Public Transport news

• The roads where the ULEZ starts between Watford and London

  17-08-2023 02:00 via watfordobserver.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - With just weeks to go until some drivers will be charged for entering London, these are the roads where ULEZ begins.
  
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• The revolutionary rail dropper from Gripple receives Network Rail approval

  17-08-2023 02:00 via railuk.com
  
  Other News Sources - The new Gripple Rail Dropper has now received Network Rail Product approval and it will be included in Network Rails Master Series, allowing it to be used on the rail infrastructure.
  
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• Speed limit: Mum says new 20mph zone saved son's life

  17-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The default speed limit on restricted roads across Wales is set to be cut to 20mph in September,
  
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• South Yorkshire Mayor says extra bus funding is needed to halt 'spiral of decline'

  17-08-2023 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard said millions of pounds of additional funding is needed to protect bus services and halt a spiral of decline.
  
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• Protest over proposed changes to SmartPass public transport eligibility

  17-08-2023 02:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - A protest has been held outside the Department for Infrastructure's offices in Belfast over possible changes to free public transport.
  
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• Plymouth has a new bus champion to make services better

  17-08-2023 02:00 via plymouthherald.co.uk
  
  Plymouth Herald - As the citys new bus champion, Cllr Kevin Sproston will support this work by helping to forge closer links between the Council, bus operators and passengers and ensure services meet residents and visitors needs.
  
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• Platform upgrade work to get underway at Manchester Piccadilly this September

  17-08-2023 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - The work will see platforms 13 and 14 resurfaced with passengers advised of changes to journeys
  
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• People urged to join fight to fix 'broken' bus services in South Yorkshire

  17-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Communities hit by "broken" bus services in South Yorkshire are being urged to get behind a fight for better public transport.
  
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• Passengers advised of Piccadilly platform upgrades in September

  17-08-2023 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Passengers are being advised of changes to journeys while platforms 13 and 14 at Manchester Piccadilly station are resurfaced this September.
  
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• Oxford station upgrade: 24-hour shifts needed to remove brick arch

  17-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Works to upgrade a city station will take place round-the-clock to make up time after the discovery of a Victorian-era arch under the road.
  
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• Organisations in Lichfield invited to apply for funding from train companies

  17-08-2023 02:00 via lichfieldlive.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Community groups in Lichfield are being invited to apply for a fund being operated by train operators.London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway are offering grants of up to £10,000 to help transform local areas.
  
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• Northern Rail reveals plan for train simulators to teach staff

  17-08-2023 02:00 via northwichguardian.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A TRAIN operator has revealed plans for multi-million pound simulators.
  
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• New General Manager for the East Lancashire Railway

  17-08-2023 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - The East Lancashire Railway has announced that Lee Kenny has been appointed as Acting General Manager for the remainder of 2023.
  
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• Network Rail propose aggregates handling office at Kingmoor

  17-08-2023 02:00 via newsandstar.co.uk
  
  Carlisle News & Star - NETWORK Rail has proposed the construction of an aggregates handling office and welfare building at Kingmoor in Carlisle.
  
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• Network Rail invests £71m on around 500 projects across Britain

  17-08-2023 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - Thousands of railway workers will be delivering essential upgrades for passengers and freight customers over the bank holiday weekend as Network Rail invests £71 million on around 500 projects across Britain.
  
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• Marston Vale Line trains return delayed again

  17-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A train route suspended after a maintenance firm went bust will not resume until "later in the autumn", its operator said.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover to create 300 new jobs in West Midlands

  17-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The roles will be used to support the increased production of Range Rovers and new electric vehicles.
  
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• Huge majority vote for Huntingdonshire's Ting bus service

  17-08-2023 02:00 via huntspost.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - More than 90 per cent of the 300 residents who were surveyed said they preferred the Tingbus service to regular bus services across Huntingdonshire.
  
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• Highlands and Islands Enterprise receives £11M for Cairngorm railway structural defects

  17-08-2023 02:00 via geplus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Highlands and Islands Enterprise has reached an out of court settlement with Galliford Try Infrastructure and AF Cruden Associates in a legal case linked to faults in the structure and foundations of the Cairngorm funicular.
  
