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• Women in Bus and Coach names nine-strong board of Directors

  10-04-2024 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Women in Bus and Coach (WiBC) has named a nine-strong inaugural board of Directors. It is a step that the organisation says represents a move forward in its mission to promote gender diversity in the coach, bus and community transport areas.
  
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• Wigan railway station set to shut for five months as £100m electrification project continues

  10-04-2024 02:00 via wigantoday.net
  Other Regional Press - A Wigan railway station will be closing its doors to passengers for five months while electrification work takes place.
  
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• Wifi coming aboard public transport in Luxembourg

  10-04-2024 02:00 via luxtimes.lu
  
  News from Europe - Luxembourgs trams and train stations should be equipped with free internet connectivity by the end of this year, with buses rolling with wifi sometime in the future, the government has said.
  
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• West Yorkshire railway upgrade work completed

  10-04-2024 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - Disruption to services in West Yorkshire, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) that required the railway to be closed for ten days, has been successfully completed.
  
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• Wellington Rail Station latest from MP

  10-04-2024 02:00 via aroundwellington.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - An update on plans for Wellingtons new railway station has been provided by the local MP, Rebecca Pow.
  
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• UKs biggest rail factory and HS2 supplier needs order of 10 trains to survive

  10-04-2024 02:00 via inews.co.uk
  
  i News - The Alstom site in Derby is meant to build HS2 trains in future but could close in weeks without immediate government help, the firm's UK managing director has warned
  
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• Technology tackles train surfers and bicycle thieves

  10-04-2024 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: The Docklands Light Railway is to be equipped with technology which can detect train surfers illegally clinging to the back of its automated trains or between vehicles.
  
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• SPT opens consultation on recommended bus reform options

  10-04-2024 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has published a non-statutory consultation on recommended options for reform of bus services in the region that extend to development and deployment of a franchising model.
  
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• Shoosmiths advises Porterbrook on purchase of Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre

  10-04-2024 02:00 via shoosmiths.com
  
  Other News Sources - Porterbrook has since invested more than £13m to upgrade facilities throughout the centre. The purchase of the freehold from St Modwen will enable Porterbrook to deliver its future plans for the centre, including further improving its facilitiesassisting the development and testing of new technologies, while also helping meet the rail industrys training and recruitment needs.
  
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• Second bus firm fills gaps on Littleport to Cambridge route after cutbacks

  10-04-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A new operator will pick up some gaps left in a Cambridgeshire bus route's timetable after another firm decided to cut back its services.
  
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• Rail sleuths: the investigative edge of rail forensic technical services

  10-04-2024 02:00 via railtech.com
  
  Railtech - While the quest for solutions to engineering failures is as ancient as the field of engineering, the increasing complexity of the discipline has led to a need for novel investigative methods. Forensic technical services specifically oriented towards rail have thus seen the light of day. RailTech.com interviewed Dr. Nigel Bish, Technical Director at the international consulting group HKAs Rail Forensic Technical Services.
  
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• Rail Safe Friendly programme marks one year with Your Future in Rail event at Guilsborough Academy

  10-04-2024 02:00 via northamptonchron.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Aiming for rail safety to be in all schools over the next five years.
  
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• Operator signs up to run rail freight interchange

  10-04-2024 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Maritime Transport is to to operate the strategic rail freight interchange that is being built at Gailey in Staffordshire.
  
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• Network Rails £4bn train control systems framework to revolutionise signalling across Britain

  10-04-2024 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - From Carlisle to Brighton, Network Rails £4bn, 10-year signalling plan will change the face of Britains railway, with modern equipment bringing greater reliability across the country through a mixture of traditional signalling and digital control.
  
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• Network Rail announces appointment of three new non-executive directors to its Board

  10-04-2024 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Network Rail has today (Tuesday, 9 April) announced the appointment of three new non-executive directors to its Board.Dyan Perry OBE (nee Crowther), Steve Scrimshaw and Stuart Harvey will join the Board from July, and will be bringing with them a wealth of knowledge and experience from a variety of public and private sector roles.
  
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• National Express bus tickets launched within Uber app

  10-04-2024 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - National Express West Midlands (NXWM) has joined up with ride-sharing giant Uber and London-based technology company Masabi to offer bus tickets directly through the Uber app.
  
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• Named and shamed: The councils holding back cash plans on fixing potholes as one in six miss the deadline

  10-04-2024 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Mark Harper (pictured) revealed nearly one in six councils have not lodged plans for how they intend to spend extra Government cash for mending roads.
  
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• MSP Alex Rowley calls for Fife Circle improvement timetable

  10-04-2024 02:00 via dunfermlinepress.com
  
  Other Regional Press - A PEAK-TIME train leaving Edinburgh for West Fife was so packed that by the time it reached Haymarket - the first stop - no more passengers could get on.
  
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• Mayor Dr Nik Johnson saves Littleport to Cambridge bus route

  10-04-2024 02:00 via cambsnews.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A2B Travel Group has won the contract to plug the gaps on the number 9 route between Littleport, Ely and Cambridge.
  
