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• UK set for month's rainfall in a day as flooding threat persists

  09-08-2017 19:47
  East Riding of Yorkshire and north-east Lincolnshire among areas hardest hit, with severe downpours expectedA month’s worth of rain was set to fall on the UK on Wednesday as severe downpours brought flooding to large parts of the country. Flash flooding hit towns and villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire and north-east Lincolnshire. There was a metre (3ft) of standing water in parts of Withernsea, and further flooding in the Grimsby and Immingham areas.The Humberside fire and rescue ser
  
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• Londoners could teach New Yorkers what a transport ‘summer of hell’ really is | Jean Hannah Edelstein

  09-08-2017 11:42
  Reactions to our temperamental transport systems are rooted in our national character: the problem for Americans is that they expect things to workAs a child growing up in a semi-rural suburb, I was desperate for access to public transportation, for the ability to go beyond my garden without having to ask my mum or dad to drive me in the family car. I got what I wished for, I guess, if what I wished for was a system that earlier this summer was declared to be in a state of emergency. As I spent
  
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• How to survive a transport 'summer of hell' | Jean Hannah Edelstein

  09-08-2017 11:42
  London and New York both endure their fair share of transport disruption, but their inhabitants have very different coping mechanismsAs a child growing up in a semi-rural suburb, I was desperate for access to public transportation, for the ability to go beyond my garden without having to ask my mum or dad to drive me in the family car. I got what I wished for, I guess, if what I wished for was a system that earlier this summer was declared to be in a state of emergency. As I spent nine years liv
  
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• Would you get on a pilotless plane?

  09-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Remotely controlled planes could save more than £20bn in costs, a survey says, but passengers are wary.
  
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• What would the perfect cycling city look like?

  09-08-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - If you were building a city for bicycles from scratch, what would you include and leave out? In an edited excerpt from his new book Velotopia, Steven Fleming imagines a pedallers paradiseVelotopia is as circular as the topography has allowed, for the usual reason that citizens are always clamouring to live near the civic centre. Development has been restricted to level ground and city limits have been restricted to a diameter of 15km. That ensures average commuting distances of le
  
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• Waterloo worker: station became 'giant funnel' as crowds crammed in

  09-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Waterloo station was today described as a "giant funnel", drawing tens of thousands of passengers in and leaving them with "nowhere to go".
  
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• Waterloo station upgrade: Commuters' anger at second evening of 'heaving' crowds

  09-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Frustrated commuters complained of a second evening of "hectic" crowds at Waterloo station as £800million of upgrade works continued.
  
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• VW offers German customers discounts to trade in old diesels

  09-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Customers in Germany are being offered up to 10,000 euros as an incentive to trade in old diesel cars.
  
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• Vinci wins £16m Wigan bus station

  09-08-2017 02:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction Enquirer - Vinci is preparing to start groundworks on a £16m project to build a new bus station in Wigan.
  
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• US airlines making historic progress to reduce passenger bumping

  09-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- US airlines have appeared to have gotten the message that passengers were unhappy with being involuntarily bumped from their flights. read more
  
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• UK Central chiefs move to revamp HS2 station plans

  09-08-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail -Next step in plans to create major mixed-use development have been taken as growth company submits proposals to change planned infrastructure around Solihull HS2 station site
  
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• Two passengers hurt after doors to c2c train doors are opened without train being fully on platform

  09-08-2017 02:00 via echo-news.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Passengers were enraged after the train doors opened before the train pulled into the platform - and it led to two people getting hurt.
  
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• Trains to replace scrapped Sheffield to London electrification scheme will be slower, Government admits

  09-08-2017 02:00 via thestar.co.uk
  Sheffield Star - Trains chosen to replace a scrapped £500m electrification scheme between Yorkshire and London are slower than their electric counterparts, the Department for Transport has admitted.
  
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• Train users caught putting their feet on seats or vaping could face prosecution

  09-08-2017 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - London Midland staff are cracking down on anti-social behaviour on its Birmingham trains.
  
