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• Commuters face travel disruption around London Bridge

  04-06-2017 20:36
  
  Train stations and roads near site of Saturday’s attack will stay closed and passengers are advised to check for updatesCommuters going into London will be facing disruption to their journeys Monday morning as train stations and roads near London Bridge remain closed following Saturday’s attack while police carry out forensic investigations. It is not known when rail stations and roads will reopen.Mark Rowley, assistant commissioner of the Met police, said the cordon around London Br
  
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• Commuters face disruption around London Bridge

  04-06-2017 20:36
  
  Train stations and roads near site of Saturday’s attack will stay closed and passengers should check before travel Commuters to London will be facing disruption to journeys on Monday morning as train stations and roads in the immediate vicinity of London Bridge remain closed following Saturday’s attack while police carry out forensic investigations. It is not known when the stations and roads will reopen. Continue reading...
  
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• VAMOOZ offering bus trips for 1 donation to One Love Manchester concert featuring Ariana Grande

  04-06-2017 02:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A BUS company is offering lifts to people from East Lancashire who are going to the One Love Manchester concert on Sunday.
  
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• UK car industry pins hopes on battery technology

  04-06-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - British government has promised to inject 250m in research and development
  
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• Tywyn's Talyllyn Railway opens doors to volunteers

  04-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Talyllyn Railway is offering volunteers the chance to work on the locomotives and on the tracks.
  
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• Transition to Shared Mobility: How cities can deliver inclusive transport services

  04-06-2017 02:00 via itsinternational.com
  Other News Sources - A new study released by the International Transport Forum (ITF) examines how cities can manage the challenges of geographical scale and transition to shared mobility services.
  
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• Tram network safety put in doubt by cyclists death subscription

  04-06-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Transport officials ignored advice to include cycle lanes that could have prevented last weeks fatality, say critics
  
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• Shippea Hill station: Least visited site joins challenge

  04-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - More than 20 people travelled to the UK's least visited railway station to meet a couple attempting a train challenge with a difference.
  
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• ScotRail slammed for 'wanting to use prisoners as free labour' in day-release scheme while 90 vacancies go unfilled

  04-06-2017 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - Union bosses have criticised plans recruit long-term convicts in voluntary roles instead of hiring full-time staff.
  
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• Ruth Cadbury Answers Your Questions

  04-06-2017 02:00 via chiswickw4.com
  Other News Sources - How many jobs will be created locally if the Third Runway proceeds and what would you say to those that lose their jobs if it doesnt?
  
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• Rotterdam gets nod for rail scheme

  04-06-2017 02:00 via portstrategy.com
  Port Strategy - Sharon Dijksma, the state secretary for infrastructure and environment, has approved the Theemsweg Route decision to alter the course of the Port Railway Line in the port of Rotterdam.
  
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• Rail user groups respond to price hike in trains from St Albans to London

  04-06-2017 02:00 via hertsad.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Association of Public Transport Users (APTU) and the Bedford Commuters Association (BCA) are calling on the train company to reverse the fare increase of 21 to 29 per cent, which was imposed on Monday, May 21.
  
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• Rail union calls for security summit saying driver-only trains increase terror risk

  04-06-2017 02:00 via brightonandhovenews.org
  
  Other Regional Press - Britains biggest rail union, the RMT, has called for a security summit and said that driver-only trains increase the terror risk to passengers.
  
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• Pressure kept on train bosses

  04-06-2017 02:00 via halifaxcourier.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Campaigners are keeping the pressure on railway chiefs to provide better services in Calderdale as they met with leading bosses for the train franchise.
  
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• Piece of railway history back on track after 60 years

  04-06-2017 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Telegraph - An historic railway signal cabin that lay in an orchard for nearly 60 years has been restored to its former glory by the Downpatrick and County Down Railway (DCDR).
  
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• People going to One Love Manchester concert to get free transport

  04-06-2017 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Metro - People attending the One Love Manchester tribute concert this weekend will be able to travel to and from the venue for free.
  
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• Oxford Airport evacuated after 'suspicious item' found

  04-06-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press -POLICE have evacuated Oxford Airport after the discovery of a 'suspicious item'.
  
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• On your bike! Bike to School Week starts tomorrow

  04-06-2017 02:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Schoolchildren, teachers and parents across Dorset are being urged to get on their bikes this week.
  
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• Old photos shed new light on iconic Wensleydale Railway

  04-06-2017 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo - A GENEROUS bequest of family photographs has inspired a remarkable research journey at the Wensleydale Railway.
  
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• Ministers call for improved governance for transport

  04-06-2017 02:00 via itsinternational.com
  Other News Sources - Transport Ministers from the 57 member countries of the International Transport Forum have expressed their political will to improve the governance frameworks for transport in order to help achieve objectives agreed by the international community.
  
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• London to Edinburgh in half an hour? No need for HS2 then subscription

  04-06-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Hyperloop systems could transform travel. But are they just a pipe dream? Danny Fortson reports from San Francisco
  
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• Labour pledge to renationalise rail 'does not stack up', says transport boss

  04-06-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - The case for renationalising the railways proposed by the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn does not "stack up", according to a major transport chief.
  
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• HS2 pledge welcomed by rail industry

  04-06-2017 02:00 via machinery-market.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The rail industry has welcomed the fact that the Prime Minister pledged her support for investment in the High Speed 2 project that would link London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester.
  
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• Heathrow plan to build third runway on stilts over M25 subscription

  04-06-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - It is the engineering challenge from hell: how to build a runway across Britains busiest motorway.
  
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• 'Goblin' rail works shuts line for eight weekends

  04-06-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The works on the so-called
  
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• Gilruth backs rail link bid

  04-06-2017 02:00 via centralfifetimes.com
  
  Other News Sources - KINGLASSIE MSP, Jenny Gilruth and David Torrance the Kirkcaldy MSP joined campaigners from the Levenmouth Rail
  
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• Flight delayed? Your payout will be too subscription

  04-06-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Passengers seeking compensation had been pointed in the wrong direction by British Airways
  
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• EC call for port experts

  04-06-2017 02:00 via portstrategy.com
  Port Strategy - The European Commissions directorate-general for mobility and transport has made a call for applications for a new group of experts called the European Ports Forum.
  
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• Campaign to stop RAF Northolt from becoming "another Luton by the back door" launches

  04-06-2017 02:00 via harrowtimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A cross-party campaign has launched to stop commercial flights at RAF Northolt.
  
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• British Airways told to automatically compensate passengers caught up in Bank Holiday chaos

  04-06-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - British Airways has been urged to automatically compensate passengers caught up in its Bank Holiday computer meltdown rather than wait for them to submit claims.
  
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