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• Glory days of British Rail’s full English breakfast | Letters

  24-05-2017 19:40
  
  Guardian readers share their memories of on-train cateringIan Jack should try the 17.16 from Cardiff to Holyhead, which has a first-class dining carriage (How the railway sandwich led to the privatisation of Britain, 20 May). Food is freshly cooked in a galley. Three courses with choices, wine and coffee at very reasonable rates. Until a couple of years ago there were fresh white linen tablecloths and serviettes, but it is a little more prosaic these days. The food was comparable to a local
  
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• US accuses Fiat Chrysler of using 'defeat devices'

  24-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The software features came in about 104,000 diesel-engine jeeps and trucks sold in the US.
  
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• Uber pays millions in back-payments to New York drivers

  24-05-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Car-booking service overcharged for more than 2 years through commission error
  
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• There was a glitch Commuters left confused as trains disappear amid Great Northerns timetable update

  24-05-2017 02:00 via whtimes.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Commuters were left confused as two train timetables giving different information were both available this morningwith some services apparently going missing.
  
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• TfL in High Court dispute with Heathrow over Crossrail fees

  24-05-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Proposals to run Elizabeth Line trains through Heathrow Airport have been jeopardised by a legal dispute over fees imposed by the airport. Heathrow, which spent mp;pound;1bn building the five-mile line linking Heathrow to the Great Western main line 20 years ago, have argued that TfL should pay...
  
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• Teesside's longest established private coach hire company celebrates 50 years in business

  24-05-2017 02:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Terry Wilson has been running Escort Luxury Coaches for five decades, a feat he says makes him the longest established coach company in Teesside
  
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• Stadler unveils new high-speed train Giruno

  24-05-2017 02:00 via globalrailnews.com
  
  Global Rail News - Stadler has marked its 75th anniversary by unveiling the new EC250 high-speed train.
  
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• Southern Rail launches investigation after train crash in depot leads to delays and cancellations

  24-05-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Southern Rail has launched an investigation after two of its trains crashed into each other in a depot early on Tuesday morning.
  
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• RMT rail strike suspended after Manchester attack

  24-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The RMT has suspended a 24-hour walkout on Merseyrail, Northern Rail and Southern Rail on 30 May.
  
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• Rise of Chinese airlines hits Singapore and Cathay

  24-05-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Asia rivals face headwinds after regional dominance in long-haul business travel
  
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• New station opens and more trains bring better service to Greater Anglia

  24-05-2017 02:00 via elystandard.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - More trains are announced as the newest railway station in East Anglia is opened in Cambridge.
  
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• New bus links for Kensworth

  24-05-2017 02:00 via lutontoday.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Centrebus has joined forces with Central Bedfordshire Council and Kensworth Parish Council to improve local bus links between the village and Dunstable on Mondays to Fridays from Tuesday 30 May.
  
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• MSPs back legislation for seatbelts on school buses

  24-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - It would become a legal requirements for seatbelts to be fitted on all dedicated home-to-school transport.
  
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• Manchester terror attack: Surrey Police calls for vigilance as Met and British Transport Police step up presence

  24-05-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -The force has called for vigilance in the wake of the attack, while the Met Police and British Transport Police say more officers are on patrol
  
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• Latest cycling top boasts shape-shifting cells

  24-05-2017 02:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - The best way to keep a cycling top smelling fresh is to cram it full of living cells. Scientists at Americas MIT have designed a breathable top with ventilation flaps lined with living microbial cells that shrink and expand in response to changes in humidity. The cells are so strong that they can induce bending of the ventilation flaps so The post Latest cycling top boasts shape-shifting cells appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Kent: Eurostar to launch direct route from London to Amsterdam by the end of the year

  24-05-2017 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The train company is to run direct trains to the Netherlands by the end of the yearbut there are questions over whether it will stop in the county.
  
