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• Volvo to use electric motors in all cars from 2019

  05-07-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Carmaker calls time on vehicles powered solely by an internal combustion engine
  
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• Virgin Trains and other rail companies agree to sell advance tickets on day of journeys

  05-07-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Virgin Trains and other rail companies have are to allow passengers to buy low-cost advance tickets as late as 10 minutes before the train's departure time.
  
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• UK Prime Minister inaugurates railway sidings to increase train frequency

  05-07-2017 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Other News Sources - UK Prime Minister Theresa May has officially opened a new £4.5m railway siding in Maidenhead that will enable Great Western Railway (GWR) to increase the frequency of train services, especially during the peak times.
  
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• Two-thirds of public support rail freight investment boost, poll finds

  05-07-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Almost two-thirds (61) of people would like to see more freight transported by rail, a new poll released today has found. The findings, released by YouGov, also found that only 2 of people wanted to see more freight transported by road in lorries and HGVs. And 63 of respondents in the poll...
  
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• Trainbuilder Hitachi smashes 1,000-job figure and reveals more work could come to Newton Aycliffe plant

  05-07-2017 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo -A TRAINBUILDER now employs more than 1,000 workers and could soon bring further contracts to its North-East plant, The Northern Echo can reveal.
  
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• TfN's major road network is 'very big funding ask'

  05-07-2017 02:00 via transport-network.co.uk
  Transport Network - The size of the planned major road network (MRN) for the North poses a funding challenge for both the body that has proposed it and the Government, a key figure behind the MRN concept has told Transport Network.
  
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• Southern rail: Transport secretary accuses Labour of stoking up unrest on the railways

  05-07-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Transport secretary Chris Grayling has accused senior Labour figures of stirring up unrest at Southern rail and encouraging further industrial action on the beleaguered network.
  
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• RMT union in bid to end Southern rail dispute

  05-07-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The RMT tells MPs of a deal aimed at breaking the deadlock in a dispute now in its 15th month.
  
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• Rebalancing test for transport cash offers hope for Yorkshire

  05-07-2017 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  
  Yorkshire Post - TRANSPORT SECRETARY Chris Grayling will promise to give Yorkshire a better chance of securing cash for schemes.
  
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• Rail operators to sell cheap tickets on day

  05-07-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Millions of cheap advanced rail tickets will go on sale up to 10 minutes before departure after the abolition of rules that prevented passengers buying them on the day of travel.
  
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• 'New UK air deal needed by next year'

  05-07-2017 02:00 via independent.ie
  
  Other News Sources - A NEW aviation agreement with the United Kingdom is needed by next spring to avert the possibility of flights between Ireland and Britain being disrupted once Brexit is triggered in 2019, a Seanad committee has warned.
  
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• New Elizabeth Line to serve Heathrow's Terminal 5

  05-07-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Heathrow will be served by six Elizabeth Line trains per hour from December 2019.
  
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• New Elizabeth Line services are coming to Heathrow's Terminal 5 after airport strikes deal with the government and TfL

  05-07-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Heathrow has agreed a deal with the government over Crossrail services to bolster rail connectivity around the London airport.
  
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• Network Rail orders Harsco Stoneblowers

  05-07-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: Harsco Rail has won a contract to supply infrastructure manager Network Rail with seven...
  
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• Meet the man who will be responsible for YOUR Surrey train journeys over the next five years

  05-07-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources -Andy Mellors will take charge of the new South Western rail franchise when it officially takes over from South West Trains on August 20
  
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• Martin Vickers to meet with transport minister over long-running A180 noise saga

  05-07-2017 02:00 via grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers has arranged a meeting with government transport minister John Hayes to discuss what can be done about the A180's npisy road surface
  
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• M3 'smart' motorway opens in Hampshire and Surrey

  05-07-2017 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport -A £174m upgrade to turn the M3 into a
  
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• London mayor Sadiq Khan to meet transport secretary Chris Grayling this month for crunch talks over future of Crossrail 2

  05-07-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - London mayor Sadiq Khan will meet transport secretary Chris Grayling for crunch talks on the future of Crossrail 2 in the next fortnight as he looks to secure a commitment on Transport for London's (TfL) business case for the £31bn project.
  
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• LIVE updates: Terminal One has been evacuated at Manchester Airport after water started pouring in

  05-07-2017 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - Terminal One at Manchester Airport has been evacuated after water started pouring through the roof.
  
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• Less than half of services arrive on time at 19 Scottish stations

  05-07-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Fewer than half of service arrived on time at 19 stations across Scotland between 28 May and 24 June 2017, new figures released by ScotRail have today shown. In some stations, such as Arbroath, the percentage of trains that terminated at the station on time (within 59 seconds of its scheduled...
  
