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• Eurostar plans to halve its use of plastics within two years

  07-02-2018 16:45
  Train operator also pledges to reduce food waste as part of new environmental targets Eurostar has unveiled a new 10-point plan to cut carbon emissions and reduce waste over the next three years, highlighting the reduced carbon footprint of high-speed rail for short-haul journeys.Among its pledges are reducing its use of plastics by 50% by 2020 – including the millions of plastic bottles handed out to passengers every year. It will also work with its catering partners to reduce food and ot
  
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• Chris Grayling’s East Coast bailout echoes the errors of New Labour | Andrew Adonis

  07-02-2018 16:42
  Virgin and Stagecoach have been rewarded for leaving taxpayers in the lurch. It’s time government stopped pandering to the super-richChris Grayling’s bailout of Sir Richard Branson and Sir Brian Souter is so crass you may think him plain stupid. But that would be to mistake the ideology behind the transport secretary’s shameless rewarding of the billionaires for walking away from the outstanding £2bn they were contracted to pay for running the East Coast rail fr
  
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• Cyclists face ban from road near Hull famed for time trials

  07-02-2018 12:21
  British Cycling says targeting of A63 stretch once used by Bradley Wiggins is deeply concerningCyclists may be banned from a stretch of the A63 near Hull which was once used by the Olympian Bradley Wiggins, in a move described as deeply concerning by the sport’s governing body.Highways England has applied for a traffic regulation order to stop cyclists using part of the road which is regarded as the fastest 10-mile time trial course in the UK. Continue reading...
  
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• Cyclists face ban from A63 near Hull after series of accidents

  07-02-2018 11:13
  Highways England targets stretch of road seen as fastest 10-mile time trial course in UK
  Cyclists face being banned from a stretch of the A63 near Hull following a series of accidents in recent years.Highways England has applied for a traffic regulation order to stop cyclists using part of the road, which is regarded as the fastest 10-mile time trial course in the UK. Continue reading...
  
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• York Station revamp pledge despite Virgin franchise blow

  07-02-2018 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  The York Press - VIRGIN Trains East Coast has sought to allay concerns that its £1.5 million scheme to revamp York Railway Station will be derailed by the latest franchise shock.
  
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• Why is a dummy 'driving' Elon Musk's car around space? Latest launch sees SpaceX take intergalactic travel to next level

  07-02-2018 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror - Megarocket Falcon Heavy launched last night with one of Musk's cherry red Tesla Roadster's on board
  
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• Virgin Trains East Coast franchise to end within months

  07-02-2018 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - UK: InterCity East Coast franchisee Virgin Trains East Coast has breached a key financial...
  
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• Tunnelling preferred option for Heathrow rail link

  07-02-2018 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - Heathrow Southern Railway executive director Graham Cross has said tunnelling is his preferred option for the new 13km long missing link railway line connecting Heathrow Airport to the local network in the South East.
  
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• TUI Group CEO: Selling Corsair not a priority

  07-02-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Aviation Industry- TUI Group has no immediate plans to sell French leisure airline Corsair International, TUI Group CEO Fritz Joussen told ATW recently in Brussels.read more
  
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• Travis Kalanick takes the stand in Waymo-Uber trial

  07-02-2018 01:00 via ft.com
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• Stark choices for Chris Grayling over failed East Coast rail line

  07-02-2018 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Transport secretary must renationalise or reward failure
  
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• SpaceX rocket launch: lift-off for Elon Musks $90m experiment subscription

  07-02-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - There was a whoosh, a thud, and the glow of an orange flame. Then, as half a million people held their breath, Elon Musks $90 million Falcon Heavy rocket soared aloft, powered by 27 engines, driving five million pounds of thrust, and shaking the ground for miles around.
  
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• Space oddity: how Elon Musk and SpaceX sent a car towards Mars

  07-02-2018 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian -A Starman sitting in a tin can is currently navigating the heavens, soundtracked by David Bowie. How did itand weget there?It takes a beat or two for the brain to compute. The image is startling, incongruous, barmy. A car floats in space. At the wheel is a spacesuit, seatbelt on. Earth hangs behind it. The two objects dont work together. The image jars like bad Photoshop. But it is real. The photograph was beamed down to Earth courtesy of Elon Musks ego, bravado and taste for the a
  
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• South Western Railway begins £100m upgrade

  07-02-2018 01:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - South Western Railway has started work on a £100 million upgrade of its trains, the biggest ever of its kind.
  
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• Scotrail trains 'nearly 500,000 seats short' in 2017

  07-02-2018 01:00 via holyrood.com
  Other News Sources - Scotrail trains were running nearly half a million seats fewer than planned last year, it has emerged.
  
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• Ryanairs perception climbs again after winter turbulence

  07-02-2018 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Ryanair has posted a 12 per cent rise in profits after tax in the three months to December.
  
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• Ryanair warns of Easter getaway crisis

  07-02-2018 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Michael O'Leary said he was prepared to face down a strike from the pilots, who want better pay and working conditions.
  
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• Ryanair customers warned of flight chaos amid row over unions' 'laughable' demands

  07-02-2018 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - Ryanair customers have been warned they could face major travel disruption during the Easter getaway amid a row with unions.
  
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• Rail workers left 'dangling by a string' over East Coast Mainline

  07-02-2018 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Thousands of rail workers have been left "dangling by a string" because of unanswered questions over the future of the East Coast mainline, a union has warned.
  
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• Push for high-speed rail station in Bradford city centre continues

  07-02-2018 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -CAMPAIGNERS fighting to bring high-speed rail to Bradford are urging people to share their views as they continue to push the case for a city centre station on the Northern Powerhouse Rail line.
  
