Public Transport news

• New push to make England's longest cycle tunnel a reality

  01-01-2018 18:34
  Campaigners say they could enhance West Yorkshire’s health and economy by converting an old railway lineA campaign has accelerated to turn a disused railway line in Yorkshire into England’s longest cycle tunnel – instead of using £3m of public money to close it for ever.The 1.4 mile (2.3km) Queensbury line, which runs 377ft (115 metres) below a hill between Halifax and Keighley in West Yorkshire, was closed in 1956 as rail travel declined and private car ownership increas
  
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• Protests planned at UK rail stations to mark steep hike in fares

  01-01-2018 01:01
  Unions say Tuesday’s ticket price increases – the biggest in five years – outstrip last year’s average pay rises by 50%A wave of protests has been planned on Tuesday to mark the biggest increase in rail fares in five years.Fares will rise by an average of 3.4%, with season tickets going up by 3.6% – increases that outstrip average pay rises last year by 50%, unions say. Protests by unions are planned at more than 40 railway stations in response to the increases.Cont
  
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