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• Rejoice at this U-turn over rail ticket office closures – whatever the reasons for it | Zoe Willliams

  01-11-2023 16:07
  
  Did ministers actually listen to public opinion, or were there less noble and more political motives involved?I want to believe in a world where this happened: Mick Lynch, head of the RMT union, did a media round last year so successful, running such effortless rings around Piers Morgan and the bishop of Durham in particular, that he built up his own power base in ambient public popularity, reflected in growing support for the rail strikes. As a result, the government’s previous strategy &
  
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• Extinction Rebellion co-founder guilty of breaking window at HS2 protest

  01-11-2023 15:06
  
  Dr Gail Bradbrook found guilty of criminal damage to Department for Transport building in 2019UK politics live – latest updatesThe co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has been found guilty of criminal damage for breaking the window of a government department in a protest against the environmental impact of HS2.Dr Gail Bradbrook was convicted on Wednesday by a jury after 45 minutes, after a two-day trial at Isleworth crown court. Continue reading...
  
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• Wiltshire train ticket offices to stay open as closure plans scrapped

  01-11-2023 01:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Railway ticket offices will stay open as closure plans see u-turn.
  
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• Victory for passengers as plans for widespread closure of railway station ticket offices ditched - The Yorkshire Post says

  01-11-2023 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Common sense has prevailed with the Government ditching plans for widespread closure of railway station ticket offices in England.
  
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• Ulez: Vehicle compliancy rate at 95 across London, City Hall report says

  01-11-2023 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - London's mayor says the data shows the scheme is working, but the Conservatives call it a
  
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• TransPennine Route Upgrade disrupts some York rail services

  01-11-2023 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - York rail passengers face a second weekend of disruption as engineering works continue as part of the multi-billion Transpennine route upgrade.
  
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• Train ticket offices to stay open as closure plans scrapped

  01-11-2023 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - Railway ticket offices will stay open as closure plans see u-turn.
  
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• Train station ticket office U-turn welcomed by Metro Mayor

  01-11-2023 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has spoken about the ticket office closures in a press conference today.
  
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• Ticket offices in Coventry and Warwickshire spared the axe after government scraps plans

  01-11-2023 01:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Other Regional Press - Ticket offices at railway stations across the country had been earmarked for closure - but the plans have been dropped
  
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• 'The battle to keep rail ticket offices open is over, but the war is not won yet'

  01-11-2023 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - The Transport Secretary has pulled back now, but is he genuinely abandoning the journey, Paul Routledge asks, or merely changing trains and not the destination?
  
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• Silk Alliance plans green shipping corridor implementation

  01-11-2023 01:00 via porttechnology.org
  
  Other News Sources - The Silk Alliance, a cross-supply chain industry alliance within Lloyds Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonisation Hub, has written an open letter to express its joint vision for the establishment of a green shipping corridor cluster.
  
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• Regulator accepts Network Rails £43.1bn investment plan with focus on resilience and freight

  01-11-2023 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has accepted Network Rails £43.1bn plan for Control Period 7 (CP7), April 2024-March 2029, which will focus on building network resilience and increasing rail freight.
  
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• Railway ticket office U-turn plans welcomed by campaigners

  01-11-2023 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - A pensioners group in Bolton who campaigned against the closure of ticket offices are relieved at the news of the plans being scrapped
  
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• Railway ticket office closures scrapped as Government u-turn sparks 'quiet fury' in the rail industry

  01-11-2023 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - Watchdogs Transport Focus and London TravelWatch had opposed closures
  
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• Rail ticket office closures in England cancelled in government U-turn

  01-11-2023 01:00 via channel4.com
  
  Other News Sources - The Government has done an about turn over plans to close most of Englands railway ticket offices, asking train operators to scrap the idea. Passenger watchdogs said they opposed every single planned closureafter a huge number of complaints over issues like accessibility. Disability campaigners welcomed what they called a major campaign victory
  
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• Rail business leaders confidence in the future of the rail market at a five-year low

  01-11-2023 01:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - New polling by the Railway Industry Association (RIA), the voice of the UK supply community, shows that over 50 of rail suppliers believe the industry will contract in the next year. These findings represent a significant increase in negative sentiment among businesses across the sector over the last 12 months.
  
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• Plans to close railway ticket offices in England scrapped

  01-11-2023 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - Plans to close railway ticket offices in England have been scrapped.
  
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• Plans for EV charging station in Abergavenny take step forward after land deal

  01-11-2023 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - Johnsey Estates has sold the last plot of land at Westgate to German infrastructure firm Ionity
  
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• Planned closure of railway ticket offices in Bradford district axed

  01-11-2023 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - The planned widespread closure of railway station ticket offices in England has been scrapped.
  
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• New traffic orders for 'rephased' HS2 work between Birmingham and Lichfield

  01-11-2023 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Staffordshire motorists are set for years of HS2 roadworks despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's axing of the controversial line's northern leg.
  
