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• Stockport station renamed Scottport to mark Scott Mills’ new radio show

  27-01-2025 12:05
  
  Signage and screens changed for 24 hours to welcome veteran BBC presenter to Radio 2 breakfast showWhat gift do you get Scott Mills as a welcome to the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show?, asked the travel presenter Ellie Brennan. You rename Stockport train station Scottport, obviously.Mills followed in the footsteps of Terry Wogan, Chris Evans and Zoe Ball on Monday by taking the reins of one of the UK’s biggest radio shows. Continue reading...
  
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• Why time, not money, may stall Heathrow?s third runway subscription

  27-01-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - After years of political opposition, Rachel Reeves is about to support expansion of the airport ? but the project must still clear huge financial hurdles
  
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• Transport for Wales' Class 756 to serve new destinations from spring

  27-01-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Transport for Walesmp;#39; tri-mode trains will begin serving two more routes from spring.The Class 756s have been in use on the Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil lines since November but are soon to begin running along the Coryton and lower Rhymney lines (from Caerphilly to Cardiff Queen Street).
  
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• Transport for Wales' Class 756 to serve new destinations from spring

  27-01-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Transport for Wales? tri-mode trains will begin serving two more routes from spring.The Class 756s have been in use on the Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil lines since November but are soon to begin running along the Coryton and lower Rhymney lines (from Caerphilly to Cardiff Queen Street).
  
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• 'This is a growth story?? How Network Rail plans to become one of the UK?s biggest housebuilders

  27-01-2025 01:00 via housingtoday.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The transport operator?s group property director talks to Tom Lowe about the ?new mindset? at Network Rail ? and why the country?s biggest owner of brownfield land is taking a more assertive role in redevelopment projects on its sites
  
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• Third Heathrow runway would improve air quality, says Rachel Reeves subscription

  27-01-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Chancellor faces opposition as she prepares to allow expansion of the UK?s busiest airport, saying it would stop planes circling over London
  
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• The battle against infrastructure delays is far from won

  27-01-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Transport and energy projects can deliver the growth Britain needs mp;#151; if ministers act decisively
  
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• Tell me what coach needs', industry hears from minister Lightwood

  27-01-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Under-Secretary of State for Transport Simon Lightwood is absolutely determined to work with the coach industry and engage with its members, delegates at the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) conference on 23 January heard direct from the minister.
  
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• ?Tell me what coach needs?, industry hears from minister Lightwood

  27-01-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Under-Secretary of State for Transport Simon Lightwood is ?absolutely determined? to work with the coach industry and engage with its members, delegates at the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) conference on 23 January heard direct from the minister.
  
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• Sustainable Shared Transport and Fujitsu launch open platform for joint transportation and delivery in Japan, enhancing logistics efficiency across industries

  27-01-2025 01:00 via fujitsu.com
  
  Other News Sources - Sustainable Shared Transport Inc. (SST), a subsidiary of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (1) and Fujitsu Limited, today announced the launch of a joint transportation and delivery system for shippers and logistics providers in Japan. SST will start providing the service on February 1, 2025.
  
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• Starmer drops opposition to third Heathrow runway, No 10 suggests subscription

  27-01-2025 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Prime Minister and Rachel Reeves are in ?lockstep? on the issue with the Chancellor expected to make announcement on Wednesday
  
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• Spain's tourism suffers fresh blow as Ryanair escalates spat over 'excessive fees'

  27-01-2025 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Ryanair has escalated its spat with Spainmp;#39;s regional airports, calling on authorities to sell failing air travel hubs and support companies with a plan for growth
  
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• Ship Recycling Market Remains Jittery

  27-01-2025 01:00 via marinelink.com
  
  Other News Sources - As threats of trade wars loom, global shipping already seems to be reacting in kind with the Baltic Dry Exchange falling to its lowest since February 2023, says cash buyer GMS. This marks a clear shift towards easing freight rates as a graduallymp;#133;
  
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• ScotRail's cost and delays vs rail operators across the UK

  27-01-2025 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - A long running criticism of Scotland's railways is that it is too expensive and delay-stricken.
  
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• ScotRail resumes more services after Storm Eowyn caused 'significant damage'

  27-01-2025 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - Network Rail engineers have been called out to 500 incidents on railway lines since Friday, an increase on the number previously shared.
  
