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• Wet winter hits First bus revenues

  30-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• Storm Gertrude to cause transport havoc with disruptions to road and rail

  30-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Train passengers and drivers have been warned to expect disrupted travel throughout the weekend due to severe weather across the country
  
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• Second American Airlines flight makes emergency landing after mystery illness

  30-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A second American Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after people on board were struck by a mystery illness.
  
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• Scottish airports warn SNP leader over passenger tax promise

  30-01-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Calls for Nicola Sturgeon to commit to abolishing tax by 2018
  
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• Scots bus company refuses to accept Scottish bank note

  30-01-2016 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - A MUM has been left humiliated and embarrassed after a driver from a Scottish bus company refused to accept her Scottish bank note.
  
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• Railway passes 500,000 passenger mark

  30-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Borders Railway between Tweedbank and Edinburgh passes the 500,000 passenger mark less than five months after it opened.
  
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• Rail bosses apologise for blot on the Wind and the Willows landscape

  30-01-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Network Rail apologises for dozens of
  
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• Pay-as-you-go system reaches Gatwick Airport

  30-01-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Londons contactless and Oyster pay-as-you-go system has been extended to Gatwick Airport.
  
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• Oxford-Marylebone service delayed until December

  30-01-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Chiltern Railways delays introduction of its service from Oxford through to London Marylebone. The first train leaves Oxford station at 0536 on December 12.
  
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• Northern Rail's 'best ever' customer satisfaction scores leave commuters and politicians baffled

  30-01-2016 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -FRUSTRATED Bolton commuters and politicians have described the results of Northern Rails best ever customer satisfaction survey results as a smack in the face.
  
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• Northern Rail trains to see £490million investment after signing deal with Arriva

  30-01-2016 01:00 via examiner.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - New investors will finance 281 new trains.Northern Rail trains which operates services through Huddersfield are to get a multi-million pound cash boost for new vehicles.
  
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• No trains running between Bolton and Manchester this weekend as final Farnworth Tunnel work takes place

  30-01-2016 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News -RAIL users are reminded that no trains will run between Bolton and Manchester this weekend.
  
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• New Enviro200 fleet for Stagecoach in Rotherham

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• Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens bus stop to open from Monday but two other roads set to partially close

  30-01-2016 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News -Work continues in on Portland Street and Second City Crossing to improve city centre travel
  
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• London firm paid £200K for Sheffield Northern Powerhouse office closure plan

  30-01-2016 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - The Governments Northern Powerhouse department planning to shed almost 300 jobs in Sheffield and move them to London spent £200,000 on consultants to deliver a report on making cutbacks.
  
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• London driverless car design chosen

  30-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A driverless 'pod' that will take to the streets of London in July will resemble the electric passenger shuttle at Heathrow Airport
  
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• Labour's fare freeze 'would cost 1.9bn'

  30-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Transport for London says Labour's costing of its fares freeze is wrong and doesn't take into account the impact Crossrail will have on passenger numbers.
  
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• Investing in bus priority in the capital

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• Fire crews tackle car blaze at Heathrow Terminal 5

  30-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Firefighters were called to Heathrow Airport this afternoon after a car erupted in flames at Terminal 5.
  
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• Eurostar resumes after suspension

  30-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Eurostar services from London begin resuming after trains were held for more than two hours when a man got on to the tracks.
  
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• End to traffic hell in sight?

  30-01-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Tormented motorists on one of Wyres busiest roads have been told help could be on the horizon.
  
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• Drones in near misses at UK airports

  30-01-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Drones were recently involved in four serious near misses at UK airports, the UK Air Proximity Board says, as pilot associations call for tighter regulations for drone users.
  
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• Double-deck Scania/Caetano coaches for Translink

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• David Williams: London's roads safer than the rest of UK

  30-01-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - It would be easy to believewith frequent coverage of London's cycle fatalitiesthat there's nothing but bad news on the road-safety front in the capital. But while each accident is one too many, some of the good news gets missed.
  
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• Cycleway will put us 'out of business', warn Edinburgh traders

  30-01-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - TRADERS in the capital have warned that a planned cycleway will put them out of business by stripping away parking spaces outside their shops and increasing congestion.
  
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• Concerned rail union pledges to fight for jobs in South Yorkshire

  30-01-2016 01:00 via sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Telegraph - A rail union has pledged to step up their fight to protect jobs amid concerns new management could be planning cuts.
  
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• CBT map shows passenger growth online

  30-01-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - A map launched by the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) charts railway station usage from 1997, and reveals huge growth in passenger numbers
  
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• Cambridge tenants to receive free travel with Stagecoach East

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• Call for drone crackdown after 4 near-misses

  30-01-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Unmanned vehicle came close to Stansted 737
  
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• Business drivers 'should get harsher punishment for using phone at wheel

  30-01-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Chief Constable Suzette Davenport suggested that professional drivers pose a disproportionate risk to others as they travel up and down Britain's motorways and A-roads.
  
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• Borders Railway on track to smash passenger target

  30-01-2016 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - The Borders Railway is set to smash its first-year passenger target after carrying more than 500,000 passengers in just four-and-a-half months.
  
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• Anger as historic horse-drawn tram axed in cost-cutting exercise after 140 years

  30-01-2016 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The famous trams have been delighting passengers and tourists along the promenade in Douglas, on the Isle of Man, since 1876
  
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• Airports are 'gateways to nations' but can they also be beautiful?

  30-01-2016 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Full of queues and stress, airports aren't always a flyaway success. But look closer - you might be surprised
  
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• 3.3million investment takes 36 to new heights

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