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• RMT union calls off tube strike this weekend

  05-02-2016 16:20
  
  Union announces suspension of 48-hour strike after ‘significant progress’ in talks with London Underground managementA 48-hour tube strike planned by London Underground station staff from this weekend has been called off. Related: Tube maintenance workers call series of strikes in safety disputeRelated: London Underground strike action - in picturesContinue reading...
  
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• Unexploded WWII bomb evacuates London Victoria station – video

  05-02-2016 12:37
  
  Passengers stream out of Victoria railway station in central London on Friday morning after a suspected unexploded Second World War bomb was found at a building site in nearby Terminus Place. The footage, filmed by witnesses @DuoLook and @jonnnot, shows a heavy police presence and cordon as the railway station is evacuated Continue reading...
  
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• Tube maintenance workers call series of strikes in safety dispute

  05-02-2016 09:17
  
  RMT members to walk out next Friday for 24 hours, followed by more stoppages running up to JuneMaintenance workers on London Underground are to stage a series of 12- and 24-hour strikes in a dispute over safety.
  Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will walk out next Friday from 6.30am for 24 hours, followed by more stoppages running up to June.Continue reading...
  
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• John Holland-Kaye: 'Expanding Heathrow has always been the only answer'

  05-02-2016 07:00
  
  Airport’s chief executive is not frustrated by the third runway impasse, he insists, but ‘working on being a good neighbour’If not quite digging a third runway, Heathrow was at least expecting by now to know whether the government would allow it. But if the airport’s chief executive, John Holland-Kaye, feels like banging his head on Westminster’s walls after years of its sputtering process, he’s not showing it.“Like Alan B’Stard,” he remarks,
  
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• Zika virus: Planes landing in UK to be sprayed with insecticide

  05-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Planes landing in the UK from areas affected by Zika are to be sprayed with insecticide as part of the Government's response to the outbreak.
  
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• When this student's flight home was cancelled without explanation she wrote British Airways a brilliant letter

  05-02-2016 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -Kate Spalding's flight was cancelled with no explanation and just over an hour's notice
  
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• UK 'set for electric cars revolution' with Scalextric-style road network

  05-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Britain is close to an electric cars revolution which could see driverless vehicles charge up as they use a Scalextric-style road network across the country, a Cabinet minister revealed today.
  
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• Tube map from 2004 shows how the London Underground might have looked in 2016

  05-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - See how the proposed map differs from today's Tube network
  
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• Transport Secretary 'happy' to examine M6 Toll use after motorway nightmare

  05-02-2016 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -Patrick McLoughlin acknowledges problems caused by major smash on motorway today and will look at role of M6 Toll at times of emergencies
  
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• Train hit construction equipment

  05-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A train hit a piece of construction equipment on the railway line near Lisburn, County Antrim.
  
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• Thirteen developers selected to build on TfL sites

  05-02-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Transport for London has selected 13 property developers to build a total of 10,000 homes on more than 300 acres of TfL land,
  
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• Tadcaster's new footbridge is set to open next week

  05-02-2016 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press -Its six weeks since Tadcaster Bridge crumbled into the Wharfe. Now, at last, a lifeline will soon reunite the town. MATT CLARK reports.
  
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• Subsidy cut is Dr Beeching for our buses

  05-02-2016 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Lancashire County Councils decision to cut all bus subsidies are on bus services are on a par with the controversial Beeching Report into the rail network, according to Campaign for Better Transport (CBT).
  
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• Sleeping New York subway riders to be woken by police in crime fighting plan

  05-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Subway riders in New York will be woken up by police if they fall asleep to combat a spike in transit crime.
  
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• Singapore Airlines 3Q net profit up 35

  05-02-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Singapore Airlines (SIA) group reported a net profit rise 35 to S$275 million ($196 million) for the three months through Dec. 31, 2015, compared to a net profit of S$202.6 million in the year-ago quarter. read more
  
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• Royal Mail 'secret' railway on track to reopen next year

  05-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Stretch of Mail Rail that ran under London for almost a century will open to the public as part of £26m project at Postal MuseumA little known railway that ran under Londoners feet for almost a century, with its tunnels in places running within a few feet of packed underground commuter lines, will open to the public for the first time next year.A mp;pound;26m project backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund is rebuilding the Royal Mail museum at Mount Pleasant in central London t
  
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• RMT positive over Tube strike talks

  05-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Last-minute talks to avert a strike by Tube station staff have been 'detailed and constructive', the RMT union says.
  
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• Residents concerned as local bus route under threat from cuts

  05-02-2016 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -BUS passengers in Littlemore have expressed fears the area will have even worse public transport if a subsidised service is withdrawn.
  
