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• Ziegler launches ?fastest rail connection between China and Europe?

  15-04-2025 02:00 via railfreight.com
  
  Other News Sources - A new rail freight service between China and Europe is born. Logistics company Ziegler is taking goods from Xi?an (China) to Duisburg (Germany) by train, and then covers the last leg by road to Welkenraedt, Belgium. The company calls it ?the fastest rail connection between China and Europe?.
  
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• Ziegler launches 'fastest rail connection between China and Europe'

  15-04-2025 02:00 via railfreight.com
  
  Other News Sources - A new rail freight service between China and Europe is born. Logistics company Ziegler is taking goods from Ximp;#39;an (China) to Duisburg (Germany) by train, and then covers the last leg by road to Welkenraedt, Belgium. The company calls it the fastest rail connection between China and Europe
  
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• Wales's First Public Transport Summit

  15-04-2025 02:00 via news.tfw.wales
  
  Trafnidiaeth Cymru[Transport for Wales] - Transport for Wales is pleased to announce that Wales? first Public Transport Summit will take place on May 22 and 23 in Wrexham, North Wales.
  
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• Trials held into new future of delivery vehicles

  15-04-2025 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Warwick Manufacturing Group is working with Transport for West Midlands on the project which could see EVs being used for deliveries
  
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• The role of DAC in optimising European rail freight: Challenges and opportunities

  15-04-2025 02:00 via globalrailwayreview.com
  
  Other News Sources - Hugo Tabouret, Technical Affairs Manager at UNIFE, sat down with Global Railway Reviewmp;#39;s Halimah Haque to discuss the potential of Digital Automatic Coupling and its impact on the future of European rail freight.
  
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• TfW announces details of Wales?s first Public Transport Summit

  15-04-2025 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - Transport for Wales (TfW) has announced that Wales? first Public Transport Summit will take place on May 22 and 23 in Wrexham, North Wales.
  
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• TfW announces details of Wales's first Public Transport Summit

  15-04-2025 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - Transport for Wales (TfW) has announced that Walesmp;#39; first Public Transport Summit will take place on May 22 and 23 in Wrexham, North Wales.
  
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• Stansted Airport record-breaking month as winter season ends

  15-04-2025 02:00 via braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - London Stansted Airport saw a record-breaking 2.31 million passengers in March, closing its busiest winter season ever.
  
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• Shipping’s imperfect new carbon scheme may yet make an impact

  15-04-2025 02:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - Also in todaymp;#146;s newsletter, a new strategy for activist shareholders in Japan
  
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• Ryanair warns aircraft deliveries at risk from tariff chaos

  15-04-2025 02:00 via ft.com
  
  Financial Times - Airlines and manufacturers prepare for stand-off over cost of levies
  
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• Ryanair issues Spain travel warning to millions of UK tourists after war 'escalates'

  15-04-2025 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail - The airlinemp;#39;s CEO, Eddie Wilson, plans to withdraw more planes and flights from small and medium-sized airports next winter
  
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• 'Revolutionary' Coventry Very Light Rail 220m track to be ready by May

  15-04-2025 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  Other Regional Press - RailAdventure UK has hopped on board the ?189m project led by Coventry City Council
  
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• RailAdventure UK to drive Coventry?s revolutionary Very Light Rail test

  15-04-2025 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - RailAdventure UK, a specialist transport company in the West Midlands, will operate the Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) vehicle for the on-road test in the city centre in May and June this year.
  
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• RailAdventure UK to drive Coventry's revolutionary Very Light Rail test

  15-04-2025 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - RailAdventure UK, a specialist transport company in the West Midlands, will operate the Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) vehicle for the on-road test in the city centre in May and June this year.
  
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• Police probe after Labour minister seen using phone while driving London bus

  15-04-2025 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill was reportedly seen using his mobile phone to text a friend
  
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• New report highlights challenges and opportunities for decarbonisation of the East Midlands Airport ecosystem

  15-04-2025 02:00 via nottingham.ac.uk
  Other News Sources - A new report from the University of Nottinghammp;#39;s Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Social Sciences and EPRI, a non-profit energy research and development organization, has highlighted the issues and potential strategies to decarbonise transport in and around East Midlands Airport (EMA).
  
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• New £1,000,000,000 Welsh Tube to span 105 miles with trains every 5 minutes

  15-04-2025 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Metro - Costing a whopping mp;pound;1,000,000,000, the project is set to span 170 kilometres (105.6 miles) worth of track, introducing 36 tram-style trains across Cardiff and the wider South Wales area.
  
