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• Why the gap? The reasons behind public transport inequality in UK cities

  22-06-2023 02:00 via investmentmonitor.ai
  
  Other News Sources - Londoners love to moan about the Tube, but it is way in advance of public transport systems in the rest of the UK. Why the inequality?
  
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• Transport returns to cabinet level in Scottish Government

  22-06-2023 02:00 via transportxtra.com
  
  Transportxtra - Transport has been added to Miri McAllans ministerial brief at the Scottish Government after the departure of Kevin Stewart as transport minister. He cited issues with his mental health.
  
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• Transport infrastructure: The European Commission accelerates the shift to sustainable and smart mobility on the TEN-T network with EUR 6.2 billion in grants

  22-06-2023 02:00 via cinea.ec.europa.eu
  
  News from Europe - The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) continues to contribute to delivering the European Green Deal with an additional financial support of EUR 6.2 billion for 107 new projects on the Trans-European Transport Network. Overall, 82 of this funding concerns transport infrastructure that contributes to climate objectives in line with the Unions commitments. In addition to developing a more efficient, greener, and smarter network of railways, inland waterways and maritime infrastruc
  
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• Transport Committee calls for sustained financial support for bus services in England

  22-06-2023 02:00 via committees.parliament.uk
  Transport Committee - The Chair of the Transport Committee has urged the Government to keep its focus on improving bus services throughout the country.
  
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• Southend Airport officially up for sale as owners confirm 'process has started'

  22-06-2023 02:00 via uk.sports.yahoo.com
  
  Other News Sources - THE OWNERS of Southend Airport have put the business up for sale after it was revealed the process for the sale has started.
  
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• Scrap that: Video and AI technology helping keep the railway tidy and railway workers safe

  22-06-2023 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Artificial intelligence software is helping Network Rail find and remove forgotten scrap materials from the side of the railway more quickly and safely than ever before.
  
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• Recovered criminal cash used to support canal project for young people

  22-06-2023 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - AN organisation that uses the Districts canals to provide young people with vital life skills has been awarded cash recovered from local criminals.
  
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• Railway works that will close Barrhead station to be completed on time

  22-06-2023 02:00 via barrheadnews.com
  
  Other Regional Press - Rail bosses have vowed that a £63million upgrade that will see Barrhead train station being closed for six weeks will be completed on time and with disruption kept to a minimum.
  
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• Push for 'forgotten' part of Plymouth 'left in the cold' to get new railway station

  22-06-2023 02:00 via plymouthherald.co.uk
  
  Plymouth Herald - The Green Party want a station to serve Plympton, Sherford, the commercial area of Langage and the new Plymouth Free Port site
  
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• Potential new Bradford railway station plans to be unveiled soon - minister

  22-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The government says it has been exploring potential options for a new railway station in Bradford
  
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• Plan for new Bradford rail station to be revealed - Minister tells MPs

  22-06-2023 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - PLANS for a new railway station in Bradford will be unveiled as soon as next weeka Government minister has told MPs.
  
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• Options for new railway station in Bradford to be unveiled next week according to minister

  22-06-2023 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Rail minister Huw Merriman told MPs that the Government will set out its initial proposals for how a new station could be opened in the West Yorkshire city.
  
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• Network Rail must be held to account for poor performance, says minister

  22-06-2023 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The performance of Network Rail has not been good enough, rail minister Huw Merriman said today, stating that the body must be properly held to account to ensure it improves the UKs rail infrastructure.
  
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• Network Rail invests £1.25bn in south east London and Kent

  22-06-2023 02:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  This Is Local London Network - Network Rail has announced it is investing £1.25billion to railways in Kent and south east London to give passengers better journeys with fewer delays.
  
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• Motherwell station redevelopment and transport hub officially opened

  22-06-2023 02:00 via glasgowtimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A joint initiative between ScotRail, North Lanarkshire Council, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and Transport Scotland, the extensive projecthas created a fully integrated hub that connects multi-modal transports.
  
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• Marsh Barton Railway Station will open to the public on Tuesday 4 July 2023

  22-06-2023 02:00 via news.exeter.gov.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The £16 million project has been delivered by Devon County Council in collaboration with Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) and built by construction and civil engineering specialist firm GRAHAM.
  
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• Manchester Airport starts work on the next major phase of its £1.3bn Transformation Programme

  22-06-2023 02:00 via manchesterworld.uk
  Other Regional Press - The expanded Terminal 2 will boast 27 new shops, bars and restaurants, including a high-street style shopping area, a champagne bar and a food hall.
  
