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• Sticking up for local bus users? That’s the ticket | Letters

  25-01-2016 20:07
  
  Owen Jones (Wait for a bus and then tell me the market knows best, 21 January) rehearses the problems of poor bus services outside London and even suggests some elements of the remedy, but critically jumps to the wrong conclusion. Privatisation of parts of the industry is not the reason for falling bus use and worsening services. That was happening before privatisation and indeed a decent case can be made that privatisation has helped to slow the decline.The London services he praises are actual
  
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• Public Transport Costs Hit UK Workers Up to 6 Times as Hard: Fair Rent Comments - Digital Journal

  25-01-2016 10:33
  Public Transport Costs Hit UK Workers Up to 6 Times as Hard: Fair Rent Comments
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  London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/25/2016 -- A recent study, brought together by Action for Rail and the TUC, has revealed that public transport costs, especially for trains, affect UK workers much more heavily than in other EU countries. Figures show ...
  

• World rolling stock market January 2016

  25-01-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - Australia: Bombardier Transportation is to supply four additional Flexity trams to the Gold Coast...
  
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• World rail infrastructure market January 2016

  25-01-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - Argentina: The government has awarded a joint venture of Lemiro Pablo Pietrobini and Savabisa a...
  
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• Wearing helmets 'makes cyclists take more risks,' study finds

  25-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Wearing a bicycle helmet could actually make riders less safe because they are more likely to take risks, new research claims.
  
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• Uber scraps flat rate fares to London airports

  25-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Uber has announced that it will stop offering flat rates to customers travelling to London airports.
  
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• Transport Secretary Still Backs Thurrock Crossing Options

  25-01-2016 01:00 via heart.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Transport Secretary has told Heart he still backs the two remaining options for where a new Lower Thames Crossing should be built in Thurrock.
  
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• Transport challenge to be faced after election

  25-01-2016 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - YOUR report and related graph on transport trends (Critics hit out over wasted years to boost green travel, The Herald, January 22) illustrated the pitfalls of statistics and their presentation.
  
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• Traffic lights should be scrapped to unclog roads and not be dangerous

  25-01-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -Think-tank calls for 80 of traffic lights to be scrapped claiming it has worked in other countries
  
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• 'Super-jumbo' Iranian Airbus deal on cards this week

  25-01-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani heads to Europe this week where he may sign a deal to buy more than 100 Airbus jets
  
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• Sunday closing for rail station works

  25-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Works on a viaduct that will connect three railway stations in Manchester results in Victoria station being closed every Sunday.
  
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• Rip out thousands of traffic lights to boost the economy Subscription

  25-01-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Four out of every five traffic lights should be ripped up to boost the economy and road safety, according to a report.
  
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• Rail bosses blow £631,000 on taxis, £20,000 on M&S hampers, £1,600 on flowers and even £35 on doughnuts using taxpayer-funded 'credit cards'

  25-01-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - From luxury hotel rooms, Christmas hampers and expensive dinners to taxis, doughnuts, guidebooks on management - and even train-shaped confetti - these are just some of the many items Network Rail bosses have bought with taxpayer-funded 'credit cards'.
  
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• Premium Vantage brand for Manchester Busway services

  25-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• Power problems affect trams in Sheffield

  25-01-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - Trams between Sheffield railway station and Halfway are not running this morning because of power supply problems.
  
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• Plaque for Sutton Coldfield rail crash

  25-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A plaque for the 17 people killed in a crash at Sutton Coldfield station 61 years ago is unveiled
  
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• North Wales rail services hit today by work to rule train drivers

  25-01-2016 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Train drivers action causes services to be delayed or cancelled ahead of Monday's strike
  
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• Night Tube a honeypot for criminals Subscription

  25-01-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Tube bosses in London have been accused of creating a honey pot for criminals after it emerged that an internal report warned that sex attacks and other crimes were likely to rise when the night Tube was introduced.
  
