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• Heathrow should not mark its own homework on energy resilience | Nils Pratley

  02-04-2025 19:26
  
  External review of choice to close after fire would have more credibility than one by a board director. It is not too late“We purchase and pay for a resilient setup from our suppliers,” Thomas Woldbye, Heathrow’s under-pressure chief executive, told the transport select committee, adding that the airport racked up energy costs of £135m a year. “Are we then also supposed to have a setup next to it? And then we would have to have a whole power station at the cost of b
  
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• Airlines warned Heathrow about power supply risks days before outage, MPs told

  02-04-2025 12:20
  
  Concerns about cable theft around supply raised with airport before substation fireBusiness live – latest updatesAirlines warned Heathrow about risks to its power supply days before the airport was shut down by a substation fire, a Commons committee was told.The Heathrow chief executive, Thomas Woldbye, apologised for the disruption, which affected more than 200,000 passengers on Friday 21 March, but defended the decision to close as he said staying open was potentially “disastrous&r
  
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• Two new open access cross-country routes set to be submitted to rail regulator

  02-04-2025 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Two new cross-country open access applications have been submitted for consultation, despite concerns over the sectormp;#39;s future in a nationalised railway.
  
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• Train and bus passengers warned of 'card clash' error that sees them charged twice

  02-04-2025 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - You could end up paying twice by making a simple mistake
  
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• Thousands of Ford Kuga hybrid drivers ‘left in limbo’ after fire risk warnings

  02-04-2025 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Carmaker reportedly has yet to announce plan for repairs after tellingmotorists not to charge their carsThousands of drivers have reportedly been left in limbo after warnings that their car could catch fire due to a battery defect.Ford issued an urgent recall of its Kuga plug-in hybrid car in early March, warning drivers not to charge the battery because of a risk it might short-circuit while on the road. The problem could cause a loss of power or a fire, according to the recall n
  
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• TfL launches consultation on new Superloop express bus route through north-east London

  02-04-2025 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - The route would link several Tube and railway stations with two local hospitals and an industrial estate on the banks of the Thames
  
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• Stagecoach begins bus operations on Guernsey

  02-04-2025 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Stagecoach has taken over the running of bus operations on Guernsey as of 1 April.
  
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• Ryanair at court seeking to appeal employment rights case

  02-04-2025 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Budget airline Ryanair is in court today seeking to overturn a decision on the worker status of a Ryanair pilot
  
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• Row over Bolton's MP's support for new 'international airport' in Kashmir

  02-04-2025 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - A row has broken out over a Bolton MP putting her name to a letter calling for a new international airport to be built in Pakistan.
  
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• Reform call as Norfolk spends £8m on free bus travel

  02-04-2025 02:00 via edp24.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The mp;pound;8m bill to provide free bus travel for older and disabled people is preventing improvements to rural bus services, a senior councillor has said.
  
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• Rail renationalisation: Train firms 'will be told to cut cancellations to 2' to tackle dire performance

  02-04-2025 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Great British Railways to crack down on worst cancellation rate in a decade
  
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• Rail renationalisation: Train firms 'will be told to cut cancellations to 2' to tackle dire performance

  02-04-2025 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Great British Railways to crack down on worst cancellation rate in a decade
  
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• Problems delay £22.8m road upgrade by more than a year

  02-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Work on Aurs Road in East Renfrewshire began in January 2024 and will not now be completed until spring 2026.
  
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• Over £20 million to help drones and flying taxis take to UK skies

  02-04-2025 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - We want the UK to have an advanced aviation ecosystem where everyone can benefit from new technology while tackling emissions.
  
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• ORR says capacity can be made available at Eurostar depot

  02-04-2025 02:00 via railuk.com
  
  Rail UK - The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) says Eurostarmp;#39;s London depot would be able if required to accommodate additional trains, following its receipt of an independent report it commissioned to investigate the matter. The report, published today, assessed the capacity at the operatormp;#39;s Temple Mills International facility.
  
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• New train monitoring and control equipment to be used at Coventry VLR test track

  02-04-2025 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - One of the companies that demonstrated its new technology at the Global Centre of Rail Excellence has secured its first contract.
  
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• New rail links needed if Heathrow Airport expands, London Assembly warned

  02-04-2025 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Solutions include extending the Elizabeth line to Staines - dubbed an mp;#39;absolute game-changermp;#39; for access to the airport from Surrey and south-west London
  
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• New platform and entrance to be built at Mirfield station over Easter Weekend

  02-04-2025 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - Network Rail says work between Huddersfield and Dewsbury will impact train services across the Pennines from Saturday 19 to Monday 21 April.
  
