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• RMT announces Saturday rail strikes in August and September

  11-08-2023 19:04
  
  Rail workers’ union says 20,000 members from 14 firms will strike on 26 August and 2 SeptemberMembers of the biggest rail workers’ union are to stage fresh strikes in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.The Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union (RMT) said 20,000 of its members from 14 train operators would walk out on 26 August and 2 September. Continue reading...
  
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• Six ways to get Britain’s railways back on track – and six reasons for cheer

  11-08-2023 07:00
  
  As the industry struggles with multiple challenges, here are the issues it needs to tackle, and some hopeful developmentsIn 2017, the “commuter train of the future” boasted an onboard gym, games consoles, swivelling armchairs and private pods for making calls or using laptops. It was, according to the Sun, “so awesome it could actually make you want to go to work”.Unfortunately it did not quite exist: the Deutsche Bahn design team’s concept train, the Ideenzug (Idea
  
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• Will we ever hear a principled argument backing how buses operate? Letter

  11-08-2023 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - IT occurred to me when reading Roz Foyer's recent article ("Its time to stop asking nicelyand take back control of our buses", The Herald, August 4) that for all the voices thus far raised about the night bus situation in Glasgow, I have not yet heard an opinion from the Scottish Conservatives.
  
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• Wales faces radical rail review

  11-08-2023 02:00 via railtech.com
  
  Raitech.com - Rail services administered by Transport for Wales are simply unacceptable. That is the opinion of the nationalist leader in Wales, Mr Rhun ap Iorwerth. Speaking in the Welsh Parliament in Cardiff, he said there are serious issues with rail services run by Transport for Wales, the body appointed to administer transport operations by the devolved government. He claimed that damning figures revealed that four out of every ten trains in Wales is delayed, and the latest twelve months fi
  
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• Virgin Galactic successfully completes first space tourism flight

  11-08-2023 02:00 via channel4.com
  
  Other News Sources - A mother and her teenage daughter and an eighty year old former Olympian made history by blasting up into space today - on board Virgin Galactic's very first space tourism flight.
  
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• Via to provide tech for TfL Dial-a-Ride

  11-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Transit tech company Via has announced it has been awarded a multi-year contract by Transport for London (TfL) to power its Dial-a-Ride service for people with long-term disabilities.
  
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• The UKs first internet-only coach operator turns 20

  11-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - On 11 August 20 years ago, the very first megabus service departed Oxford for London. Richard Sharman looks back at some of the milestones that made the company a household name in part one of our look at the blue and yellow brand
  
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• Steam buffs launch £100K appeal to get Snowdonia railway project back on track

  11-08-2023 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - A planning bid was rejected in April over sewage fears but Bala Lake Railway said it was the 'best thing that could have happened'
  
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• Stagecoach announces new Devon bus timetable shake-up

  11-08-2023 02:00 via devonlive.com
  
  Other Regional Press - New bus timetables are being introduced across Devon next month with some Stagecoach services being extended, but others will be reduced. In Exeter, several bus services will be enhanced and extra journeys introduced in partnership with Devon County Council, and a number of high-frequency bus corridors will be introduced.
  
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• Smoke and Mirrors on the Mersey

  11-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - At a time when the franchising and funding of bus networks is increasingly under discussion, Liverpool City Region Combined Authoritys bus franchising assessment is significantly flawed, says Robert Montgomery
  
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• Siemens Mobility to supply 28 EMUs for Digital Node Stuttgart project

  11-08-2023 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - GERMANY: Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract to supply electric multiple-units equipped for attended automated operation as part of the Digital Node Stuttgart pilot project within the Digital Schiene Deutschland (Digital Rail Germany) programme.
  
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• Siemens, Hitachi, Wabtec, and More Lead the Rail Asset Management Market, Poised to Reach $14.11 Billion by 2027

  11-08-2023 02:00 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  Other News Sources - The global rail asset management market grew from $10.51 billion in 2022 to $11.17 billion in 2023, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2. The market is expected to grow to $14.11 billion in 2027, at a CAGR of 6.0.
  
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• ShuttleID launches free parent boarding notifications

  11-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Specialist ticketing platform for schools and workplaces ShuttleID is offering its parent boarding notification feature to transport operators for free. The safeguarding feature has been designed to inform parents in real time when their child has boarded the school bus.
  
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• Ryanair: online agents unlikely to win verification face-off

  11-08-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - The airline has sought to undercut indirect booking long before the spat over data protection
  
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• Plans for Manchester-Leeds M62 railway bridge to be rebuilt

  11-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans have been submitted to demolish and rebuild a 55-year-old bridge carrying a railway line which runs between Manchester and Leeds.
  
