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• Snow hits Britain as it faces winter storms – video

  12-01-2017 23:11
  
  Winter storms have battered Britain, bringing driving snow, high winds, and coastal flood warnings. As heavy snow settled across Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of England on Thursday, travel was disrupted and some schools closedStorms bring snow, high winds and flood warnings to Britain
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• Transport trouble ahead as air, rail and tube strikes loom

  12-01-2017 20:08
  
  British Airways and Southern rail staff to walk out in coming weeks, while RMT issues ultimatum to London UndergroundMore strikes are looming across a range of British transport services, with fresh action announced on British Airways and Southern rail, and an ultimatum issued for another tube strike next month. Up to 2,900 cabin crew from BA’s “mixed fleet” branch at Heathrow will strike again for three days next week in a row over pay, while conductors on Southern will walk o
  
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• Cyclists don't count as road users, argues transport secretary

  12-01-2017 19:52
  
  Chris Grayling’s response to question in House of Commons draws fire from cycling groups and accusation of ‘astonishing lack of knowledge’ of his briefThe transport secretary, Chris Grayling, has been accused of showing “an astonishing lack of knowledge” of his brief after arguing in the House of Commons that cyclists do not count as road users.Grayling, shown in a video last month knocking a rider off his bike by suddenly opening the door to his ministerial car out
  
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• Storms bring snow, high winds and flood warnings to Britain

  12-01-2017 19:23
  
  East coast bears brunt as gale force winds and high tides lead army to deploy soldiers to help residents in Skegness Winter storms have battered Britain, bringing driving snow, high winds, coastal flood warnings and the precautionary evacuation of an Essex village. Seafront residents in Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea, were moved to temporary accommodation as the Environment Agency warned coastal communities in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex to prepare for gale-force winds, large waves an
  
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• Southern rail conductors' strike to compound drivers' walkout

  12-01-2017 18:12
  
  RMT calls 24-hour strike to immediately precede three days of action by Aslef’s drivers in sign that dispute is likely to drag onThe RMT has called a fresh 24-hour strike by conductors on Southern trains to come immediately before three days of drivers’ strikes, a move that underlines that the dispute, and commuter misery, is unlikely to end soon. Related: Rail strike: search goes on for job Failing Grayling can't do badly | John CraceRelated: Southern: Labour calls for inquiry into
  
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• Rail strike: search goes on for job Failing Grayling can't do badly | John Crace

  12-01-2017 17:06
  
  Commuter pain leaves transport secretary up the junction in the CommonsBefore his appearance at transport questions in the Commons, Chris Grayling was last seen being pushed to the back of the queue at Clapham Junction railway station as he fought with other commuters to get in to work during Monday’s tube strike. You might have imagined the transport secretary would have rolled with the punches on that one: Failing Grayling has been demoted so often in his political career, as David Camer
  
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• Coastal village in Essex evacuated as wintry weather grips UK

  12-01-2017 16:54
  
  Residents in Jaywick asked to leave their homes after Environment Agency warns of flooding caused by rain and strong windsResidents of an Essex village have been told to leave their homes by Friday morning as severe weather, which has already led to flight cancellations and travel chaos across the country, threatens to cause a flood.
  Police officers will be calling at addresses in Jaywick, a coastal village south-east of Colchester, from 4pm on Thursday to tell residents a full evacuation plan i
  
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• Bysus yng Nghymru 2017 / Buses in Wales 2017

  12-01-2017 16:51 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Croeso / Welcome
  Croeso i Bysus yng Nghymru 2017, cyhoeddiad am y prif ddull o drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus yng Nghymru. Cynhyrchwyd y cyhoeddiad hwn gan Passenger Transport i gyd-fynd ag Uwchgynhadledd Gwasanaethau Bws Llywodraeth Cymru yn Wrecsam ar Ionawr 23. Mae’r cyhoeddiad hwn yn cynnwys cyfraniadau gan amrywiaeth o sefydliadau sydd â diddordeb mewn gwasanaethau bysus yng Nghymru, gan ddathlu llwyddiannau ac ystyried yr heriau sydd yn ein gwynebu.
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• Out now: Issue 151 of Passenger Transport

