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• Network Planning Manager – West – Oxford Bus Company

  17-02-2025 15:32 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Network Planning Manager – West
  Job Location: Cowley House Depot, Watlington Road, Oxford but travel to other depots may be required.Salary: Circa £50K depending on experience.Benefits: Free bus pass, loyalty bonus, contributory pension, lifestyle discount scheme, employee assistance programme, 25 days holiday plus Bank HolidaysClosing date: 14th March 2025
   We are looking to recruit an experienced Network Planning Manager or someone with Network Planning experience who
  
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• Yorkshire's most unreliable train routes as Huddersfield to Leeds among UK's worst journeys

  17-02-2025 01:00 via leeds-live.co.uk
  
  Leeds Live - Northern has apologised for its performance and says 'it has not been good enough'
  
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• Trial to see 'Welcome Points' introduced at railway stations

  17-02-2025 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - A trial is set to see more 'Welcome Points' introduced at railway stations across the region.
  
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• TransPennine Route Upgrade shows North can deliver major rail projects - trust us with funding

  17-02-2025 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - On time and on budget - that?s not something you often hear about transport projects.
  
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• Train-tram option favoured for restoring Bangor to Afon Wen railway line

  17-02-2025 01:00 via nation.cymru
  
  Nation. Cymru - A new feasibility study favours building a train-tram line to restore the Bangor to Afon Wen railway line, which was closed in the 1960s.
  
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• The north of England had high hopes for this government. Why is it only offering us crumbs from the south?

  17-02-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Neglect of schemes like the Tyne Bridge restoration contrasts sharply with bullishness over southern projects
  
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• The latest look at new plaza outside Bradford Interchange

  17-02-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - New seating and planters have been installed outside Bradford Interchange this week, as work on the new mp;#147;plazamp;#148; outside the transport hub nears completion.
  
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• Testing of hydrogen-powered Class 08 shunter due to start after Severn Valley Railway unveiling

  17-02-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - A Class 08 shunter converted to hydrogen power has been unveiled at the Severn Valley Railway.
  
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• Southampton Airport starts installing next-gen security scanners

  17-02-2025 01:00 via travelmole.com
  Aviation Industry- Southampton Airport has entered a new phase in its multi-million-pound project to enhance security screening.
  
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• Rockets, drones and flying taxis: airlines brace for crowded skies

  17-02-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Expected surge in traffic in flying vehicles will lead to airspace becoming the mp;#145;Wild Westmp;#146;, say aviation experts
  
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• 'Quicker than Heathrow' - Birmingham Airport boss eyes bright future as plans to axe journey times into London from Birmingham move forward

  17-02-2025 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - A planned high speed rail link could make it quicker for passengers to get into London from the West Midlands than from Heathrow, the boss of Birmingham Airport says.
  
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• Planners back solar farm near airport

  17-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans to fit solar panels to a building close to an airport have been agreed after it was concluded there would be no risk to pilots flying overhead.
  
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• Network Rail spends millions of pounds on Stoke Station

  17-02-2025 01:00 via stokesentinel.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - More than 200 panes of glass have been replaced at the listed station
  
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• Network Rail seeks Transpennine Route Upgrade programme partner

  17-02-2025 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: Network Rail has begun the process of appointing a programme partner to support the delivery of the Transpennine Route Upgrade. The 96 month framework contract has a potential value of around ?100m.
  
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• Move Over, Gatwick! A Look at the Rise of Stansted Airport

  17-02-2025 01:00 via aviationsourcenews.com
  
  Aviation Industry- Move over, Gatwick Airport: Artemis Aerospace looks at the rise of London Stansted Airport and the new plans shaping its future.
  
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• Midlands motorway cameras catch hundreds of drivers committing this offence - and it's not speeding

  17-02-2025 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Police forces have started punishing the motoring offence over the last few years
  
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• Japanese city considers dual pricing on public transport to tackle overtourism subscription

  17-02-2025 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Kyoto, famed for centuries-old temples, shrines and tea rooms, is experiencing an influx of arrivals
  
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• Hundreds of jobs pledged as new rail training centre opens in Birmingham

  17-02-2025 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Hundreds of new jobs have been pledged for young learners following the opening of a specialist infrastructure and rail training centre in Birmingham.
  
