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• Thousands sign petition for more transport cash for north of England

  30-07-2017 15:38
  More than 29,000 people back petition that comes after transport secretary Chris Grayling ditched rail electrification plansMore than 29,000 people have signed a petition calling for more investment in transport in the north of England, after rail electrification plans across the country were scrapped.Chris Grayling gave his backing last week to Crossrail 2, a £30bn railway that will tunnel under London, days after ditching a scheme to electrify some train lines in Wales, the Midlands and
  
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• Work set to start on five new stretches of smart motorway - on M60, M62, M56 and M6

  30-07-2017 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News - Out of the Smart Motorway frying pan and into the 50mph limit fire
  
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• Will 2040 really mark the end of diesel and petrol cars?

  30-07-2017 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  This is Money- Only new cars with a conventional petrol or diesel engine will be banned from sale from that date.
  
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• The wheeled iPhone you can always upgrade Subscription

  30-07-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - am one of only a few journalists to have driven the car that could change the world. If Elon Musk is right, the Model 3 is the iPhone of transport, turning electric cars from playthings for millionaires, or tinny runabouts for hippies, into must-have gadgets for the masses. But that revolution, and the planet-saving benefits it brings, hinges on one thing: what is the car like to drive?
  
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• The train is a strain as more than a third arrive late Subscription

  30-07-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - More than 36 of trains arrive late, according to the first comprehensive minute-by-minute, station-by-station figures to be published.
  
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• TaxPayers Alliance calls for review of £104bn HS2 Subscription

  30-07-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Campaigners are urging the government to put the HS2 rail project on hold so that an urgent review can be carried out into the schemes cost.
  
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• South West Trains delays: Signal failure sparks chaos with hours of delays

  30-07-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Thousands of furious passengers have complained of huge delays and dangerously overcrowded carriages on South West Trains.
  
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• Sn-aps on-demand coaches reduce cost of travel Subscription

  30-07-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - It may be the least fashionable form of transport but travelling by coach has just become cheaper. A British start-up company, Sn-ap, has launched a website that links passengers seeking similar journeys, arranging coaches when it judges that there is enough demand.
  
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• Rail fares to rocket as train companies 'rob' passengers to fund overseas services, union claims

  30-07-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Other News Sources - European rail owners of UK companies are accused of robbing passengers as they keep prices down in their country
  
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• Northern locations get vintage rail poster makeover

  30-07-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Modern towns and cities receive the 1930s railway poster treatment for a new exhibition.
  
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• Mail Rail: Riding on London's underground postal trains

  30-07-2017 02:00 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  Other News Sources - Few of the millions of people whose letters and packages were shuttled on a tiny train line deep under London ever suspected it existed.
  
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• Inside the 'ghost plane' forced to shed over 100 passengers before it could fly back to Manchester

  30-07-2017 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News - Footage shows the eerily empty plane on its way back to Manchester Airport
  
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• How late is your train? Rail firms punctuality claims are way off track Subscription

  30-07-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - An investigation by The Sunday Times has found companies overstate the reliability of their services by more than a quarter
  
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• Gatwick Airport £1.15bn boost

  30-07-2017 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  Other News Sources - GATWICK Airport is investing £1.15 billion over the next five years with £240 million planned for 2017/18 alone.
  
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• Electrification of railway lines will be worth disruption in end

  30-07-2017 02:00 via lep.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Theres a major upgrade taking place on the train line between Preston and Blackpool.
  
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• Electric cars: the charge is on to install more top‑up points Subscription

  30-07-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The electric car revolution will change the face of British streets with charging points becoming as ubiquitous as lampposts.
  
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• Digital Railcard app roll-out

  30-07-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - UK: The roll-out of smartphone app versions of Railcards which offer discounts on fares is to begin...
  
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• Cost of dualling the A64 between £30.5m-£105m

  30-07-2017 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  The York Press -DUALLING the A64 west of Malton would cost between £30.5 million and £105 million - depending partly on whether the existing road is widened or a brand new road built.
  
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• Bristol has one of the slowest train services to London out of all the UK's major cities

  30-07-2017 02:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  Bristol Evening Post - New figures have revealed that Bristol has one of the slowest rail connections to London out of all the major cities in the UK.
  
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• Border chaos will hit hard after Brexit, says report

  30-07-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Analysis from economic consultancy Oxera says cost to UK of new customs checks and ensuing delays could amount to more than £1bn a year
  
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• Basingstoke MP Maria Miller raises warning as half of train services set to stop

  30-07-2017 02:00 via basingstokegazette.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - AN MP has called for more awareness over the huge curtailing of train services in and out of Basingstoke this summer, to help avoid transport misery.
  
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• BA refuses to reveal details of IT failure Subscription

  30-07-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - British Airways has said that it will not publish a report into the IT shutdown that left thousands of passengers stranded at airport terminals on one of the busiest weekends of the year.
  
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• Arriva Trains Wales are clamping down on discounted on board ticket sales

  30-07-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - The rail firm said the rules had always been in place but now they would be enforced
  
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• AM's call over 'missing' Newport to Ebbw Vale rail link

  30-07-2017 02:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A DIRECT rail link between Newport and Ebbw Vale is crucial for the two areas to prosper, an AM has said.
  
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• Abergavenny train line re-open

  30-07-2017 02:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - TRAIN lines have re-opened at Abergavenny train station.The Argus previously reported that rail passengers were being advised not to travel in parts of Gwent due to a fault with line side equipment.
  
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• £10k car grant for ScotRail boss who takes train to work every day

  30-07-2017 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  Daily Record - Union staff are outraged by all the huge bonuses Alex Hynes receives despite cutbacks in other areas of the company.
  
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