  12-01-2017 16:43 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Issue 151 of Passenger Transport is published on January 13
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  LEAD STORYDfT and TOCs to trial radical fares overhaul
  Trials represent breakthrough in persuading ministers to consider revising historic regulations which prevent better value, fairer and simpler tickets
   
  NEWS
  National Express exits, Trenitalia enters
  UK group agrees deal to sell c2c franchise to Italian state railway
  City axes bus lanes in bid to ease congestion
  Coventry City Council will thi
  
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• How do Southern Rail passengers regain their self-respect? By going on strike | David Boyle

  12-01-2017 16:32
  
  After eight months of appalling service, one commuter decided that the only way to fight back was through nonviolent direct action – and cakeImagine you went to a restaurant and found they couldn’t provide you with the menu, or maybe with any food at all – but you still had to pay for the steak tartare you ordered even though you only got a cheese sandwich and waited an hour.Imagine that, as an extra humiliation, you also had to prove you had paid when you left, by handing over
  
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• DfT and TOCs to trial radical fares overhaul

  12-01-2017 16:29 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Trials represent breakthrough in persuading ministers to consider revising historic regulations which prevent better value, fairer and simpler tickets
   
  Paul Maynard
   
  The Rail Delivery Group is intending to define a “a whole new territory” for rail fares in a series of pilot projects agreed with the government. Industry sources told Passenger Transport that approval for the trials represents a breakthrough in persuading ministers to consider revising historic regulations w
  
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• National Express exits, Trenitalia enters

  12-01-2017 16:24 via passengertransport.co.uk
  UK group agrees deal to sell c2c franchise to Italian state railway
    
  National Express Group has agreed a £70m deal to sell its c2c franchise to Trenitalia, the Italian state railway company.
  The deal marks the departure of National Express from the UK passenger rail market. The group was once the market leader, with nine franchises, but its market position has steadily eroded. London commuter operator c2c has been the sole survivor of its once mighty UK rail portfolio since Feb
  
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• ‘A diesel bus emits less NOx than a diesel car’

  12-01-2017 16:22 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Study finds that buses and coaches are cleaner than cars
   
  PEMS equipment fitted to the exhaust system of a bus
   
  Research by the International Council on Clean Transportation has discovered that heavy duty vehicles such as buses and coaches that are powered by diesel engines are far cleaner than cars powered by significantly smaller diesel engines.
  ICCT analysed research that saw diesel cars subjected to “real world” emissions testing, rather than the tests undertaken unde
  
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• What do customers really want?

  12-01-2017 16:19 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Arriva has sought to answer this question through a programmeof engagement, including an online survey and an event at our HQ
   
  The customer-focused event in Doxford
   
  By Gillian Singh, Arriva UK Bus
  All too often we see customer engagement by businesses take place to gain intelligence and thoughts on a decision already taken, an investment already made. But shouldn’t customer engagement begin prior to the finalisations of any large scale commercial decisions, particularly when t
  
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• 'See it while you still can': readers on the Stonehenge tunnel

  12-01-2017 15:25
  
  Plans to transform traffic management around Stonehenge include digging a tunnel. Here, we look at our readers’ reactions to the latest announcements
  Plans to tunnel under a Stonehenge road as part of a transformation of traffic management around the site have again hit headlines and stirred discussion among our readers. Here we look at some of your responses to Chris Grayling’s £2bn investment scheme. Related: The Stonehenge tunnel will bring us closer to a mythic past Surely
  
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• Heathrow cancels flights as wintry weather grips UK

  12-01-2017 14:51
  
  Britain’s busiest airport says conditions have affected dozens of flights, as Met Office issues yellow warnings for much of countryDozens of flights have been cancelled at Heathrow, the UK’s busiest airport, as blizzards, high winds and heavy rain caused difficult travel conditions across the country.Heavy snow lay across Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of England on Thursday morning, and Met Office issued yellow warnings of snow and overnight ice. Continue reading...
  
