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• TfL bans most e-bikes on trains amid concern over igniting batteries

  26-03-2025 11:00
  
  Only folding models will be permitted on London Underground, Overground, Elizabeth Line and DLR trains from 31 MarchMost e-bikes will be banned across the London Underground and other Transport for London services, after growing safety concerns over igniting batteries.Only folding e-bikes, which are less likely to have been modified and are deemed less of a safety risk, will be permitted on the London Underground, Overground, Elizabeth Line and DLR trains from 31 March. Continue reading...
  
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• Warning issued to anyone who orders Costa Coffee on Easyjet flight

  26-03-2025 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - Easyjet is charging almost a third more for some Costa coffees on flights compared to high street prices, according to reports.
  
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• Virgin and two other firms bid to end Eurostar monopoly with new Channel Tunnel service

  26-03-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - A third operator seeking to challenge Eurostarmp;#39;s monopoly on Channel Tunnel services has been announced
  
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• US judge orders Boeing to defend fraud charges in court

  26-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Plane maker had sought to settle charges relating to 737 Max crashes that killed hundreds of people
  
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• UK's largest-ever road tunnel set to be built after ?8.3bn plan approved

  26-03-2025 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Lower Thames Crossing will include 2.6-mile tunnels under River Thames linking Kent and Essex
  
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• UK transport cheers as Lower Thames Crossing gets green light

  26-03-2025 01:00 via theloadstar.com
  
  Other News Sources - One of the UK?s largest infrastructure projects has been greenlit after the country?s Department for Transport today gave the go-ahead to build the Lower Thames crossing
  
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• UK Government decides not to renew funding for the Western Gateway

  26-03-2025 01:00 via western-gateway.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The UK Government has issued a decision to cease funding any pan-regional partnerships which have an English Mayoral Combined Authority within their geography including the Western Gateway from 31 March 2025.
  
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• Toll rises for Tamar Bridge and Torpoint ferry

  26-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The Secretary of State for Transport has approved increased charges for the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry.
  
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• These are the powers Andy Burnham wants over Greater Manchester's railways

  26-03-2025 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - A new report has shed more light on Greater Manchestermp;#39;s views on the future of rail
  
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• Teesside Airport refreshed business plan: Ryanair extension, military movements and predicted losses

  26-03-2025 01:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The news comes in Teesside Airportmp;#39;s refreshed business plan, which sets out financial projections and net zero ambitions for the years ahead
  
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• 'Sickening, madness, devastating and misleading' - caustic views on government decision to start work on Lower Thames Crossing

  26-03-2025 01:00 via thurrock.nub.news
  
  Other News Sources - THERE has been a critical response from opponents of the Lower Thames Crossing project after it was given the green light by government this morning (Tuesday, 25 March) ? with one campaigner describing the decision as 'sickening' and another saying 'it's complete madness'.
  
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• Shell gives almost £19bn to shareholders and promises even more cash to come

  26-03-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - The FTSE 100 giant handed almost mp;pound;19bn to its investors in 2024 while also revealing plans to cut spending and reduce costs
  
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• Revival plan for controversial 'Red Route' road 'could cost every North Wales household £1,770'

  26-03-2025 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - mp;#39;Shockedmp;#39; critics claim costs have mp;#39;spiralled out of controlmp;#39; and the road would mp;#39;destroymp;#39; ancient habitats
  
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• Restaurant plan for Brixton station proposed by TfL

  26-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The proposed new venue would operate out of a disused part of the station on Electric Lane.
  
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• Rail line hit by orange water to close for weeks

  26-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A key rail route affected by orange contaminated water will shut for more than three weeks for repairs, transport bosses have confirmed.
  
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• Qantas to start world’s longest direct flights from Australia in 2027

  26-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Carrier says customer satisfaction is high on its current direct service between London and Perth
  
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• Pathway to decarbonising freight transport in Wales plotted in new report

  26-03-2025 01:00 via fleetnews.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Policy options to decarbonise Wales? commercial vehicle sector have been laid out in a new report by Zemo Partnership for the Welsh Government.
  
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• Operator named for first part of East West Rail

  26-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An operator has been announced for the first stage of a major railway line.
  Chiltern Railways has been named by the government as the operator for the section of East West Rail between Oxford and Milton Keynes.
  
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• Operator for first part of rail route announced as services set to begin this year

  26-03-2025 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The Railmp;nbsp;Minister has named Chilternmp;nbsp;Railways as the operator for the first stage ofmp;nbsp;Eastmp;nbsp;Westmp;nbsp;Rail.
  
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• Nottingham City Transport named Best City Operator

  26-03-2025 01:00 via westbridgfordwire.com
  
  Other Regional Press - UK Bus Operator of the Year, Nottingham City Transport (NCT) is celebrating after scoring the highest customer satisfaction score of any city operator in the country, following the publication of the latest independent Transport Focus Your Bus Journey Results.
  
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• Newton-le-Willows to London LUMO train plans under threat

  26-03-2025 01:00 via warringtonguardian.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - PLANS for a new rail service that would take?passengers from Bank Quay and Newton?directly to London are under threat after the Department for Transport moved to block the project.
  
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• Network Rail and Transport for London weighing options for ?2.5bn Victoria Station redevelopment

  26-03-2025 01:00 via building.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Decision on scale of scheme to be taken within weeks ahead of first consultation later this year
  
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• Met Police ends ‘criminal’ probe into substation fire that closed Heathrow

  26-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Officers find mp;#145;no evidencemp;#146; the origins of the west London blaze were mp;#145;suspiciousmp;#146;
  
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• Manchester Airport's introduces big changes to pick-up and drop-off zones from today

  26-03-2025 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - Manchester Airport started removing barriers today in a big change for drivers using pick-up and drop-off zones.
  