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• 'Plastic pig' trains undergo revamp in Eastleigh

  07-02-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Trains nicknamed "plastic pigs" in the 1980s are set to come back into service later this year after being refurbished in Eastleigh, Hampshire.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon urged to intervene in East Coast rail fiasco

  07-02-2018 01:00 via pressandjournal.co.uk
  The Press and Journal (Aberdeen) - First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to intervene in a fiasco over the future of the East Coast rail line between Aberdeen and London.
  
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• Newton Aycliffe trainbuilder Hitachi Rail Europe says first East Coast trains expected on lines in December

  07-02-2018 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  Northern Echo - A RAIL operators franchise woes will have no bearing on a trainbuilders rolling stock supply deal, company bosses have told The Northern Echo.
  
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• Network Rail boss Mark Carne quits after Whitehall whispers subscription

  07-02-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The chief executive of Network Rail is to leave the company after speculation that the government wanted him out because of delays to major upgrades.
  
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• Metrolink bosses unveil plans to 'corral' Manchester United fans at Trafford Bar stop

  07-02-2018 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News -There are plans for a permanent queuing system at the popular fan stop
  
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• Infrastructure insights: railway signalling

  07-02-2018 01:00 via networkrail.co.uk
  Network Rail - The changes were making to an ageing signalling system are an essential part of our vision for a better railway for a better Britain.
  
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• HS2 give homeowners three months to leave but residents 'want better deal'

  07-02-2018 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  Birmingham Post -Residents of Common Lane, Ward End are demanding a fair price for their homes
  
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• How Stagecoachs best ever east coast rail franchise failed subscription

  07-02-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Stagecoachs bid to run the troubled east coast rail franchise was praised by the government as the highest quality it had ever seenand then three years later it collapsed.
  
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• Grayling misses his rail connection Subscription

  07-02-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Spotting a strategic visionary can be trickynot least in this government. So, how lucky that one cabinet minister has saved everyone the trouble by already identifying himself as a proper futurist thinker: Chris Grayling, transport secretary.
  
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• Fat-cat boss of Network Rail to retire aged 58

  07-02-2018 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - Mark Carne, 58, who is the head of Network Rail announced yesterday he will retire from is £820,000-a-year job, which made him Britain's highest payed public servant.
  
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• Every area will get £15,000 for community project or road repair - how should it be spent?

  07-02-2018 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press -A NEW fund to plough money into local schemes across Oxfordshire is set to come into effect.
  
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• Eva to offer 100-connected high speed at low cost

  07-02-2018 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - SPAIN: On February 6 Development Minister igo de la Serna unveiled Eva, a smart train concept...
  
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• Employers say the North East needs expanded Heathrow Airport to thrive after Brexit

  07-02-2018 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Business leaders write to MPs as Government considers findings of Heathrow third runway consultation
  
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• Elon Musk's SpaceX company launches Tesla CAR on journey to Mars via world's most powerful rocket

  07-02-2018 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror - Elon Musk's aerospace company had taken on the ambitious task of putting the massive rocket into space
  
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• Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket launches successfully

  07-02-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - US entrepreneur Elon Musk has launched his new rocket, the Falcon Heavy, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
  
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• Elon Musk sends Tesla car to Mars on SpaceX rocket

  07-02-2018 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• East Coast rail franchise woes set the UK a tough choice

  07-02-2018 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Companies must not profiteer, but privatisation depends on reasonable margins
  
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• Containerships recognises Teesport as top terminal

  07-02-2018 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Teesport has been awarded Terminal Operator of the Year by Finnish shipping and logistics groupContainerships. This is only the third time they have recognised a terminal and PD Ports Teesport follows on from awards to St.Petersburg and Klaipeda in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Containerships and PD Ports have been working together for more than 40 years and this latest award recognises their commitment to service levels and productivity at Teesport
  
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• Comment: JLR - sales up, profits down

  07-02-2018 01:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  Birmingham Post -Professor David Bailey casts his eye over Jaguar Land Rover's third quarter figures
  
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• Chief executive of Network Rail to retire

  07-02-2018 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Mark Carne has spent four tumultuous years at UKs railway infrastructure operator
  
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• Cars are the biggest cause of greenhouse gases Subscription

  07-02-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Transport causes more greenhouse gas pollution than any other sector although emissions overall continue to fall, the latest statistics show.
  
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• Carillion: Ex-chairman Philip Green takes blame for collapse

  07-02-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Former chairman Philip Green tells MPs he takes
  
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• Carillion chief says his decisions were 'best for the business'

  07-02-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Keith Cochrane, Carillion's interim chief executive, tells the committee he was
  
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• Cambridge Ahead supports findings of Mass Transport Options Assessment Report

  07-02-2018 01:00 via cambridgenetwork.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Business and academic member organisation, Cambridge Ahead today expressed support for the conclusions reached in the recently published Greater Cambridge Mass Transport Options Assessment Report.
  
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• Bidders shortlisted for East Midlands franchise

  07-02-2018 01:00 via globalrailnews.com
  Global Rail News - Abellio, Arriva, Stagecoach and a FirstGroup/Trenitalia joint venture have been shortlisted for the new East Midlands rail franchise.
  
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• ALL ABOARD: Bus museum volunteers show their new model with a twist

  07-02-2018 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A GROUP of bus enthusiasts at a museum at a Long Hanborough museum are showing off a brand new vehicleand it is somewhat smaller than the rest of their collection.
  
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• Airlines tighten leash on 'emotional support' pets as hedgehogs and peacocks are banned

  07-02-2018 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
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• Airlines get tough after surge in requests for 'support pets'

  07-02-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Airlines are stopping hedgehogs and turkeys being brought on board, after 76,000 requests for 'emotional support pets'.
  
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