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• Passengers trialling electric bus in Guernsey

  11-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Passengers in Guernsey are taking part in a trial of a new electric bus.
  The emission-cutting vehicle will run until 18 August to test its suitability, the States said.
  
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• Passengers on Wales most scenic railway line treated to new innovative travel guide

  11-08-2023 02:00 via wales247.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Cambrian Line is one of the most attractive train journeys, with spectacular views making it a pleasure to watch the scenery outside the window go by.
  
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• On board Virgin Galactic's tourist journey to space

  11-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A look inside the company's first space tourism flight, which took off from New Mexico on Thursday
  
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• North and West London faces bus standstill as workers vote on strike action

  11-08-2023 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - North and West Londons bus network could grind to a halt this autumn, the Unite Union has warned, as hundreds of workers are to be balloted for strikes in an ongoing dispute over pay. 500 employees French-owned operator RATP in London will vote over the next month on whether to launch a campaign of industrial ...
  
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• Newmarket to Haverhill bus route could start as soon as autumn if it wins enough support

  11-08-2023 02:00 via suffolknews.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Plans to reintroduce a bus servicewhich hasnt run since 2007have been welcomed.
  
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• Network Rail ordered to pay £1.2M for wholly avoidable maintenance worker fatality

  11-08-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Network Rail has this week been ordered to pay £1.2M following the death of a maintenance worker in November 2020, but has said it has made efforts to improve safe working knowledge and procedures in the intervening years.
  
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• Mystery over proposed bus gate in Biggleswade

  11-08-2023 02:00 via bedfordshirelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - When is a gate not a gate? When it apparently is labelled a bus gate, as Biggleswade town councillors learned after attempting to solve the mystery. A bus gate is planned for the towns railway station interchange to prevent private vehicles parking in an area close to the building.
  
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• Muirhead calls for 100 transparency on leather sourcing for the aviation industry

  11-08-2023 02:00 via businessjetinteriorsinternational.com
  
  Other News Sources - Muirhead, a trusted supplier of low-carbon high performance leather to the aviation, bus, coach, and rail industries, is encouraging airlines and passenger transport operators to ensure each hide they procure can be traced back to its origins. The advice from Muirhead follows the emergence of leather suppliers whose productsdespite being marketed as sustainable, ethical, and Europeancome from a complex and blurred supply chain, with hides imported from as far as South Americ
  
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• Louise Haigh hears case for restoring Skipton-Colne line

  11-08-2023 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - PLANS for the reopening of a railway line which it's claimed would provide a huge economic boost for Keighley have been presented to the Shadow Transport Secretary.
  
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• London Waterloo station welcomes artist Doug Hydes 20th anniversary collection One Love to the heart of the capital

  11-08-2023 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Britains busiest station is hosting a brand-new art exhibition titled One Love which champions positivity and inclusion.
  
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• Liverpool CR bus franchising mauled by former Stagecoach MD

  11-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Plans for bus franchising in the Liverpool City Region have been criticised by former Stagecoach UK Bus Managing Director Robert Montgomery. He describes the proposals as bold on rhetoric and making a passable case for change, but once beyond that says they completely fall flat.
  
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• Levenmouth Rail Link plans for new bridge

  11-08-2023 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Network Rail has submitted a planning application to Fife Council to build a bridge over the new railway between Kirkland and Mountfleurie.
  
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• Labour blast SNP over decline in bus routes across Scotland

  11-08-2023 02:00 via glasgowtimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh has hit out at the 'staggering decline'in local bus services in Scotland as figures showalmost two-fifths of routes have been axed since the SNP came to power.
  
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• Hull council says rail ticket office closures 'discriminatory'

  11-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The proposed closure of rail station ticket offices would "discriminate against" vulnerable passengers, Hull City Council has said.
  
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• HS2 workers 'staying in caravans' on rural Warwickshire campsite

  11-08-2023 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - The claims have led to a delay in a decision on whether to allow the campsite owners let people stay for longer
  
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• HS2 to bury diggers ready to bore tunnel to Euston

  11-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Engineers building HS2 are to put two large diggers in the ground to prepare to bore a tunnel to Euston - despite doubts over whether it will be built.
  
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• HS2 status update: Now theyre burying the diggers

  11-08-2023 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Engineers are being forced to bury diggers at Old Oak Common in case ministers give the go-ahead for project's Euston leg
  
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• Get involved in Routes into Rail

  11-08-2023 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - NSAR is the driving force behind Routes into Raila rail industry initiative that aims to inspire a new generation of talent to pursue careers in rail.
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  Existing funders include HS2, Network Rail, VolkerRail, Amey, RIA, Porterbrook, Freightliner and the Department for Business and Trade.
  