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• Lower Thames Crossing receives planning permission

  26-03-2025 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - The secretary of state for transport has granted development consent for the Lower Thames Crossing project, paving the way for a new road link connecting Kent, Thurrock and Essex.
  
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• Key Bristol roundabout to close at night as part of £1m scheme

  26-03-2025 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - It is one of nine areas to be resurfaced as part of the mp;pound;1 million scheme
  
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• Kevin Rooney announced as new Senior Traffic Commissioner

  26-03-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Secretary of State for Transport appoints Kevin Rooney as the new Senior Traffic Commissioner.
  
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• Irish signs at Grand Central Station to cost £150k

  26-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Irish language campaigners had called for the move, but some unionist politicians have criticised the spending.
  
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• Heathrow substation fire not suspicious, police say

  26-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Police say they do not consider the incident a mp;quot;potentially criminal mattermp;quot; following a brief investigation.
  
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• Heathrow airport incident shows ‘failure to plan’ expert

  26-03-2025 01:00 via channel4.com
  
  Other News Sources - Wemp;#146;re joined by Lord Toby Harris who chairs the National Preparedness Commission.
  
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• Heathrow airport incident shows ‘failure to plan’ – expert

  26-03-2025 01:00 via channel4.com
  
  Other News Sources - Wemp;#146;re joined by Lord Toby Harris who chairs the National Preparedness Commission.
  
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• Government urged to seek new funding models for London?s public transport

  26-03-2025 01:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The government has been urged to ensure that Transport for London (TfL) receives a long-term funding agreement ahead of tomorrow?s Spring Statement.? The London Property Alliance (LPA) submitted its request ahead of the statement, calling on the Chancellor to tap into the potential for property developments to support public transport upgrades.
  
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• First East West Rail operator named

  26-03-2025 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -Rail minister Lord Hendy has named Chiltern Railways as the operator for the first stage of East West Rail. The line is set to open later this year, providing trains between Oxford, Bletchley and Milton Keynes Central and serving six stations, including a new one at Winslow.
  
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• East West Rail services planned to begin this year as Chiltern Railways named operator

  26-03-2025 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - This milestone will unlock the potential of the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor and provide greater connectivity across the region.
  
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• East West Rail announces major update in future Oxford to Cambridge services

  26-03-2025 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - It is a mp;#39;significant stepmp;#39; forward in the scheme
  
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• Disability activist works with train operator to improve experience for disabled passengers

  26-03-2025 01:00 via itv.com
  
  ITV News - A disability activist who has worked with West Midlands Trains on an accessibility project says he hopes new designated waiting spaces at stations across the region will improve journeys for disabled passengers.
  
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• Counter-terror police say fire that shut down Heathrow airport not suspicious

  26-03-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Scotland Yard says electrical substation fire in Hayes last week no longer mp;#145;a potentially criminal mattermp;#146;A fire that led to the closure of Heathrow last week is no longer being treated as a mp;#147;potentially criminal mattermp;#148;, Scotland Yard has said.The Metropolitan policemp;#146;s counter terrorism command had been leading the investigation to establish the cause of the blaze at the nearby electrical substation in Hayes, west London, that started on Thursda
  
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• Collapsed road could take at least three years to fix and ‘cost tens of millions’

  26-03-2025 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Any scheme to permanently fix a collapsed road caused by a major landslip will take years to complete and prove very costly, it has emerged.
  
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• Campaigners disappointed at Lower Thames Crossing decision

  26-03-2025 01:00 via yourharlow.com
  
  Other News Sources - OPPONENTS of a proposed mp;pound;9 billion road crossing between Kent and Essex say they are mp;#39;devastated and deeply disappointedmp;#39; after it got the go ahead from Government reports the Local Democracy Reporter.
  
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• Bus passengers in certain part of Yorkshire are unhappiest in the country

  26-03-2025 01:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Mayor says local services are mp;amp;quot;brokenmp;amp;quot; after region comes bottom in national survey
  
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• Bus passenger satisfaction up in England: Transport Focus survey

  26-03-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Encouraging trends were seen across England, Wales and Scotland in the Your Bus Journey survey
  
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• Bee Network unveils plans for a further 300 e-bikes

  26-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Hundreds more e-bikes will be available on Greater Manchestermp;#39;s Bee Network from the middle of May.
  
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• Arriva?s Chiltern Railways announced as first East West Rail operator

  26-03-2025 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Arriva Group?s Chiltern Railways has been selected to operate the first stage of the East West Rail project linking Oxford and Cambridge.
  
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• Arriva's Chiltern Railways to run first East West Rail services in major UK transport update

  26-03-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - The Department for Transport (DfT) said on Tuesday it expected services to start later this year, connecting Milton Keynes to Oxford for the first time in 60 years
  
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• Approving mega-road is economic madness

  26-03-2025 01:00 via transportactionnetwork.org.uk
  
  Transport Action Network - Transport Action Network?s (TAN?s) reaction to the Government?s approval of the Lower Thames Crossing today ahead of the austerity Spring Statement tomorrow
  
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• Andy Burnham on trams coming to Bolton as he discusses public transport changes

  26-03-2025 01:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - The Greater Manchester Metro Mayor said that extending the Metrolink was still something that they mp;quot;would like to domp;quot;.
  
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• 20mph roads in Swansea which look set to return to 30mph

  26-03-2025 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Following a public consultation, 17 road and street locations around Swansea could see their current speed limit of 20mph increased to 30mph
  
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