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• York claims countrys biggest all-electric park and ride

  23-02-2024 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Other News Sources - York now has the largest all-electric bus network in the UK, it is being claimed, following introduction of a further zero-emissions vehicle.
  
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• Wrightbus hydrogen coach planned for 2026

  23-02-2024 01:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer -The concept is ready, the predevelopment work has been done, so we are confident we can launch it in 2026Jean-Marc GalesWrightbus planned hydrogen coach is expected to be in production by 2026.Jean-Marc Gales, Wrightbus CEO, told Bmp;CB that a prototype model intended to demonstrate the powertrain is expected towards the end of the year.
  
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• Why we fear cuts to free parking in our town

  23-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Businesses in Paisley fear a move to scrap three hours free parking could damage the high street.
  
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• Vauxhall to build electric vans at Luton plant from 2025

  23-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Vauxhall owner Stellantis has announced it is to begin making electric vehicles at its factory in Luton.
  
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• 'Unsafe' Caerphilly Railway Station footbridge will be removed

  23-02-2024 01:00 via
  South Wales Argus - AN UNSAFE footbridge over the tracks at Caerphilly railway station will be removed after months of uncertainty.
  
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• The Rolls-Royce miracle is stunning, but it didnt happen overnight Nils Pratley

  23-02-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The CEO described Rolls as a burning platform when he arrived in 2023, but its trajectory was already upwardsIt wasnt an imagined nightmare: Rolls-Royce really was flat on its back in 2020 during the early stage of the Covid pandemic. Cash was flowing out of the engine-maker at an annual rate of £4bn as the commercial airline industry, like the rest of us, went into lockdown.Management was modelling a severe but plausible downside scenario in which things could get even wors
  
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• The Rolls-Royce miracle is stunning, but it didn't happen overnight

  23-02-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The CEO described Rolls as a burning platform when he arrived in 2023, but its trajectory was already upwardsIt wasn't an imagined nightmare: Rolls-Royce really was flat on its back in 2020 during the early stage of the Covid pandemic.
  
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• TfL expects £132M Old Street station upgrade to be finalised by June

  23-02-2024 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  Other News Sources - Transport for London (TfL) expects that all handover and assurance of its £132M Old Street roundabout and station upgrade will be completed by June.
  
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• Stanford-le-Hope new station issues told to Thurrock Council

  23-02-2024 01:00 via echo-news.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A CATALOGUE of failures over plans for a new £29 million train station mean there is no chance it will be built in the short term despite part of the old station being demolished in 2020.
  
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• Short cuts: Belgian plane crashes at Courchevel

  23-02-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - The accident is the seventh since 2016 at the French ski resorts challenging mountaintop Altiport
  
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• Reliable services, night-time transport for shift workers and more shelters what Hull and East Yorkshire people want from their buses

  23-02-2024 01:00 via hulldailymail.co.uk
  
  Hull Daily Mail - Hull Bus Alliance, a partnership of operators in the Hull and East Yorkshire area, has responded to feedback received from bus passengers, following a drop-in session at Tesco, Hall Road, Orchard Park, and a transport forum hosted by the Hull University Students Union (HUSU).
  
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• Reading runs gas buses on new-look route

  23-02-2024 01:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  
  Bus and Coach Buyer - Reading Buses has put some of its Alexander Dennis-bodied Scania gas buses on its new look service 9.
  
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• Oxford Bus promotes Glenn De Sousa to Head of Commercial

  23-02-2024 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Oxford Bus Group has appointed Glenn De Sousa as Head of Commercial to help drive network growth.
  
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• ON TRACK New £30million train station to open in the UK with best ever transport museum and indoor adventure park

  23-02-2024 01:00 via thesun.co.uk
  
  The Sun - Aldridge station in Walsall, West Midlands, first opened in 1879.While the station closed to passengers in 1965, its tracks have still been routinely used by freight services in the years since its closure.
  
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• No timescale for reopening Cairngorm funicular

  23-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The owners of the UK's highest railway say there is no timescale yet for reopening the attraction following its latest problems.
  