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• Indias new private ports challenge ageing state giants

  24-05-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Investors seize opportunities as government facilities struggle with booming trade
  
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• High Speed Rail college calls on businesses to commit apprentices

  24-05-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Businesses have been called on to mp;ldquo;act soon,mp;rdquo; to fill the remaining spaces left on the National College for High Speed Railmp;rsquo;s (NCHSR) apprenticeship schemes. In anticipation of the college opening in four monthsmp;rsquo; time, it has now called on companies to send their...
  
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• Greens want transport boost to help us live 'larger lives'

  24-05-2017 02:00 via transport-network.co.uk
  Transport Network - The Green Party has pledged to create a peoples transport system that makes it easy for people to choose to leave the car at homeor not have one at all.
  
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• Great Northern completes refurb of Fen Line Class 387s

  24-05-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Great Northern has now replaced all the trains running between Kingmp;rsquo;s Lynn and Cambridge with more modern, air conditioned carriages. The news comes a day after the new Cambridge North station was opened, which will serve both Great Northern and Greater Anglia services for the...
  
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• Gatwick and Heathrow airports: Passengers evacuated from two flights after 'suspicious white powder found in overhead locker' and 'bomb threat'

  24-05-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Passengers on a flight due to depart from Gatwick were evacuated, while a plane destined for Heathrow was also emptied
  
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• FTA urges government action over Calais migrants

  24-05-2017 02:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Freight Transport Association has urged the government to lobby the French authorities to protect drivers passing through the Calais area, ...
  
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• Eurostar to run direct trains from London to Amsterdam by end of the year

  24-05-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Direct Eurostar services between London and Amsterdam will be operating by the end of the year, sparking a major price war with airlines.
  
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• Drone in near miss with plane near Edinburgh Airport

  24-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The unmanned craft was flying about 20-30 metres away from a commercial Loganair flight at about 4,000ft.
  
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• Drone came within 20 metres of plane at Edinburgh Airport

  24-05-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Herald - An airline pilot was forced to take evasive action after a drone came within 20 metres of his plane as he prepared to land in Edinburgh.
  
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• Driverless cars inspire a new gold rush in California

  24-05-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Money is flooding into autonomous car start-ups. For the sectors evangelists, questions about business models miss the point
  
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• Crossrail Heathrow plans threatened after legal row

  24-05-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airport wants to charge rail operator for use of its track
  
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• Consultation on plans to revamp Southeastern including proposal to ditch First Class extended until the end of June

  24-05-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - A consultation on plans to overhaul the next Southeastern franchise has been extended until the end of June.
  
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• Car vending machine: We try out the novel Singapore dealership

  24-05-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - This luxury car showroom in Singapore has found a novel way to put its vehicles on display.
  
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• Calais migrant gangs attack British truckers

  24-05-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - British truck drivers have called for increased protection after a series of violent incidents in Calais, six months after the Jungle shantytown was torn to the ground and its residents dispersed.
  
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• Brits pay out 395million in excess baggage charges

  24-05-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - One in five Britons has been charged by an airline for exceeding a baggage allowance for a flight in the past two years, leading to an average of 135 in fees each.
  
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• AM says rail improvements must go alongside road projects

  24-05-2017 02:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - IMPROVEMENTS to road networks across south Wales must go hand-in-hand with increased rail services, a Gwent AM has said.
  
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• Airlines coffee venture flying into Blackburn and Burnley town centres

  24-05-2017 02:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - THE first two Northern outlets of budget airline easyJets coffee shop offshoot are set to land in Blackburn and Burnley this summer.
  
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• Air Astana and Kazatomprom select banks for IPO

  24-05-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - State-backed airline and uranium producer are part of pipeline of Kazakhstan privatisations
  
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• AAPA chief: Laptop ban brings no tangible security benefits

  24-05-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aviation Industry- As airlines and airports steel themselves for a possible widening of the US ban on laptops and similar-sized personal electronics in the cabin, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has warned against falling into the trap of knee-jerk reactions.read more
  
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