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• Southern Railway is failing customers again and again. That’s why I spoke out | David Boyle

  20-06-2016 12:30
  
  Endless cancellations through ‘staff shortages’ and journey delays make for commuting misery. When will passengers start to feel that somebody cares?A small revolution is brewing among passengers on the Southern Railway routes to the coast. It is hand-knitted and very English. Nobody seems quite sure what to do – they are not given easily to revolt, these middle-class commuters, and they tend to direct their growing rage into their mobile phones.Even so, being turfed off motion
  
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• Workplace parking levies backed by Campaign for Better Transport-led research

  20-06-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
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• Why pupils at Reading faith schools could lose free transport

  20-06-2016 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post -Reading Borough Council launches a public consultation on a number of changes in home-to-school transport
  
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• What does the West Midlands Combined Authority do?

  20-06-2016 02:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post -The West Midlands Combined Authority started operating on June 17 - here we look at the role of the 'super council'
  
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• Union accuses ScotRail of 'sabotaging' strike talks

  20-06-2016 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - A RAIL operator facing a series of strikes in a row over driver-only trains has been accused of
  
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• UK car industry and more leading businessmen back Remain

  20-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Executives at major UK car companies, Sir Richard Branson, and one of football's most senior figures voice support for staying in the EU, but Vote Leave says Brexit would boost industry.
  
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• The transport challenge: passenger management ahead of the Rio Olympics

  20-06-2016 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Other News Sources -As the world prepares to celebrate the 2016 Rio Olympics, local transport managers are buckling up for a huge surge in passengers. Apart from a big investment in new public transport infrastructure, how can station managers ensure smooth travel durin
  
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• Tender launched for York's park-and-ride

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• Sakhalin gauge conversion to be accelerated

  20-06-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - RUSSIA: Russian Railways and the government of Sakhalin have agreed to accelerate the programme to...
  
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• RMT accuses ScotRail of sabotaging peace talks

  20-06-2016 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - A rail operator facing strikes in a row over driver-only trains has been accused of sabotaging peace talks.
  
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• Revealed: Thousands of Tube passengers face delays because of faulty brakes

  20-06-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Tube passengers have been held up by delays caused by faulty brakes more than 8,000 times in the past 10 years, new figures show.
  
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• Rail services back to normal between Reading and London Paddington

  20-06-2016 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post -Network Rail says its team has been on site over the weekend following the derailment on Thursday evening
  
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• Rail freight news in brief

  20-06-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - The European Bank for Reconstruction mp; Development and the Silk Road Fund, which has been...
  
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• Rail chaos as trains on UK's busiest route cancelled as drivers want to spend Father's Day with kids

  20-06-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Working on Sunday is voluntary for drivers on the Thameslink route from Bedford to Brighton and most chose to take the day off
  
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• Northern Powerhouse will suffer without Heathrow expansion warns airport boss

  20-06-2016 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - A third runway at Heathrow will provide a major boost for the Northern Powerhouse, the airports chief executive has said, ahead of a crunch decision on capacity.
  
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• New train station welcomes first train passengers in Leeds

  20-06-2016 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - A NEW train station in Leeds has welcomed its first passengers.
  
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• New lease of life for former Merseytravel building

  20-06-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post - Plans would see Beetham Court transformed into offices and apartments
  
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• Metrodecker trial gets underway with First Bus

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• M4 Brynglas tunnels' closures to start for work

  20-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Nightly closures of the Brynglas tunnels on the M4 motorway in south Wales are set to start as eight months of maintenance work is carried out.
  
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• London transport officials in early-stage talks to bring mobile coverage on to underground

  20-06-2016 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The London underground could be getting mobile coverage after it emerged Transport for London (TfL) is in talks with several potential providers.
  
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• Liverpool Airport website to offer Skyscanner global flights search engine

  20-06-2016 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Post -LJLA is the first airport to build and launch a website-based flight search service using the Skyscanner API
  
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• Leeds bus strike: Which buses are running today?

  20-06-2016 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - A 24-hour strike by drivers and other staff at bus operator First Leeds is under way.
  
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• Lack of capacity drives calls for new Devon route

  20-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Capacity constraints between Exeter and Newton Abbot within the next 20 to 30 years could trigger the need for a new or re-opened second route through Devon.
  
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• Five-day bus strike begins in a few hours

  20-06-2016 02:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A FIVE-DAY bus strike begins tomorrow.
  
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• EgyptAir flight MS804: investigators to start examining black boxes

  20-06-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Memory units inside the flight recorders are undergoing testing in the civil aviation ministrys labs in CairoInvestigators have begun examining the black box flight recorders of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean in May, hoping to establish the cause of the disaster.The Airbus A320 flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar screens between the Greek island of Crete and the north coast of Egypt on 19 May. Sixty-six people were on board. Continue read
  
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• Bus strike chaos in Leeds today - and theres more disruption to come this week

  20-06-2016 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Bus users have been warned they face continued disruption to services after the end of todays 24-hour strike by drivers and other staff at operator First Leeds.
  
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• British Airways passengers face long delays after IT 'glitch'

  20-06-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Britain's biggest car firms warn Brexit could put thousands of jobs at risk

  20-06-2016 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror -The bosses of Jaguar Land Rover, Toyota, BMW and Vauxhall all say Brexit will damage the thriving industry
  
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• BA IT glitch leaves passengers in 'snaking queues' at Heathrow and Gatwick

  20-06-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - An IT glitch affected the British carrier's system yesterday - but there was still a backlog of delays at the two London airports as frustrated passengers complained of snaking queues today.
  
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