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• WATCH: HS2 completes 'momentous' 4,500-tonne viaduct slide

  12-02-2025 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - HS2 has unveiled new footage showing engineers completing the heaviest and longest single-stage viaduct deck slide on the project so far
  
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• Transport Minister kicks off regional tour with communities to shape the future of integrated transport

  12-02-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Passengers, businesses, and local leaders have their say on how to transform transport.
  
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• TfL spends over £900 million on new DLR trains for London yet almost all of them are stuck in Spain

  12-02-2025 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - TfL has spent around more than an estimated mp;pound;942m on new DLR trains - but the majority of them are currently stuck in Spain.
  
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• TfL spends over ?900 million on new DLR trains for London ? yet almost all of them are stuck in Spain

  12-02-2025 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - TfL has spent around more than an estimated ?942m on new DLR trains - but the majority of them are currently stuck in Spain.
  
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• Some Wrexham roads to raise speed limits to 30mph

  12-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - A review of the default lower speed limit was announced following significant public backlash.
  
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• ScotRail warned of nationalisation 'failure' by union

  12-02-2025 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - The nationalisation of ScotRail will have failed if profit continues to be prioritised over passengers, a leading union has warned.
  
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• ScotRail fares increasing on April 1 - all the new ticket prices on the busiest routes

  12-02-2025 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
  Daily Record - ScotRail fares will increase by 3.8 per cent from April 1. The Record looks at the costs for passengers travelling on the country's busiest routes.
  
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• Scotrail awards £2m contract to firm criticised over performance

  12-02-2025 01:00 via theferret.scot
  
  Other News Sources - ScotRail has handed a mp;pound;2 million contract to its former private ownerclaiming the deal will provide value for taxpayers.
  
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• Scotrail awards ?2m contract to firm criticised over performance

  12-02-2025 01:00 via theferret.scot
  
  Other News Sources - ScotRail has handed a ?2 million contract to its former private owner ? claiming the deal will provide ?value for taxpayers?.
  
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• Private parking rules to change to protect for delays in payments

  12-02-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Private parking rules are set to change to address the mp;quot;five-minute rule,mp;quot; to protect motorists who struggle to pay within the timeframe.
  
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• Portishead’s “reverse Beeching” set to get green light

  12-02-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - The renewed railway promises to cut car commuting and get up to mp;pound;43mn in economic growth on track annually
  
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• Northern outlines plans for Wigan-Bolton route once OLE is commissioned

  12-02-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Northern says it intends to use Class 323 electric multiple units and its bi-mode Class 769s between Wigan and Bolton this year.
  
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• No, Derbyshire is not closing Snake Pass...but it needs help

  12-02-2025 01:00 via highwaysmagazine.co.uk
  
  Highways Magazine - Snake Pass is one of the most striking and storied routes in England and thankfully the recurring rumours of its indefinite closure to cars have been greatly exaggerated...or at least they have been overplayed slightly by the neat journalist trick of 'asking a question to which the answer is no'.
  
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• New rail station planned for Ashton Gate stadium

  12-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A new rail station will finally be built at Ashton Gate, home to Bristol City FC and the Bristol Bears, the regional mayor has said.
  
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• New operating system deployed in level crossing upgrade

  12-02-2025 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Other News Sources - UK: Network Rail has completed the modernisation of Skerne Road level crossing at Driffield on the Hull to Scarborough line, including installation of an operating system which is the first of its kind outside a trial site on the Anglia route.
  
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• Never used, already crumbling: Road that cost ?40m

  12-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An unused and unfinished road that has so far cost nearly ?40m is "defective", a councillor has said.
  
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• National Railway Museum plans at risk without £15m

  12-02-2025 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - The planned expansion of Yorkmp;#39;s National Railway Museum could be in jeopardy without a mp;pound;15 million cash injection from the Government, the council leader and mayor have warned.
  
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• National Railway Museum plans at risk without ?15m

  12-02-2025 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - The planned expansion of York?s National Railway Museum could be in jeopardy without a ?15 million cash injection from the Government, the council leader and mayor have warned.
  
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• National Highways unveils measures to improve A46 safety near Bath

  12-02-2025 01:00 via nationalhighways.co.uk
  National Highways - National Highways is joining forces with its police partners to help improve safety by introducing new speed restrictions along the A46 near Bath.
  
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• Multi-billion pound investment in Heathrow expected to secure thousands of British Steel jobs amid Trump tariffs

  12-02-2025 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - A new multi-billion pound investment programme for Heathrow Airport is expected to secure thousands of British Steel jobs in Scunthorpe and partly offset Donald Trump?s tariffs.
  
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• MP urges action after lorry strikes rail bridge

  12-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An MP has called for "urgent action" to prevent vehicles striking a railway bridge after an incident brought traffic in Hull to a standstill.
  
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• Leeds Bradford Airport announces contractor for LBA: REGEN's phase two

  12-02-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Leeds Bradford Airport has announced Farrans Construction as the contractor for construction works in phase two of its mp;pound;100 million regeneration project.
  
