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• YP Letters: Northern economy has been put in a siding

  28-07-2017 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Chris Graylings announcement on Northern Powerhouse rail is the latest U-turn by this Tory government and abandons the commitment given by George Osborne and previous Tory administration to significantly upgrade and electrify the Transpennine link from Manchester to York.
  
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• Welsh minister calls for rail infrastructure powers

  28-07-2017 02:00 via theplanner.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Proposals for powers over rail infrastructure to be devolved to Welsh ministers should be expedited, economy secretary Ken Skates has insisted.
  His call came in the wake of the decision by the UK Government to pull funding for rail electrification between Cardiff and Swansea.
  
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• Tube delays: Piccadilly and Victoria line hit by chaos after warning of 'weeks of delays'

  28-07-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Commuters faced rush hour chaos on the Tube as union bosses warned a shortage of trains could spark a "crisis" on some lines.
  
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• Transport for London has delayed English language tests for Uber and minicab drivers again

  28-07-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Transport for London has pushed back plans to introduce English language tests for Uber drivers again.
  
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• TRAINS, HERE? Commuters baffled by obvious warning sign at station

  28-07-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -COMMUTERS were left baffled by a sign displaying an obvious warning at Charlbury railway station.
  
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• Traffic congestion increases costs, says Cardiff Bus boss

  28-07-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Traffic congestion means 20 more vehicles to cover the same routes as 18 years ago, says Cardiff Bus boss.
  
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• This abandoned underground line is opening to the public this summer

  28-07-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail -Launching on September 4, the Mail Rail will take visitors to the Postal Museum on 1km journeys that will last 20 minutes
  
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• The Government's rail priorities show that London will always trump the North

  28-07-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - According to the Conservative manifesto, closing the gap between London and the other cities of the UK is the biggest prize in Britain today.
  
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• The electric car revolution will leave many behind

  28-07-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - In the future, the auto industry will need far fewer people to make vehicles
  
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• The Cynon Valley's poor Sunday train service is costing the area jobs, it is claimed

  28-07-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - There's just one train every two hours, and it's costing people in Aberdare and the surrounding areas job opportunities
  
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• Southern runs five out of UK's top 10 overcrowded trains

  28-07-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Five of the top 10 most overcrowded services were run by Southern in spring last year, new statistics released by DfT today have revealed. On one of those services, from East Grinstead to London Bridge arriving at 8.20, capacity was at very cramped 1,366 passengers, more than double the max...
  
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• South Wales Railway Upgrade Update

  28-07-2017 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  Network Rail - Network Rail is reminding residents between Monmouthshire and Cardiff that modernisation work is taking place along the South Wales Mainline as part of Network Rails Railway Upgrade Plan.
  
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• Sir Richard Branson sells majority stake in Virgin Atlantic in Air France-KLM deal

  28-07-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Sir Richard Branson is to sell his majority stake in Virgin Atlantic, the airline has announced.
  
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• Shooter hails prospects of battery-powered variants

  28-07-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Vivarail Chairman Adrian Shooter welcomes comments that battery-powered trains present a viable alternative to electrification
  
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• Secret world of London's underground railway: Forgotten tunnels where Royal Mail's postmen laboured for decades are opening to public

  28-07-2017 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror -The Mirror takes a trip below the bustling metropolis to take a look at the incredible six-mile, subterranean freight line from Paddington to the East End as it gets set to become a key attraction
  
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• Seattle welcomes BiLevel cab car

  28-07-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - USA: The first of nine Bombardier BiLevel cab cars ordered by Sound Transit in 2014 arrived in...
  
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• Richard Branson sells slice of Virgin Atlantic to Air France-KLM for £220m, meaning Virgin is no longer a majority shareholder

  28-07-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group today relinquished control of Virgin Atlantic, selling a 31 per cent stake in the airline to Air France-KLM for £220m.
  
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• Revealed: Eight in 10 busiest train routes are London commuter lines

  28-07-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - The 7.16am East Grinstead to London Bridge was today named Britain's most overcrowded commuter train.
  
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• Removing Merseyrail guards could increase risk of sex assaults, warns former transport boss

  28-07-2017 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Echo - Removing guards from Merseyrail trains could increase the risk of on-board sex assaults, according to a former regional travel boss.Former train driver Mark Dowd, who was the chairman of Merseytravel from 1992-2002, said the strange decision to cull guards could impact on passengers who are in distress.
  
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• Porsche to recall 22,000 cars over emissions software

  28-07-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Germany's transport minister orders move to remove what he says is illegal emissions-controlling software.
  
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• North underfunded by £6 billion per year

  28-07-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Think tank says northern England is underfunded compared with London by almost £6 billion per year.
  
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• New station boost for passengers thanks to £16 million government investment

  28-07-2017 02:00 via gov.uk
  Department for Transport - Five new stations to be built across England and Wales.
  
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• New-look refurbished TransPennine Express Class 185 launched

  28-07-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Refurbished TPE Class 185 enters traffic
  
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• New Hitachi intercity trains pass UK DfT digital tests

  28-07-2017 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  Rail Technology Magazine -Japanese company Hitachi's new intercity trains have passed the UK Department for Transport (DfT) tests for integration with its digital technology.
  
