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• A 20mph speed limit seemed unfeasible – until I learned to love pootling along | Adrian Chiles

  21-02-2024 17:39
  
  The lower limit wasn’t brought in for nothing: 30mph now feels decidedly dangerous. Here’s to the pace and pleasures of the slow laneIt’s amazing what you can get used to, how you can learn new normals, how you can – perish the thought – learn the error of your ways. Like most drivers, when I first saw a 20mph limit sign I thought I was seeing things. I’d heard that they had been thinking about this – whoever “they” might be: the government,
  
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• Youth fares hit major milestone ten million journeys taken

  21-02-2024 01:00 via nexus.org.uk
  Other News Sources - More than ten million affordable green journeys have been made by young people in the North East, thanks to a region-wide £1 single and £3 day ticket for those aged 21 and under using public transport.
  
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• YORK: Diesel buses replace electric due to power issues

  21-02-2024 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - Diesel buses were brought in to replace electric buses in York due to charging infrastructure work being delayed at Firsts James Street depot.
  
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• York Bus Forum says no progress made on 'key' bus issues

  21-02-2024 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - A PRESSURE group calling for improved bus services in York has called a committee set up between the council and Yorks local bus operators a useful talking shop - but said progress has not been made on key issues.
  
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• Welsh 20mph speed limit is a success, claims government

  21-02-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Figures show speeds on many roads have dropped by 4mph, but critics say policy is monumental waste of moneyWelsh ministers have claimed their controversial 20mph limit rollout has proved successful after figures suggested speeds on many roads had dropped by 4mph.However, opponents of the scheme say the modest reduction shows the policy has been a monumental waste of money and called for it to be scrapped. Continue reading...
  
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• Wales Week in London 2024 launches with a programme of more than 120 events

  21-02-2024 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - Since launching in 2017 some 600 events have attracted 70,000 attendees
  
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• Wakefield bus passengers to benefit from more frequent services

  21-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - More direct and regular bus services have been introduced in West Yorkshire.
  Eight services will run more frequently in Wakefield, while new routes connecting Huddersfield and Halifax have been created.
  
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• UK coach, bus and minibus registrations rose in 2023

  21-02-2024 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - The number of registrations of coaches, buses and minibuses in the UK rose in 2023 compared to the previous year, led by a sharp increase in sales of double-deckers, according to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
  
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• UAE sovereign wealth fund plots Heathrow investment. subscription

  21-02-2024 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - The UAE is in talks to buy a stake in Heathrow Airport amid deepening economic ties between the Gulf kingdom and Britain.
  
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• Tyne and Wear Metro operator hits Stadler with £1.4m worth of penalties over train failures

  21-02-2024 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Nexus has confirmed that it has withheld more than £1 million in contractual payments to Stadler, the firm responsible for maintaining the Metro's ageing train fleet
  
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• Transport secretary backs new railway station for the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales

  21-02-2024 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - The government has announced it is backing the proposal to construct a new train station in St Athan, a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.
  
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• Southern train services doubled on West Coastway route

  21-02-2024 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The number of trains running along the coast is set to double as part of a timetable shakeup.
  
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• Scrapped: Key direct rail service from West Midlands to London is to end

  21-02-2024 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The direct rail service connecting Shropshire to London will be scrapped in June due to falling passenger numbers and cuts in funding, the Express mp; Star can reveal. The Department for Transport has confirmed that Avanti West Coast will be scrapping the service from June 2, after this newspaper obtained a leaked internal memo.
  
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• Scrapped: Direct Shrewsbury-to-London rail service is to end

  21-02-2024 01:00 via shropshirestar.com
  
  Other Regional Press - The direct rail service connecting Shropshire to London will be scrapped in June due to falling passenger numbers and cuts in funding, the Shropshire Star can reveal.
  
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• RMT Responds to Draft Rail Reform Bill

  21-02-2024 01:00 via rmt.org.uk
  
  RMT - Responding to the government's draft Rail Reform Bill, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said:
  "This bill in its current form will do nothing to address the 30 year long decline in our railways since privatisation.
  