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• The Stonehenge tunnel will bring us closer to a mythic past

  12-01-2017 14:13
  
  The newly confirmed road tunnel under Stonehenge has archaeologists up in arms, but removing traffic noise will help recreate the bleak mood that so inspired Hardy and ConstableVisiting Stonehenge becomes ever harder. You have to book ahead as if it were a swanky West End show, endure a visitor centre when what you really want to do is commune with the mysterious past – and when you do finally get your chance to walk around (not among) the stones, you need to assiduously ignore the hum of
  
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• Uber wants public subsidies to fill the gaps in the UK's transport network - Business Insider

  12-01-2017 13:49
  
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  Uber wants public subsidies to fill the gaps in the UK's transport network
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  Uber is pitching for public subsidies to fill the gaps in the UK's public transport network. The taxi app company believes car hire firms can reduce congestion and traffic emissions if given the chance to work directly with local authorities and ...en meer »
  
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• Uber wants public subsidies to fill the gaps in the UK's transport ... - Business Insider

  12-01-2017 13:36
  
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  Uber wants public subsidies to fill the gaps in the UK's transport ...
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  Uber wants local authority funding to help reduce congestion in UK cities.en meer »
  
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• Flights cancelled as UK battered by blizzard

  12-01-2017 12:52
  
  Scotland and Northern Ireland covered in heavy snow as Met Office issues yellow ‘be aware’ warningsBlizzard conditions are causing travel disruption as Britain is battered by a storm that has led to the cancellation of at least 80 flights at the country’s biggest airport. Heavy snow was lying across Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of England by Thursday morning. London’s Heathrow airport said a combination of snow and windy weather conditions had affected flights. Co
  
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• What is the modern transport bill?

  12-01-2017 07:33
  
  Driverless cars, space tourism and zero-emission vehicles are all part of the UK government’s grand transport plans. What does it all mean? Here’s our explainerThe modern transport bill is the UK’s push to be at the forefront of the international transport technology revolution: developing driverless cars and launching a commercial spaceport.All these initiatives were announced in the Queen’s speech in May 2016 and continue to be pursued by Theresa May’s government,
  
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• Chris Grayling gives go-ahead to road tunnel under Stonehenge

  12-01-2017 01:01
  
  Transport secretary takes ‘big decision’ to transform A303 in move experts say could irreparably damage world heritage siteA tunnel is to be built under Stonehenge under plans announced by ministers, in a move that will reignite the controversy over improving major roads around the ancient site.Chris Grayling said he was taking a “big decision” to transform the A303, one of the main arteries to the south-west and a notorious bottleneck for lorries and holidaymakers, as pa
  
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• Will anyone in government have sense to reverse decision to ditch paper road tax discs?

  12-01-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Of all the counter-productive measures brought in by governments in recent years, the abolition of the paper tax disc in 2014 should surely be put at the very top of a shameful list.
  
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• VW pleads guilty to emissions cheating

  12-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The German carmaker will pay $4.3bn in fines after admitting three criminal charges in the US.
  
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• VW cannot speed up the half-life of its scandal

  12-01-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - BPs shaming teaches some tough lessons to the German carmaker, writes Andrew Hill
  
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• Volkswagen to pay 3.5 billion fine after admitting charges in emissions scandal

  12-01-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - Car giant Volkswagen has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges in the US in connection with the emissions scandal and will pay a 4.3 billion US dollar (3.5 billion) penalty.
  
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• Volkswagen 'approves 3.5bn settlement' over emissions scandal

  12-01-2017 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail -The penalty, which will be paid to the US government, is the largest against a car maker in American history
  
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• Vivarail D-Train trial cancelled after fire

  12-01-2017 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Vivarail trial with London Midland cancelled following fire
  
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• Union sets deadline for first step towards Merseyside rail strikes

  12-01-2017 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo - RMT asks for Merseyrail assurances by January 26 over protecting jobs
  
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• UK rail union to ballot for more London Underground strikes

  12-01-2017 01:00 via feeds.reuters.com
  
  Reuters News - LONDON (Reuters) - A major rail union raised the prospect of more travel chaos in London when it said on Wednesday it would hold a strike ballot among train maintenance workers on the London Underground, just two days after a walkout caused havoc for commuters.
  
