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• Service at Heathrow airport returns to normal two days after forced closure

  23-03-2025 18:32
  
  More than a thousand flights were cancelled on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cutHeathrow airport has returned to normal business two days after it was forced to close when a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cut.Europe’s busiest airport had more than 1,000 flights cancelled on Friday after the fire at the substation in Hayes, west London. Continue reading...
  
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• UK ministers launch investigation into blaze that shut Heathrow

  23-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - Airport has reopened but flights have been cancelled because planes and crews are in the wrong place
  
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• Thousands of petrol and diesel drivers warned over 'three barriers' they're facing

  23-03-2025 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Suffolk Council revealed serious concerns raised by taxi drivers over the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate.
  
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• Tesla owners fear anti-Musk vandals will hit insurance premiums

  23-03-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Some owners considering debadging their vehicles in an attempt to distance themselves from the tech billionaire, who is a senior adviser to President Trump
  
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• Southern Rail rated 'worst value for money' train company in national survey

  23-03-2025 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Southern Rail has been rated as mp;quot;worst value for moneymp;quot; in a national passenger satisfaction survey by public watchdog Transport Focus.
  
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• Somerset's newest railway station moves a step closer

  23-03-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - Local councillors gave the green light to a new road and station square in Wellington
  
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• Rail accessibility improvements continue across Yorkshire

  23-03-2025 01:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - As part of a wider programme of station improvements across its network, three of its stations, Dewsbury, Grimsby Town, and Scunthorpe, are set to receive progressive upgrades over the coming weeks, which will aid accessibility for customers using these stations.
  
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• Rachel Reeves told to ?listen to us? over ?shovel ready? ?10.6bn rail extension

  23-03-2025 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daventry Express - Labour politicians have urged the Chancellor to give the go ahead for the crucial project.
  
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• Rachel Reeves told to 'listen to us' over 'shovel ready' £10.6bn rail extension

  23-03-2025 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daventry Express - Labour politicians have urged the Chancellor to give the go ahead for the crucial project.
  
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• Plans for new direct train services to London

  23-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans to restore direct rail services between northern Lincolnshire and London have been put forward to Network Rail, a train operator has said.
  
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• Network Rail 'reviewing options' amid concerns level crossing closure near Newtown would force pedestrians to walk 10 miles to school

  23-03-2025 01:00 via shropshirestar.com
  
  Other Regional Press - The week-long closure of a level crossing near Newtown raised concerns that some of a village would have to walk several miles to go to school or use a bus stop.
  
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• Mayor should ensure funding for Haxby station, says York opposition councillor

  23-03-2025 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - York and North Yorkshire Mayor David Skaith should secure funding for a planned rail station at Haxby after saying he is prioritising public transport over dualling the A64, a York opposition councillor has said.
  
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• JP Morgan firm on track to buy £4bn Eversholt, rail's golden ticket. subscription

  23-03-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Beacon Rail emerges as frontrunner in CK Infrastructuremp;#39;s sale of the lucrative operations of train leasing company
  
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• JP Morgan firm on track to buy ?4bn Eversholt, rail?s golden ticket. subscription

  23-03-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Beacon Rail emerges as frontrunner in CK Infrastructure?s sale of the lucrative operations of train leasing company
  
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• Is KKR’s bad bet on cycling the start of Europe’s private equity reckoning?

  23-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - The US buyout giant bought bikemaker Accell at the peak of a pandemic-era deals boom. It has just completed a painful restructuring
  
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• Investigation ordered into power outage that closed Heathrow

  23-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says there are lessons to be learned after substation fire led to major flight disruption on Friday.
  
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• I spent a day travelling around Cardiff by train and realised I can save a fortune

  23-03-2025 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Using the new Pay-As-You-Go system, I even made it to Newport on a single fare for the entire day
  
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• Heathrow crisis: why boss Thomas Woldbye left deputy to close airport subscription

  23-03-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Already feeling the heat over a third runway, the chief executive will now face more turbulence after he went to sleep as almost 300,000 passengers were affected
  
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• Heathrow airport: Probe ordered into 'national embarrassment' incident

  23-03-2025 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Energy secretary Ed Miliband orders grid operator to conduct mp;#39;urgentmp;#39; probe into fire which caused mp;#39;unprecedentedmp;#39; Heathrow shutdown
  
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• Grand Central Plans Direct Cleethorpes to London Rail Link

  23-03-2025 01:00 via railway.supply
  Railway. Supply - Grand Central today submits an application to Network Rail for operating direct trains. The company targets Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Habrough, and Scunthorpe to London by December 2026.
  
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• Double red lines proposed for busy bus route

  23-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Double red lines could be installed on a busy bus route as part of a scheme to improve public transport.
  
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• Carmakers rush to ship vehicles to US ahead of new round of April tariffs

  23-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - Vessels have been directed to Asia and Europe to carry mp;#145;thousandsmp;#146; more cars to America than usual
  
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• Call to end bus deregulation as residents say 'bus services should be in public ownership'

  23-03-2025 01:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The motion would see the local authority write to the Tees Valley Mayor and the Transport Secretary hoping to allow communities to mp;#39;take back control of their busesmp;#39;
  
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• Bus station to close for resurfacing works

  23-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - One of Nottingham's major public transport hubs is to close for nearly a week, bus users have been warned.
  
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• Birmingham conference discusses cyber security risks to railway rolling stock

  23-03-2025 01:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - On Tuesday, 18th March, a fleet cyber security conference held in Birmingham examined how the rail industry is responding to an increase in threats to cyber security.
  
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• Bee Network's tap-and-go system now includes buses

  23-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - People travelling on Greater Manchestermp;#39;s Bee Network can now use an integrated mp;quot;tap-in, tap-outmp;quot; payment system on buses.
  
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• £10 million for Devon bus services

  23-03-2025 01:00 via creditoncourier.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - DEVON County Council has approved plans for over mp;pound;10.3 million of improvements to the bus network across the county.
  
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• 'No comment': Heathrow boss asked if he should stay in job

  23-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Today programme presenter Emma Barnett asks Thomas Woldbye if people should be fired after Fridaymp;#39;s disruption.
  
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• ?10 million for Devon bus services

  23-03-2025 01:00 via creditoncourier.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - DEVON County Council has approved plans for over ?10.3 million of improvements to the bus network across the county.
  
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