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• Rail Forum welcomes publication of the draft Rail Reform Bill

  21-02-2024 01:00 via railforum.uk
  
  Rail Forum - Rail Forum statement in response to the publication of the draft Rail Reform Billpublished on 20 February 2024.
  
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• Parking charges to be extended to 10pm across Glasgow subscription

  21-02-2024 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The measure is designed to raise over half a million pounds each year for the city council
  
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• No more excuses: We need transport projects connecting South London

  21-02-2024 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Soft clay. Thats always been the excuse for the London Undergrounds shameless disregard for the badlands south of the Thames. The slightly wetter earth in south London made building tunnels there more expensive back in the day, so the network was focused on north of the river.
  
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• Newport orders seven Yutong GT12s for FlixBus expansion

  21-02-2024 01:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - Newport Transport has ordered seven Yutong GT12s for use on its expanding FlixBus services.
  
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• National Express owner held up by German rail business subscription

  21-02-2024 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Mobicos auditor wants to take a closer look at certain accounting judgments
  
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• Mobico shares sink on results delay

  21-02-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - National Express owner to review accounting judgments relating to German trains business
  
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• Ministers set out blueprint for future of the railways through draft Rail Reform Bill

  21-02-2024 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Draft bill sets out blueprint for bringing track and train together under a new Great British Railways, leveraging private sector innovation to benefit customers.
  
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• Metro fines manufacturer £1.4m for train failures

  21-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The firm responsible for getting the Tyne and Wear Metros trains into service every day has been fined £1.4m for underperformance.
  
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• Martin Lewis's East Midlands Railway rant leads to apology

  21-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - East Midlands Railway has apologised to broadcaster Martin Lewis after he complained about his overcrowded train on social media.
  
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• Leasing company invests in engineering firm

  21-02-2024 01:00 via railnews.mobi
  Railnews - Rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook is buying 49 per cent of Scottish railway firm Brodie Engineering, based in Kilmarnock. Porterbook said Brodie is the only active rail engineering business in Scotland, specialising in heavy maintenance, refurbishment and overhauls. The Caledonia Works were previously occupied by Wabtec and before that Brush-Barclay, the successor to Hunslet-Barclay. Porterbrook CEO Mary Grant said: A healthy supply chain is fundamental to a reliable and effic
  
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• Investigating alternative aviation fuels: an AEF webinar series

  21-02-2024 01:00 via aef.org.uk
  
  Aviation Industry- Could ammonia have a role in decarbonising aviation? Green hydrogen and so-called Sustainable Aviation Fuels currently make up a large part of the alternative fuels debate. But could ammonia also The post Investigating alternative aviation fuels: an AEF webinar series appeared first on Aviation Environment Federation.
  
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• Humber hydrogen project H2H Saltend secures planning permission

  21-02-2024 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - The 600MW scheme is presented as a catalyst for wider decarbonisation plans in the Humber region
  
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• HS2 removing some concrete in new viaduct for repairs

  21-02-2024 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - A section of concrete in a new viaduct set to carry the HS2 railway between London and Buckinghamshire is being removed, a contractor has admitted.
  
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• Heathrow turns first profit since pandemic amid Middle East takeover speculation

  21-02-2024 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Heathrow Airport has turned its first profit in four years amid speculation that a consortium of Middle Eastern, state-backed investment funds could become prominent shareholders in the hub.
  
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• Heathrow Airport turns a profit for first time since 2019

  21-02-2024 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The £38 million profit is small compared to its £4.5 billion losses over three years, but is a milestone in Heathrows post-Covid rebound
  
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• Great British Railways: Heres what the draft bill to bring track and train together will do

  21-02-2024 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The government has today unveiled its draft bill for reforming Britains beleaguered railway network through a state-owned unifying body.
  
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• Government Accused Of Leading Railways To A "State Of Paralysis"

  21-02-2024 01:00 via politicshome.com
  
  Other News Sources - Shadow rail minister Stephen Morgan has said railways are in a state of paralysis, and claimed that the sector has been subject to tinkering and meddling by government ministers.
  
