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• London mayor race: the Liberal Democrat vision of Caroline Pidgeon

  26-01-2016 19:52
  
  Her party has been taking a pounding of late, but the Lib Dem candidate for City Hall believes the middle ground can revive its fortunes in the capitalI ask her a gloomy question. She gives an upbeat reply. “Morale is actually very, very good in the party,” said Caroline Pidgeon, who has the possibly onerous honour of being Liberal Democrat candidate for London mayor. “We’ve got tons of new members in London who are excited and energetic, and that’s fantastic.&rdquo
  
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• How we made the Eurostar

  26-01-2016 08:45
  
  ‘We had whole meetings devoted to how hot the water has to be to make a decent cup of tea’I was based in Paris, overseeing the trains, and my remit was simple: just make it happen. There was a very positive feeling: “Yes we can! Yes we can!” But so many things were incompatible . We used a TGV train, but it had to be modified so it could work on tracks in Britain (750 volts), France (1,000) and Belgium (3,000). And British platforms are about 950mm above rail level; on mo
  
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• Zac Goldsmith pledges support for electric 'car sharing' scheme

  26-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Thousands of Londoners could hire electric cars to travel across the city in the four-wheel version of Boris bikes under ambitious plans unveiled by Zac Goldsmith today.
  
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• Why HS2 trains may have first, second AND third-class carriages

  26-01-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - High-speed HS2 trains that would link Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and London could have special carriages for wealthy travellers who wish to ride undisturbed by others.
  
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• Tube strike January 2016: cancellation of walkout greeted with relief by Londoners

  26-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Londoners have greeted news of the Tube strike cancellation with relief this evening.
  
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• Tube strike called off by union

  26-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A 24-hour Underground strike planned to start on Tuesday evening is called off as the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) suspends its action.
  
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• Transport minister red-faced after green bus breaks down on way to its launch

  26-01-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Andrew Jones had already arrived late due to a train delay - then a low-emission electric bus being used to announce a £7.5m initiative failed to start
  
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• The Great Train Delay: How our rail upgrades have slipped by A DECADE

  26-01-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - Only one major Network Rail scheme for Greater Manchester has been delivered on time - with the rest delayed by a combined total of 10 years
  
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• Sticking up for local bus users? Thats the ticket Letter

  26-01-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - 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.
  
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• Southeastern trains blames 'bright sunlight' again for rush hour delays

  26-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Bright sunlight has been blamed for delays on a Southeastern train during the morning commute - for the second time in a month.
  
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• Southeastern cancels trains between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells

  26-01-2016 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Trains are being cancelled or delayed following signalling problems on the railway line between two Kent towns.
  
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• SNCF studies options for 'semi high speed' trains in India

  26-01-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - INDIA: Frances SNCF has begun working with Indian Railways on a one-year project to study the...
  
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• Plane Stupid activists facing 'jail'

  26-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Activists who cut through a fence at Heathrow Airport and chained themselves together blocking a runway are told to
  
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• Passenger numbers improve at airport

  26-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Glasgow Prestwick Airport claims it is
  
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• Network Rail's bridge net by River Cam labelled 'dangerous' to rowers and cyclists Read more: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/River-Cam-net-labelled-dangerous-rowers-cyclists/story-28601148-detail/story.html#ixzz3yKqXvXNl Follow us: @CambridgeNewsUK on

  26-01-2016 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A net hanging from a bridge over the River Cam presents a risk to pedestrians, cyclists and river users, Cambridge residents have claimed.
  
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• MP Greg Mulholland wins award for road safety campaigning

  26-01-2016 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -AN MP's road safety campaigning has led to him being named the first Parliamentarian of the Month for 2016.
  
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• Lord Kerslake: business leaders crucial to Northern Powerhouse success

  26-01-2016 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - THE project to create a Northern Powerhouse will fail without the active engagement of business leaders, the former head of the civil service has warned.
  
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• London Underground strike suspended

  26-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - RMT union says progress has been made but it remains in dispute over night Tube
  
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• Is Land Rover's off-road heyday over?

  26-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The last of Jaguar Land Rover's classic Defenders will roll off the production line this week, ending 68 years of production - does this mean the carmaker's best off-road days are behind it?
  
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• Iran promises to make major aircraft orders

  26-01-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Airbus set for massive aircraft deal following lifting of economic sanctions on Iran
  
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• Im proud of my daughter and the other brave Heathrow protesters. Heres why Tim Sanderson

  26-01-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Plane Stupids trespass was a red flag to politicians: to claim you can have a booming aviation-based economy and cut emissions is a cowardly deceptionOn Monday morning last week, my eldest daughter went on trial at Willesden magistrates court. She is 28, and this was the first day of a court case that lasted all week. She, along with 12 others, was charged with aggravated trespass and unauthorised entry to the runway areas of Heathrow on 13 July last year. She and her colleagues a
  
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• Hospital bosses and Harrods back King's Road Crossrail station

  26-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Bosses from dozens of renowned west London institutionsranging from Harrods to Chelsea mp; Westminster hospitalhave joined forces to back plans for a new station in King's Road.
  
