Public Transport news

• Eddie Stobart obituary

  18-12-2024 18:33
  
  Founder of the haulage business that carried his name and grew into a multimillion-pound concernHis was the name that adorned a thousand lorries, so familiar on the motorways of Britain that families would while away long journeys by counting them and recording their individual names – each was emblazoned with a woman’s name. Yet Eddie Stobart, who has died aged 95, owned just eight trucks when he handed over the Cumbria-based business in the 1970s to his son Edward to run, concentra
  
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• Yet another example of SNP's 'government by false promise' is a disgrace

  18-12-2024 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - The Scottish Governmentmp;#39;s decision to delay replacing state-owned ScotRailmp;#39;s diesel trains with electric or hydrogen ones by ten years has a familiar ring to it.
  
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• Welcome for railway devolution plans

  18-12-2024 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -The charity Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed the Governmentmp;#146;s plans to devolve more responsibility for train services to the English regions, saying devolution has already worked well in London and Liverpool. The plans have been unveiled in a White Paper.
  
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• UK travellers have two weeks left to freely visit two EU countries before border rule change

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - As of January 1st, Brits travelling to certain countries will need to have extra permits before heading abroad
  
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• Transport worker strikes halted after new pay offer

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Unions agree to suspend walk-outs by Transport for Greater Manchester staff on Sunday and Monday.
  
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• Transport for Wales launches new high speed internet network

  18-12-2024 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - It has installed the network in tandem with electrifying the Core Valley Lines into Cardiff
  
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• Traffic frustration boils over into on-street row

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Congested roads in Deansgate in the city centre are mp;quot;enragingmp;quot; drivers, city centre firms say.
  
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• Ticket office built nowhere near UK train station - as £8m over budget bridge unopened

  18-12-2024 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - EXCLUSIVE: A new footbridge at Theale Station in Reading has already taken ten times longer to build than the Empire State Building and is over ten years overdue.
  
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• Thousands sign petition as 'entitled motorists' protest against liveable neighbourhood scheme

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - The trial is now being rolled out in parts of St George, Redfield and Barton Hill
  
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• Solution to GWR's Sunday service problems 'not going to happen any time soon'

  18-12-2024 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - A reduced Sunday service on Great Western Railway is expected to continue indefinitely, because there are not enough train crew to keep trains running.
  
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• SNP ministers push back yet another key transport target 10 years

  18-12-2024 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - Ambitious plans to cut emissions by scrapping all ScotRailmp;#39;s remaining diesel trains by 2035 have been pushed back a decade in ministers latest backtracking on their key transport goals.
  
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• Scotland proposes speed limit reforms on major roads

  18-12-2024 01:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - A consultation has been launched by the Scottish Government to gather public and stakeholder views on proposed changes to speed limits in Scotland. The National Speed Management Review is seeking to ensure speed limits on Scotland?s roads are appropriate, and contribute to reducing injury and death on the roads, the Scottish Government says.
  
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• Road safety campaigners lose high court challenge against Tower Hamlets mayor

  18-12-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Save Our Safer Streets ?extremely disappointed? judge finds against them over removal of low traffic neighbourhoods
  
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• Pothole repairs on minor roads fall to lowest-ever level subscription

  18-12-2024 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Minor highways increasingly left to crumble away despite spending on road repairs being at highest level for 13 years
  
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• Port closure leads to surge in lorry traffic

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Holyhead is out of action due to damage caused by Stormin north Wales was damaged by he number of HGVs using Cairnryan rose after Holyhead port shut.
  
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• Police 'should have cracked down on electric bikes and scooters sooner'

  18-12-2024 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - mp;#39;It has got to this stage it is now where it is difficult to rein back inmp;#39;
  
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• Passenger shortage halts first driverless bus service subscription

  18-12-2024 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Five Project CAVForth buses which run between Fife and Edinburgh will be taken off the roads due to low take-up among passengers
  
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• New Intercity fleet gets green light including for Highlands main line

  18-12-2024 01:00 via strathspey-herald.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Scottish Government has announced today that procurement will begin to replace the trains in its Intercity fleet.
  
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• Navantia to rescue shipbuilder Harland & Wolff

  18-12-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - UK government offers more generous terms on Royal Navy contract to Spanish defence group for ailing Belfast company
  
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• Ministers push back decision on Luton Airport expansion for third time

  18-12-2024 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Luton Airport wants to increase passenger capacity from 18m to 32m per year through a mp;pound;2.4bn expansion project.
  
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• Manchester mayor hails bus reform but rural leaders lukewarm

  18-12-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Funding fears loom over UK governmentmp;#146;s plan to improve struggling services through franchising powers
  
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• London's Heathrow to invest nearly $3 billion to upgrade airport

  18-12-2024 01:00 via reuters.com
  Reuters News - Dec 18 (Reuters) - Heathrow said on Wednesday it planned to invest 2.3 billion pounds ($2.92 billion) over the next two years to upgrade Britain's busiest airport.
  
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• Leaves blamed for Piccadilly line part-closure

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Transport bosses blame the part-closure of a London Underground line on mp;quot;significant leaf fallmp;quot;.
  
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• Jon Thompson to quit as HS2 chair as price of UK rail project soars

  18-12-2024 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Government announcement comes hours after FT reported cost of high-speed line had risen by another mp;pound;9bn
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover electric car whistleblower sacked

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Mechanical engineer Hazar Denli lost his job after publishing online concerns about an electric car.
  