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• New ?1,000,000,000 ?Welsh Tube? to span 105 miles ? with trains every 5 minutes

  15-04-2025 02:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Metro - Costing a whopping ?1,000,000,000, the project is set to span 170 kilometres (105.6 miles) worth of track, introducing 36 tram-style trains across Cardiff and the wider South Wales area.
  
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• MP calls for meeting as college faces six-figure transport shortfall

  15-04-2025 02:00 via thepost.uk.com
  
  Other Regional Press - It will have to come out of funds for teaching if there is no resolution
  
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• It's now more than 2,000 days since last rail enhancements pipeline announcement

  15-04-2025 02:00 via modernrailways.com
  
  Modern Railways - It is now more than 2,000 days since the last official announcement regarding the rail enhancements pipeline was made.
  
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• Interview: Ian Yeowart of GCR fame on the future of open access

  15-04-2025 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Ian Yeowart was instrumental in setting up the Grand Central Railway operation, and more than 25 years later hemp;#39;s still submitting successful applications. He talks to Peter Plisner about open access and changes on the railways.
  
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• Inside HS2: Meet London's tunnelling miners

  15-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The Northolt tunnels are part of the HS2 project which is 93 complete, the project managers say.
  
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• Germany?s ?grand coalition? has grand rail ambitions ? but without the numbers to match?

  15-04-2025 02:00 via railtech.com
  
  Railtech - Germany?s conservatives under Chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz have secured a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD). So what does that mean for rail? More Deutschlandtickets, Deutsche Bahn ?reform?, and digitalisation a priority. But with funding gaps running into the hundreds of billions, critics say the new CDU-SPD coalition is long on promises and short on specifics.
  
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• Germany's 'grand coalition' has grand rail ambitions but without the numbers to match

  15-04-2025 02:00 via railtech.com
  
  Railtech - Germanymp;#39;s conservatives under Chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz have secured a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD). So what does that mean for rail? More Deutschlandtickets, Deutsche Bahn mp;#39;reformmp;#39;, and digitalisation a priority. But with funding gaps running into the hundreds of billions, critics say the new CDU-SPD coalition is long on promises and short on specifics.
  
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• FirstGroup fears Great British Railways will stifle open access subscription

  15-04-2025 02:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - The UKmp;#39;s largest train operator, warns that GBR could damage competition. Its mp;pound;223m open access operations generate mp;pound;37m profit a year
  
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• First Bus announces 245 per cent rise in Tap On Tap Off payments

  15-04-2025 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - First Bus has announced that the incidence of the Tap On Tap Off method of fare payment has increased by 245 per cent in the past year.
  
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• Engineering works to cause rail delays over Easter

  15-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Train passengers have been warned of disruption while a track renewal scheme takes place over Easter.
  
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• Edinburgh trams and buses to introduce tap-on, tap-off payment subscription

  15-04-2025 02:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Scottish capital is weeks away from launching new fares system on public transport and officials hope more drivers will leave their cars at home
  
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• East Midlands Airport study outlines blueprint for transport decarbonisation

  15-04-2025 02:00 via eastmidlandsbusinesslink.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A new study led by the University of Nottingham and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) lays out a strategic roadmap for decarbonising East Midlands Airport (EMA) and its surrounding transport ecosystem. The work is positioned within the UK?s broader target of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
  
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• CILT (UK) reveals new Chair of Board of Trustees and joint Vice Chairs

  15-04-2025 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT UK) is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna-Jane Hunter as the new Chair of Borad of Trustees, and Antoinette Irvine and Austin Birks as new joint Vice-Chairs - effective as of 24 May.Anna-Jane, the former Vice-Chair, qualified as a Barrister before joining the rail industry 19 years ago. A fellow of the Institute, she has extensive experience leading teams within Network Rail, Train
  
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• Bots buying up driving test slots and reselling at mark-up prices subscription

  15-04-2025 02:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - As drivers face months-long waits, resellers are exploiting the governmentmp;#39;s creaking booking system to make a profit out of frustrated young people
  
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• Borough railway station to get new bicycle storage facilities

  15-04-2025 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - A borough railway station is set to be kitted out with new bicycle storage facilities
  
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• Birmingham Airport goes '100 solar powered' during sunny spells this month

  15-04-2025 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Bosses at Birmingham Airport say a mp;pound;10m investment in solar panels is paying dividends - after recent sunny weather saw the site fully powered by renewable energy at times during April.
  
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• 'Revolutionary' Coventry Very Light Rail 220m track to be ready by May

  15-04-2025 02:00 via coventrytelegraph.net
  Other Regional Press - RailAdventure UK has hopped on board the mp;pound;189m project led by Coventry City Council
  
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