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• Movers and shakers: Biggest construction and engineering appointments in October 2023 - Three senior appointments for Heathrow Southern Railway

  01-11-2023 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Heathrow Southern Railway Ltd (HSRL) - the independent venture set up to transform the rail network serving Heathrow Airporthas appointed Mark Livock as chief executive and Crawford Birden and Russell Jackson as non-executive directors.
  
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• Leeds Bradford Airport accused of breaking night-time flight quota by nearly 500 flights this summer

  01-11-2023 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) has run nearly 500 night-time flights more than it was allowed this summer, campaigners have claimed.
  
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• I was shocked when the cab driver named his price - things have to change

  01-11-2023 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo - After a battle to get home, ECHO reporter Dan Haygarth calls for change in Merseyside's late night transport offering
  
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• 'Huge victory' as railway ticket offices to remain open after mayors threaten legal action

  01-11-2023 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - "We believe we've done the right thing and given a voice to our residents. We'll do it again when we believe we have to."
  
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• HS2 Thame Viaduct construction near Bicester gets underway

  01-11-2023 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The first of 72 huge beams have been lifted in the construction of the HS2 Thame Valley Viaduct near Bicester.
  
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• HS2 Lego viaduct in Buckinghamshire has beams added

  01-11-2023 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - New pictures show the first beams that have been laid on the Lego set viaduct for the HS2 high-speed railway line in Buckinghamshire.
  
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• Government scraps ticket office closures

  01-11-2023 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -The Government has climbed down over plans to close station ticket offices in England, after the transport watchdogs Transport Focus and London TravelWatch said they would not be recommending any closures. Their announcements today have followed an extended consultation which had attracted 750,000 responses, many of which contained powerful and passionate concerns about the potential changes, according to Transport Focus. The RMT had feared that thousands of jobs could be lost. General
  
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• Government scraps plans to close hundreds of railway ticket offices. subscription

  01-11-2023 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - 99 per cent of people who responded to a consultation opposed the plans
  
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• Government orders U-turn on rail ticket office closures in England

  01-11-2023 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Intervention by transport secretary follows public backlash against cost-cutting proposals
  
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• Gatwick Northern Runway consultation sees opposition

  01-11-2023 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Crawley Borough Council and nine other authorities have submitted a string of concerns to a government-appointed panel about Gatwick Airports Northern Runway plans.
  
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• Funding blow for green jet fuel producer Velocys. subscription

  01-11-2023 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Shares in a carbon-negative jet fuel producer that has benefited from tens of millions of pounds worth of government grants collapsed by more than two thirds after it said a funding round had fallen apart.
  
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• Free travel trial as Shrewsbury's new on-demand buses take to the road

  01-11-2023 01:00 via shropshirestar.com
  
  Other Regional Press - People will be able to try Shropshire Councils new, on-demand bus service for free in November.
  
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• First Bradford condemns unruly youths after buses targeted

  01-11-2023 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - UNRULY youths targeted buses at a Bradford estate last night - forcing services to divert.
  
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• Electrification milestone reached on £1bn South Wales Metro scheme

  01-11-2023 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Welsh rail chiefs have hailed a milestone in the creation of the £1bn South Wales Metro with the electrification of two lines.
  
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• El Nino drought: Panama Canal cuts ship numbers further

  01-11-2023 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The new restrictions will likely further increase the cost of shipping goods around the world.
  
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• Darlington and Thornaby ticket stations saved from the axe as MP celebrates 'victory for common sense'

  01-11-2023 01:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Proposals had been drawn up by train firms to shut ticket counters at 974 railway stations, with many Tory MP's backing the closures
  
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• Cost of controversial £40m railway station to soar further

  01-11-2023 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The cost of a controversial mp;#163;40m rail project is set to soar mp;quot;substantiallymp;quot; and the countymp;#39;s taxpayers will pick up the tab, new papers reveal.
  
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• Chamber and MPs seek urgent meeting with rail chiefs over northern connectivity for Hull

  01-11-2023 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Concerns over next set of timetables expressed
  
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• Carisbrooke Shipping partners with Southampton University for biofouling measurement tech

  01-11-2023 01:00 via offshore-energy.biz
  
  Other News Sources - UK shipowner Carisbrooke Shipping has entered into collaboration with the University of Southampton to model the optimized management of hull biofouling across its fleet.
  
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• Bus service cut as gang of youths cause havoc in town

  01-11-2023 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Residents of Barrhead say they are at the
  
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• Bristol's railway station ticket offices to remain open after major Government U-turn

  01-11-2023 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - All the railway stations in the Bristol area were due to close under the controversial plans which have now been scrapped
  
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• Arriva hits back at claim bus changes 'disrespectful'

  01-11-2023 01:00 via watfordobserver.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Arriva has responded to criticism of the disrespectful way upcoming bus network changes are being introduced.
  
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• Andy Burnham insists hes got big ambition to take the Metrolink to Stockport

  01-11-2023 01:00 via themanc.com
  
  Other News Sources - Andy Burnham has spoken about plans to take the Metrolink to Stockport, and says hes got big ambition to connect the town in the near future.
  
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