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• West Yorkshire drivers are urged to watch their speed

  19-01-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - DRIVERS are being urged to watch their speed - as Government figures show it contributes to around half of all fatal collisions in Britain.
  
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• West Midlands commuters give their views on bus reform

  19-01-2025 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Plans to transform the West Midlands bus network are drawing a range of responses from passengers across the region.
  
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• Transport for London celebrates east London's creativity with community-woven London Overground Weaver line roundel

  19-01-2025 01:00 via london-post.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled a new roundel woven by Londoners at Hackney Downs London Overground station to mark the naming of the Weaver line.
  
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• Start-up wins £100m backing to roll out green refuelling sites. subscription

  19-01-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Aegis Energy secures investment to offer biofuel and electric charging for trucks and vans, with plans to build 30 sites in the UK by the end of the decade
  
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• Spending freeze to shunt major railway projects past general election. subscription

  19-01-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Rachel Reeves is expected to limit funding to maintenance work only as three schemes soak up budget and transport secretary warns on public ownership
  
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• Secretary of State for Transport visits Black Country car cruising hot spot after tragic deaths

  19-01-2025 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Secretary of State for Transport visits Black Country car cruising hot spot and promises action.
  
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• Scrapped Stonehenge road could fund south west's sustainable travel revolution

  19-01-2025 01:00 via transportactionnetwork.org.uk
  
  Transport Action Network - Transport Action Network (TAN) today publishes a new report 1, commissioned to explore better transport connectivity for the South West, after the scrapping of two highly contentious road schemes by the Government. It has been produced by transport policy experts, Greengauge 21 2. The report proposes using some of the ?2.5 billion 2 saved by cancelling the A303 Stonehenge and A358 schemes 3 to invest in rail, bus and active travel instead
  
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• Record ?20m allocated to fix Buckinghamshire potholes

  19-01-2025 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - More than ?20 million has been allocated to tackle the pothole problem in Buckinghamshire.
  
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• Plans to dual York Outer Ring Road could be scaled back amid funding review

  19-01-2025 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - New sources of funding for the York Outer Ring Road are set to be explored, the councilmp;#146;s transport spokesperson has said amid warnings the project could be scaled back.
  
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• Northern shares plans for 450 new trains in Net Zero push

  19-01-2025 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - A York-based rail firm has announced plans for a "game-changing" new fleet.
  
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• New call to replace ageing Scottish transport fleet - and it's not ferries

  19-01-2025 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - First of three sets of greener trains were due to have been ordered two years ago
  
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• MPs demand urgent reform of South West's railway services

  19-01-2025 01:00 via somersetlive.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Adding 15 minutes to the fast train from Exeter to London is significant.
  
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• Major boost planned for Somerset rail services through two key projects

  19-01-2025 01:00 via wellington-today.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - SOMERSET?S rail services could receive a major boost if two major projects are taken forward as part of a new transport and investment strategy.
  
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• Lower Thames Crossing will supercharge carbon emissions while plundering nation's infrastructure budget

  19-01-2025 01:00 via transportactionnetwork.org.uk
  
  Transport Action Network - Responding to the UK Governmentmp;#39;s latest consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) proposal, Transport Action Network (TAN) has deplored National Highways for completely washing its hands of its unaffordable scheme?s wider environmental impacts, in particular road user carbon emissions.
  
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• Living Wage Foundation accused of accrediting firms not paying the living wage

  19-01-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Staff at OCS who clean the British Airways headquarters and its Heathrow offices only receive ?11.44 an hour, which is the minimum permitted by the government. Their pay is below the foundation?s current living wage rate of ?12.60 across the UK and ?13.85 an hour in London.
  
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• Hitachi Rail to acquire Omnicom

  19-01-2025 01:00 via railuk.com
  
  Rail UK - Hitachi Rail has agreed to acquire the cutting-edge digital rail monitoring business Omnicom from Balfour Beatty. The acquisition marks a key strategic pillar for Hitachi Rail?s new digital asset management business, known as HMAX.
  
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• Government asked for airport help

  19-01-2025 01:00 via dartmouth-today.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The leader of Plymouth City Council has written to the secretary of state for transport asking for support to reopen Plymouth Airport.
  
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• Families cannot cross own road due to bridge works

  19-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Residents of a street close to where a train derailed have said ongoing works are a mp;quot;nuisancemp;quot;.
  
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• Everyone bashes it but BA is surging ahead ? what?s its secret?

  19-01-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Next month British Airways will report a rise in profits despite a litany of customer complaints ? and bosses promise things are only going to get better
  
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• Decade of rail disruption possible in west coast main line works

  19-01-2025 01:00 via newsandstar.co.uk
  
  Carlisle News & Star - Passengers travelling to and from Cumbria on the west coast main line could face a decade of rail disruption after plans for a ?once in generation? line upgrade were leaked.
  
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• Better buses pledge must be backed by cold, hard cash

  19-01-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - The government?s grand plans for buses will not meet success without sufficient funding, says CPT CEO Graham Vidler
  
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• Andy Burnham: Give me control of Northern and I'll fix the broken rail system

  19-01-2025 01:00 via inews.co.uk
  
  i News - Andy Burnham: Give me control of Northern and I'll fix the broken rail system
  
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