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• Ryanair cuts flights to Spanish airports over £8.70 charge

  27-01-2025 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - The budget airline has stopped all flights to some airports and reduced services elsewhere
  
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• Ryanair blames Boeing delay as it cuts passenger forecast

  27-01-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Low-cost carrier says it no longer expects US manufacturer to deliver enough aircraft to meet its growth plans
  
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• Reeves to tell Labour MPs to back growth strategy

  27-01-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - UK chancellor expected to support Heathrow airport expansion despite concerns over environmental impact
  
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• Reeves hints at support for Heathrow expansion

  27-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - An announcement is expected next week, as part of major speech on plans to boost the economy.
  
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• Rachel Reeves warns ministers they must back Heathrow decision in war on 'blockers'

  27-01-2025 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Chancellor Rachel Reeves effectively confirmed that she?d give her backing to divisive proposals for a third runway at Heathrow Airport in a major growth speech this week
  
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• Rachel Reeves warns ministers they must back Heathrow decision in war on 'blockers'

  27-01-2025 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Chancellor Rachel Reeves effectively confirmed that shemp;#39;d give her backing to divisive proposals for a third runway at Heathrow Airport in a major growth speech this week
  
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• Rachel Reeves hints at support for Heathrow third runway

  27-01-2025 01:00 via channel4.com
  
  Channel 4 News- The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has hinted that she?s in favour of a third runway at London?s Heathrow airport ? saying it could go hand in hand with moves towards more sustainable aviation.
  
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• Powys to trial bus reform plans

  27-01-2025 01:00 via brecon-radnor.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Powys and Ceredigion will become the test bed for plans to overhaul the bus network to become more ?customer-focused? by allowing public, private or third sector operators to bid for packages of local bus services with routes and timetables controlled by Welsh Government rather than by commercial bus companies.
  
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• No decision made on Talerddig crash Class 158s as Transport for Wales accepts new units

  27-01-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - The two diesel multiple units involved in the Talerddig head-on collision in October (158824/841) remain at Machynlleth depot, where they remain as part of the investigation into what happened.
  
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• Multi-year bus funding settlement in England 'hopeful': minister

  27-01-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - The Department for Transport (DfT) is mp;#39;hopefulmp;#39; that a multi-year bus funding settlement in England will be facilitated by the ongoing Spending Review, Under-Secretary of State for Transport Simon Lightwoodtold the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) conference on 23 January.
  
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• Manchester secures £86m clean air investment without driver charges

  27-01-2025 01:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The government has backed Greater Manchestermp;amp;#39;s innovative clean air strategy, approving an mp;amp;pound;86 million investment package that will aim to improve air quality without imposing additional charges on drivers.Under the new plan, 117 new lower and zero-emission buses will be introduced, alongside targeted traffic management measures and support for transitioning taxi fleets to cleaner vehicles.This approach differs from other reg
  
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• Kemi Heathrow says she backs a third runway at Heathrow airport

  27-01-2025 01:00 via news.sky.com
  
  Sky News - Speaking to Sky's Trevor Phillips, Kemi Badenoch says she voted for a third runway before "so why would I change my mind?"
  
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• Kemi Badenoch 'certainly would' back Heathrow third runway - as Reeves hints at support

  27-01-2025 01:00 via news.sky.com
  
  Sky News - The Conservative Party leader, whose constituency includes Stansted Airport, said she has supported the expansion of the UK's largest airport in the past, and would not change her mind on doing so.
  
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• Historic London tramways posters to go on display

  27-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The London Archives will showcase 40 posters dated from 1922 to 1933 that promoted tram use.
  
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• Greens push for legal action over Botley Road closure

  27-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A group of Green councillors are calling for Oxford City Council to consider taking legal action over Network Rail's "mismanagement" of the Botley Road closure.
  
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• Great British Railways and private sector to compete for ticket sales

  27-01-2025 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: The Department for Transport has announced that the future Great British Railways will sell tickets online, while retaining a ?thriving? private sector market where third party ticket retailers can compete in an ?open and fair? manner.
  
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• Fight for half-hourly trains to coast to continue

  27-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A mayor has said he remains committed to fighting for a half-hourly train service between York and Scarborough.
  