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• Nearly 1,400 crowd daily on to UKs most packed train

  28-07-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - East Grinstead to London Bridge service carried almost double available seats
  
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• Nation at a standstill with millions never taking a long walk Subscription

  28-07-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - England is turning into a nation of couch potatoes with the number of adults going for a long stroll plummeting by almost a fifth in just over a decade.
  
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• Most overcrowded trains revealed

  28-07-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The data showed on the most crowded train 1,366 people typically crammed into carriages designed for 640.
  
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• Morebus brings back vital bus service after it was scrapped

  28-07-2017 02:00 via bournemouthecho.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A BUS service has been granted a reprieve thanks to local campaigners.
  
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• Ministers plan to ban diesel cars but electrification u-turn means the fuel will still power trains

  28-07-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - Friends of the Earth have described the move as 'hugely disappointing'
  
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• Mayor's £10 'T-charge' to tackle London's toxic air will begin in three months time

  28-07-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Sadiq Khan today put Londoners on three-month notice that the T-charge is coming in for the most polluting vehicles to drive into the city centre.
  
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• Martin Flanagan: Petrol and diesel ban could use some help

  28-07-2017 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - Where President Macron in France has led, the UK is following.
  
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• London's underground post train back on track

  28-07-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - A hundred years after it was first built, trains are running again on the underground railway designed to transport London's letters.
  
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• Location technology to be incorporated into National Rail Enquiries app

  28-07-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - UK: Proxama plcs mobile location data technology is to be embedded into the National Rail...
  
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• LETTER: Essential to build the bridge to Peterboroughs Fletton Quays

  28-07-2017 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  Peterborough Telegraph - The tremendous news that the Arts Council has awarded Peterborough City Council £490,000 to help transform Whitworth Mill on Fletton Quays merely reinforces the need for a pedestrian/cycle bridge to be built spanning the areas between this exciting new development and the Key Theatre embankment.
  
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• 'Let's get on with the job' Cabinet members throw support behind Cardiff bus station plans

  28-07-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online -Members expressed support just days after the plans were thrown into disarray
  
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• Jet2.com adds 200,000 more seats to Stansted schedule for summer 2018

  28-07-2017 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  East Anglian Daily Times - Leisure airline Jet2.com has added further to its Stansted schedule for summer 2018, with three new routes and extra flights to nine other destinations.
  
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• IAG shrugs off power failure to soar to double-digit profit rise

  28-07-2017 02:00 via ft.com
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• Here are the 10 most overcrowded peak train services for spring and autumn 2016

  28-07-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - The Department for Transport (DfT) has released new statistics revealing the most overcrowded train services in England and Wales last year.
  
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• Heathrow's confident of keeping airport charges 'close to current levels' during expansion as first-half earnings fly

  28-07-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Heathrow said today it is making "good progress" towards meeting the task set by the government to deliver expansion without bumping up airport charges as it unveiled solid first-half results.
  
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• Heathrow makes vow on airport charges

  28-07-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Airport says it will try to keep charges close to current levels
  
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• Heathrow confident over landing charges freeze despite expansion costs

  28-07-2017 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Heathrows landing fees are likely to be frozen despite the building of a third runway, the airport has announced.
  
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• Funding secured for five UK rail stations

  28-07-2017 02:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - The government has announced that it will partially fund five new rail stations to be built in the England and Wales over the next three years.
  
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• Etihad swings to $1.9bn loss as revenues and yields fall

  28-07-2017 02:00 via ft.com
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• East Lancashire Railway attacked by vandals

  28-07-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - About 40 East Lancashire Railway carriage windows were smashed in Bury.
  
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• Daniel Zeichner MP hosts inaugural meeting of Cambridge Bus Forum

  28-07-2017 02:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner is to host the inaugural meeting of Cambridge Bus Forum tomorrow (Saturday 29 July) at the Cambridge Central Library. The forum will bring together bus users, including young people, older people, and the visually-impaired, alongside representatives from Cambridgeshire County Council, Stagecoach and Whippet.
  
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• Customers are happier with train services than they were last year

  28-07-2017 02:00 via examiner.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Rail firms pledge more investment in new trains and carriages in the coming years
  
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• Class 50s lined up for Old Oak Common open day

  28-07-2017 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Four Class 50s to attend Old Oak Common open day on September 2.
  
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• Citybus launches new buses

  28-07-2017 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - From a Flash to a Spark, Plymouth Citybus recent £3.5 million fleet investment takes to the roads this Sunday 30th July.Sixteen new Envio 400 City vehicles will bring new standards of passenger comfort, capacity and performanceto Plymouths bus network on top of a bold new identity. The new brand, Spark is a step up in passenger transport, boasting free Wi-Fi, executive leather seats and for the first time in the Citybus fleet, USB charging p
  
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• Chris Burn: From crisis to opportunity for Norths electric dream

  28-07-2017 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - In every crisis, there is an opportunity. And from a week of bad news for Yorkshires transport infrastructure comes a golden chance for the region to flex its political muscles rather than bowing to the seemingly inevitable.
  
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• Changes will allow drivers to drive heavier vans if powered by low emission technology.

  28-07-2017 02:00 via gov.uk
  Department for Transport - Changes to driver licensing rules will make it easier for van drivers to switch to electric vehicles, the government has announced today (28 July 2017).
  
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