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• Train drivers to strike on 1 September and not work overtime a day later, says Aslef

  18-08-2023 11:45
  
  It comes a week after RMT said 20,000 members would take action on two consecutive SaturdaysTrain drivers are to stage a fresh strike in their long-running dispute over pay, threatening more travel chaos for passengers.Members of Aslef will walk out on 1 September and will be subject to an overtime ban on 2 September, the same day as a strike by rail staff. Continue reading...
  
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• UrbanThings names ex-Arriva man Adam Toone as COO

  18-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Former Arriva man Adam Toone has been named Chief Operating Officer by public transport technology solutions provider UrbanThings.
  
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• Uncertainty over new railway stations as contractor files for administration

  18-08-2023 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Buckingham Group said it has suffered huge losses on major projects including redeveloping football stadium stands
  
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• UKCOA tables proposals in reply to PSVAR call for evidence

  18-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - The UK Coach Operators Association (UKCOA) convened an online members meeting on 16 August, inviting members of the coach industry to deliberate on UKCOAs reply to the Department for Transports (DfTs) call for evidence on PSVAR.
  
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• UK holds European leadership on zero-emission buses in H1 2023

  18-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - The UK continued to lead Europe on the deployment of zero-emission coaches and buses in the first half of 2023, according to figures compiled by Dutch consultancy Chatrou CME Solutions for those vehicles with a GVW of over 8,000kg .
  
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• Tyne river charity benefits from £55,000 Costain donation following A19 upgrade pollution incident

  18-08-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Costain is to donate £55,000 to the Tyne Rivers Trust environmental charity following an investigation into a pollution incident triggered by the contractor during its work to upgrade the A19 Testos roundabout.
  
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• Transdev orders eCitaro and Enviro400EV for Harrogate

  18-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Transdev Blazefield has ordered 20 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro battery-electric single-deckers and 19 Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV battery-electric double-deckers to complete the conversion of its Harrogate Bus Company operation to zero-emission.
  
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• Train operator Grand Central launches new North East hub

  18-08-2023 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - The long-distance train operator has signed a lease on a 5,500sq ft historic building in the heart of Sunderland city centre
  
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• Train delays cut in half following South London signalling upgrades

  18-08-2023 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Network Rail has revealed that delays to Southern and Gatwick Express passengers travelling into London Victoria have fallen by 55 following the switch-on of a brand-new signalling system in South London.
  
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• TfL launches 2023 Bus Safety Innovation Challenge

  18-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Transport for London has opened its Bus Safety Innovation Challenge for 2023, a project looking to identify and trial innovative and novel ways of helping reduce bus occupant injuries. Having gone live on 31 July, it will remain open until all funding has been allocated or TfL is satisfied it has received an adequate number of responses.
  
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• Superloop comments invited

  18-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Transport for London (TfL) is inviting people to have their say on its proposals for the latest routes to form part of its branded express bus routes that form part of the proposed Superloop bus network
  
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• Stones made for Victorian project to help Irish workers given listed status

  18-08-2023 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Travellers rest stones were idea of Warrington doctor and part of wider scheme to help migrant workersThey are found on busy road junctions, a traffic island and a petrol station forecourt and have been passed by countless numbers of walkers, runners, cyclists and drivers without a second glance.But hiding in plain sight are fascinating travellers rest stones between Liverpool and Manchester that tell a largely forgotten story of 19th-century ingenuity, compassion for migrant work
  
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• Stagecoach bus strikes suspended after improved pay offer

  18-08-2023 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Stagecoach drivers were due to walk out over the August bank holiday weekend and in early September.
  
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• Simulators that will help develop train crews unveiled by Northern

  18-08-2023 02:00 via newsandstar.co.uk
  
  Carlisle News & Star - This is how Northerns new multi-million-pound train simulators could look once installed at their training academies in 2025.
  
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• RIA North responds to TfNs Strategic Transport Plan consultation

  18-08-2023 02:00 via politicshome.com
  
  Other News Sources - RIA North, the voice of the rail supply community in the North of England, has today submitted its response to Transport for the Norths (TfN) consultation on the Strategic Transport Plan. This plan sets out the vision, ambitions, and strategic priorities for transport in the North of England.
  
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• Operators deserve 100 transparency on leather sourcing, says Muirhead

  18-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Specialist Scottish supplier of low-carbon high performance leather to the aviation, bus, coach, and rail industries Muirhead is encouraging airlines and passenger transport operators to ensure each hide they procure can be traced back to its origins.
  
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• New AI cameras catch British drivers using mobile phones at the wheel as 300 motorists are caught out in just three days

  18-08-2023 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - The camera snapped 117 people using their mobile phones while driving and 130 in cars without seatbelts after being installed on the A30 near Launceston in Devon.
  
