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• We’ll rue the loss of country buses, those community centres on wheels | Catherine Shoard

  28-06-2016 16:33
  
  We need them more than ever. And yet, as is painfully obvious in south-east Wales, they are disappearing from our roadsIn 1938, Dylan Thomas went to Laugharne: “just came, one day, for the day, and never left; got off the bus, and forgot to get on again”. You can still do that these days – to visit his boathouse and Brown’s hotel, and take a wet walk up Sir John’s Hill – if you’re a wayfaring sort with change for the fare.Most crucially, you have to
  
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• WiFi milestone on Metrolink

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - More than five million sessions have been logged on Manchester Metrolinks free WiFi service since it was launched in March 2015.
  
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• WCR fined 200k for safety failings

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - West Coast Railway Company is fined following prosecution brought by the ORR for the signal passed at danger near Wootton Bassett on March 7 2015
  
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• Voters approve controversial French airport relocation

  28-06-2016 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Majority in the local referendum on the Nantes Atlantique airport ends long battle between environmental activists and the government
  
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• Verster hits out at RMT over Scottish strikes campaign

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - ScotRail Managing Director says the RMT is trying to cynically rope ScotRail into a national campaign over the extension of driver control of train doors.
  
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• TransCityRail

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -Once again, leaders from across the North of England responsible for procuring and delivering Northernmp;nbsp;Powerhouse Rail converge to discuss and debate its strategy and delivery, as well as how to better engagemp;nbsp;with the supply chain, at the Northmp;rsquo;s leading rail industry event. Over 68 of attendees are Director level or above fr...
  
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• Train Communications Systems 2016: the Wi-Fi on Trains Conference

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -At Train Communications Systems 2016 you will hear directly from the train operating companies currently launching new innovative broadband wireless services on-board their trains as they struggle to cut costs, beat the competition and enhance the pa
  
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• Traffic numbers driven up at Tyne Tunnel as toll charges are lifted to tackle sinkhole congestion chaos

  28-06-2016 02:00 via shieldsgazette.com
  
  The Shields Gazette - Tyne Tunnel chiefs are helping traffic move more freely - after a sinkhole ripped open one of the regions busiest road routes.
  
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• Too soon to speculate Brexit effects, says BIFA

  28-06-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - UK freighters should not let the outcome of the EU Referendum affect their day-to-day business. That's the advice of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), following Britain's Brexit vote. The process of Britain officially leaving the EU could take up to two years, and BIFA says it will campaign to ensure that the UKs visible import and export trade does not become overburdened by complicated trade procedures. Despite 51.9 per cent
  
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• These are the major North Wales projects that now hang in the balance after Brexit vote

  28-06-2016 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Plans for a North Wales metro transport system, a third Menai crossing, improvements to the A55 and electrification of the North Wales coast railway line all hang in the balance after the EU referendum.
  
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• The UK can afford no more delays on airport expansion, the boss of Gatwick Airport has said

  28-06-2016 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The boss of Gatwick Airport is to renew calls for a new runway, arguing it is the only option suitable for expansion.
  
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• Summer crackdown on train fare dodgers who cost rail firms 200m a year

  28-06-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - A summer crackdown on rail fare dodgers is planned by train and police chiefs to combat losses amounting to more than 200 million a year.
  
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• Stansted announces senior management shake-up

  28-06-2016 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Aviation Industry- Changes follows appointment of CEO Andrew Cowan
  
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• Southeastern delays: Rush hour misery for commuters after train hits tree on track

  28-06-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Commuters have been hit by rush hour misery this morning after a train struck a tree in south-east London.
  
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• Smart ticketing could kill off paper tickets by 2024

  28-06-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Paper train tickets could become a thing of the past within eight years under new plans to make rail passengers use their smartphone or bank card to travel instead. Smart cards, which can be topped-up online, are also being considered an option as rail bosses try to devise ways of cutting queues and costs. Orange paper tickets, which have been around for nearly 150 years, are deemed an unnecessary expensive and hugely flawed due to the small print
  
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• Ryanair: 'To focus growth on European Union'

  28-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Ryanair's chief executive Michael O'Leary says that the airline will focus its growth on EU routes next year.
  
