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• York-based LNER launches first named Azuma train with new design

  16-05-2023 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - York-based LNER has marked 100 years in business by naming a train and unveiling a new design.
  
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• Westham and Southill bus pass holders urged to pay fare

  16-05-2023 02:00 via dorsetecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Weymouth Town Councillor David Harris has urged bus pass holders to pay bus fares on a trial service instead of using their free bus passes.
  
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• Warning issued to passengers as TransPennine Express releases final timetable

  16-05-2023 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - A warning has been issued to rail passengers ahead of TransPennine Express' (TPE) final timetable change. The company's contract to run services in northern England and Scotland is not being renewed, with the franchise being brought under Government control from May 28.
  
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• UK's first driverless bus begins passenger service in Edinburgh

  16-05-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Stagecoach's fleet of autonomous buses will run every half hour between Fife and Edinburgh.
  
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• UK risks rail safety and reliability from inspection backlog, watchdog warns

  16-05-2023 02:00 via inews.co.uk
  
  i News - Thousands of vital rail bridges, tunnels go uninspected, rail regulator warns
  
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• UK rail inspections backlog risks safety and reliability, watchdog warns

  16-05-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Office of Rail and Road calls on infrastructure owner Network Rail to address limited progress on non-compliance
  
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• Tube noise concerns raised by London Assembly

  16-05-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Cross-party City Hall politicians want more data on Tube noise to assess long term health impacts.
  
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• Transpennine Route Upgrade reveals plans to slash carbon emissions, generate thousands of jobs and deliver billions of pounds in social value in the North of England

  16-05-2023 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has today revealed its strategy to improve the lives of millions of people in the North by:
  
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• The ugly train stop in Bristol named loneliest railway station in the world

  16-05-2023 02:00 via bristolworld.com
  
  Other Regional Press - Its name stirs the imagination to picture a quiet leafy city suburb with cosy traditional pubs, a line of thatched cottages and a beautiful 15th Century stone church. Even a village pump on The Green, maybe.
  
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• Reading's Green Park Station to open at the end of May

  16-05-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A town's new £20m railway station will open by the end of the month after delays due to the Covid pandemic.
  
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• Oxford Bus Company invests £2m in new coaches to Heathrow

  16-05-2023 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxford Mail - A new range of luxury coaches will be able to comfortably transfer more passengers to Heathrow Airport from Oxford.
  
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• Noise from TransPennine Express depot stops enjoyment of garden

  16-05-2023 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - A Scarborough resident has complained that noise from the TransPennine Express depot near their home has stopped the enjoyment of their garden.
  
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• Newly refurbished Bulwell bus station looks 'lovely' as it re-opens to public

  16-05-2023 02:00 via nottinghampost.com
  
  Nottingham Evening Post - Passengers say Bulwell's new-look bus station looks 'lovely' as it finally re-opens to the public. Since January 2023, there have been temporary bus stops until the bus station near Main Street was completed.
  
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• New hydrogen bus launch marks 'huge step forward' for region

  16-05-2023 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo - Plans to revolutionise the Liverpool City Region's public transport network took 'another huge step forward' today as the first of the region's new hydrogen buses came into service.
  
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• Network Rail required to clear backlog on examining structures

  16-05-2023 02:00 via orr.gov.uk
  Office of Rail and Road (ORR) - ORR has today written to Network Rail over concerns about a backlog in examining the condition of its railway structures such as bridges, tunnels and culverts.
  
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• Motorists risk accidents as repair bills soar. subscription

  16-05-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Almost two thirds of motorists are worried about being able to afford vehicle repairs after the cost of parts and labour rose sharply.This figure increases to 84 per cent of drivers aged 17 to 24, the majority of whom use their car every day.
  
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• London Underground safety criticised after worker hit by train

  16-05-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The agency worker still suffers from the effects of the accident, the rail safety investigator says.
  
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• LNER names first Azuma train to mark 100 years

  16-05-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - LNER has unveiled its first named Azuma train in a ceremony marking 100 years of the train operator's services.
  
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• Liverpool Airport post-pandemic recovery helped by deferment of £30m loan

  16-05-2023 02:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  The Business Desk - Liverpool John Lennon Airport has increased turnover and reduced losses in the year to March 31, 2022, its latest accounts at Companies House reveal.
  
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• Gatwick Airport: No drone found after flights disrupted

  16-05-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - No drone was found after a suspected sighting of one led to flights being disrupted at Gatwick on Sunday, the airport said.
  
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• Engineers jack up Nuneham Viaduct and remove abutment

  16-05-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Network Rail engineers led by Balfour Beatty have jacked up Nuneham Viaduct and begun removing the southern embankment in preparation for the new abutment to be constructed.
  
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• East Midlands Airport gearing up for 'busiest summer since Covid'

  16-05-2023 02:00 via leicestermercury.co.uk
  
  Leicester Mercury - East Midlands Airport is expected to see more passengers than even before the pandemic as the summer holidays edge closer. Airports across the country saw a mad dash to escape after travel restrictions were lifted after the last lockdown but this year could be the busiest since 2019 for the Castle Donington-based airport.
  
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• City ring road to become 'green way' in new plans

  16-05-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A 20-year transport plan for Birmingham, due to be published on Tuesday, seeks to end car dominance.
  
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• Cabinet member says hes totally dissatisfied with the situation at Swansea Airport

  16-05-2023 02:00 via herald.wales
  
  Other Regional Press - A MEMBER of the ruling Labour administration in Swansea said he was totally dissatisfied with the situation surrounding the countys airport, which the council owns.
  
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• Bus must collaborate with other sectors on policy

  16-05-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Collaboration with other parties including policy makers and different sectors of businesses is vital if the bus industry is to maximise its potential, but the sector must avoid pitting itself directly against alternative modes, delegates at the ALBUM conference in Edinburgh heard in a panel discussion on policy on 25 April.
  
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• Bus industry warns one in seven services at risk if funding halted

  16-05-2023 02:00 via chardandilminsternews.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Up to one in seven bus services across England could be lost if Government funding is not extended, an industry body has warned.
  
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• Birmingham Airport to transform passenger security experience with new CT screening technology

  16-05-2023 02:00 via businesswire.com
  Other News Sources - Smiths Detection to provide Birmingham Airport with CT passenger checkpoint that allows passengers to leave liquids and electronics in hand luggage from June 2024
  
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• Belgium's Ostend-Bruges Airport To Become One Of The Country's Largest Solar Parks

  16-05-2023 02:00 via simpleflying.com
  Aviation Industry- The solar park will be equivalent in size to 61 soccer fields, generating enough electricity to power both the airport and local residential areas.
  
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• Amersham: Sinkhole opens above HS2 tunnelling works

  16-05-2023 02:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - A giant sinkhole has appeared above HS2 tunnels in the Chilterns over the weekend.
  
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• All aboard Britains first self-driving bus. subscription

  16-05-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The UKs first autonomous bus service has begun taking paying passengers across the Forth Road Bridge. The vehicles have two staff: a safety driver who can take control of the vehicle and a captain to sell tickets and provide customer service.
  
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• £58 million for zero emission buses

  16-05-2023 02:00 via transport.gov.scot
  Transport Scotland - The Scottish Government has launched the second phase of the Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB), with up to £58 million available.
  
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