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• Hybrid train's late arrival fails to electrify MPs – let alone the rail network | John Crace

  16-10-2017 22:28
  Transport secretary Chris Grayling did his best to defend the new Great Western fleet, tardy, out-of-date and waterlogged as it wasNo one can accuse Chris Grayling of not having his eyes firmly fixed on solutions. On Sunday the transport secretary had outlined his vision of a post-Brexit Britain. Those bits of the country that weren’t going to be turned into a lorry park when we left the customs union were going to be ploughed into one large vegetable patch.The spirit of the Blitz would se
  
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• Delays and drips mark Great Western Railway's new train launch

  16-10-2017 13:53
  First outing for Hitachi Class 800 Intercity Express gets into London from Bristol 41 minutes late, with seats roped off due to leakIt was perhaps an inevitable first outing for a train service whose development has been plagued by overspending and delay. The first Intercity Express train to carry passengers down the part-modernised Great Western Railway from Bristol arrived in London 41 minutes late, with its air-conditioning switched off, passengers standing in the aisles and rows of its ergon
  
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• Our cities need fewer cars, not cleaner cars

  16-10-2017 08:30
  Electric cars won’t eradicate gridlocks and air pollution, but carbon footprints could be cut by favouring pedestrians, cyclists and mass transitThe spectre of our cities choking with unhealthy air has prompted numerous governments to mandate a transition to electric cars. Their concerns are well founded, even if their proposals fall short of what is needed.Over the past four decades, cars have become far less polluting. Their fuel efficiency has practically doubled and their tailpipe emis
  
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• 'World's most useless airport' finally gets its first commercial flight - and it's LATE

  16-10-2017 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror -The British island of St. Helena - in the middle of the south Atlantic - welcomed its first 78 commercial airline passengers at just before 2pm on Saturday, 45 minutes behind schedule
  
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• West Yorkshire coal-mining fissure opens beneath crazy HS2 train route Subscription

  16-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Train Operators - A 26ft-long crack spotted in a former coal area has raised doubts over the site chosen for part of the £56bn high-speed rail line
  
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• Vauxhall plans 400 job cuts at Ellesmere Port as sales fall

  16-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The carmaker says the 400 job losses at its Ellesmere Port factory are needed to stay competitive.
  
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• Vauxhall is cutting 400 jobs at one of its UK plants

  16-10-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Car maker Vauxhall is planning to cut 400 jobs at its Ellesmere Port operation by the end of the year.
  
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• Up to 400 Vauxhall jobs facing axe at Ellesmere Port plant

  16-10-2017 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Job losses could shrink workforce at the plant - which is made up of around 400 North Wales workers - by up to 25
  
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• UberEats a bright spot on menu with $3bn potential sales

  16-10-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Food delivery app builds sizeable revenues for company battered by several crises
  
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• Uber regulations to be strengthened to protect drivers

  16-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Transport secretary Ken Skates says taxi drivers should be able to earn a
  
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• Tube repair work delayed due to exodus of Transport for London agency workers after tax changes

  16-10-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Work on a critical London Underground programme repairing Bakerloo Line trains has been delayed due to an exodus of agency workers in the wake of tax changes earlier this year.
  
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• Transport secretary Chris Grayling to face grilling by MPs over Monarch collapse and scrapping electrification plans

  16-10-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Chris Grayling will be grilled on collapsed airline Monarch, UK aviation's fate post-Brexit, and the scrapping of rail electrification plans when he faces the Transport Select Committee today.
  
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• Transport 'not affordable' for many Scots

  16-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Sustrans Scotland says a lack of choice forces many people into
  
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• Train delays expected as Hurricane Ophelia hits Wales

  16-10-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online -Arriva Trains Wales said that due to poor weather expected today, services will run at reduced speed from midday for safety reasons.
  
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• Things are looking up for Settle-Carlisle line Subscription

  16-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The £23 million rescue of the Settle-Carlisle line, possibly the most photographed railway in the world, is almost complete after 20,000 tonnes of boulders were shipped in to shore up the Eden Gorge into which it almost fell.
  
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• Things are looking up for Settle-Carlisle line

  16-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The £23 million rescue of the Settle-Carlisle line, possibly the most photographed railway in the world, is almost complete after 20,000 tonnes of boulders were shipped in to shore up the Eden Gorge into which it almost fell.
  
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• ScotRail cancellations cause chaos for morning commuters

  16-10-2017 02:00 via glasgowlive.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Rail passengers are facing rush hour disruption thanks to a late freight train at Motherwell.
  
