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• 'We need our local bus service back,' say villagers

  07-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - A campaigner has called on Kent County Council to restore a "vital" local bus service after it was cancelled in 2022.
  
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• WALES URGED TO INCREASE BUS SPEEDS AND CUT JOURNEY TIMES

  07-11-2025 01:00 via smmt.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has delivered a manifesto for change to the Welsh Parliament calling for urgent town planning measures to reduce bus journey times.
  
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• US airlines cancel flights after aviation agency directive to cut air traffic

  07-11-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - United, Southwest and Delta have announced they will be reducing flights amid continuing government shutdownUS politics live mp;#150; latest updatesList of US airports cutting flights on Friday due to federal government shutdownUnited, Southwest and Delta airlines began cancelling flights for Friday in compliance with the Federal Aviation Administrationmp;#146;s directive that will see reductions in flights at 40 major airports from Friday to help address air traffic controller sh
  
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• Transport secretary thanks train attack responders

  07-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The transport secretary has thanked rail staff and first responders for their quick thinking and brave actions following a mass stabbing on a train.
  
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• Train drivers' union ASLEF announces next General Secretary

  07-11-2025 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - UK: Dave Calfe has been elected as General Secretary of train driversmp;#39; union ASLEF, succeeding Mick Whelan who is stepping down after being in the role since 2011.
  
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• Train drivers? union ASLEF announces next General Secretary

  07-11-2025 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - UK: Dave Calfe has been elected as General Secretary of train drivers? union ASLEF, succeeding Mick Whelan who is stepping down after being in the role since 2011.
  
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• Three biggest US airlines to cancel hundreds of flights due to shutdown

  07-11-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta to scrap almost 600 trips collectively on Friday
  
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• The role of rail in transformation

  07-11-2025 01:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  Railway Technology - In the very first keynote of TransCityRail North 2025, Martin Tugwell ? Chief Executive of Transport for the North ? celebrated the role that rail has played in transforming the country for the last 200 years, something that is continuing to this day.
  
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• Temple Meads car park scheme approved but cyclists could be temporarily banned

  07-11-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - The Southern Gateway mp;#39;multi-modal transport hubmp;#39; will include a seven-storey car park with 379 spaces and a three-storey cycle hub
  
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• Somali pirates board first ship in 18 months

  07-11-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Attack raises fears of a return to hijacking on a trade route that had stabilised in recent years
  
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• ScotRail seeks 106 trains to upgrade ageing fleet

  07-11-2025 01:00 via dailybusinessgroup.co.uk
  Other News Sources - ScotRail has launched a tender for up to 106 trains to replace its ageing fleet across the Central Belt, Fife and Borders.
  
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• Qantas releases images of ultra long range Airbus that will fly non-stop from Sydney to London and New York

  07-11-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - The A350-1000ULR is on the assembly line in France with the fuselage sections, wings and landing gear attachedQantas has released the mp;#147;first imagesmp;#148; of its specially configured plane that will fly Australians non-stop from Sydney to London and New York from 2027.The A350-1000ULR is on the Airbus assembly line in Toulouse, France, with its fuselage sections, wings and landing gear now attached, the airline said on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Northern Powerhouse Rail plans could be delayed until 2026

  07-11-2025 01:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - Plans to build a high-speed rail line across the North of England have been further delayed until after the budget, ITV News can reveal.
  
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• Northern plan Newton Heath redevelopment

  07-11-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Northern Trains has published a tender for the possible expansion of its Newton Heath depot as it prepares to introduce a new fleet of trains in the coming years.
  
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• New train ticket structure to see 'simpler' fares

  07-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Transport bosses say the mp;quot;confusing rangemp;quot; of ticket options currently available will be removed.
  
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• Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels Joëlle Gergis

  07-11-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 mp;#150; even as catastrophe unfolds around usAs world leaders gather in Brazil this year for Cop30 mp;#150; the first Amazonian Cop mp;#150; itmp;#146;s worth doing a quick reality check on how we are collectively tracking to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.Despite 30 years of UN climate summits, about half of the carbon dioxide accumulated in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revol
  
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• MPs to debate Railways Bill next week

  07-11-2025 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -The Railways Bill will be debated in full next week, after receiving its formal First Reading in the House of Commons yesterday. MPs will hold a detailed debate next Tuesday, 11 November, when the Bill to create Great British Railways will receive its Second Reading. Transport secretary Heidi Alexander told MPs: mp;#145;Todaymp;#146;s passengers are at the mercy of a complex system of poorly co-ordinated organisations, all incentivised to look inward and outsource blame. GBR will put a
  
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• MP hopes rail announcement will lead to thousands of jobs

  07-11-2025 01:00 via thisiswiltshire.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A Swindon MP has welcomed the news that a long-lost rail service could soon make a comeback creating thousands of jobs.
  
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• Major blow for hopes of A50/A500 road improvements

  07-11-2025 01:00 via stokesentinel.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The government has refused to commit to funding improvements to the A50/A500 corridor before 2031. Politicians and business leaders in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire have long been calling for upgrades to the route between junction 15 on the M6 and Uttoxeter, to tackle congestion, improve safety and boost the local economy.
  
