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• Why Cheshire East Council spent £11m preparing for HS2

  17-02-2024 01:00 via northwichguardian.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - CHESHIRE East is still trying to claw back the money it spent on HS2 after the government scrapped the northern leg of the scheme last year.
  
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• TransPennine Express confirms plans to build back its timetable

  17-02-2024 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: TransPennine Express has confirmed that it expects to begin reinstating services to meet commitments it made when it announced temporary timetable reductions in December 2023.
  
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• Train fare 'simplification' trial adds more than £100 to the cost of some journeys

  17-02-2024 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Rail campaign groups have described the trial as 'awful' and 'a smokescreen' after it resulted in the cost of some journeys increasing
  
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• Smart Tube station spots fare-dodgers and bad behaviour. subscription

  17-02-2024 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - 12-month technology trial at Willesden Green station harnessed AI to video cameras to alert staff to problems
  
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• Simpler London to Edinburgh train fares are £100 more expensive. subscription

  17-02-2024 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - Critics claim the new scheme, which aims to simplify ticket prices, has been designed to allow big price increases
  
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• Rolls-Royce eyes £1.4bn profit as turnaround continues. But could the long lost dividend return?

  17-02-2024 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Rolls-Royce investors will get a clear picture of the company's turnaround under new chief Tufan Erginbilgic next week.
  
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• Reader letter: Link up Bradford's two rail stations

  17-02-2024 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - The "King's Cross of the North" headlined the Tmp;A (February 2), quoting a source at the Department for Transport.
  
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• Rail scheme to simplify fares 'was a smokescreen to scrap off peak journeys' with 'awful' trial adding more than £100 to tickets, campaigners say

  17-02-2024 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - A trial to simplify train fares is adding more than £100 to the cost of some journeys on one of Britain's busiest railway lines.
  
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• Plymouth set for bumper tourism year as cruise bookings soar

  17-02-2024 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - More than 10,000 passengers are due to arrive into the city by ship in 2024
  
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• Planning applications jump fourfold along course of HS2

  17-02-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Research by state-owned body in charge of project runs counter to MPs criticism that line is poor value for money
  
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• Plan to simplify train fares adds £100 to price of ticket to London. subscription

  17-02-2024 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - A trial to simplify train fares is adding more than £100 to the cost of some journeys on one of Britains busiest railway lines.
  
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• People are already giving nicknames to the new London Overground lines

  17-02-2024 01:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Metro - London Overgrounds different lines were given new names this week and people are already coming up with their own catchy nicknames for them.
  
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• Opening date for Stockport's new £135m transport interchange and rooftop park confirmed

  17-02-2024 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - Stockport's 'transformational' multi-million-pound new transport interchange and rooftop park is set to open next month, it has been confirmed.
  
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• Norfolk council urged to buy land for new railway stations

  17-02-2024 01:00 via edp24.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Council leaders have been urged to buy up farmland near railway lines, so it can be used to build two new railway stations.
  
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• Network Rail issues new statement on Baildon landslip

  17-02-2024 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Newtwork Rail has issued an update as
  
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• MP urges Government to take steps to improve Whitchurch railway station access for disabled people

  17-02-2024 01:00 via shropshirestar.com
  
  Other News Sources - An MP is pushing the Government to sign off on plans for lifts at a railway station so disabled people can use a platform that is currently inaccessible without steps.
  
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• Manchester and Yorkshire passengers to benefit from British Sign Language announcements

  17-02-2024 01:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - Passengers between Manchester and Leeds, as well as York and Leeds, will be able to see British Sign Language announcements thanks to a trial using AI.
  
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• King's Cross sees major disruption as works begin

  17-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Rail users travelling from King's Cross can expect disruption for the next four days.
  
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• Jorvik Tricycles opens showroom on Millfield Industrial Estate

  17-02-2024 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - Customers at a York business will be able to enjoy the ride of their lives in a specially-built indoor test track, created as part of a new showroom for one of Britains largest suppliers of tricycles, when it opens next weekend.
  
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• Great Western Railways battery train sets new distance record

  17-02-2024 01:00 via news.gwr.com
  
  Train Operators - Great Western Railways innovative FastCharge battery trial has achieved another significant stepjust days after laying claim to a battery train UK distance record without recharging.
  
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• Glen Sannox sea trials 'overwhelmingly positive'

  17-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - One of the delayed ferries being built at Ferguson shipyard performs well under its own power for the first time.
  
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• Funding available for community groups to design and run their own public transport

  17-02-2024 01:00 via n-somerset.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - Community groups are invited to apply for a share of funding to design and run their own public transport thanks to a £2 million fund called WESTlocal.
  
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• Did people drive less when they were offered free public transport?

  17-02-2024 01:00 via sciencenorway.no
  
  News from Europe - From July 3rd until the end of 2023, the residents of Stavanger, a city in southwestern Norway, could travel by bus for free in the surrounding area.
  
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• Council joins forces with partners to revitalise Cumbrian bus services

  17-02-2024 01:00 via westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
  Local Government - Cumbrian Councils, bus operators and partners have joined forces to drive positive change to bus services across the county.
  
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• California orders more hydrogen trainsets

  17-02-2024 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - USA: Californias Department of Transportation has ordered six more Stadler Flirt H2 hydrogen fuel cell multiple-units.
  
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• Buses to start running from new Transport Interchange

  17-02-2024 01:00 via stockport.gov.uk
  Local Government - Stockports new state-of-the-art transport interchange and rooftop park will open next month.
  
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• Bristol Airport reveals 'busiest day' ahead of 2024 summer holiday bookings

  17-02-2024 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  Bristol Live - More than 40,000 passengers travelled through the airport over a 24-hour period last year, and it's likely to be just as busy this summer
  
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• 'Backlog' of Bristol CAZ appeals after council admits wording was wrong

  17-02-2024 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  Bristol Live - 'Mr L' John Lyon has now won 'well over 20' appeals for other drivers, and claims in some cases the council has been refunding fines that had already been paid
  
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• A rethink is needed on how Britain utilises roads to improve the flow of traffic - Sir Andrew Cook

  17-02-2024 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Trains and boats and planeswe love them all, as Burt Bacharachs iconic song suggested, but what about the humble car? Detested by the green brigade, yet essential still to fill those gaps where the trains and boats and planes are of little use, I contemplate the lot of the car while sitting in a stationary taxi stuck in a queue on the M4 somewhere around Chiswick.
  
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• 189 bus service rerouted to serve Brent Cross West Station

  17-02-2024 01:00 via kilburntimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A bus service has been rerouted to serve a new railwaystation.
  
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