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• Hopes fading for Government to fund crucial rail study

  26-01-2016 01:00 via westernmorningnews.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Hopes that the Government will fund two crucial studies into South West rail improvements are fading fast, with only days left for officials to give the go ahead.Read more: http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Hopes-fading-Government-fund-crucial-rail-study/story-28599652-detail/story.html#ixzz3yLQOKtkfFollow us: @WMNNews on Twitterwesternmorningnews on Facebook
  
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• Hopes 1066 high-speed rail will be funded in 2019

  26-01-2016 01:00 via hastingsobserver.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - High-speed rail travel to London will not be possible for at least another three years, according to MP Amber Rudd.
  
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• Heathrow third runway protesters face jail after shackling themselves at airport

  26-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Thirteen protesters who ran on to a runway at Heathrow and chained themselves to railings, grounding 25 flights, are facing jail.
  
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• Government sells King's Cross stake for 371m

  26-01-2016 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The government is selling its interest in the King's Cross railway lands to an Australian pension fund for 371 million. The site will contain almost 2,000 homes as well as offices, schools, restaurants and shops, with 50 new or refurbished buildings. Its occupiers include Google, the Aga Khan Development Network and University of the Arts London.
  
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• FTA urges Government to press ahead with new crossing

  26-01-2016 01:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is urging the Government to press ahead with the new Lower Thames Crossing following todays reports that ...
  
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• French public service strike set to disrupt air travel

  26-01-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Air traffic controllers and taxi drivers among those due to take industrial action
  
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• Final phase of West Yorks smart motorway to go live

  26-01-2016 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Drivers will be able to use an extra lane on a section of the M1 near Wakefield after tonight (Monday), ahead of the new smart motorway going live.
  
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• Eurostar passengers left stranded in darkness on board train which was delayed for eight hours

  26-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Hundreds of Eurostar passengers were plunged into darkness and stranded for nearly eight hours on a severly delayed train from London to Paris.
  
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• Cycling action group looks to install new bicycle racks in town

  26-01-2016 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press -Keen cyclists could soon be able to chain their bikes in Beaconsfield Old Town as the town council look at allowing new bicycle racks to be installed.
  
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• Commuters slam UK rail operator c2c. You slow, late, er... privacy violator

  26-01-2016 01:00 via theregister.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Commuters in the south east of England, already angry about recent timetable changes and delays, have been further incensed by basic security blunders by rail operator c2c as it tried to placate passenger disquiet with a new compensation form on its website.
  
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• Commuter pays 6,000 a year on season ticket to sit in cleaning cupboard on packed train

  26-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  The Telegraph - The commuter is recognised by staff in his standard seat beside the mop and bucket on trains between London and Ipswich
  
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• City worker who pays 6,000 for train ticket forced to sit in tiny cleaning cupboard on packed trains

  26-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A City worker who spends more than 6,000-a-year for a rail season ticket is forced to sit in a tiny cleaning "cupboard" with mops and a bucket because of overcrowding.
  
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• Challenge is on to find best of bus and coach

  26-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The IRTE Skills Challenge - an exciting annual competition that aims to find the best bus and coach technicians and apprentices in the UK and Irelandis now open for registration.Founded by the Institute of Road Transport Engineers (IRTE) in 2011, this event invites operators large and small to test the skills of their technicians and apprentices against each other in a bid to discover the best in the bus and coach world.Held each year at Smp;B Aut
  
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• Campaigners who chained themselves to Heathrow railings warned they are likely to be jailed

  26-01-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Three Welsh protesters were among a group of 13 activists from the Plane Stupid group who trespassed onto the north runway
  
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• Campaign launched against proposed community transport cuts in Suffolk

  26-01-2016 01:00 via ipswichstar.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Labour councillors have rebuked proposed cuts to community transport services across Suffolk, claiming that thousands of residents will be left without a lifeline.
  
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• CAF to deliver 281 rail vehicles for Northern rail franchise in UK

  26-01-2016 01:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -UK-based rolling stock operator Eversholt Rail Group has signed contracts worth £490m with Arriva Rail North and Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF to finance and procure 281 new vehicles for operations on the new Northern rail franchise.
  
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• Bus pellet attack investigated

  26-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Police appeal for witnesses after lead pellets are fired at a bus in the Scottish Borders.
  
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• Bus lanes to open for electric cars

  26-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Electric car drivers will be allowed to travel in bus lanes as part of plans to boost usage of low-emission vehicles in England.
  
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• All aboard the sardine train - what is life really like on the 7.42 that has made some passengers faint?

  26-01-2016 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -WE told last week how the 7.42am train into Manchester city centre was so packed that people onboard were fainting. MP Chris Green has written to rail bosses to demand urgent improvements. Our reporter Dale Haslem boarded the 'sardine train' to see the situation for himself.
  
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• A4E to lobby for removal of all unreasonable taxes on aviation

  26-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- The airline industry is taking Italy and Norway to task for introducing new passenger taxes that it says will hurt visitor numbers.read more
  
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• 200m being invested in bus priority schemes to help keep bus passengers moving

  26-01-2016 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - A £200m investment in new bus priority schemes in London is already speeding up journeys for passengers in the Capital. More than 100 of the schemes will be in place by April this year, helping hundreds of thousands of passengers get through busy parts of the London more quickly.The Capitals roads are seeing an increase in congestion due to a construction boom and a significant growth in population, so Transport for London is investing heavi
  
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