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• Ignore the howls around pay-per-mile, chancellor. We can’t afford not to tax electric cars

  07-11-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - The issue of how motoring taxes should change as we decarbonise the economy has been dodged for too long. Car salesmen need to get real If you want a document to give you sleepless nights, the Office for Budget Responsibilitymp;#146;s biennial Fiscal Risks and Sustainability report is a go-to publication. This is the one that looks to the horizon and covers everything from demographic trends to state pension promises to the climate crisis.The headline finding in this Julymp;#146;s
  
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• Hull prepares for the arrival of electric buses

  07-11-2025 01:00 via hulldailymail.co.uk
  Hull Daily Mail - More than 80 electric buses will be on the city's roads in the coming years
  
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• Greater Manchester transport workers walk out again as strike continues

  07-11-2025 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News - The general secretary of Unison was joining a picket line on Friday
  
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• EV congestion charge 'will increase minicab fares'

  07-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Electric vehicles will no longer be exempt due to their rising numbers, Transport for London says.
  
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• EU to speed up plans for Europe?s high-speed rail network

  07-11-2025 01:00 via eubusiness.com
  Other News Sources - A comprehensive transport package adopted by the Commission will accelerate the roll-out of Europe?s high-speed rail network and boost investment in renewable and low-carbon fuels for the aviation and waterborne sectors.
  
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• EU to speed up plans for Europe's high-speed rail network

  07-11-2025 01:00 via eubusiness.com
  Other News Sources - A comprehensive transport package adopted by the Commission will accelerate the roll-out of Europemp;#39;s high-speed rail network and boost investment in renewable and low-carbon fuels for the aviation and waterborne sectors.
  
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• Conservation boss says HS2 bat tunnel shows shift needed

  07-11-2025 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  Bucks Free Press - Conservation work must shift from a ?newt-by-newt or bat-by-bat? approach to driving the recovery of nature across entire landscapes, Natural England boss Tony Juniper has said.
  
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• China ‘stability’ buoys global trade as Maersk defies Trump tariff fears

  07-11-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Danish group lifts financial guidance to top end of range on strength of consumer demand
  
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• Campaigners call on DfT to release smart motorway impact reports

  07-11-2025 01:00 via highways-news.com
  Highways News - Campaigners have staged a demonstration outside the London headquarters of the Department for Transport, calling for reports on the impact of smart motorway schemes to be released.
  
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• Campaigners call for bus route to start earlier

  07-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Campaigners have called for a bus service that is routed through a number of villages to have an earlier start time.
  
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• Call for British Transport Police cuts to be reversed for 'safer' railways after Huntingdon stabbings

  07-11-2025 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  Cambridge News - The number of British Transport Police officers on the rail network has been falling since 2009. Figures show that reports of crime on the railway have increased.
  
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• Bus crashes into shop in east London

  07-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - One person was injured and sent to hospital after a bus crashed into a shop near Manor Park Station.
  
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• Boost for bid to reopen disused Skipton-Colne railway line

  07-11-2025 01:00 via keighleynews.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - CALLS are being stepped up for the reopening of a disused railway line.
  
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• Bentley changes electric-only plans due to 'positive customer demand' for hybrid models

  07-11-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - The luxury car maker has announced that it will continue to offer internal combustion-engined and plug-in hybrid models until mp;#39;at leastmp;#39; 2035
  
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• BAE strike can continue following High Court decision

  07-11-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - Judge refused to grant injunction over action at Lancashire sites
  
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• £2.7bn of major UK infrastructure written off, with HS2 cancellation a 'textbook example of project mismanagement'

  07-11-2025 01:00 via constructionwave.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Department for Transport (DfT) has incurred losses exceeding mp;pound;2.7 billion following the cancellation of several major transport projects over the past two years.
  
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• 'London needs charter for delivery e-bike riders'

  07-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Newham Council says delivery companies should commit to greater responsibility for vehicle safety.
  
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• Ambitious vision for Lurgan?s new train station 'serving one million passengers annually'

  07-11-2025 01:00 via northernirelandworld.com
  Other Regional Press - A consultation exercise is currently underway, in relation to ambitious plans for the construction of a brand-new 520m2 train station in Lurgan, a move that will involve the demolition of the current one, and adjacent Musgrave Market Place building.
  
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• Ambitious vision for Lurgan's new train station 'serving one million passengers annually'

  07-11-2025 01:00 via northernirelandworld.com
  Other Regional Press - A consultation exercise is currently underway, in relation to ambitious plans for the construction of a brand-new 520m2 train station in Lurgan, a move that will involve the demolition of the current one, and adjacent Musgrave Market Place building.
  
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• Air France-KLM profits fall despite Canadian booking boost

  07-11-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - French-Dutch carrier added extra summer flights to Paris to meet rising demand from Canada
  
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• ?2.7bn of major UK infrastructure written off, with HS2 cancellation a ?textbook example of project mismanagement?

  07-11-2025 01:00 via constructionwave.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Department for Transport (DfT) has incurred losses exceeding ?2.7 billion following the cancellation of several major transport projects over the past two years.
  
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