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• Withdrawal of HSTs prompts fears of Midland Main Line stock shortfall

  05-03-2018 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - I do not know what stories the Labour party has been listening to. The Midland Main Line will have brand new, bi-mode trains delivered in the early 2020s, which is years ahead of what would otherwise have been the case under the original scheme.
  
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• West London Orbital Railway: Plans to trial electric trains with a new west London railway in mind

  05-03-2018 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  Get West London - "We are exploring battery powered trains among the options that available" - Leader of Brent Council, Councillor Muhammed Butt
  
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• Traffic lights speeding up bus journeys in Swansea

  05-03-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - GPS will track where the buses are with what time they should be at each bus stop in Swansea.
  
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• Storm Emma: Airport travel updates as Beast from the East begins to thaw

  05-03-2018 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Storm Emma has caused several cancellations and delays across the UK's airways this week.
  
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• Southeastern trains return to normal after snow and ice in Kent

  05-03-2018 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  Kent Online - Rail services have returned to normal after a week of travel chaos - but commuters may still suffer disruption.
  
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• Remarkable old Tube maps show how London Underground network has changed over the past 100 years

  05-03-2018 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - These remarkable old Tube maps reveal just how much the London Underground network has evolved over the past 100 years.
  
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• Rail passengers in Sheffield to be 'sold short again' with 30-year-old carriages, claims MP

  05-03-2018 01:00 via thestar.co.uk
  Sheffield Star - Rail passengers in Sheffield will be 'sold short again' with the introduction of 'new' 30-year-old carriages, an MP says - but the claim has been dismissed by the Government.
  
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• Northern Chambers of Commerce Summit: Mark Carne discusses transport in the North

  05-03-2018 01:00 via networkrail.co.uk
  Network Rail - Chief Executive Mark Carne spoke to the Northern Chambers Transpennine Summit in Leeds on Tuesday 20 February.
  
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• Newcastle leader Nick Forbes demands answers over improvements to East Coast Main Line

  05-03-2018 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - The Newcastle City Council leader said improvements must be delivered despite the collapse of the franchise
  
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• Newcastle Airport flight cancellations and delays due to severe weather

  05-03-2018 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - The Beast from the East and Storm Emma have caused disruption to flights but Newcastle Airport has returned to normal
  
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• National Rail announces further difficulties at Grindlefords Totley Tunnel with hanging wires

  05-03-2018 01:00 via derbyshiretimes.co.uk
  Derby Telegraph - National Rail has confirmed that ice had been blocking the Totley Tunnel at Grindleford causing a railway lines closure earlier today, Sunday, March 4.
  
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• MTR vying to join Heathrow Southern Rail bid

  05-03-2018 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - Hong Kong based rail operator MTR is understood to be interested in joining the bid to build the proposed privately financed Heathrow Southern Rail link.
  
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• More Class 345s completed ready for Crossrail duty

  05-03-2018 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Production of the initial order of 65 Class 345s for Crossrail is progressing, Bombardier told RAIL on February 28.
  
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• Harrow Council backing Heathrow Airport expansion 'to put borough's residents first' despite RAF Northolt opposition

  05-03-2018 01:00 via getwestlondon.co.uk
  Get West London - The leader of Harrow Council has joined a campaign in favour of expansion at Heathrow Airport "to put residents in his borough first."
  
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• Grayling sets 2019 start for £3bn Transpennine rail upgrade

  05-03-2018 01:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction Enquirer - Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed that work will start in Spring 2019 on a £3bn programme of upgrades to the Transpennine route.
  
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• Grayling: £3bn trans-Pennine 2019 start, but cost review for Crossrail 2

  05-03-2018 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - Transport secretary Chris Grayling has said he expects the £3bn trans-Pennine rail route upgrade to start in spring 2019, however he has also set up an independent review to investigate the affordability of Crossrail 2.
  
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• Government let slip chance to retrieve £364m from Carillion

  05-03-2018 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Cabinet Office did not pursue directors to accept proposal that could have cut cost of collapse to taxpayersThe government knew of a plan that could have retrieved more than £360m from Carillion, limiting the cost of its collapse to taxpayers and sparing pension scheme members from cuts to their retirement payouts, but did not encourage directors to pursue it.Multiple sources told the Guardian that the Cabinet Office, responsible for oversight of government contractors, did
  
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• Former Paralympic athlete stranded on train platform in freezing cold after station staff leave

  05-03-2018 01:00 via metro.co.uk
  Metro - A former Paralympian has said he felt like he had been abandoned on a platform in the freezing cold.
  
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• Derby bus firm to probe claims its vehicles are 'dangerously noisy'

  05-03-2018 01:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  Derby Telegraph - A Derby bus company is to investigate claims that some its vehicles are dangerously noisy and says it will "rectify" the problem.
  
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• Carillion inquiry: MP probes must shed more light than heat if they are to be worthwhile

  05-03-2018 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Carillion's former top brass yesterday pushed back against a parliamentary inquiry into the failure of the doomed contractor. They are particularly aggrieved by MPs drip-feeding information to the media alongside headline-grabbing quotes.
  
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• Bus companies to be fined £15 a day if they don't clean up polluting vehicles

  05-03-2018 01:00 via leicestermercury.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Bus companies will fined £15 per day per bus if their vehicles do not have cleaner engines under plans to cut air pollution in Leicester.
  
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• Axed number 88 bus service to be salvaged - but only one section of it

  05-03-2018 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News - Leaders will meet to talk about the 88 after community outcry
  
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