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• Trenitalia buys c2c to enter UK rail market

  12-01-2017 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: An agreement in principle for National Express Group to sell its c2c passenger franchisee to...
  
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• Stonehenge tunnel plans finalised by government

  12-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Long-awaited plans for a road tunnel past Stonehenge have been finalised by the government.
  
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• Steven ties up at Port of Tyne again

  12-01-2017 01:00 via shieldsgazette.com
  
  The Shields Gazette - The Port of Tyne has welcomed back a former crew member.
  
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• Southern Rail to take Aslef union to Supreme Court over strikes

  12-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Southern Rail's parent company has announced it is taking the Aslef union to the Supreme Court in a bid to stop further strikes.
  
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• Southern Rail strikes 2017: Commuters face more travel misery after walkout ends

  12-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Commuters using Southern Rail faced more travel misery on Thursday despite there being no strike action.
  
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• Southern rail strike: GTR taking legal case to Supreme Court

  12-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Southern rail bosses say they want to take legal action to avoid more strikes.
  
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• SNCF awards 375bn Paris RER fleet renewal contract

  12-01-2017 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - FRANCE: The SNCF board has formally selected a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier Transportation...
  
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• Schools urged to get on their bike as part of cycling scheme

  12-01-2017 01:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -SCHOOLS across Gwent are being invited to get involved in a new national scheme being launched by cycling charity Sustrans.
  
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• Sadiq Khans £10 pollution charge 'will cost Londoners £23 million a year but hardly improve air quality at all'

  12-01-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Sadiq Khans toxicity charge will cost Londoners £23 million a year despite having only a negligible impact on air pollution, it was claimed today.
  
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• RMT widens dispute over role of train guards

  12-01-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Union demands assurances on new trains from Arriva Rail North and Merseyrail
  
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• RMT to ballot LU fleet staff over further strikes

  12-01-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The RMT has confirmed that it will be balloting its London Underground (LU) fleet staff over potential industrial action, threatening further chaos to the Tube network. The union has accused LUmp;rsquo;s management of numerous breaches of previous agreements, including a failure to consult RMT...
  
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• Residents advised to bin survey

  12-01-2017 01:00 via colnbrook.info
  Other Regional Press - Campaign group Stop Heathrow Expansion is telling residents to bin a cold call request for information from homeowners in the area by the airport.
  
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• Record-breaking Christmas getaway completes record year at London Stansted

  12-01-2017 01:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - London Stansted Airport completed a record-breaking 2016 with its busiest ever December as the great Christmas getaway and record high aircraft load factors boosted passenger numbers during the month.
  
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• Rail strike chaos could spread across the country in weeks

  12-01-2017 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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• RAIB investigates fatal Sheffield tram accident

  12-01-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has decided to investigate a fatal accident just before Christmas in which a Sheffield man was killed by a tram. At around 10am on 22 December 2016 a pedestrian, who had just stepped off an inbound tram, was killed by an out-bound tram while using...
  
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• No stones will be left unturned in A34 review

  12-01-2017 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -A TRANSPORT minister has vowed to leave no stone unturned in a safety review of the A34.
  
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• Next step in major investment for south-west as A303 Stonehenge plans published

  12-01-2017 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Plans for tunnel under Stonehenge, part of roads package to cut congestion in the south-west.
  
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• National Express to sell c2c franchise to Trenitalia, quitting UK rail

  12-01-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - National Express has reached a provisional agreement with Trenitalia for the Italian rail company to acquire the c2c franchise, while not ruling out its return to bid for future UK rail franchises. The acquisition, expected to cost Trenitalia in the region of mp;pound;70m, is dependent upon the...
  
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• National Express quits UK rail through c2c sale

  12-01-2017 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Group turns focus to international operations and bus business
  
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• Merseyrail driver-only trains: RMT sets guards decision deadline

  12-01-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A train operator has two weeks to give
  
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