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• Eluned Morgan 'looking to transform bus transport in Powys'

  27-01-2025 01:00 via countytimes.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Eluned Morgan has said she is hoping to transform public transport in Powys with her new bill on buses.
  
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• Electrifying rail network is just another empty promise

  27-01-2025 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - LAST week was a momentous one for those of us who live along the busy commuter railway line between Glasgow and East Kilbride.
  
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• ?Dirty tricks? revisited as Virgin Group hits out at Eurostar subscription

  27-01-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - As Sir Richard Branson?s company plans to launch a rival cross-Channel service, it says the monopoly operator on the rail link is ?playing games? to thwart it
  
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• Consultation opens on plans for NW rail freight hub that could generate 6,000 jobs

  27-01-2025 01:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  
  The Business Desk - Logistics giant, Tritax Big Box Developments, has launched an informal non-statutory consultation on proposals for Intermodal Logistics Park North (ILP North) in the Newton-le-Willows area.
  
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• CalMac's three hybrid ferries cost nearly ?1.5m to maintain

  27-01-2025 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - Three CalMac ferries which cost ?34 million to build a decade ago ran up a maintenance bill of nearly ?1.5m last year, the operator has confirmed.
  
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• CalMac's three hybrid ferries cost nearly £1.5m to maintain

  27-01-2025 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - Three CalMac ferries which cost mp;pound;34 million to build a decade ago ran up a maintenance bill of nearly mp;pound;1.5m last year, the operator has confirmed.
  
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• Call for better public transport infrastructure in Cardiff

  27-01-2025 01:00 via barryanddistrictnews.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Councillors have called for better public transport infrastructure and new bus routes to support plans for tens of thousands of new homes in Cardiff.
  
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• Cabinet Doubts Linger Over Boost From Reeves' UK Airport Plan

  27-01-2025 01:00 via bloomberg.com
  Bloomberg - Economists say London hub could displace growth from elsewhere Chancellor set to green-light Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton plans
  
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• Cabinet Doubts Linger Over Boost From Reeves? UK Airport Plan

  27-01-2025 01:00 via bloomberg.com
  Bloomberg - Economists say London hub could displace growth from elsewhere Chancellor set to green-light Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton plans
  
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• Bus, taxi and cycle-only trial starts in city road

  27-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Bus, taxi and cycling-only restrictions are being tested along a Southampton road.
  
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• Britain?s railway arches are getting hollowed out

  27-01-2025 01:00 via spectator.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Railway arches are functional. If you want to keep a railway bridge horizontal, you?re going to need arches. Once, Network Rail owned these bits that kept the trains in the sky. But these days, they have a price on them, as retail space. There are currently around 5,200 businesses located in railway arches, and in 2018, Network Rail was convinced to part with the lot for ?1.5 billion.
  
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• Britain's railway arches are getting hollowed out

  27-01-2025 01:00 via spectator.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Railway arches are functional. If you want to keep a railway bridge horizontal, yoump;#39;re going to need arches. Once, Network Rail owned these bits that kept the trains in the sky. But these days, they have a price on them, as retail space. There are currently around 5,200 businesses located in railway arches, and in 2018, Network Rail was convinced to part with the lot for mp;pound;1.5 billion.
  
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• Brazilian airline merger would boost aviation sector, says Azul boss

  27-01-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - John Rodgerson defends potential tie-up with rival Gol despite concerns about competition and ticket pricing
  
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• Andy Burnham wants to run Greater Manchester?s railways, here's everything you need to know

  27-01-2025 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - It's the mayor's new transport mega-project - but what does it mean for you?
  
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• Andy Burnham wants to run Greater Manchester's railways, here's everything you need to know

  27-01-2025 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - Itmp;#39;s the mayormp;#39;s new transport mega-project - but what does it mean for you?
  
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• 'This is a growth story How Network Rail plans to become one of the UK's biggest housebuilders

  27-01-2025 01:00 via housingtoday.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The transport operator?s group property director talks to Tom Lowe about the ?new mindset? at Network Rail ? and why the country?s biggest owner of brownfield land is taking a more assertive role in redevelopment projects on its sites
  
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• 'Dirty tricks' revisited as Virgin Group hits out at Eurostar subscription

  27-01-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - As Sir Richard Branson?s company plans to launch a rival cross-Channel service, it says the monopoly operator on the rail link is ?playing games? to thwart it
  
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