Public Transport news

• Zero carbon research team aims to change the world

  16-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Sustainable air travel. Electric HGVs. Hydrogen-powered shipping.
  These are just some of the projects researchers are expected to work on at the new Zero Carbon Innovation Centre (ZCIC) in the East Midlands.
  
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• Why AI could be the saviour of public transport ? if we let it

  16-04-2025 02:00 via itsinternational.com
  
  Other News Sources - Get it right and the rewards could be there. Thomas Ableman looks at how transport in the UK ? and beyond ? might be transformed by artificial intelligence?
  
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• Use trains instead of planes, City accountancy giant tells staff subscription

  16-04-2025 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Grant Thornton is encouraging staff to use trains instead of planes when travelling abroad as part of its effort to contribute to the net zero push.
  
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• United Airlines cuts capacity and warns economy is ‘impossible to predict’

  16-04-2025 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Cautious move comes after strongest first quarter since Covid-19
  
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• Transport Secretary: government still sees role for open access

  16-04-2025 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has told RAIL the government still sees a role for open access operations, after rail reform.
  
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• Thousands of miles of roadworks lifted ahead of Easter as drivers set to be £500 better off

  16-04-2025 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - We are tackling the real problems that drivers face by lifting miles of roadworks and cracking down on disruptive streetworks.
  
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• Thousands of miles of roadworks lifted ahead of Easter as drivers set to be ?500 better off

  16-04-2025 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - We are tackling the real problems that drivers face by lifting miles of roadworks and cracking down on disruptive streetworks.
  
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• Taxi marshals return to make city nights out safer

  16-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Taxi marshals have returned to York to ensure two city centre cab ranks are safe for people to use on Friday and Saturday nights.
  
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• Stroud MP Simon Opher visits PHINIA manufacturing plant

  16-04-2025 02:00 via stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - STROUD'S MP has visited a manufacturing facility to discuss the future of clean transport.
  
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• Solved: some of the endless mysteries of the railways

  16-04-2025 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - The Gatwick Express takes people to and from the UK?s second-busiest airport, doesn?t it? Surely if a passenger express gets stuck behind a broken-down freight train for over half an hour, it will be late?
  
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• Rewarding low-emission shipping 'wind in the sails' for achieving climate targets

  16-04-2025 02:00 via birmingham.ac.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Professor Pietro Tricoli responds to the UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO) passing new agreement to tackle shipping emissions
  
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• Rail Skills Academy strengthens the future of the industry?s workforce

  16-04-2025 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: South Lanarkshire?s second Rail Skills Academy has been launched to equip 11 young people with the skills and experience required to thrive in the railway maintenance sector.
  
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• Rail Skills Academy strengthens the future of the industry's workforce

  16-04-2025 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: South Lanarkshiremp;#39;s second Rail Skills Academy has been launched to equip 11 young people with the skills and experience required to thrive in the railway maintenance sector.
  
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• Peredur Griffiths MS on bus bill and public transport

  16-04-2025 02:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  
  South Wales Argus - The most notable thing to emerge from the Senedd in recent weeks has been the publication of the long awaited Bus Bill.
  
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• New-look trains for East Midlands routes

  16-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Refurbished trains have started to be rolled out in the East Midlands as part of a ?23m investment.
  
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• Network Rail project stabilises ?large and complex? landslide in Durham

  16-04-2025 02:00 via geplus.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Network Rail and its contractors have completed a ?33M project to stabilise a ?large and complex? active landslide that has been disrupting a railway line in County Durham for 150 years.
  
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• Network Rail project stabilises 'large and complex' landslide in Durham

  16-04-2025 02:00 via geplus.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Network Rail and its contractors have completed a mp;pound;33M project to stabilise a mp;#39;large and complexmp;#39; active landslide that has been disrupting a railway line in County Durham for 150 years.
  
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• Network Rail paid almost £1mn to lobbyists who arranged meetings with top Labour figures

  16-04-2025 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Between 2021 and 2025 Network Rail, which maintains the UKmp;#39;s train tracks, paid Lexington mp;pound;875,000 for services that included stakeholder engagement and communications advice, according to a freedom of information request submitted by the Financial Times.
  
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• Network Rail paid almost ?1mn to lobbyists who arranged meetings with top Labour figures

  16-04-2025 02:00 via ft.com
  
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• Labour must explain rail nationalisation blunder that cost taxpayers £250m subscription

  16-04-2025 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - MPs demand answers amid fears that fares will rise to meet extra costs of South Western Railway takeover
  
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• Labour ?must explain rail nationalisation blunder that cost taxpayers ?250m? subscription

  16-04-2025 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - MPs demand answers amid fears that fares will rise to meet extra costs of South Western Railway takeover
  
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• Islanders welcome CalMac move to 'urgently review' South Uist ferry service

  16-04-2025 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - Islanders in South Uist have welcomed a pledge from CalMac to ?urgently review? ferry links to the island to improve the significantly depleted service caused by faults and fleet overhauls.
  
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• Islanders welcome CalMac move to 'urgently review' South Uist ferry service

  16-04-2025 02:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - Islanders in South Uist have welcomed a pledge from CalMac to mp;#39;urgently reviewmp;#39; ferry links to the island to improve the significantly depleted service caused by faults and fleet overhauls.
  