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• Harrogate Bus Company's fleet to go all-electric after orders worth £21 million placed for 39 new buses

  17-08-2023 02:00 via harrogateadvertiser.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Harrogate Bus Company has confirmed its parent firm Transdev has placed orders worth £21 million for 39 new buses to convert its entire Harrogate fleet to fully electric power.
  
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• Gotthard rail tunnel, worlds longest, closes for months after Swiss derailment

  17-08-2023 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Sixteen freight carriages run off rails, tearing up eight kilometres of train track and leaving engineering marvel inaugurated in 2016 unable to take passengersTrain passengers between north and southernmost Switzerland will have to skip the worlds longest train tunnel and go back to the longer scenic route for months, rail authorities have said, after a freight service derailed and tore up the track.Sixteen cars that jumped the tracks in last Thursdays derailment remained stuck i
  
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• Final OLE foundations in place for key section of Transpennine Route Upgrade West scheme

  17-08-2023 02:00 via geplus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The TRU West Alliance has completed piling for overheard line equipment on the section of railway being upgraded between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge, moving it one step closer to full electrification.
  
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• Electric bus means greener travel to tackle loneliness

  17-08-2023 02:00 via kirkleestogether.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Age UK Calderdale and Kirklees have purchased a fully accessible minibus that will help them continue to deliver vital services including their Home from Hospital service and transport people to and from their Wellbeing (Care) Centres.
  
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• E-bikes: 40 of fires from conversion kits - brigade says

  17-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Cheap and badly built kits are leading to the
  
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• Drivers red ribbon protest in Wales against 20mph speed limit. subscription

  17-08-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The Welsh Conservatives are campaigning for the Labour government to reverse the rule in all urban areas
  
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• Daily travelcards could be scrapped within months leaving commuters facing higher fares

  17-08-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Travelcards enable customers to board a train to London andcovers the journeys between travel zones one to six - but these could be scrapped by Transport for London by January next year.
  
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• Commuters warned of tough decisions on rail fares as union calls for freeze. subscription

  17-08-2023 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Minister says cost of train journeys will risebut by below inflation.
  The government will have to make tough decisions about rail fares for next year, the chief secretary to the Treasury has said.
  
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• Chesham to Heathrow Airport bus route is announced

  17-08-2023 02:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - A new bus route to Heathrow Airport from Buckinghamshire has been announced.
  
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• Celebrating the importance of accessibility at the 26th Rail Business Awards

  17-08-2023 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: The Rail Business Awards has long sought to acknowledge and celebrate the efforts that the rail industry has made to provide transport for all.The award for Accessibility mp; Integrated Transport Excellence recognises best practice and innovation in the provision of accessible facilities and services for rail users, on trains, at railway stations and in journey planning, or in the integration of rail services with other transport modes.
  
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• Car ferry services suspended on busy Corran route

  17-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Fresh disruption hits the Corran Ferry - Scotland's busiest single-vessel ferry crossing.
  
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• Businesses back Midlands Rail Hub

  17-08-2023 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - More than two-thirds of West Midlands companies surveyed believe that improvements to rail services will win them new business and enable them to retain staff and recruit more easily.
  
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• Bus firms on what new 20mph limit in Wales could mean for services

  17-08-2023 02:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - The new law will come into place next month
  
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• Big announcement on HS2 in Birmingham as dramatic images give glimpse into future

  17-08-2023 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - It's a project that's been mired in uncertainty - but dramatic developments are on their way for HS2 in Birmingham
  
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• Battery material groups say use of solid-state technology will accelerate

  17-08-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Conventional wisdom has been that big commercial inroads were unlikely until the next decade
  
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• ASLEF: Rail fare rises will drive more people off the network

  17-08-2023 02:00 via aslef.org.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Mick Whelan, general secretary of ASLEF, the train drivers union, has spoken out after the government announced rail fares will rise by 9 next year.
  
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• Almost every appeal against fines at new bus lane catching 60 drivers a day successful as fines scrapped - revealed

  17-08-2023 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - Motorists who feel they have been unfairly punished urged to appeal
  
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• £1.3bn of spending already committed to by National Highways for the Stonehenge Tunnel

  17-08-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Contracts worth £1.3bn have been signed by National Highways for the construction of the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme which has a total estimated capital cost figure of £1.7bn.
  
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