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• West Yorkshire Police use decoy bus to catch anti-social youths

  11-03-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Undercover police officers have been travelling around parts of West Yorkshire on a decoy bus to tackle anti-social behaviour.
  
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• Volta: The worlds most discreet electric bicycle

  11-03-2017 01:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - The Volta is a bicycle of contradictions. First off, its an electric bike, but with a battery and motor are so discreet you wouldnt know they were there. Furthermore, its aspiration to be a light cargo bike is countered bysleek looks and a weight of only 15 kg. On top of these attributes, the Volta packs technological features such as The post Volta: The worlds most discreet electric bicycle appeared first on ETA.
  
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• VIDEO: Stoke Station's £1m 'sympathetic' transformation wins National Railway Heritage award

  11-03-2017 01:00 via stokesentinel.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Stoke-on-Trent's main train station has won an award for its 'sympathetic' £1 million restoration incorporating original features.
  
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• Vehicle Excise Duty: Small car buyers face higher costs

  11-03-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The way we pay road tax will change significantly from 1 April and it is something to consider if you're going to be buying a new car.
  
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• UK rolling stock fleet growth fastest for decades

  11-03-2017 01:00 via globalrailnews.com
  
  Global Rail News - The UKs train fleet is growing at its fastest rate for decades, according to a report by the Rolling Stock Strategy Steering Group (RSSSG).
  
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• Southern Rail strike: 'Most trains to run yet' during 30th walkout

  11-03-2017 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Bosses at Southern Rail today pledged to run the most trains yet on Monday when RMT guards stage their 30th 24-hour strike.
  
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• South Yorkshire MPs slam new high-speed rail link route as 'badly thought out'

  11-03-2017 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  
  Sheffield Star - South Yorkshire's MPs have slammed the proposed new HS2 route as 'badly thought out'.
  
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• ScotRail performance improves for fifth consecutive month

  11-03-2017 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The reliability of ScotRail services has improved for the fifth monthly period in a row, new figures show.
  
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• Reliability boost in train services ends need for ScotRail improvement plan

  11-03-2017 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - The reliability of ScotRail's trains has improved again in recent weeks, ending the contractual need for a performance improvement plan to be in place.
  
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• Rail users will debate crowding on service

  11-03-2017 01:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Rail strike: What you need to know before Monday's walk-out

  11-03-2017 01:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - RMT union to strike on Monday in dispute over 'driver only' trains :: Northern services set to be affected
  
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• Parliamentary Committee to examine introduction of seat belts on school transport

  11-03-2017 01:00 via scottish.parliament.uk
  Other News Sources - The Scottish Parliaments Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee is encouraging individuals, the bus industry and other organisations to share their views on the Seat Belts on School Transport (Scotland) Bill, recently introduced by Gillian Martin MSP.
  
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• No sweat: city cyclists fuel rise in sales of electric bikes subscription

  11-03-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - At 16 Tom Morley competed in his first cycle race. Since then he has bagged a couple of records and ridden across the Alps and Pyrenees, but at the age of 77, he is now struggling to get up the small hills around his Hertfordshire home. For a man who has spent a large part of his life on a bike, this challenge is the most disheartening of all.
  
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• Merseyrail injunction bid against RMT strike thrown out by High Court

  11-03-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Merseyrailmp;rsquo;s bid for an injunction to block RMTmp;rsquo;s planned strikes on Monday has been thrown out by the High Court, with the union now confirming that industrial action will still go ahead next week. In a statement, the operator said that it had put the argument to judges that...
  
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• Major gaps in controversial rail police plans, warns report

  11-03-2017 01:00 via scotsman.com
  
  The Scotsman - An independent study of controversial plans to integrate railway policing into Police Scotland has highlighted a shortage of detail and a concerning lack of consensus for the move.
  
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• Lutons high speed airport rail link a step closer

  11-03-2017 01:00 via bedfordtoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Plans for a state-of-the-art £200 million mass passenger transit (MPT) system linking London Luton Airport (LLA) with Luton Airport Parkway railway station have been submitted, the airports owner London Luton Airport Ltd (LLAL) has announced.
  
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• Lorry drivers under threat from Calais stowaways subscription

  11-03-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Migrants are still attempting to stow away in lorries heading for British ports, three months after the closure of the main refugee camp in Calais.
  
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• London Tube train derails after 'wheels come off' causing commuters severe delays

  11-03-2017 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Engineering train comes off tracks at White City around 5am causing frustration for commuters on London's most delayed line
  
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• Letter on rail strike a stunt, claims RMT subscription

  11-03-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The main rail workers union has described the offer of talks to head off a strike on Monday as a stunt.
  
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• HS2 starts hunt for talented apprentices

  11-03-2017 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - The search has now begun for apprentices to work on HS2, as it was reiterated that HS2 Ltd plans to create around 2,000 places for talented young people wanting to break into the rail industry on the high-speed rail project. Successful applicants will develop skills that are essential to...
  
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• History and a house of straw - a commuter's guide to the East Coast Main Line

  11-03-2017 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Take a trip on it with us to see houses of straw, God, history and sport on the East Coast Main Line
  
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• Christian Wolmar: Labour, taking control of the trains and why Hammonds hostility to anything but cars is all too clear

  11-03-2017 01:00 via labourlist.org
  
  Other News Sources - Philip Hammonds knowledge of transport was well summed up at my first meeting with him soon after he was appointed transport secretary in 2010. Annoyed at the number of level crossing around Egham in his Surrey constituency, he asked me why cant the trains, which are often just carrying a few people, wait for the cars rather than the other way round?I spluttered to explain about signalling, timetabling and the like, and then rapidly changed the subject.
  
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• Campaigners call for Crossrail to make travel between north and south of Glasgow easier

  11-03-2017 01:00 via glasgowlive.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A meeting was called this week to talk about the much-debated Crossrail project - but new homes being built in the Merchant City could scupper it before it gets off the ground.
  
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• Ban driving near schools, says Khan subscription

  11-03-2017 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Cars should be banned from roads near schools to reduce air pollution and to force parents to walk their children to school, the mayor of London has said.
  
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• Airlines demand clarity from Britain on post-Brexit flying

  11-03-2017 01:00 via feeds.reuters.com
  
  Reuters News - BERLIN (Reuters) - Airlines need Britain to hurry up with plans for aviation following its vote to leave the European Union, because the deadline for preparing flight schedules in a post-Brexit Europe is fast approaching, a Ryanair executive said on Friday.
  
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• Airlines could reduce climate change impact by 10 per cent

  11-03-2017 01:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - Airlines could reduce their impact on climate change by up to 10 by making small changes to some flight routes, according to research by University of Reading. Scientists found airlines could reduce the environmental damage for which they are responsible by avoiding areas where emissions have the largest impact. The changes would increase operating costs by only around one per The post Airlines could reduce climate change impact by 10 per cent appeared first on ETA.
  
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• £6m station design moves a step closer

  11-03-2017 01:00 via inverness-courier.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - INVERNESS Railway Station is on track for a major new look, with plans for a£6 million transformation going to tender later this year.
  
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• 220 million boost to help motorists beat congestion

  11-03-2017 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Traffic hotspots across England have been identified by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to receive millions of pounds for junction upgrades, roundabout improvements and better traffic signalling.The schemes, worth about £110 million, will cut congestion and journey times for motorists and improve safety. They will be completed by spring 2020.This includes 2 larger projects, worth £30 million, which will create an unbroken stretch of
  
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