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• RSSB backs DOO safety as Southern suffers latest strike

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - The RSSB says Driver Only Operation offers no increased risk to safety. Its announcement was made on June 21, the day of the latest RMT strike on Southern.
  
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• Remembering the Manchester Corporation Tramways staff of the First World War

  28-06-2016 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Ahead of the Somme 100 memorial event in Manchester on 1 July, Transport for Greater Manchester remembers the transport staff who served in the First World War.Manchester Corporation had 5,529 employees who enlisted to serve in the First World War and 2,900 were tramways employees, from body makers and drivers to trolley boys, whose job it was to give the driver a bell signal at the stops and help passengers on and off. Tragically, 19 employees di
  
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• Rail line between Manchester and Buxton opens after landslip

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Repair work on the line between Manchester and Buxton has been successfully completed following a landslip. Services resumed on Saturday morning after Network Rail engineers rebuilt a section of embankment and removed track and ballast to repair the damage caused by the 6,000 tonne landslip near...
  
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• Oyster card campaign for Spelthorne stations backed by Thorpe Park, Pinewood Studios and Heathrow

  28-06-2016 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -The Spelthorne in the Zone campaign began two years ago and will hold its first public meeting on July 7
  
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• It HS2 be Sheffield city centre say rail bosses as Meadowhall is dropped as high-speed station site

  28-06-2016 02:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Telegraph - Sheffields HS2 station is set to be in the city centre, The Star has learned.
  
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• Industry tests limits of telematics data

  28-06-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Drivers information is being used to confront fraud and respond to emergencies
  
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• IMechE calls for new national freight strategy

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - The Institution of Mechanical Engineers wants Government to introduce a new freight strategy to reduce congestion, improve air quality and boost the economy.
  
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• HS2 rail project could be delayed by a year due to 'financial strain', Whitehall spending watchdog warns

  28-06-2016 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• HS2 may no longer be 'a priority' after Brexit, says Lord Berkeley

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The vote for the UK to leave the European Union may mean that the future of HS2 is in doubt, Lord Berkeley has said. Thursdaymp;rsquo;s vote has created political and economy uncertainty, with David Cameron resigning as prime minister, as reported in RTMmp;rsquo;s sister title PSE, and the pound has...
  
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• HS2 has unrealistic timetable, says National Audit Office

  28-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The HS2 high-speed rail project has an
  
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• HS2 could be casualty of Brexit

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The implications of Brexit for the railway industry could include the abandonment, reduction or at least a delay to HS2, it is feared. Following the vote in favour of the UK leaving the European Union, the Office of Budget Responsibility will now be re-assessing national infrastructure projects, although its conclusions are not expected to be published before the autumn. Lord Tony Berkeley, who chairs the Rail Freight Group and as an industry commentator has frequently criticised
  
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• Heathrow third runway 'dead in the water' after Brexit vote and David Cameron resignation

  28-06-2016 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Heathrows third runway looks dead in the water following David Camerons resignation, a senior minister has claimed.
  
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• Fresh doubt cast on HS2

  28-06-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Plans to open the first section of line between London and Birmingham by 2026 branded unrealistic
  
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• First Rail Week launches to promote railway careers

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Rail organisations and companies are hosting a week of events to encourage more people to seek rail careers. Rail Week will feature a series of events aimed at all ages in order to bridge the rail skills gap, with John Evans, CEO of the new College for High Speed Rail, saying that an additional...
  
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• Eurotunnel boss warns of a surge of illegals trying to enter UK before Brexit

  28-06-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Jacques Gounonsaid Brexit had given migrants a 'clear signal' that the Anglo-French border would become 'a huge wall, similar to the Berlin Wall, almost impossible to overcome'.
  
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• Eurostars e320s are Belgium-bound

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Eurostar plans to start running its e320 Class 374 Velaros to Belgium in the first or second quarter of 2017.
  