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• HS2 to cost Welsh passengers time and cash - Plaid

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Building London's new HS2 rail station will see Welsh passengers "robbed" of time and money, an MP has said.
  
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• HS2 motorway works completed to prepare for new M42 ?twin box? build

  18-12-2024 01:00 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - THE GROUND-WORK has been laid for the construction of a bridge that will take HS2 trains over the M42 motorway.
  
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• HS2 motorway works completed to prepare for new M42 'twin box' build

  18-12-2024 01:00 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - THE GROUND-WORK has been laid for the construction of a bridge that will take HS2 trains over the M42 motorway.
  
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• HS2 Ltd chair to step down in the spring

  18-12-2024 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Sir Jon Thompson has announced his intention to step down from his position as HS2 Ltd chair in spring 2025 after nearly four years with the organisation.
  
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• HS2 Ltd Chair to step down

  18-12-2024 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Leadership will commence under new CEO as we work to deliver the HS2 line cost-effectively for passengers and taxpayers.
  
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• HS2 cost 'soars by ?9bn' bringing total estimate of high-speed rail link to ?80bn

  18-12-2024 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Leaked report puts new figure on 225mph link between Euston and Curzon Street stations
  
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• HS2 cost 'soars by £9bn' bringing total estimate of high-speed rail link to £80bn

  18-12-2024 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Leaked report puts new figure on 225mph link between Euston and Curzon Street stations
  
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• HS2 completes first stage of work on bridge to take the line over the M42

  18-12-2024 01:00 via insidermedia.com
  Other News Sources - HS2 has completed the first stage of work for the construction of a bridge that will take the high-speed railway line over the M42 motorway.
  
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• HS2 chairman quits in wake of £100m 'bat shed' comments subscription

  18-12-2024 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Sir Jon Thompson to leave his role in the spring as Government report says estimated mp;pound;66bn cost of project is not mp;#39;accurate or reliablemp;#39;
  
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• HS2 chair to step down as cost swells to £66bn

  18-12-2024 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The chair of the company behind High Speed Two (HS2) is to stop down next year, it has been announced. Sir Jon Thompson has served on the board of HS2 Ltd for almost four years after first joining as a non-executive director in April 2021. He was appointed as the companymp;amp;#8217;s chair in February 2023 ...
  
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• HS2 6-monthly report to Parliament: December 2024

  18-12-2024 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Review of HS2 including main decisions taken since the new government was formed in July and programme progress.
  
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• Honda and Nissan hold merger talks

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - In March, the two Japanese car makers agreed to explore a strategic partnership for electric vehicles.
  
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• Holyhead port drone video shows damage that's halted ferry services to Ireland

  18-12-2024 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Ferry services have been suspended since the storm damage
  
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• Holyhead port cancels all ferry services until next year

  18-12-2024 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Stena Line issued a new major update on the situation
  
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• Heathrow to get £2.3bn upgrade after Saudi Arabia takes stake

  18-12-2024 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Heathrow is aiming to deliver more punctual departures and arrivals at the home base of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic
  
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• Heathrow confirms £2.3bn investment 'to improve service'

  18-12-2024 01:00 via travelweekly.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A mp;pound;2.3 billion accelerated investment plan has been unveiled to upgrade Heathrow over the next two years.
  
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• Future of Ferguson shipyard 'uncertain' - watchdog

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - A spending watchdog has warned the publicly-owned Ferguson Marine shipyard faces an mp;quot;uncertainmp;quot; future beyond next year. The Port Glasgow yard has no work beyond the MV Glen Rosa, which is due to be delivered in September 2025.
  
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• Euston HS2 station: new twist in saga as Government says £5bn terminus will only have six platforms

  18-12-2024 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The new HS2 station at Euston will have just six platforms, the Government has confirmed.
  
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• East Coast Main Line shows how to run the railways subscription

  18-12-2024 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - rill into railmp;#39;s latest passenger and financial figures and there is a silver lining for those who believe nationalising trains might deliver more reliability, lower subsidies and fares.
  
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• Drivers could pay extra to keep journeys private in new pay-per-mile car tax proposal

  18-12-2024 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - An expert has proposed a pay-per-mile charge which could see some drivers pay more
  
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• Council reveals where Birmingham bus lane fine money will go as crackdown begins

  18-12-2024 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Drivers given mp;pound;60 fine warning as Birmingham bus lane camera enforcement starts this week
  
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• Cost of roads project rose by £28m after rejection

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Costs of a major transport infrastructure project rose by about mp;pound;28m after councillors rejected it.
  Local government minister Matthew Pennycook approved the mp;pound;332m HIF1 (Housing Infrastructure Fund 1) plan for Didcot and surrounding areas last week after a public inquiry.
  
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• Cost of roads project rose by ?28m after rejection

  18-12-2024 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Costs of a major transport infrastructure project rose by about ?28m after councillors rejected it.
  Local government minister Matthew Pennycook approved the ?332m HIF1 (Housing Infrastructure Fund 1) plan for Didcot and surrounding areas last week after a public inquiry.
  
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• Cost of HS2 could pass £80bn as estimated bill jumps 15 in a year

  18-12-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Projected bill includes price of building HS2 station at Euston, with a budget of about mp;pound;5bn
  
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• Controversial plans for traffic restrictions scrapped after survey

  18-12-2024 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - mp;#145;Ridiculousmp;#146; proposals to bring in one-way streets and to close some roads to traffic in one Kent town have been dropped after public opposition.
  
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