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• Four-car-trains return to Cambrian Railway Line for first time in six years thanks to collaborative efforts of Local Railways Partnership

  11-08-2023 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Local passengers and tourists will benefit from enhanced comfort, capacity and connectivity, on peak services on the scenic Welsh coast line, over the summer holidays, as well as the launch of a brand-new window seat audio guide.
  
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• Flight delays may be the norm in post-pandemic Britain

  11-08-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - About a third of departures were cancelled or delayed in the five months to May
  
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• First look at West London's massive new Elizabeth line station that needs 1000 builders working at a time

  11-08-2023 02:00 via mylondon.news
  
  Other Regional Press - Working away on the western edge of the capital are thousands of men and women constructing what will be the UKs biggest newly built train station. High Speed 2s (HS2) Old Oak Common (OOC) station is currently 40 per cent through its more than £2.5 billion project to link together Great Western Railway (GWR) services to Birmingham and Manchester and Scotland, the Elizabeth line and the Heathrow Express.
  
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• 'Far more dramatic than I imagined': Virgin Galactic passengers on flight to edge of space

  11-08-2023 02:00 via news.sky.com
  
  Sky News - Virgin Galactic has taken its first tourists to the edge of space, with an 80-year-old British ex-Olympian saying the trip "exceeded my wildest dreams".
  
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• Europe Rail Rolling Stock Report and Database 2023: Emerging Trends and Opportunities - ResearchAndMarkets.com

  11-08-2023 02:00 via businesswire.com
  News from Europe - The first part of the report provides a succinct summary of the current trends and forecast for the European rail rolling stock industry.
  
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• East Sussex bus services branded 'atrocious' by residents as proposals for improvements unveiled

  11-08-2023 02:00 via sussexexpress.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Proposals to help make bus services more reliable, improve journey times and reduce congestion across East Sussex have been unveiled following numerous complaints from locals.
  
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• Driving to France? Dont forget the CritAir emissions sticker for your car

  11-08-2023 02:00 via eta.co.uk
  
  Green Miscellany - All cars travelling in 11 low emission French cities, including Paris, Lyon and Grenobles,are required to display anti-pollution crit air stickers which indicate the age and environmental classification of the vehicle. The system has been in place for 6 years but has become stricter over time with the most polluting vehicles now restricted in some areas. The round The post Driving to France? Dont forget the CritAir emissions sticker for your car appeared first on ETA.
  
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• Contactless fraud issue raises its head in South Yorkshire

  11-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - TravelMaster, which handles multi-operator and multi-modal ticket sales in South Yorkshire, says work on a resolution is ongoing after it decided to no longer accept contactless payments for some seven-day tickets due to fraud.
  
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• Connecticut orders Alstom commuter coaches

  11-08-2023 02:00 via railjournal.com
  
  Other News Sources - The initial 60 coaches ordered under the framework contract will be deployed on the Hartford Line as well as branches of the New Haven Line.
  
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• Channel Tunnel operator orders Enviro200s for terminal shuttles

  11-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Alexander Dennis is to supply six Enviro200 buses in a bespoke specification to LeShuttle, part of Getlink group. LeShuttle, which operates trains for road vehicles through the Channel Tunnel between terminals at Folkestone and Calais, runs freight shuttles for heavy goods vehicles in addition to car and coach services. On freight shuttles, drivers travel in a Club Car at the front of the train, and as LeShuttle trains are half a mile in length, the company uses a fleet of m
  
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• Bus timetable screens 'nowhere near bus stops' branded 'stupid'

  11-08-2023 02:00 via stokesentinel.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Plans to put digital public transport timetables in the middle of a pedestrian area away from where buses actually stop have been branded "stupid".
  
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• Brighton: Pedal bikes to return for bike hire scheme

  11-08-2023 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Pedal bikes will be rolled out across the city as part of the cycle hire scheme, as well as new cheaper pricing options
  
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• Belt up with Birmingham Busworks

  11-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Jonathan Welch speaks to the team behind Birmingham Busworks to find out how the company is carving a niche for itself in bus sales and seatbelting
  
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• Almost two fifths of bus routes have been axed since the SNP came to power

  11-08-2023 02:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - Traffic Commissioner statistics showing a 38 per cent decline in local bus routes in Scotland between 2007 and 2023.
  
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• All 100 FEA-G intermodal wagons and 50 JNA-X box wagons arrive in the UK

  11-08-2023 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - The final FEA-G intermodal wagons have now arrived in the UK, marking the successful delivery of a total 100 new intermodal wagons as well as 50 new JNA-X Box Wagons in a partnership between Porterbrook, GB Railfreight (GBRf) and Greenbrier.
  
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• Adventure Travel aims job campaign at Wilko workers

  11-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Cardiff-based coach and bus operator Adventure Travel is targeting a driver-recruitment campaign towards staff at high street firm Wilko, which went into administration today.
  
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