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• Yorkshires Dewsbury station celebrates 175th birthday

  11-06-2023 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - Yesterday (Thursday 8 June), Dewsbury station in West Yorkshire celebrated its 175th anniversary with cake and a choir.
  
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• WORCESTERSHIRE County Council has been awarded over £1million to support its Bus Service Improvement Plan and the establishment of a new Enhanced Partnership with bus operators.

  11-06-2023 02:00 via redditchstandard.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The funding will also be used to help the county council introduce Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) solutions.
  
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• Why has Ireland's cross-border railway plan gone off track?

  11-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The golden age of Ireland's railways has well and truly ended, with far fewer stations and lines in use than in decades long since passed.
  
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• Transport for Wales and Visit Shropshire sign deal to boost rail travel in the county

  11-06-2023 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - Transport for Wales (TfW) and Visit Shropshire are to work together to advertise the ease and benefits of travelling in the West Midlands county by train.
  
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• Train chaos for Gatwick passengers with delays and cancellations after power cut

  11-06-2023 02:00 via inews.co.uk
  
  i News - Passengers have been warned to only travel if their trips are urgent and to leave at least an extra hour to complete their journey
  
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• The new open-access trains such as Lumo are rivalling their poorly-performing big brothers Subscription

  11-06-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Light at the end of the tunnelWith Britains train network buckling under the strain of strikes, delays and cancellations, one could be forgiven for thinking there was nothing but doom and gloom on the railways.
  
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• ScotGov 'in dock' over £130m 'illegal' state aid over Ferguson Marine

  11-06-2023 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - COMPLAINTS have emerged that ministers sanctioned illegal state aid by ploughing in over £130m of taxpayers money to prop up the beleaguered shipyard at the centre of Scotland's ferry fiasco.
  
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• Residents react to transport plans aiming to get people to ditch their cars

  11-06-2023 02:00 via uk.sports.yahoo.com
  
  Other News Sources - SOUTHAMPTON residents have had their say on multi-million-pound transport plans to encourage people to walk rather than drive.
  
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• Pressure grows to give Minehead bus stops seats and shelters and raised kerbs

  11-06-2023 02:00 via wsfp.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - WEST Somerset public transport campaigner Linda Sparks won support this week for a bid to improve infrastructure for bus passengers in Minehead.
  
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• No other option comes close: Former rail boss says new Piccadilly platforms must be built

  11-06-2023 02:00 via oldham-chronicle.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A former rail boss has spoken out against scrapping plans to build two new platforms at Manchester Piccadilly.
  
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• Kolkata metro: A British engineer's unrealised India underwater train

  11-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - When commuters in the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) step aboard India's first underwater train later this year, a Bengal-born British engineer who conceived an unrealised underground railway for the city over a century ago is unlikely to cross their minds.
  
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• Ian Blackford admits SNP has lost voters' trust over ferries and DRS saga

  11-06-2023 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - Former Westminister leader Ian Blackford said the SNP has lost the trust of voters and failed people after a series of high-profile blunders.
  
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• Gwynedd's rural communities left behind after T19 bus service axed

  11-06-2023 02:00 via cambrian-news.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Rural transport links across Wales have been decimated by service cuts. But what happens when your bus service is cancelled?
  
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• Gatwick: Train station power outage causes rail disruption

  11-06-2023 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Train services have been disrupted between London and Brighton due to a power cut at Gatwick Airport.
  
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• Edinburgh Council leader vows to learn from Glasgow's LEZ 'mistakes'

  11-06-2023 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - The leader of Edinburgh City Council is hoping to learn from the mistakes of Glasgows low emission zone (LEZ) as the capital gears up to roll out the air pollution measure in the next year Glasgows LEZ began operation at the start of the month, amid concerns from businesses who did not comply with the rules.
  
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• Driver wins parking fine case because details not provided in Welsh

  11-06-2023 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Judge also issues judicial warning that all car park signage in Wales should be bilingualA motorist has won a civil case against a parking firm over an unpaid £160 fine after requesting details of the penalty in Welsh rather than solely in English.Elysteg Llwyd Thomas had been sent notice of the initial £60 fine in English after a stay at Lligwy beach in Anglesey, in August 2021. Continue reading...
  
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• Chair of island committee 'resigned SNP membership' over ferries issue

  11-06-2023 02:00 via thenational.scot
  
  The National - DISILLUSIONMENT with the SNP is running high in the Inner Hebrides and it will take radical change to restore trust, according to Joe Reade, chair of Mull and Iona Ferry Committee.
  
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• BACK ON TRACK Major shake-up for train services from TODAY and it could save you hundreds

  11-06-2023 02:00 via thescottishsun.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A MAJOR train route will re-open from today - with budget fares also introduced over the weekend for the first time.
  
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• All change for the black cab driver: could the Knowledge be dumbed down? subscription

  11-06-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The 25,000-street test may be shrunk as it puts off new recruitsand may be obsolete anyway
  
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