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• EcoTrain hybrid DMU demonstrator takes shape

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - GERMANY: The EcoTrain project to test electric energy storage on a DB Regio Class VT642 diesel...
  
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• EasyJet shares plummet on Brexit shock

  28-06-2016 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Budget airline faces economic and consumer uncertainty on British decision to leave EU
  
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• Easyjet and Foxtons warn of Brexit impact

  28-06-2016 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Airline Easyjet and estate agent Foxtons issue warnings about the impact of the UK leaving the EU on their businesses.
  
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• Derby workers on tenterhooks over contract worth BILLIONS

  28-06-2016 02:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  
  Derby Telegraph - WORKERS at Bombardier's Derby factory are eagerly awaiting an announcement on who will run a key UK rail franchise - the outcome of which could result in the firm receiving orders for hundreds of new carriages.
  
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• Cross-party challenge to council's decision to axe free school buses

  28-06-2016 02:00 via crewechronicle.co.uk
  
  Crewe Chronicle - No councillor can remember the last time Tories, Labour and the Independents joined forces to oppose a decision taken by Cheshire East's top councillors
  
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• Campaigners hit out at pessimistic forecasts

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Campaigners seeking to re-open Thornton North Junction-Methil line say ludicrously pessimistic passenger forecasts could threaten that and similar projects.
  
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• c2c commuters take advantage of new flexi-ticket

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - More than 5,000 journeys were made using c2cs Flexi-Season ticket for part-time commuters, in the fortnight after its launch.
  
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• BWCS The European Market for Train Based Broadband Wireless Services

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -Rail operators are not only in competition amongst themselves but much more significantly with other modes of transport. Some countries in Central Europe have experienced severe, even alarming, falls in passenger numbers over the last 30 years and ar
  
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• Business-led plan needed for Northern Powerhouse

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - The current approach to the Northern Powerhouse is piecemeal, partial and parochial, and a Great North Plan led by Northern businesses is needed - IPPR
  
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• Brexit: HS2 investment hangs in balance says Birmingham MP

  28-06-2016 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -Warning that flagship £50bn high speed rail project could fall victim to Brexit vote with knock on hit for Birmingham regeneration projects
  
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• Brexit could spark rush on Channel Tunnel, says Eurotunnel boss

  28-06-2016 02:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - Britains decision to quit the EU could lead to a summer surge in illegal migrants trying to enter the country from France, the head of Eurotunnel has warned.
  
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• Beacon acquires rolling stock firm

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Beacon Rail Leasing has bought Ascendos Rail Leasing, a European locomotive and rolling stock leasing company.
  
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• Barcode readers move AGA closer to paperless system

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Barcode readers installed at ticket gates at Abellio Greater Anglia stations, in a 3 million scheme.
  
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• Avara Technologies Enhances Connectivity Using SHDSL Copper Transport for Signalling and Control in Rail and Power Applications

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  Other News Sources -The Avara Technologies DynaFlex SHDSL family is enabling the lowest possible total cost of ownership in rail communications by extending the life of existing services over copper.
  
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• ASLEF to pay 250,000 legal bill over GatEx dispute

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - ASLEF must pay 250,000 in legal costs to GTR, after final High Court ruling against industrial action over the operation of 12-car trains on Gatwick Express.
  
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• A1 sinkhole in Gateshead: LIVE updates from Tuesday's rush-hour congestion and latest on repairs

  28-06-2016 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle -The A1 northbound carriageway towards the Metrocentre remains closed on Tuesday after a three-metre deep sinkhole appeared
  
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• £56 billion plan for HS2 link to Derbyshire under fire from spending watchdog

  28-06-2016 02:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derby Telegraph - A PUBLIC spending watchdog has said that the HS2 high-speed rail project faces major cost pressures.
  
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• 100 test rigs in new Knorr-Bremse development centre

  28-06-2016 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - GERMANY: The Knorr-Bremse Group's Development Centre in Mnchen was officially opened with a...
  
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