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• Improved A55 resilience as 330m scheme marks second anniversary

  16-04-2025 02:00 via media.service.gov.wales
  
  Welsh Government - Resilience on the A55 and opportunities for active travel have improved since the mp;pound;30m Aber Taimp;#39;r Meibion scheme was officially opened, almost two years ago.
  
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• Improved A55 resilience as ?30m scheme marks second anniversary

  16-04-2025 02:00 via media.service.gov.wales
  
  Welsh Government - Resilience on the A55 and opportunities for active travel have improved since the ?30m Aber Tai?r Meibion scheme was officially opened, almost two years ago.
  
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• Hospital among first to trial new electric bike

  16-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A hospital in East Yorkshire is one of the first NHS sites in England to trial a new electric bike.
  
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• Gwynedd police and council campaign for safer bus travel

  16-04-2025 02:00 via cambrian-news.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Gwynedd police and the county council are working together to reduce antisocial behaviour on buses across the county.
  
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• Funding for new ferry promised at 'crisis' meeting

  16-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Funding has been earmarked for another new large ferry to serve the Western Isles, Scotland's transport secretary has told islanders.
  
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• FirstGroup makes last-minute open access plea

  16-04-2025 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews - The Department for Transport?s consultation into Great British Railways closes tonight, and FirstGroup has made a final plea for open access services to continue.
  
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• First look at revamped EMR train amid £23m plan to refurbish 44 regional Class 170s

  16-04-2025 02:00 via leicestermercury.co.uk
  
  Leicester Mercury - The first has been completed and many more are about to get a new lease of life
  
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• First look at revamped EMR train amid ?23m plan to refurbish 44 regional Class 170s

  16-04-2025 02:00 via leicestermercury.co.uk
  
  Leicester Mercury - The first has been completed and many more are about to get a new lease of life
  
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• Fifteen years after a volcano shut European airspace, could it happen again?

  16-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - For eight days in April 2010 UK and European airspace was closed or partially closed causing chaos to travellers around the world.
  
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• Fears of skills being lost as railway industry sheds thousands of jobs

  16-04-2025 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Skilled railway jobs are being lost as government investment in the industry is held back, according to NSAR (National Skills Academy for Rail).
  
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• Falkirk cyclists can go further thanks to return of free bike bus service

  16-04-2025 02:00 via falkirkherald.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The Inner Forth Bike Bus is returning for another season after a successful pilot programme in 2024.
  
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• EAST WIGHT MP SECURES APPOINTMENT TO SHADOW TRANSPORT TEAM

  16-04-2025 02:00 via islandecho.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Joe Robertson MP has been appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Transport Team, which is led by Gareth Bacon MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.
  
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• E-bike share scheme 'streamlined' in Plymouth

  16-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An e-bike operator has announced plans to reduce its service in a Devon city.
  
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• Dependable public transport relies on total fleet efficiency

  16-04-2025 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Coach and bus companies work tirelessly to provide a seamless operation, delivering a trustworthy public transport service to customers and ensuring the profile of coach and bus journeys is escalated to become the preferred and more sustainable travel option for the future.
  
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• Collaboration to define new bus driver training

  16-04-2025 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Mandatory training on anti-social behaviour will be figured out in partnership, says Local Transport Minister Simon Lightwood
  
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• City transport gets 316m boost as Nottingham prepares for major upgrades

  16-04-2025 02:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  The Business Desk - More than mp;pound;16m of external funding will be invested in Nottinghammp;#39;s transport network during 2025/26, following support from the new East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA).
  
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• City transport gets ?16m boost as Nottingham prepares for major upgrades

  16-04-2025 02:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  
  The Business Desk - More than ?16m of external funding will be invested in Nottingham?s transport network during 2025/26, following support from the new East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA).
  
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• City centre to ferry terminal bus link reinstated

  16-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A bus link between Liverpool's Isle of Man Ferry Terminal and the city centre has been restored.
  
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• Carmakers lifted by Trump hint of tariff exemption subscription

  16-04-2025 02:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - President Trump raised hopes that a 25 per cent tariff on all vehicles and parts imported into the US could be the latest levy to be paused, leading to gains in the share prices of global carmakers.
  
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• Bus passengers face fare increase on Easter Sunday

  16-04-2025 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A bus company is set to increase some of its fares from Easter Sunday because of rising costs.
  
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• Bromsgrove MP calls for backing of Rail Hub ahead of spending review

  16-04-2025 02:00 via bromsgrovestandard.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - BROMSGROVE MP Bradley Thomas has urged the Government to continue backing the Midlands Rail Hub ahead of its Spending Review.
  
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• AEF supports the extension of the UK ETS beyond 2030 

  16-04-2025 02:00 via aef.org.uk
  Aviation Industry- AEF recently responded to a consultation on extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) beyond 2030, when the current phase is due to end. The first phase runs from the mp;amp;#8230;The post AEF supports the extension of the UK ETS beyond 2030mp;nbsp; appeared first on Aviation Environment Federation.
  
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• Adam Price MS wants better rail system in South West Wales

  16-04-2025 02:00 via southwalesguardian.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A Plaid Cymru MS has backed the creation of a "rail system fit for the 21st century" across South West Wales that would feed Ammanford.
  
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