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• HS2 signs £100m deal for passenger telecoms services

  17-02-2025 01:00 via publictechnology.net
  
  Other News Sources - A joint venture comprising specialist elements of IT firms Hitachi and Telent is awarded a contract of more than 13 years to implement infrastructure to support passenger and operational communications
  
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• HS2 signs ?100m deal for passenger telecoms services

  17-02-2025 01:00 via publictechnology.net
  
  Other News Sources - A joint venture comprising specialist elements of IT firms Hitachi and Telent is awarded a contract of more than 13 years to implement infrastructure to support passenger and operational communications
  
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• Green fuel claim by Rachel Reeves over Heathrow expansion 'is a lie' subscription

  17-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - The chancellor used sustainable aviation fuel to justify airport?s growth but 90 of it comes from Chinese used cooking oil, which is expected to dry up
  
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• Govia Thameslink Railway's additional Class 379 trains

  17-02-2025 01:00 via whtimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - An additional fleet of modern trains is being brought into service by Govia Thameslink Railway in readiness for major timetable changes in December.
  
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• Creating a map of missing policies for transport decarbonisation

  17-02-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - News that average global temperatures in January were 1.75 degrees centigrade above the pre-industrial average, and that January was the 18th of the last 19 months to exceed the ?safe? threshold of 1.5 degrees centigrade above that average, gives us another clear reminder about what the decarbonisation agenda is all about.
  
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• Could devolution in Kent improve our ailing bus services?

  17-02-2025 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Kent Online - Residents are never shy to voice opinions on Kent?s bus services which have taken a hit in recent years. Operators face huge struggles with soaring running costs and passenger numbers not having recovered from the pandemic.
  
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• Bristol Airport eCitaro pair indicate model?s growing buyer interest

  17-02-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  
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  Bristol Airport is among the first UK operators to place the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro battery-electric bus into service, with two in use on staff and passenger shuttle work
  
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• Bristol Airport eCitaro pair indicate model's growing buyer interest

  17-02-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  
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  Bristol Airport is among the first UK operators to place the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro battery-electric bus into service, with two in use on staff and passenger shuttle work
  
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• Benefits cuts and higher taxes - how Reeves could raise defence spending

  17-02-2025 01:00 via inews.co.uk
  
  i News - ... Several large-scale infrastructure projects remain uncertain due to fiscal constraints, and scrapping them could be an option as Reeves tries to balance the books.One option is the Lower Thames Crossing, a 14-mile road link between Kent and Essex, which would include a 2.6-mile two-way tunnel under the Thames.
  
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• AtkinsRéalis appointed to deliver Network Rail Property digital programme

  17-02-2025 01:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - AtkinsRmp;eacute;alis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear company with offices around the world, has been appointed by Network Rail to lead its ambitious Property Digital Programme, managing the digital systems essential to the operations of one of the largest property portfolios in the UK.
  
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• AtkinsR?alis appointed to deliver Network Rail Property digital programme

  17-02-2025 01:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - AtkinsR?alis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear company with offices around the world, has been appointed by Network Rail to lead its ambitious Property Digital Programme, managing the digital systems essential to the operations of one of the largest property portfolios in the UK.
  
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• Artist portrays 'awe-inspiring' TfL worker

  17-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Rizwan Javed and Jack Dickson were brought together as part of BBC Onemp;#39;s Extraordinary Portraits.
  
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• 'Mr Hydrogen': Britain can lead the world in the energy transition subscription

  17-02-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Jo Bamford, who has struck out from digger dynasty JCB into green energy and transport, says an opportunity is there for the taking
  
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• Ambulance service returns to serve airport

  17-02-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) is set to have a dedicated paramedic service working out of Gatwick Airport again.
  
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