and more than 35 flood warnings in placeHeavy rain and high winds are battering parts of Scotland, with forecasters warning of further flooding and key transport routes already knocked out due to damage from Storm Frank last week.Rail bosses confirmed on Monday that the west coast mainline between Carlisle and Glasgow would be closed until at least February while repairs are carried out to the Lamington viaduct, near Lo
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn joins activists at King's Cross for rail fare rises protest

  04-01-2016 14:49
  
  Labour leader attends gathering of party and union members as they leaflet passengers in London about the 1.1% riseJeremy Corbyn joined Labour and union activists at King’s Cross station in London as they leafleted passengers on the first working day since rail fare rises were implemented across the country.About 40 activists gathered at the station, along with the general secretaries of the biggest rail unions, Aslef, TSSA and the RMT, to protest against an average fare rise of 1.1% that
  
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• East London tube, DLR and rail stations change zones

  04-01-2016 14:46
  
  Fares to be cut for 100,000 people a week as eight stations near Olympic venues including Stratford and West Ham change from zone 3 to zone 2/3The centre of London has officially spread a little further east, with the capital’s transport authorities rezoning stations near the 2012 Olympics venues to the boundary of zone 2.
  The move will cut fares for about 100,000 people travelling each week, and put Stratford’s rail, tube and DLR stations, West Ham and Canning Town and others in the
  
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• Wales train strike causes new year chaos for travellers

  04-01-2016 11:08
  
  24-hour walkout by Arriva Trains Wales drivers hits tens of thousands of people returning to work and education after festive breakTrain services across Wales came to a halt on Monday because of a drivers’ strike, causing misery for tens of thousands of commuters and travellers. On the first day back to work and education for millions after the festive break, many were forced to drive or catch taxis or buses, which caused congestion on main roads; others walked or cycled, while many opted
  
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• Wales train strike: Aslef members at Arriva begin 24-hour walkout

  04-01-2016 05:51
  
  All services at Arriva Trains Wales expected to be cancelled on first day back for many workers after holidaysTrain services across Wales will come to a halt on Monday as train drivers strike in a row over terms and conditions.
  Members of Aslef at Arriva Trains Wales will walk out for 24 hours, causing travel chaos on the first day back to work after the festive break.Continue reading...
  
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• UK rail passengers 'hit six times harder' on fares than European travellers

  04-01-2016 01:01
  
  As UK commuters return to work after latest fare increase a campaign highlights vast discrepancies across Europe in season ticket pricesBritish commuters spend as much as six times more of their salaries on rail fares than their European counterparts do, campaigners claim, as millions return to work today paying new, higher fares.Analysis of similar journeys into four major European cities showed that season tickets in Britain are significantly more expensive. Related: Labour calls for renationa
  
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• Youngsters given chance to become railway children in Weardale

  04-01-2016 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -YOUNG people can join a new group to gain experience with a network of railway organisations.
  
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• Why commuting is bad for your health

  04-01-2016 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -NO one really likes the daily grind, but for some the daily commute is beginning to take a toll on their health.
  
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• VIDEO: Delhi begins anti-pollution trial

  04-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The BBC's Shilpa Kannan reports from Delhi, where authorities are beginning a trial to allow cars on the roads on alternate days.
  
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• UK rail commuters 'pay up to six times more than passengers in Europe'

  04-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Workers who commute by train spend up to six times as much of their salaries on fares as European passengers on publicly owned railways, a study has revealed.
  
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• UK commuters spend up to six times as much on rail fares as European passengers

  04-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Campaign group says some UK workers are spending 13 per cent of monthly wages on rail travel compared to just two per cent in Italy
  
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• Transport chief faces 2.8bn budget hole

  04-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Mike Brown has to grapple with an investment programme, more passengers and less money
  
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• Train strike set to cause chaos for North Wales rail passengers

  04-01-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -ALL of tomorrow's Arriva Trains Wales services have been cancelled due to industrial actions which will hit commuters returning to work after the Christmas break
  
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• Train fares edge up 1 for 2016

  04-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Campaigners attack use of RPI inflation to set levels as increases reach 25 over six years
  
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• Torfaen bus operator under fire for withdrawing transport for student with epilepsy

  04-01-2016 01:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -THE mother of a Torfaen student has claimed a transport operator can no longer take her daughter to college as she is 'too disabled'.
  
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• Tesla sales pace falls short at end of 2015

  04-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Electric carmaker delivers only 208 of new Model X in Q4
  
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• Supermarkets cut diesel price below 1

  04-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Supermarket chain Morrisons cut the price of diesel to below 1 a litre on Sunday and Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's followed suit from Monday, taking the fuel to its lowest price since 2009.
  
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• Shipowners rocked by sinking charter rate

  04-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Forced sales hit dry bulk sector as possible bankruptcies loom
  
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• Shipowners batten down the hatches

  04-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Dry bulk companies batten down the hatches as they try to ride out industry crisis
  
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• Retailers to create 160 jobs at airport

  04-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Up to 160 new retail jobs are to be created at Edinburgh Airport in the first half of this year, following the redevelopment of retail space.
  
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• Restoration of Britain's last trolleybus hits costly setback

  04-01-2016 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -PLANS to renovate an historic 1950s Bradford trolleybus have been delayed by 18 months, with organisers needing to raise 25,000 to complete the project.
  