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• Network Rail extends working hours on Oxford station upgrade to compensate for delay caused by historic discoveries

  18-08-2023 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - A Victorian brick archway and a hand grenade are among some of the unique challenges that temporarily paused progress on the major project, with round the clock shifts now set to begin.
  
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• Myenergi and Cinch announce partnership 'to plug into the masses' for electric car sales

  18-08-2023 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - British Motor Show launch with electric supercar backdrop for respected market innovators
  
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• MP launches campaign to restore famous Newcastle swing bridge

  18-08-2023 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - A Newcastle MP has launched a campaign to raise up to £5M in funds to restore the citys marvel of engineering River Tyne swing bridge.
  
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• London tops 1,000 zero-emission buses

  18-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - With one of the largest zero-emission bus fleets in western Europe, over one in nine buses is now zero-emission in the capital with nine years to go to achieve its 2034 target of a fully emission-free fleet
  
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• Less than half of coach managers satisfied with roads

  18-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Less than half of coach operators are satisfied with Englands network of motorways and major A roads, according to the latest results from Transport Focuss ongoing Logistics and Coach Survey: Strategic Roads survey. Facilities at stopping places and the quality of road surfaces score among the worst when it comes to coach operators opinions.
  
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• Is coach and bus driving right for shortage occupations list?

  18-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Calls continue for coach and bus driving to join the shortage occupations list, enabling the recruitment into those roles of non-UK nationals. But it appears that the government is not minded to such a change.
  
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• Irish Rail award Alstom contract for new train-charging infrastructure

  18-08-2023 02:00 via globalrailwayreview.com
  
  Other News Sources - Irish Rail have awarded a 28 million contract to Alstom for the installation of new charging infrastructure for their BEMU trains.
  
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• Interest in Ipswich

  18-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - In our lead feature this week, Jonathan Welch looks at Ipswich Buses. Here, he takes a short look at some of the other buses to be found in the Suffolk town
  
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• Hitachi-led rail consortium wins new 1.8bn digital signalling contract

  18-08-2023 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Railway Technology - It also improves capacity, as ERTMS enhanced safety controls allow trains to run closer together and therefore more often.
  
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• Havering Council considering a North/South Tram concept to improve transport links

  18-08-2023 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - London council plans to carry out a study into whether it can build a North/South Tram across its area.
  
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• Giant cruise ship some have labelled a 'hideous monstrosity' pulls up alongside Wales

  18-08-2023 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The arrival of the massive 975-foot MW Nieuw Statendam has divided opinion
  
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• First appoints new Decarbonisation Programme Director

  18-08-2023 02:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach.com - First Bus has appointed Faizan Ahmad as the new Decarbonisation Programme Director.
  The new strategic hire joined the business at the end of June, reporting into Chief Sustainability Officer, Isabel McAllister.
  
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• Electric tri-axle marks a natural evolution for Ember network

  18-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - As Ember prepares to take delivery of the UKs first GTe14 tri-axle coaches, routeone catches up with founders Keith and Pierce to discuss the networks success and expansion
  
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• East Yorkshire trials Volvo e-bus in Hull

  18-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Go-Ahead brought an electric bus back to the streets of Hull for the first time in many years during a trial of Volvos BZL
  
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• Combined Authority secures Wisbech bus routes

  18-08-2023 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Stagecoach East Midlands is continuing to operate three routes in the Wisbech area after being awarded a contract from the Cambridgeshire mp; Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA).
  
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• Coach and bus registrations growth best since 2019

  18-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Registrations of new coaches, buses and minibuses rose by 5.9 year-on-year in Q2 of 2023, representing the best growth for that quarter since 2019, according to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
  
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• Chris Hanson named Stagecoach West Operations Director

  18-08-2023 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Chris Hanson has taken up the role of Operations Director at Stagecoach West. He joins from First Bus, having most recently General Manager with First Cymru as a follow-up to over nine years spent with First West of England in a variety of leadership positions.
  
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• Calls for action after cancellations on Heart of Wales rail line

  18-08-2023 02:00 via southwalesguardian.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - PEOPLE are being left stranded for hours waiting for trains on the Heart of Wales rail line according to a local MP.
  
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• British bus and coach demand grows in best Q2 since 2019

  18-08-2023 02:00 via smmt.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Britains new bus, coach and minibus market grew by 5.9 in the second quarter of 2023 with 1,129 vehicles registered, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
  
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• Bradford's train stations discussed at rail meeting

  18-08-2023 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Bradford's train stations should have been joined up years ago, a rail meeting hear.
  
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• Battery material groups expect use of solid-state technology to accelerate before 2030

  18-08-2023 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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• ... And the Rail Minister Huw Merriman was at Langwith Junction on the same day

  18-08-2023 02:00 via derbytelegraph.co.uk
  
  Derby Telegraph - ... At the same time as Mr Sunak's visit, Bolsover MP Mark Fletcher was hosting Minister for Rail Huw Merriman on a visit to rail wagon manufacturer WH Davis at Langwith Junction.
  
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