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• Labour puts ?jet zero? 2050 promises at risk with Heathrow runway

  12-02-2025 01:00 via yorkshirebylines.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Heathrow?s third runway promises jobs and growth ? but at what cost? Critics warn it could jeopardise Britain?s net zero targets
  
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• Inverness planning: ?Cloud factory? plans major shift from road to rail

  12-02-2025 01:00 via pressandjournal.co.uk
  
  The Press and Journal (Aberdeen) - The sight of the West Fraser ?cloud factory? is a familiar one to anyone who regularly travels between Inverness and Nairn.
  
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• Inverness planning: 'Cloud factory' plans major shift from road to rail

  12-02-2025 01:00 via pressandjournal.co.uk
  
  The Press and Journal (Aberdeen) - The sight of the West Fraser mp;#39;cloud factorymp;#39; is a familiar one to anyone who regularly travels between Inverness and Nairn.
  
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• Increased TfL penalty fares working, mayor claims

  12-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The mayor says measures are effective, but critics argue he is in denial about the issuemp;#39;s scale.
  
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• HS2 construction 'at a peak' as viaduct finished

  12-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Efforts to construct HS2 have reached a peak with the completion of the first of 13 viaducts at a key rail junction, projects bosses said.
  
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• Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange could boost UK economy by up to £406m each year

  12-02-2025 01:00 via insidermedia.com
  Other News Sources - The developer behind the controversial Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange has submitted further information detailing how the project could generate up to mp;pound;406m per annum for the UK economy.
  
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• Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange could boost UK economy by up to ?406m each year

  12-02-2025 01:00 via insidermedia.com
  Other News Sources - The developer behind the controversial Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange has submitted further information detailing how the project could generate up to ?406m per annum for the UK economy.
  
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• Heathrow unveils multibillion-pound expansion plan with new terminals as it prepares third runway bid

  12-02-2025 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Heathrow airport is set to announce a multibillion-pound investment as it prepares its proposal for a new runway.
  
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• Heathrow to push ahead with plans for third runway and new terminals subscription

  12-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - The airport?s chief executive will say he is ?ending years of doubt? on stalled expansion after Rachel Reeves gave her backing
  
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• Heathrow to expand two terminals ahead of third runway

  12-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The chief executive of the UKmp;#39;s largest airport will unveil plans to develop terminals two and five.
  
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• Heathrow set to announce multibillion-pound investment - as it prepares proposal for third runway

  12-02-2025 01:00 via news.sky.com
  
  Sky News - Plans for a third Heathrow runway will be with the government "by summer", the airport has said, amid projections it could be decades before the project is completed, if at all.
  
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• Heathrow Expansion Would Show Britain Is Ready to Take Off

  12-02-2025 01:00 via bloomberg.com
  Bloomberg - If this government is serious about overcoming stagnation, it must deliver on infrastructure projects like the airport?s expansion.
  
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• Heathrow confirms plans to develop third runway subscription

  12-02-2025 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Airport boss to unveil details of terminal expansion and controversial landing strip
  
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• Heathrow aims to hit 100mn passengers a year as third runway beckons

  12-02-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - The expansion would be the largest private investment programme into the London airport
  
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• Green growth, or destruction of the countryside Work gathers pace at giant rail terminal between Wolverhampton and Stafford

  12-02-2025 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Much of the greenery has now been cleared, and the bulldozers have left their scars on the landscape. Nevertheless, the atmosphere is still one of rural tranquility rather than industrial sprawl.
  
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• Government welcomes multibillion-pound Heathrow investment expected to secure thousands of steel jobs

  12-02-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - The Government has welcomed a multibillion-pound investment programme from Heathrow Airport which will help secure UK steel jobs.
  
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• Glasgow Subway operator spends £120,000 to fix wobbly trains. subscription

  12-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Passengers in new carriages, introduced as part of a mp;pound;288m modernisation of the network, complain of being thrown about
  
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• Glasgow Subway operator spends ?120,000 to fix wobbly trains. subscription

  12-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Passengers in new carriages, introduced as part of a ?288m modernisation of the network, complain of being ?thrown about?
  
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• Fury over scrapping of bus lane on A4 Keynsham bypass

  12-02-2025 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - Bath council leaders fume as Labourmp;#39;s metro mayor candidate announces a mp;#39;chaoticmp;#39; policy U-turn
  
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• £330M upgrade to A30 in Cornwall approaches finalisation with last local roads works

  12-02-2025 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Progress continues on the local road connections alongside the new A30 dual carriageway in Cornwall to bring the mp;pound;330M scheme to its completion.
  
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• ‘Our safety is at risk’: Wendover residents blast HS2 over lorries using narrow lane

  12-02-2025 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - Wendover residents have blasted the firm behind HS2 for its plans to send lorries down a narrow street in the town.
  
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• Almost £300 million to gear up new walking, wheeling and cycling schemes

  12-02-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - We are making sure local authorities can provide high-quality and easily accessible active travel schemes across England.
  
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• Almost ?300 million to gear up new walking, wheeling and cycling schemes

  12-02-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - We are making sure local authorities can provide high-quality and easily accessible active travel schemes across England.
  
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• ?330M upgrade to A30 in Cornwall approaches finalisation with last local roads works

  12-02-2025 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Progress continues on the local road connections alongside the new A30 dual carriageway in Cornwall to bring the ?330M scheme to its completion.
  
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• 20mph limit could be scrapped on more than 50 roads in Wrexham

  12-02-2025 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - The roads could revert to 30mph after 93 of locals polled called for the lower limit to be ditched
  
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