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• Germany to halt subsidies for electric buses (and trucks)

  21-02-2024 01:00 via sustainable-bus.com
  News from Europe - Germany has stopped subsidizing electric trucks and buses. Such a decision follows a similar one concerning electric cars, taken not long ago. The Government used to subsidize the purchase of heavy-duty vehicles with alternative drives so to cover about 80 percent of the price difference compared to a diesel vehicle. Germany placed second in Europe in 2023
  
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• Flintshire e-buses still awaiting deployment

  21-02-2024 01:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Flintshire County Council is still investigating how its two new electric buses will be used, says North Wales Live, the two vehicles having reportedly been unused for months. Purchased with grant funding from Welsh Government, local media reports that they have been parked since purchase without being put into regular service., although the local authority says it is investigating options for their use.
  
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• English £2 bus fare cap reaches 60 million users for Go-Ahead

  21-02-2024 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - The Go-Ahead Group has carried 60 million passengers under the national £2 bus fare cap in England since the schemes introduction in 2023.
  
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• England has lost 28 of local bus provision per person since 2011

  21-02-2024 01:00 via channel4.com
  
  Channel 4 News- You know how the old joke goes: you wait ages for a bus and then three come along at once. But across swathes of England, you could be waiting a very long time indeed.
  
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• Draft Rail Reform Bill published to move sector towards guiding mind of Great British Railways

  21-02-2024 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Management of the UKs rail infrastructure and services has moved closer to being unified under the guiding mind of Great British Railways (GBR) with the publication of the draft Rail Reform Bill today, 20 February.
  
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• Draft Rail Reform Bill published

  21-02-2024 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Ministers today put forward a draft bill for the future of the railways for pre-legislative scrutiny. Subject to approval by each House of Parliament and it receiving Royal Assent, it would create the biggest rail reform programme in a generation, to become the Rail Reform Act 2024.
  
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• Draft Bill sets out plans for major rail reform

  21-02-2024 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Long-awaited plans to overhaul Britains railways have been published by the Government in a draft Bill.Proposals include the creation of a new public sector body named Great British Railways (GBR) to hold responsibility for rail infrastructure and awarding contracts to operate trains.
  
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• Doncaster Sheffield Airport: MP launches 5 days of claims against mayors radical green agenda

  21-02-2024 01:00 via doncasterfreepress.co.uk
  Doncaster Free Post - Conservative Don Valley MP shared yesterday (19 February) that he is set to launch five days of posts relating to the role of local and regional mayors in the closure of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.
  
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• Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Mayor of Doncaster tells MP to apologise for 'blatant lie'

  21-02-2024 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - A Yorkshire mayor has released a statement following accusations over the closure of Doncaster Sheffield Airport from an MP.
  
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• Bus fare compensation for passengers - mayor

  21-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Greater Manchester's mayor says compensation is available if bus fares rise under network changes.
  
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• Borders chief sacked for revealing security threat from private jet passengers. subscription

  21-02-2024 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - The home secretary has fired the border watchdog boss for leaking reports showing thousands arriving by private jet are avoiding physical passport checks
  
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• Boeings crisis may open gap for Chinese jets to fly through

  21-02-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Demand for air travel is booming in south and south-east Asia, which are less sensitive to US-China tensions
  
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• Big shake-up as several bus routes to be renumbered

  21-02-2024 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - Several bus routes will get new numbers as part of a TfGM scheme to 'simplify' the system.
  
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• Bakerloo Line in state of managed decline' and at risk of 'critical failure' due to 52-year-old trains

  21-02-2024 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The Bakerloo line clocked up a total of 630,500 lost customer hours in 2022/23, up 370 per cent on 2012, due to 589 train cancellations
  
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• An update on our Transport budget proposals

  21-02-2024 01:00 via transportnottingham.com
  Local Government - Back in December, Nottingham City Council put forward a number of proposed budget cuts, including a variety of potential changes to how public transport.
  
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• 3 London Underground stations to be overhauled as TfL reviews 10 stops

  21-02-2024 01:00 via mylondon.news
  
  Other Regional Press - TfL has announced that work will resume at Northolt Tube station on the western end of the Central line to make it step-free. This is due to start again early next year after it was paused due to the Covid pandemic.
  
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