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• Police: 'unwitting' airlines helping gangsters by exporting illegal catches

  05-02-2016 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Airlines have received police warnings that they are unwittingly aiding gangsters by carrying illegal shellfish out of Scotland.
  
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• Part of 22-mile 'Mail Rail' beneath London to be opened to public next year

  05-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A hidden stretch of railway which runs beneath the streets of London is set to open for the public for the first time.
  
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• Norway starts passenger service tendering process

  05-02-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - NORWAY: The Ministry of Transport mp; Communications announced on February 4 that it had called...
  
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• New York tram stages an unlikely comeback

  05-02-2016 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Mayor follows US light-rail trend to manage rapid economic growth
  
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• New British-built Avatar car revealed

  05-02-2016 01:00 via crewechronicle.co.uk
  
  Crewe Chronicle - Kit car manufacturer targets track-days with affordable but exclusive new production model
  
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• Moscow Small Ring agreement

  05-02-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - RUSSIA: Following consultation with the Moscow city government, Central Suburban Passenger Co and...
  
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• Modernisation programme helps TfL meet delay targets

  05-02-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Transport for London says London Underground has reached targets of 30 reduction in delays, set out by the citys Mayor Boris Johnson five years ago.
  
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• Mayor unveils plan for two huge tunnels under London to help ease traffic jams

  05-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Two major tunnels could run across London under new plans today unveiled by Boris Johnson.
  
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• Lufthansa rejects GTMC claims sales hit by GDS fee

  05-02-2016 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Airline hits back at figures that showed a drop in market share following introduction of DCC
  
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• London's rail commuters 'should be compensated if trains are 15 minutes late'

  05-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - London rail commuters should get compensation if trains are 15 minutes or more late, Parliament was set to be told today.
  
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• Incheon Airport maglev starts passenger services

  05-02-2016 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - SOUTH KOREA: Passenger services on the first urban maglev line with domestically-developed...
  
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• HS2 'will benefit all and won't be rushed', says transport minister

  05-02-2016 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The HS2 rail project will benefit people in Staffordshire and is not being rushed, according to the transport minister.
  
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• HS2 rail headquarters open

  05-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The headquarters for the controversial 42.6bn HS2 high-speed rail project are officially opened in Birmingham.
  
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• Help to plot a course for region's transport plans for the next twenty years

  05-02-2016 01:00 via shieldsgazette.com
  
  The Shields Gazette - People are being invited to help set a course for the future of transport policy over the next two decades - starting from today
  
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• Go ahead for new National College for High Speed Rail

  05-02-2016 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -City planners dismiss critics of HS2 as work can now start on institute which will train the next generation of rail engineers
  
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• First and Stagecoach shortlisted for South Western franchise

  05-02-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Plans for smart ticketing and improved connectivity
  
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• Examination of Dover sea wall begins

  05-02-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Engineers are investigating how to repair the damaged sea wall at Shakespeare Beach, Dover
  
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• Council says 61 supported Royal Arcade site in Crewe consultation for bus interchange

  05-02-2016 01:00 via crewechronicle.co.uk
  
  Crewe Chronicle -A report, to be discussed next Tuesday at cabinet, says the best location is an off-street option on the western side of the Royal Arcade site
  
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• Commuter complains about freezing train carriage and is told to travel with a bottle of water to keep cool

  05-02-2016 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A chilly commuter who complained about the temperature of his train carriage was left furious after rail bosses suggested he carries a bottle of water to combat the heat.
  
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• Central line named as most crime-ridden on the London tube network

  05-02-2016 01:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Telegraph - Freedom of Information request also reveals the capital's worst underground station for crime.
  
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• Car fumes are killing us. So why isnt anyone telling us not to drive?

  05-02-2016 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The health risks from vehicle air pollution are well known: heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer. Its time to follow the mayor of Parisand ban motorists when necessary
  
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• Bright skies beckon at Liverpool John Lennon Airport as operators buy into strategy

  05-02-2016 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo -Airport celebrates strong start to year with new routes, and more to follow, says chief executive Andrew Cornish
  
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• Bore work enables faster trains to run through Farnworth Tunnel

  05-02-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Work has been completed to widen one bore of the Farnworth Tunnel in Lancashire, so that it can accommodate two rail tracks.
  
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• Borders Railway patronage exceeds forecast figures

  05-02-2016 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - More than half a million passengers have used the 353 million Borders Railway since it re-opened in September last year.
  
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• Airports group records busiest year

  05-02-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Scotland's regional airports group says 2015 was its busiest year yet in its 30-year history.
  
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