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• Residents criticise bus lane plan

  04-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Residents raise concerns over plans to create a bus lane on a major road in Cardiff.
  
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• Rail franchises are monopolies that need scrapping

  04-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - If you've paid too much for your ticket this year you should blame failed privatisation
  
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• Rail fares 'up three times faster than wages'

  04-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Rail passengers hit by annual price hike for tickets, which has seen fares
  
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• Rail electrification 'ruining English countryside'

  04-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Work on electrifying the Great Western mainline is damaging some of Britain's best loved landscapes, including Goring Gap and the southern Cotswolds
  
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• Privatise Britain's border controls, says new report

  04-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Think-tank says UK Border Force - set up only four years ago - is failing and should have passport control functions put out to contract
  
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• £160,000 boost to help make school buses less poisonous to children in Greater Manchester 'pollution hotspot'

  04-01-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -Town halls have to monitor emissions to prove money is being put to good use
  
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• Pollution hotspots get 'clean bus' cash

  04-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Eighteen
  
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• Politics got in the way of runway decision

  04-01-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Airports Commission member says government delay is disappointing
  
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• Petrol price war revs up as supermarkets slash diesel prices to below £1 a litre

  04-01-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Several of the country's biggest chains are to follow suit after Morrisons made the move at its filling stations earlier today
  
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• Passengers win battle to keep dry at bus stop

  04-01-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Bus passengers can now keep out of the rain after a campaign by residents prompted the installation of a new shelter.
  
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• Oyster glitch leads to free travel

  04-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Passengers on London's transport network travelled for free after a technical glitch left people unable to use their Oyster cards.
  
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• No end in sight for rail chaos

  04-01-2016 01:00 via newsandstar.co.uk
  Carlisle News & Star -Major disruption to rail services between Cumbria and Glasgow and Edinburgh is expected to continue until Friday at least.
  
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• New shuttle bus service for flood-hit Tadcaster

  04-01-2016 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -A shuttle bus will operate from Tadcaster to take passengers from one side of the River Wharfe to the other via the A64.
  
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• More cyclists found guilty of ignoring road signs as authorities crack down on 'bully boys on bikes'

  04-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  The Telegraph - New figures reveal that the number of cyclists found guilty of ignoring road signs has more than doubled in four years
  
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• London's Oyster card system crashes, giving thousands free travel

  04-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Barriers at rail and tube stations opened by staff after Oyster card swipe machines fail to work throughout the network
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn urges DfT to stop rail fare rises and highlights absurdity of foreign state-owned firms owning UK railways

  04-01-2016 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Labour leader joined demonstrations at King's Cross station as protests were staged across the country against the latest 1.1 per cent fare increase
  
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• Hundreds of cleaner buses for Englands towns and city centres

  04-01-2016 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Upgraded buses will complete more than a million greener journeys a year helping improve air quality
  
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• Hundreds of buses to be fitted with green technology to cut air pollution

  04-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - The government has announced new funding for councils to cut emissions in 439 buses around the country as part of a 7million scheme
  
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• Heathrow to celebrate its 70th birthday in 2016

  04-01-2016 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  
  Get West London - The first commercial flight to depart was on New Year's Day 1946, with the then London Airport opening to passengers the following May
  
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• Green buses will bring cleaner air

  04-01-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - GREENER buses, designed to improve air quality in town and city centres, are coming to Lancashire.
  
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• Green buses to drive down pollution in Sheffield

  04-01-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Sheffield commuters will soon have the chance to catch greener busses, which give off up to 90 per cent less harmful emissions than usual.
  
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• Fresh delay on controversial plan to build M1 service station in woodland

  04-01-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - A long-delayed decision on the potential building of a controversial new motorway service station on ancient woodland has been postponed again.
  
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• Edinburgh Airport to deliver 200 more retails jobs in first half of 2016

  04-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - MORE than 200 new jobs are to be created in the first six months of the year as part of a major redevelopment of retail space in Edinburgh Airport.
  
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• Edinburgh airport creates 200 retail jobs

  04-01-2016 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - EDINBURGH Airport reveals today that strong trading momentum means more than 160 new retail jobs will be created at the transport hub in the first half of 2016.
  
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• East Midlands business leaders say Heathrow delay will impact region

  04-01-2016 01:00 via hinckleytimes.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Heathrow bosses estimate a third runway would bring an extra £7.8 billion to the East Midlands and create almost 10,000 local jobs
  
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• Cost of rail fares increases by 1.1

  04-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The price of rail tickets in England, Scotland and Wales goes up by 1.1, the lowest rise for six years.
  
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• Commuters spend SIX times more of their wages on rail fares than the Italians

  04-01-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Hard-pressed employees in Britain are spending 13 per cent of their wages on rail season tickets compared with just two per cent of workers in Italy, new research has found.
  
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• Commuters set to face post-Christmas chaos as Arriva Trains Wales 'cancel all services'

  04-01-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Short of any last-gasp negotiations, all Arriva Trains Wales services are expected to be cancelled tomorrow due to industrial action
  
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• Community bus has funding for more routes

  04-01-2016 01:00 via bedfordtoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Wanderbus, the community bus transport operator serving rural villages in the Shefford area, is to run a second bus next year.
  
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