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• Missing in London: inside TfL's lost property office

  28-08-2017 12:26
  As many as 1,200 items arrive at Transport for London’s lost property office each day, revealing what we value enough to recover – and what we’re happy to let goIn Baker Street in London sits Transport for London’s lost property depot, a vast filtering system collecting the flow of humanity that passes through the city’s transport system each day. The biggest lost property office in Europe, it is only beaten globally by Tokyo’s depot. Sixty-five staff sort thr
  
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• British trains 'up to four times slower outside the south-east'

  28-08-2017 10:35
  Call for rebalancing of transport investment as research finds services from London to be much quicker than those in the northTrains connecting Britain’s major towns and cities are up to four times slower outside the south-east, according to research.
  Press Association analysis of the quickest possible trains on 19 routes found that services from London travel at average speeds of 65-93mph, compared with 20-60mph elsewhere. Related: All aboard the north’s rail powerhouseContinue read
  
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• Jet and lorry fuels made from rubbish to receive UK funding

  28-08-2017 08:18
  Department for Transport offers £22m to projects developing waste-based fuels for vehicles too heavy to use electric powerAirline passengers could fly to their destinations on jets fuelled by industrial waste or the contents of people’s dustbins if a government scheme succeeds in creating a new green energy source. The Department for Transport (DfT) is offering £22m of funding for projects to develop low-carbon, waste-based fuels for planes and lorries. About 70 groups want to
  
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• Your next adventure: Enjoy a pampered travel experience on-board one of these luxury spa trains

  28-08-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Passengers aboard the Belmond Royal Scotsman can unwind in the Bamford Haybarn spa carriage, with a menu including bespoke facials and detox massages. Bliss.
  
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• Why I'm proud to ride an e-bike

  28-08-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - They speed you uphill, and get you to work or the shops without sweat. Yet detractors still cry cheat. Here we test the latest e-bikes, and whiz past outdated macho attitudes to cyclingThe idea of power-assisted cycling seems to exasperate some people. When I talk about e-bikes, I hear: Its cheating! and The point of cycling is exercise. Its not cheating because we are not racing, life is not a competition and neither is going to the shops. Nor does it mean you dont exercise on an
  
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• Why I remain opposed to HS2 response to Ian Walmsley

  28-08-2017 02:00 via christianwolmar.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The thrust of the article by Ian Walmsley in Modern Railways last month was that no one should challenge the validity of the HS2 Project because it is so patently obvious that it is the best thing to happen to the railways since the opening of the Liverpool mp; Manchester Railway.
  
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• Welsh trains are up to four times slower than those in the south-east of England

  28-08-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - Press Association studied scores of services across the UK and found all were outpaced by the south-east
  
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• Trains in the North lag way behind London and the South East for speed

  28-08-2017 02:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Research by the Press Association found that services leaving London are considerably faster than comparable journeys in the North East
  
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• This is how to keep women safe on trains

  28-08-2017 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - eing in France means that I am surrounded by examples of nationalised services that work. While I think that few Brits would consider subsidised cinema tickets (my sister-in-law genuinely works in a state cinema) a priority, I think, for many, the argument of nationalised transport is won.
  
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• Rail services in the North are four times slower

  28-08-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Press Association analysis of the quickest possible trains on 19 routes found that services from London travel at average speeds of 65-93mph, compared with just 20-60mph elsewhere.
  
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• Rail passenger numbers slump at £41 million 'white elephant'

  28-08-2017 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - Edinburghs new £41 million Gateway rail station has attracted just a third of the expected number of passengers.
  
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• Planes fuelled by waste could take off from British airports

  28-08-2017 02:00 via gov.uk
  Department for Transport - Planes could take off from British airports using fuels made from rubbish that gets sent to landfill, under a new government scheme.
  
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• 'Northern patience runs out at slow-coach trains'

  28-08-2017 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - Trains connecting Britain's major towns and cities are up to four times slower outside the South East, according to new research.
  
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• New "real world" emissions tests for cars start next week as government ramps up air pollution policies

  28-08-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - New models of diesel and petrol cars will now have to pass a strict assessment of emissions before they are deemed roadworthy, as the government takes action on air pollution.
  
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• Mind the snores! Snail's-pace trains four times slower outside South East

  28-08-2017 02:00 via worksopguardian.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Trains connecting Britain's major towns and cities are up to four times slower outside the South East, according to new research.
  
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• M1 crash deaths: Lorry driver due in court

  28-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Eight people were killed in the crash involving a minibus and two lorries on Saturday.
  
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• Hyperloop could get you from Cardiff to London in just 20 minutes - and someone wants to develop it

  28-08-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - The Government is being urged to abandon high speed trains in favour of a new transport system that could potentially cut the journey time from Cardiff to London to just 20 minutes.
  
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• Historic steamer TS Queen Mary finds permanent home in Glasgow

  28-08-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The ship returned to Glasgow last year and is undergoing a multi-million pound refurbishment.
  
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• Green revolution: Oxford set to lead the world with its residential electric car charging point pilot

  28-08-2017 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - OXFORD is set to lead the world into a petrol-less future.
  
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• Grayling faces new calls to invest in Yorkshires under-funded railways

  28-08-2017 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - TRAINS connecting many of the Norths major towns and cities are up to four times slower than commuter services in London and the South East.
  
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• Grandfather builds flight simulators for a Boeing 737

  28-08-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Kenneth Mockford, 53, has used all his spare time building two Boeing 737 and Lynx helicopter cockpits piece-by-piece from his Cambridgeshire home.
  
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• Father of tragic Scots crash toddler to make PM plea over 'free-for-all' shared space road schemes

  28-08-2017 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Herald - The Scots father of a three-year-old boy killed by a van driver on a controversial shared space road is to make a personal plea to Prime Minister Theresa May to ban the controversial 'free-for-all' schemes, saying those behind the projects have
  
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• Cleaner journeys as government commits £11 million to greener buses

  28-08-2017 02:00 via gov.uk
  Department for Transport - Bus users will benefit from cleaner and greener journeys with roll out of low emission buses in towns and cities across England.
  
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• Aston Martin vows to put hybrid technology in every car

  28-08-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Group says its vehicles will combine electric batteries with petrol engines by mid-2020s
  
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• £3.3m for 24 new electric buses in York

  28-08-2017 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  The York Press - A FLEET of new electric buses will take to the streets of York, as part of a new £3.3m investment in the city.
  
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