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• New Bus Services bill does nothing to address transport problems in Mid Wales

  02-04-2025 02:00 via shropshirestar.com
  
  Other Regional Press - Brecon and Radnorshire Senedd Member James Evans says Mid Wales needs improvement, investment an expansion of bus services in Mid Wales
  
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• Network Rail trials revolutionary approach to aerial operations with British drone companies

  02-04-2025 02:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Network Rail and partners Drone Major Limited and Dronecloud have begun trials of ?beyond visual line of sight? aerial operations on the railway to test a concept that could bring major improvements for passengers and rail freight customers.
  
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• More people using Bristol buses despite service being 'hit or miss'

  02-04-2025 02:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - mp;amp;quot;Wonder how much of that increase is due to the lowered price cap and if this yearmp;#39;s figures will drop due to the increase in faresmp;amp;quot;
  
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• Mayor meets bus operators to discuss better service

  02-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A mayor has said public transport services in North Yorkshire "aren't good enough" as he met with local bus operators to discuss improvements.
  
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• Man charged over Network Rail terror message hack

  02-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Public wi-fi services were suspended at 19 railway stations last September including Birmingham New Street.
  
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• Major reforms to environmental regulation to boost growth and protect nature

  02-04-2025 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Government - Government reforms will streamline and modernise regulation to unlock growth, deliver 1.5 million homes and do more for nature under the Plan for Change
  
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• Heathrow power outage triggers angst over UK energy resilience

  02-04-2025 02:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - The incident was a mp;#145;wake-up callmp;#146; for hub airports and airline bosses
  
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• Great British Railways will not deliver the step change in rail investment that Wales needs

  02-04-2025 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - GBR is not the revolution claimed of it
  
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• Government unveils £20 Million fund for drones and flying taxis

  02-04-2025 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The government has announced over mp;amp;pound;20 million of funding intended for commercial and emergency service drone operations and eco-friendly flying taxi services.According to the Department for Transport (DfT), the funding will unlock barriers to growth and maximise opportunities for better and cheaper public services while cutting carbon emissions.The investment is expected to advance aviation tech to support healthcare for themp;amp;nbsp
  
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• Free bus passes over 60s in England update as new DfT statement makes funding suggestion

  02-04-2025 02:00 via lancs.live
  
  Other Regional Press - Department for Transport responds to parliamentary question calling for concessions to be introduced in England as they are in Scotland, NI and Wales
  
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• Electric bus rollout delay for charging point work

  02-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans to make a Kent bus route fully electric by April have been delayed until July, a council has said.
  
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• Colne-Skipton rail campaign told leisure travel is ?higher than ever?

  02-04-2025 02:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lancashire Telegraph - Campaigners who want the government and railway industry to reopen a line between Colne and Skipton, enabling fast trains between Lancashire and Yorkshire, were told tourism and leisure passenger numbers have surged since the covid pandemic and are now ?higher than ever? on some weekends.
  
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• Colne-Skipton rail campaign told leisure travel is 'higher than ever'

  02-04-2025 02:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Lancashire Telegraph - Campaigners who want the government and railway industry to reopen a line between Colne and Skipton, enabling fast trains between Lancashire and Yorkshire, were told tourism and leisure passenger numbers have surged since the covid pandemic and are now mp;#39;higher than evermp;#39; on some weekends.
  
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• Car firms fined for withholding recycling information

  02-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - BMW, Ford, JLR, Peugeot Citroen, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, Vauxhall and Volkswagen have all been fined.
  
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• Bryson legal challenge pauses Grand Central Irish language signs work

  02-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson lodges challenge over approval of mp;pound;150,000 for Irish language signs at Belfast station.
  
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• Bereaved mother backs gruesome rail safety videos

  02-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A teenager who died after she was electrocuted on a railway line might still be alive if she had seen Network Rail's hard-hitting new safety films, the girl's mother has said.
  
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• Analysis: The vision from devolution is not yet in focus

  02-04-2025 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - How is our new government faring on rail reform? In the build-up to last Julymp;#39;s General Election (RAIL 1012), we consulted with the industry to devise a seven-point manifesto for Britainmp;#39;s railways. In this issue, Richard Wilcock considers the progress on devolution.
  
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• Amey appointed to Network Rail's Development and Design Partnership Framework to transform railways in the north of England

  02-04-2025 02:00 via railuk.com
  
  Rail UK - Amey has been awarded a place on the Network Rail Development and Design Partnership Framework (DDPF) to connect people, businesses, and communities in the north of England.
  
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• Ambition new plaza and brewery plans for Wrexham train station

  02-04-2025 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Wrexham Lager, now co-owned by Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, is also investigating the possibility of restoring and converting the nearby Cambrian Sheds
  
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