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• I know air tax is causing damage

  05-07-2017 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Telegraph - It's time the procrastination ended so we can grab the opportunity to deliver lasting benefits for Northern Ireland
  
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• Heathrows Terminal 5 to be served by Elizabeth line trains

  05-07-2017 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Telegraph - From December 2019 the number of trains from central London to the airport will increase to at least 22 a day.
  
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• HEATHROW RECEIVES RAIL BOOST

  05-07-2017 02:00 via bqlive.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Heathrow has agreed a new plan with TfL and DfT to boost rail services to the airport.
  
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• Heathrow Airport 22 train/h service agreed

  05-07-2017 02:00 via metro-report.com
  
  Other News Sources - UK: Heathrow Airport Ltd, Transport for London and the Department for Transport have reached an agreement for Elizabeth Line services to run to Terminal 5, with the total number of rail services to the airport to increase from 18 to 22 trains/h in 2019.
  
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• Government launches transport investment plan for Britain

  05-07-2017 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - A new strategy explains how local roads will benefit from a multi-billion pound fund and the proposed creation of a major road network.
  
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• ERTMS and CBTC Side By Side: A Comparison of State-of-the-art Rail Traffic Management Systems

  05-07-2017 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -There is a well-defined separation between the systems that are being used in Mass Transit networks and the ones being used for Mainline. However, each of these systems has the necessary maturity to step forward to an integrated solution that compris
  
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• Elizabeth Line Trains will stop at Terminal 5 and contactless and oyster will be introduced in May

  05-07-2017 02:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  
  Get West London - Connectivity to Heathrow has been given a boost after a new agreement between TfL and the Department for Transport for more trains to stop at the airport's stations.
  
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• Einrides T-Pod self-driving transport EV gets a full-scale prototype

  05-07-2017 02:00 via techcrunch.com
  
  Other News Sources - Swedish tech startup Einride has built a full-scale prototype of its T-Pod, the electric autonomous transport vehicle it hopes will eventually replace smaller heavy-duty trucks, featuring remote control operation and a 200 kWh energy capacity with a maximum range of around 124 miles.
  
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• Drone makers zero in on commercial opportunities

  05-07-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Agriculture and other sectors are driving adaptation of consumer UAVs for work
  
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• Controversial plans for new road to ease traffic in East Reading submitted

  05-07-2017 02:00 via getreading.co.uk
  
  Reading Evening Post -The East Reading Mass Rapid Transport plans have been submitted amid rising opposition
  
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• Chris Grayling to launch £1bn roads revolution Subscription

  05-07-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Scores of new bypasses are to be built under a £1 billion-a-year plan to combat congestion in towns and cities, the transport secretary will say today.
  
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• Chris Grayling announces £1bn fund for local roads

  05-07-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Local councils across England are set to benefit from a multi-billion pound fund to improve local roads, transport secretary Chris Grayling said last night.
  
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• Call for automatic compensation for delayed air passengers

  05-07-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Which? study reveals worst carriers for paying out on compensation claims
  
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• Britain still lagging in the use of city trams Letter

  05-07-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The snails pace evaluation of the possibility of running trams over train tracks in the UK is inexplicable (Tram-train link three years late and five times over budget, 4 July).
  
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• Bombardier selling Northern Ireland production site for almost £20m

  05-07-2017 02:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
  Belfast Telegraph - The Canadian-owned aerospace giant, which employs just over 4,000 staff here, has put one of its Newtownabbey locations on the market.
  
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• Arrests over China 'straddling bus' project

  05-07-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Police in Beijing have arrested 32 people for illegal fundraising linked to a scrapped project to create a "straddling bus" to beat traffic jams.
  
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• Air pollution issues go back to court

  05-07-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Air pollution is forcing the UK government back to court for the seventh time.
  
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• A14 Cambridge to Huntington upgrade takes shape

  05-07-2017 02:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The project team delivering the biggest road upgrade under construction in the UK have been sharing an update about ongoing work on site, within the surrounding environment and with local communities.
  
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• England’s local roads to get boost from government cash pot

  05-07-2017 01:35
  
  Councils to be given access to multibillion-pound fund originally intended to be spent on motorways and major A-roads
  English councils will be given access to a multibillion-pound fund for local road improvements under plans unveiled by the transport secretary, Chris Grayling. It was initially envisaged that the cash, held in the national roads fund, would be spent on the motorways and major A-roads managed by Highways England. But Grayling announced a change of tack, saying that some of it shou
  
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• Virgin Trains and six other companies agree to sell advance tickets on the day

  05-07-2017 01:01
  
  Cut-price rail fares can now be bought as close as 10 minutes before departure rather than the day beforeSeven rail companies, including Virgin Trains’ east and west coast franchises, have agreed to allow passengers to buy cheaper Advance tickets as close as 10 minutes before their journey starts.Following the lead taken by CrossCountry in January 2015 after a successful trial, seven more train companies have dropped punitive restrictions that in the past meant that customers could general
  
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