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• The Yorkshire Post Says: While HS2 debate rages, Eurostar highlights Doncaster's bright future

  09-08-2017 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - The debate about the HS2 high-speed railway line continues to be dominated by concerns about its cost and route, not least in South Yorkshire.
  
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• Tender race starts for £60m Nottingham City Hub

  09-08-2017 02:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction Enquirer - The hunt has started for a main contractor to build the £60m Nottingham City Hub scheme.
  
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• Survey on free shuttle bus for Leeds city centre workers

  09-08-2017 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - A FREE shuttle bus service to transport Leeds office workers across the city could be set up.
  
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• Stansted Airport's Meet and Greet 'shambles' as staff lose customer car keys and vehicles

  09-08-2017 02:00 via hertfordshiremercury.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Holidaymakers using the meet and greet service at Stansted Airport were left unable to collect their cars at the weekend (August 5) after staff lost both customer car keys and their vehicles.
  
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• South Tirol direct award rail contract approved

  09-08-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - ITALY: The direct award of a contract for SAD Nahverkehr to continue to operate local passenger...
  
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• Scottish Labour's train-delay argument derailed as Kezia Dugdale repeats false claim

  09-08-2017 02:00 via thenational.scot
  The National - IT was Mark Twain who credited Benjamin Disraeli with coining the famous phrase there are lies, damned lies, and statistics, though it might have been the Duke of Wellington or a Scotsman, Prime Minister Arthur Balfour.
  
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• RDG to start roll-out of digital railcards

  09-08-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - A new innovation by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) is set to ensure that passengers will never miss out on a discount from a railcard again, as they will soon be able to store it digitally on their phones. For the first time, passengers will be able to bring up their railcard on their phones. The...
  
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• Police search for jogger who knocked woman into road

  09-08-2017 02:00 via feeds.reuters.com
  Reuters News - LONDON (Reuters) - British police appealed on Tuesday for help in tracing a jogger who appeared to push a woman into the path of an oncoming bus on a busy west London street.
  
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• Plan ahead to cope with urban charges and lorry bans across the UK

  09-08-2017 02:00 via fta.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Cities across the UK will start levying prohibitively high charges on older HGVs and vans, for air quality reasons, between early 2019 and the ...
  
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• NI electric bike riders 'must have licences'

  09-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Anyone riding an electric bike in Northern Ireland without a motorcycle licence could face a fine of up to £1,000.
  
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• New car sales in Wales dip sharply compared to UK

  09-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Motor traders say economic uncertainty is behind a sharp drop in car sales in Wales so far this year.
  
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• Network Rail to hold drop-in events ahead of Transpennine Route Upgrade work

  09-08-2017 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  Network Rail - Network Rail will hold a series of drop-in events across the Pennines as work continues to upgrade the Transpennine Route.
  
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• National Express say they have seen bookings on Winchester to London services rise following rail disruption

  09-08-2017 02:00 via hampshirechronicle.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A MAJOR coach company says it is riding to the rescue of Winchester as rail passengers face a month of rail disruption.
  
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• MBNA Thames Clippers trials commuter river bus service

  09-08-2017 02:00 via londonlovesbusiness.com
  Other News Sources - MBNA Thames Clippers will trial a new commuter river bus service that will take commuters from Gravesend Town Centre to Central London next month.
  
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• Mazda boosts petrol engine efficiency in fresh blow to diesel

  09-08-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Japanese carmaker says from 2019 it will sell cars fitted with engines that largely eliminate need for spark plugs, improving fuel consumption by 30One of the worlds largest automotive firms has hailed a technological breakthrough for the petrol engine, in an engineering twist for an industry racing to embrace the electric car. Japanese car manufacturer Mazda claims to have designed a vehicle that will largely eliminate the need for spark plugs in petrol engines, increasing fuel e
  
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• Mandela Way or Walworth East? Transport for London reveals the most popular names for new Bakerloo line stations

  09-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - The most popular names put forward for the new Bakerloo line stations have been revealed - with Mandela Way among the favourites.
  