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• Newcastle Airport targets Cumbrian flyers

  25-01-2016 01:00 via in-cumbria.com
  Other News Sources - Newcastle International Airport is aiming to woo more passengers from Cumbria as it expands the number of flights and destinations on offer.Newcastle Airport chief executive David LawsNewcastle Airport attracts 170,000 passengers from Cumbria each year
  
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• New multi-million pound station closed at peak times due to health and safety fears

  25-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Sports fans and concert goers won't be able to use the new station at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on match and event days
  
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• New mobile phone app for Oxford Tube

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• New Irizar i8 launched to UK coach operators

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• Liberty Park milestone paves way for access to Lichfield rail station car park mothballed for a year

  25-01-2016 01:00 via lichfieldmercury.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - THE new railway bridge at Streethay near Lichfield Trent Valley railway station has been officially opened, along with the business project for which it was constructed.
  
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• Latest Live Edition 22 January 2016

  25-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• Iran eyes purchase of Boeing planes

  25-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Iran is considering buying planes from US manufacturer Boeing as it moves to upgrade its fleet following the removal of UN sanctions.
  
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• Fury as SPANISH company handed £490million contract to build our trains

  25-01-2016 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - FURIOUS unions have attacked a decision to had a £490 million train building contract to Spain.
  
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• French get on track to build trains for HS2 line Subscription

  25-01-2016 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Competition to win the £4 billion contract to build superfast trains for the HS2 rail line has been blown open by a promise from Alstom, the French industrial giant, to bring rolling stock production back to Britain if it wins the tender.
  
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• Four in every five sets of traffic lights should be removed, report claims

  25-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Traffic lights and speed bumps are damaging the economy and the environment, think-tank claims
  
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• Flying Scotsman return delayed due to faulty brakes

  25-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  The Telegraph - The National Railway Museum confirmed that brakes on The Flying Scotsman require some
  
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• First launches 22 StreetDecks for Rotherham upgrade

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• Euro 5s account for nearly half 2015 registrations

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• Database deal over blue badge misuse

  25-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - People who misuse disabled parking permits can now be immediately identified by the police, following a deal struck with councils.
  
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• Contactless ticketing plan for all British bus routes by 2022

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• Cathay Pacific: prickly hedges

  25-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Hong Kongs airline has paid a high price for its hedging policy
  
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• Can railways solve Londons housing crisis? Subscription

  25-01-2016 01:00 via thesundaytimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The biggest rail expansion programme since Victorian times may be the answer to the housing crisis in the capital
  
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• Bus station set to receive £323k boost

  25-01-2016 01:00 via pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Plans for a £323,000 revamp of a town centre bus station have moved a step closer.
  
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• Blackpool to take first single-door Enviro400 Citys

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• Blackpool Council shells out 1.3m in compensation claims - including potholes

  25-01-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Compensation claims totalling more than £1.3m have been paid out by Blackpool Council in the last two years, according to figures revealed today.
  
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• Blackpool Airport buildings removed

  25-01-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Preparation work has begun to clear the ground for the demolition of Blackpool Airports international terminal.
  
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• Bail after 'random' Tube stab arrest

  25-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A man arrested on suspicion of the murder of a university lecturer near a London Tube station is released on bail.
  
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• Another betrayal of Britain's steel as new trains to be built in SPAIN in £490m deal

  25-01-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Derby firm Bombardier was snubbed as the deal to build carriages for Northern Rail went to CAFeffectively ruling out using any British steel
  
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• ADL 'Virtual Electric' buses for Bristol trial

  25-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• £40 million to drive green car revolution across UK cities

  25-01-2016 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London named as winners of multi-million fund to encourage drivers to go green.
  
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• £100 million Luton Airport expansion begins

  25-01-2016 01:00 via transportinfo.org.uk
  ITV News - Major work to redevelop Luton Airport gets underway today.
  
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