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• Majority of ScotRail passengers want booze ban lifted

  10-04-2024 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Other News Sources - The majority of ScotRail passengers want an end to the ban on alcohol, according to the firms own survey.
  
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• HS2 invites bids for Automated People Mover infrastructure

  10-04-2024 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Companies are being invited to participate in a market engagement exercise for delivering the infrastructure behind HS2's elevated Automated People Mover (APM) system in the West Midlands.
  
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• How much did it cost Spain's train operator Renfe to remove graffiti from rolling stock in Andaluca in 2023?

  10-04-2024 02:00 via surinenglish.com
  News from Europe - Last year such vandalism throughout the country cost the state company 25 million euros to stamp out
  
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• Hope for historic Tees shipyard as owners launch talks with potential new occupants

  10-04-2024 02:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Teesport owner PD Ports says it hopes to have new tenants as soon as possible
  
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• Heritage rail bridge to be demolished and replaced

  10-04-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A bridge along the route of a famous heritage railway in West Yorkshire must be demolished and replaced urgently, the charity which runs the line has said.
  
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• "Gloves off" at Alstom Derby after government turned its back

  10-04-2024 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -Patience in Derby with the Government over the plight of Alstom's train building works in the city has now run out, according to the managing director of Marketing Derby.
  
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• Funding for operators to make buses more accessible

  10-04-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A multimillion-pound investment to make transport more accessible has been given to small bus operators.
  
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• Freeths advises Porterbrook on £66m redevelopment of Bletchley Depot

  10-04-2024 02:00 via freeths.co.uk
  Other News Sources - National law firm Freeths has advised Porterbrook on financing the redevelopment of Bletchley depot for West Midlands Trains (WMT). Porterbrook is the UKs leading rolling stock financier and asset management company.
  
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• 'Even more progress' on Horwich Loco Works spine road

  10-04-2024 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - A major new link road is near completion but may not be enough to deal with traffic as a major housing development gathers pace.
  
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• European Sleepers Amsterdam-Barcelona night train faces French hurdles

  10-04-2024 02:00 via railtech.com
  
  Railtech - European Sleeper plans to operate night trains between Amsterdam and Barcelona starting in 2025 but faces opposition from the French rail infrastructure manager. Co-founder Elmer van Buuren revealed this to BNR. Among other issues, the outdated infrastructure is expected to pose challenges for the service.
  
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• Electric buses for Cornwall

  10-04-2024 02:00 via voicenewspapers.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - CORNWALLS first electric buses will take to the streets next year, helping to cut carbon emissions and improve air quality.
  
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• CT4N goes green with new red buses

  10-04-2024 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - The Nottingham operator has invested in a pair of new electric buses for a five year logistics park shuttle service
  
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• Congress summons Boeing's CEO to testify on its jetliner safety following new whistleblower charges

  10-04-2024 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying concerns about the airworthiness of the companys aircraft
  
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• Congestion has risen in London since Ulezs launch. subscription

  10-04-2024 02:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Times Online - Sadiq Khans office claimed in 2020 that the clean air scheme had reduced traffic in the central zone by about 10 per cent
  
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• Bolton based Diamond Bus North West wins three new contracts

  10-04-2024 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - A bus company that opened it new head office in Bolton last year has been awarded three new contacts, which could see new staff hired.
  
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• Boeing whistleblowers safety claims under investigation by FAA, reports say

  10-04-2024 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Federal Aviation Administration looking into claims US aircraft maker knew of flaws but covered them up to speed productionClaims that Boeing knew of safety flaws in the manufacture of one of its largest passenger jet aircraft, but covered them up to speed production, are under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), according to a reports.The information came from a whistleblower inside the beleaguered US aircraft maker, and relates to the structural integrity
  
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• Boeing hit after new whistleblower raises concerns

  10-04-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Boeing shares dropped almost 2 after concerns were raised over its 787 and 777 jets.
  
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• Bideford/Barnstaple rail link backed

  10-04-2024 02:00 via radioexe.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Hopes for an extended Tarka Line tooTorridge councillors have joined a new alliance dedicated to reinstating the rail link from Bideford to Barnstaple.
  
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• Armitt criticises blurred picture for rail development in wake of HS2 axe

  10-04-2024 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - It hasnt been a great six months for rail, suggested Sir John Armitt, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, in his keynote address
  
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• Amazon to shift goods from road to rail

  10-04-2024 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Other News Sources - EUROPE: Amazon has awarded FS Groups Mercitalia Logistics a contract to transport goods between its fulfilment centres in Germany and Italy.
  
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• £66m refinancing deal secured for West Midlands Trains depot

  10-04-2024 02:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  
  The Business Desk - Porterbrook has committed to refinancing a £66m redevelopment of Bletchley depot for West Midlands Trains (WMT).
  
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• 65 Passenger Growth for New Electric Bus Route

  10-04-2024 02:00 via businessnewswales.com
  
  Other News Sources - New electric TrawsCymru buses running between Carmarthen and Aberystwyth have seen a 65 increase in passengers this year.
  
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