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• Lufthansa Group Introduces New Baggage Drop-off Counters at Frankfurt Airport

  22-06-2023 02:00 via schengenvisainfo.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Baggage drop off for passengers of Lufthasa at the Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has just become easier than ever, as 21 state-of-the-art check-in counters located at Concourses A and B of Terminal 1 have been made accessible for passengers flying with this airline.
  
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• Local authorities putting the brakes on electric car charger rollout, industry warns

  22-06-2023 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Local authority bureaucracy is causing delays of up to a year in rolling out electric car charge points, industry figures have warned. Were getting caught up in red tape which is stopping us deploying thousands more charges today, Ian Johnston, head of the newly formed trade association ChargeUK, told City A.M. To build and operate ...
  
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• Latest delays to HS2 forecast to add £366mn to soaring final bill

  22-06-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Ministers decision to push back section of high-speed rail link will drive up costs, according to government estimates
  
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• Isle of Man Airport: Staff training blamed for delays

  22-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Disruption at the Isle of Man Airport has been blamed on a staff shortage of air traffic controllers.
  
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• Is this the future of rail travel in the UK?

  22-06-2023 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo - WITH ASLEF and the RMT promising strikes for the rest of 2023 and perhaps beyond, it seems that passengers are facing months of difficulties when planning their journeys by rail.
  
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• How TfL has spent £7.5M on the indefinitely paused Bakerloo line extension

  22-06-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Transport for London (TfL) has spent over £7.5M on developing the Bakerloo line extension to date, even as the project remains officially mothballed.
  
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• Government transport consultation ignores motorcycles

  22-06-2023 02:00 via visordown.com
  Other News Sources - The National Networks National Policy Statement does though mention horse riders and pedestrians while completely ignoring motorcyclists
  
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• Government to unveil plans for new Bradford railway station

  22-06-2023 02:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - The government says plans for a potential new railway station in Bradford will be unveiled next week.
  
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• Free weekend bus travel as operators entice passengers to return

  22-06-2023 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Bus passengers can travel across Kent and Medway for free this weekend as part of a campaign to encourage people to use the countys services.
  
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• Flintshire: Update on bus services provided to councillors

  22-06-2023 02:00 via leaderlive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - AN UPDATE on the future of bus services in Flintshire has been provided after it was suggested the council include the issue in its five-year plan.
  
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• Esken puts Southend Airport up for sale as it warns on finances

  22-06-2023 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The beleaguered owner of Southend Airport has confirmed the site has been put up for sale as it sounded the alarm on the stability of its finances.
  
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• Cycling group accuses Brighton council of scrapping A259 cycle lane

  22-06-2023 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A pro-cycling group has hit out at plans to redesign a planned cycle lane along the A259
  
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• CILT(UK) reveals new Chair of the Board

  22-06-2023 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - 21 June 2023London, UKThe Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UKCILT(UK)is delighted to announce Vikram Singla FCILT, Digital Transformation Director and Sustainability Ambassador at Oracle as its new Chair.Vikram helps supply chain and logistics leaders leverage technology and data to deliver meaningful business outcomes for their organisations. He is an advisory board member at Cranfield Universitys supply chain management rese
  
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• Campaigners call for action as Renfrewshire transport review set to take a year

  22-06-2023 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - Residents have said they cannot be shut off from vital transport while the assessment is carried out.
  
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• Bus services in Kent facing widespread cuts

  22-06-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Cuts to bus services are planned across Kent
  
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• Birmingham Airport is a 'building site' as £40m project continues

  22-06-2023 02:00 via worcesternews.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Birmingham Airport has set up a marquee to give departing customers extra space as the work continues on its £40 million new security screening area.
  
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• Alarm bells should be ringing over light aircraft noise pollution

  22-06-2023 02:00 via aef.org.uk
  
  Aviation Industry- In 1910, the Nobel Prize winner Robert Koch predicted that one day man will have to fight noise as fiercely as cholera and pest. That day has long since arrived, The post Alarm bells should be ringing over light aircraft noise pollution appeared first on Aviation Environment Federation.
  
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• Airbus expects to recruit 13,000 staff by the end of 2023

  22-06-2023 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - The aerospace giant employs people at its UK sites in South Gloucestershire and North Wales
  
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• £1 billion for the construction site express still slower than the bus - John McLellan

  22-06-2023 02:00 via edinburghnews.scotsman.com
  Edinburgh Evening News - All aboard the construction site express. Seeing as it has cost Edinburgh taxpayers £207 million, the majority of whom will never use it, I thought I should give the Newhaven tram a go.
  
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