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• Wallsend firm on track for success

  22-05-2017 02:00 via newsguardian.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - After Barrier Group acquired assets from A-Belco last November, Barrier Electrical Engineering has grown its reputation across industry sectors, in particular defence and rail.
  
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• Train franchise tipped to go Dutch with Japanese Subscription

  22-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The Dutch state railway company Abellio has been tipped to become the new operator of the West Midlands train franchise.
  
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• Riskiest roads for cyclists revealed by campaigners

  22-05-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - The most dangerous roads for cyclists have been revealed by campaigners who have called for junctions to be improved.
  
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• Revellers go full steam ahead at Rail Ale festival on the Welsh Highland Railway

  22-05-2017 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Hundreds turned out for the 13th Cwrw ar y Cledrau event to enjoy more than 100 mainly locally brewed beers and ciders on offer
  
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• New network of cameras will charge drivers for polluting Subscription

  22-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - A national network of roadside cameras to identify, track and charge drivers of the most polluting vehicles is to be created across Scotland.
  
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• New green station opens in Cambridge

  22-05-2017 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -A new station serving science and business parks in Cambridge has opened. Cambridge North is operated by Greater Anglia, but Great Northern trains also call there. The three-platform station includes a 1,000-space cycle park and a car park for 450 vehicles. It is also served by buses, including those on the Cambridge guided bus route. The station is green, with solar panels providing up to 10 per cent of its power.
  
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• New electric trains introduced by First Great Western

  22-05-2017 02:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - The first of the new electric trains to ease congestion for passengers on the First Great Western Railway enter into service today.
  
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• Mondays best TV: The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway

  22-05-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Cynicism about the extent of investment lavished upon the south-east aside, Crossrail is an amazing engineering project, as this returning series shows
  
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• Midland Metro link for planned for Dudley Port railway station

  22-05-2017 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The plans have been revealed in a new public consultation by Sandwell Council.
  
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• Longer journeys could be key to making trains run on time Subscription

  22-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Rail travellers in Scotland are facing the prospect of longer journeys to improve the reliability of services.
  
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• HS2 faces call for an inquiry over massive PR expenses on coasters, T-shirts and tickets to party conferences

  22-05-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Critics called for a public inquiry into the HS2 rail link last night after its PR chief spent tens of thousands of pounds on coasters, T-shirts and tickets to party conferences.
  
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• HNAs Hainan Airlines to buy 19 planes for $4.2bn

  22-05-2017 02:00 via ft.com
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• Here's how the new ScotRail timetable will affect your morning commute

  22-05-2017 02:00 via glasgowlive.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - ScotRail warn passengers to expect longer journey times and bigger queues as the latest improvement works get under way.
  
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• German tortoise and Tesla hare in electric car race

  22-05-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Traditional carmakers power up for battle with pioneer of battery charged vehicles
  
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• First images of proposed post-industrial London High Line unveiled

  22-05-2017 02:00 via eandt.theiet.org
  
  Other News Sources - Stretch of disused rail line in London would be turned into an elevated garden under a scheme being compared to a world-famous Manhattan project
  
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• Delayed £50m Cambridge North railway station opens

  22-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A £50m railway station whose opening date was put back twice is finally running services.
  
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• Crossrail and Heathrow in legal dispute over fees

  22-05-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - New Elizabeth line will undercut prices of £25 Heathrow Express service
  
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• Bid to turn disused railway between Camden Town and Kings Cross into elevated Highline park

  22-05-2017 02:00 via hamhigh.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Plans have been announced to create a 60-foot-wide, half-mile-long park on a disused stretch of railway between Camden Town and Kings Cross.
  
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• Better rail service for Nottingham, Lincoln and Newark trains launched today

  22-05-2017 02:00 via westbridgfordwire.com
  Other News Sources - The new East Midlands Trains timetable launched today (Sunday 21 May) brings earlier and more frequent Sunday services between Lincoln, Newark Castle and Nottingham.
  
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• AURA Positive Train Control System

  22-05-2017 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -The Metrom Rail AURA Positive Train Control System is the first transit-specific train control system of its kind.
  
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• Arriva Trains Wales staff member allegedly told passenger 'go back to your own country'

  22-05-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The worker has now left the organisation
  
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• Arriva Trains Wales is adding extra capacity on its crammed routes

  22-05-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online -The changes come in from Monday with thousands of extra seats available
  
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• Arriva operating contract to be extended

  22-05-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - NETHERLANDS: The Province of Gelderland is to exercise an option for Arriva to continue to operate...
  
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• American Airlines passenger 'duct taped to seat' after attempting to enter cockpit

  22-05-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Two US military fighters jets were scrambled to escort an American Airlines flight to safety after a passenger reportedly tried to force his way into the cockpit.
  
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• Air pollution deprives you of a decent nights sleep Subscription

  22-05-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - High levels of air pollution can significantly harm your chances of a good nights sleep, research has found.
  
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• Agenda: It is time to bring all aspects of rail management back to Scotland Agenda

  22-05-2017 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
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