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• Precious cargo

  16-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Cambridge has the highest concentration of box bikes of any place of its size outside the Netherlands.
  
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• £2.7m just to keep pothole-riddled roads in state they're in now ... and the money's not there

  16-10-2017 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) -Council says it doesn't have the cash to maintain "deteriorating" road network
  
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• New Stagecoach service and additional journeys announced for Chesterfield

  16-10-2017 02:00 via derbyshiretimes.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Leading bus operator Stagecoach has announced changes across Chesterfield including new direct links to the rail station and college
  
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• New high speed train suffers delay on first day

  16-10-2017 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - The region's first new high speed train for more than 40 years is now on its way after its the first service was delayed. The £5.7 billion pound project is aimed at revolutionising travel. Mike Pearse reports.
  
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• New buses, upgraded rail services and road improvements: Multi-million pound Sandwell transport plans revealed

  16-10-2017 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Rapid buses, upgrades to a main road and roundabout and a new train station platform all form part of ambitious proposals to dramatically improve transport in Sandwell over the next decade.
  
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• New analysis shows how TfL's free open data boosts London's economy

  16-10-2017 02:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The provision of free, accurate and real-time open data by Transport for London (TfL) is helping Londons economy by up to £130m a year, new research reveals.
  
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• Low rail adhesion causes problems on Metro

  16-10-2017 02:00 via shieldsgazette.com
  Other Regional Press - There are problems on the Metro again this morning, due to low rail adhesion.
  
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• Liverpool MP Dan Carden frogmarched onto a train by security after bank closure protest

  16-10-2017 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Echo - The MP had joined protesters in London to rally against the closure of a Liverpool bank
  
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• Its hard to spend a penny at worst service station Subscription

  16-10-2017 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - A motorway service station near Heathrow is the worst in the country, according to Englands first league table of rest stops.
  
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• Humza Yousaf in plea for political unity over funding for railways

  16-10-2017 02:00 via thecourier.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Humza Yousaf is writing a letter to opposition parties at Holyrood urging them to join him in standing up for the rail network, as he voiced concern over what Scottish ministers say is a funding shortfall from the UK Government.
  
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• Greater Government support needed to deliver infrastructure growth say elected mayors

  16-10-2017 02:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  The Business Desk - The devolved regions of the North West and West Midlands need greater support from national Government to deliver vital infrastructure requirements, the elected mayors for both areas have said.
  
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• Flying drone 'put 130 lives at risk' after near miss with plane at Gatwick Airport, pilot says

  16-10-2017 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - A drone "put 130 lives at risk" after a near-miss with a plane preparing to land at Gatwick Airport, a pilot has said.
  
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• England's best motorway service stations revealed

  16-10-2017 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  This is Money- A customer survey of 8,700 visitors who have visited all 112 motorway services in the UK in the last year has been conducted, asking for a rating of the facilities and how it made you feel.
  
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• Drone put 130 lives at risk with Gatwick plane near miss

  16-10-2017 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - A drone put 130 lives at risk after it nearly hit an aircraft approaching London Gatwick, a pilot said.
  
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• Drone 'put 130 lives at risk' after near-miss with plane approaching Gatwick

  16-10-2017 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph -
  
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• Drone near Gatwick risked the lives of 130 passengers

  16-10-2017 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - The lives of 130 people were put at risk by a drone that nearly hit an aircraft as it approached Gatwick Airport, investigators have revealed.
  
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• Demolition work starts on 121-year-old bridge for railway upgrade

  16-10-2017 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - Demolition work will start on a 121-year-old bridge in Cardiff this weekend.
  
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• Crossrail 2 boss Michle Dix says without it London can't cope with the extra passengers the £56bn HS2 will bring

  16-10-2017 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - The managing director of Crossrail 2 has warned that without the project, London will not be able to cope with the surge of passengers expected from HS2.
  
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• Anger over plans by Kirklees Council to axe some free school bus transport

  16-10-2017 02:00 via examiner.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Kirklees Council is considering axing some free school transport for children who live more than three miles from their school.
  
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• All aboard the new Intercity Express trains that will transform journeys across Britain

  16-10-2017 02:00 via gov.uk
  Department for Transport - Transport Secretary travels on the first of the brand new £5.7 billion Intercity Express fleet of trains from Bristol to London.
  
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• Airbus boss 'would step down if needed'

  16-10-2017 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The aircraft maker is dealing with corruption investigations in the UK and France.
  
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