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• Major upgrades to the railway in the north east to result in changes to services in March

  23-02-2024 01:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Network Rail engineers will be carrying out major upgrades to the East Coast Main Line between York and Newcastle in March, resulting in some changes to train services.
  
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• London Underground: Inside new 'significantly larger' Bakerloo line entrance set to 'speed up journeys'

  23-02-2024 01:00 via mylondon.news
  
  Other News Sources - Work to construct the London Underground's new Bakerloo line entrance at Paddington station is continuing ahead of is scheduled opening in the summer. Transport for London (TfL) say the 'significantly larger' ticket hall will speed up journeys due to there being more ticket gates for customers.
  
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• Legal challenge against trio of A47 upgrades dismissed but may go to Supreme Court

  23-02-2024 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Three major new road schemes on the A47 in Norfolk are a step closer to going ahead after a legal challenge was dismissed by the Court of Appeal, but the claimant may take the case to the Supreme Court.
  
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• Ioki launches new route navigation system

  23-02-2024 01:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - German digital public transport specialist Ioki is launching a new product which it says will simplify navigation for buses and rail replacement services. The new Ioki Route system is being developed together with Berlin city operator Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG).
  
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• IAG takeover of Air Europa faces fresh challenges in Brussels

  23-02-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - European Commission prepares to voice competition objections to Iberia owners purchase of Spanish rival
  
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• How to make the rail network climate resilient and nature-positive

  23-02-2024 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - The rail network faces unique biodiversity and resilience challenges. Overcoming them could set the direction for wider infrastructure.
  
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• Herts railway engineering work reaches major milestone

  23-02-2024 01:00 via whtimes.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Modernisation work on the East Coast Main Line has reached a major milestone following recent engineering work between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin.
  
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• Greater Manchester town to get new train station 300m down the road from current one with disruption expected

  23-02-2024 01:00 via manchesterworld.uk
  Other News Sources - Plans to move Mossley station to a different location by the end of the decade have been tabled by rail bosses.
  
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• Greater Manchester railway station to be relocated and rebuilt

  23-02-2024 01:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - Mossley in Greater Manchester is to have a new station built to replace the existing one, the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has set out plans to build a new fully accessible Mossley station 300 meters to the east of the current station which was built in 1849.
  
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• Great British Railways will increase data sharing for better digital twins, industry figures say

  23-02-2024 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  Other News Sources - Great British Railways (GBR) could increase collaboration within the rail sector and with other departments, helping to exploit the benefits of digital twins, according to a panel of experts from the rail industry.
  
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• Disused Northumberland railway to become greenway after bridges saved from infilling

  23-02-2024 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - A community interest company (CIC) in Northumberland has leased a section of disused railway to make it an active travel path after the 19th century bridges on the route were prevented from being infilled.
  
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• Disruption to Yorkshire and Newcastle trains as upgrade work takes place

  23-02-2024 01:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - Services on the East Coast Main Line will be disrupted over two weekends next month as Network Rail engineers carry out major upgrades between York and Newcastle upon Tyne.
  
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• Cornwall Airport Newquay Celebrates Surge In Passenger Numbers And Air Traffic Movements

  23-02-2024 01:00 via cornishstuff.com
  
  Other Regional Press - Cornwall Airport Newquay has reported a significant increase in airport activity for the month of January, marking a promising start to the new year. According to the latest data, the airport welcomed 18,318 passengers through its terminal last month, representing a 26 increase compared to the same period last year.
  
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• Business travel technology partnership

  23-02-2024 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: Ticket agent International Rail is to partner with the Business Travel Association to look at the simplest, most efficient and most cost-effective ways to use technology to meet rail travel needs.
  
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• Birmingham Airport's new easyJet hub opens next month with 100 jobs going

  23-02-2024 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - The airline giant opens its brand new base at BHX next month, with 100 jobs up for grabs for roles including pilots and cabin crew
  
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• Bedford poll suggests strong support for East West Rail

  23-02-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The results of a survey suggest 75 of people in Bedford support the East West Rail (EWR) project.
  
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• Andy Street's 'plan' to fund huge HS2 cycleway linking Birmingham to Coventry

  23-02-2024 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - It's understood Andy Street has the backing of local authorities over plans to build a 21-mile cycleway linking the two cities
  
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