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• Manchester airport pipe bomb plotter found guilty

  09-08-2017 02:00 via feeds.reuters.com
  Reuters News - LONDON (Reuters) - A man who tried to smuggle a pipe bomb onto a flight from Manchester Airport was found guilty of possessing explosives with intent to harm on Tuesday.
  
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• Major railway line-side work planned for West Yorkshire route ahead of 'electrification upgrade'

  09-08-2017 02:00 via examiner.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - TransPennine route between Leeds and Stalybridge will see workers cut back trees and shrubs
  
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• M42 Solihull junction works costing £282m announced

  09-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Highways England says the
  
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• Luton Airport holidaymakers' cars vandalised on side streets

  09-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Luton Council says it is consulting with residents about introducing parking permits.
  
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• London Waterloo is SO BUSY right now

  09-08-2017 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources -A commuter captured the chaos of London Waterloo during Tuesday's (August 8) rush hour
  
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• London Overground extension to Barking Riverside given green light

  09-08-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - An extension of the London Overground which is set to give thousands of commuters easier access to jobs has been approved by the Government.
  
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• 'Lifeline' bus service based in Burton is under threat due to budget cuts

  09-08-2017 02:00 via burtonmail.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Elderly and disabled villagers have been reduced to tears after the news that two "lifeline" bus services could be scrapped as council bosses look to cut costs.
  
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• Labour step up call to safeguard free bus pass

  09-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - SNP ministers have been urged not to narrow the criteria for free bus passes to save cash.
  
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• IRR experts take lead to deliver lighter-weight freight bogies

  09-08-2017 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Rail Technology Magazine - Experts from the University of Huddersfieldmp;rsquo;s Institute of Railway Research (IRR) have announced an ambitious plan to double the amount of freight carried by trains across Europe through the development of lighter-weight bogies. The project, part of the EU funded DYNAFREIGHT programme, is...
  
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• History unearthed as London's mail rail line opens to public

  09-08-2017 02:00 via feeds.reuters.com
  Reuters News - LONDON (Reuters) - Deep below London's bustling streets, a piece of once-vital communications technology will soon be roaring back into life after years of disuse - a train.
  
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• Hector Rail awarded iron ore haulage contract

  09-08-2017 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - SWEDEN: Mining company LKAB has awarded Hector Rail a new contract to operate its iron ore trains...
  
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• Go-ahead for £263m London Overground extension

  09-08-2017 02:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction Enquirer - The Government has given the green light to a £263m extension of the London Overground to Barking Riverside.
  
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• 'Fairy curse' behind dips in Irish road - Danny Healy-Rae

  09-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - An Irish member of parliament says road damage was caused by bad luck from disturbed fairy forts.
  
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• Edinburgh Trams: Next stop Newhaven by 2022

  09-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - TRAMS will be running through Leith to Newhaven in the Scottish capital within five years under plans to go before councillors next month.
  
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• East Midlands Trains and its community partners shortlisted for 14 national community awards

  09-08-2017 02:00 via eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
  Other News Sources - East Midlands Trains and its community partners have been shortlisted for a total of 14 awards in this years national Community Rail Awards.
  
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• Drivers avoid pay-by-phone parking bays, says the AA

  09-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Drivers are avoiding parking spots that require payment by phone as cash remains a more popular way to pay, according to the AA.
  
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• Demolition looms for homes in path of HS2

  09-08-2017 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Nine homes in a quiet village will be demolished to make way for HS2forcing people out of their homes.
  
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• Decision on Edinburgh tram extension to Newhaven in 2018

  09-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The final decision on whether to extend Edinburgh's tram network to Newhaven will be taken in Autumn 2018.
  
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• COLUMN: On Yer Bike - 'Shared space might sounds dangerous, but it's not'

  09-08-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - By Alison Hill
  
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• Chinas Joy Air plans jet operations

  09-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- Chinese turboprop operator Joy Air is planning to introduce standard narrowbody jet aircraft, fulfilling a long-held ambition, thanks to the support of controlling shareholder Okay Airways, industry sources said.read more
  
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