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• Year-long revamp of Temple Way due to start in December

  10-11-2025 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  Bristol Live - The project is expected to improve accessibility for buses, pedestrians and cyclists
  
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• Why Eurostar's €2bn double-decker fleet upgrade poses new challenges for UK maintenance hubs

  10-11-2025 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - A travel expert David Martin, ofmp;nbsp;Heamar, has warned Eurostarmp;#39;smp;nbsp;mp;#128;2billion fleet upgrade poses new challenges for UK hubs due to the new trainsmp;#39; size, design and technical complexity.mp;nbsp;
  
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• What else does the Railways Bill say -- and what does it leave out? Part 2

  10-11-2025 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -The legal framework for Great British Railways has been unveiled at last in the shape of the Railways Bill, which is to be debated at length during the Billmp;#146;s Second Reading in the House of Commons tomorrow (writes Sim Harris). But if you want to know how GBR will work in detail, this Bill wonmp;#146;t help you very much.
  
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• We need a clampdown on dangerous e-bikes as residents are being left in fear

  10-11-2025 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  Daily Record - In his Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar urges action against e-bikes and streets being used as mp;amp;quot;race tracksmp;amp;quot;.
  
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• UK investigates whether buses made in China can be turned off from afar

  10-11-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Investigation comes after Norway found Yutong vehicles could be mp;#145;stopped or rendered inoperablemp;#146; by Chinese company
  
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• South Wales Level Crossing reopens following Safety Improvements

  10-11-2025 01:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  Rail Advent - A level crossing near Margam has reopened to the public following its temporary closure in June after several significant recorded incidents forced the closure of the crossing.
  
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• Shutdown could reduce US flights 'to a trickle', transport secretary warns

  10-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Flight delays and cancellations continue to snarl US air travel for a third day as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned air traffic will be "reduced to a trickle" if the US government shutdown continues.
  
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• Ribbon cut to celebrate improvements on popular greenway

  10-11-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A ribbon was cut on the Spen Valley Greenway between Cleckheaton and Liversedge to celebrate major improvements which make the route safer and more accessible.
  
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• Rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing regains consciousness

  10-11-2025 01:00 via news.sky.com
  Sky News - Samir Zitouni, 48, known as Sam, was working on board the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train from Doncaster to London when the attack began in Cambridgeshire on 1 November.
  
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• Rail regulator tightens rules on redress when disabled passenger assistance fails

  10-11-2025 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - UK: An update to the Office of Rail mp;amp; Roadmp;#39;s Accessible Travel Policy guidance has made it mandatory for all train and station operators to make a case-by-case assessment of claims for redress from disabled passengers when their booked assistance fails.
  
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• Publicly-run bus services delayed by a year

  10-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Plans to franchise local bus services have been delayed until at least 2028.
  Nik Johnson, former Labour mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA), signed off on plans to take control of various routes in February.
  
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• Plans to restart direct trains from Swindon to Birmingham after 20-year gap

  10-11-2025 01:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  Rail Advent - Will Stone, Labour MP for Swindon North, has been discussing plans to restore direct train services between the town and Birmingham for the first time in two decades.
  
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• Passengers stage protest over no Sunday train service for 12 months and counting

  10-11-2025 01:00 via stokesentinel.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Protesting passengers are demanding the reinstatement of a Sunday train service after being left without one for more than a year. Congleton has a population of 30,000 and averages 25 passengers for every train that stops at Congleton Station.
  
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• New Mersey Ferry is just the start of transport revolution claims Metro Mayor

  10-11-2025 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Echo - The building of more new ferries to serve the River Mersey has not been ruled out as the first vessel in 60 years took to the water. Construction got underway last Autumn on the first vessel to be built to cross the river since the 1960s.
  
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• New artwork for Botley Road station walkway

  10-11-2025 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - New artwork has been created for the walkway close to the rail bridge in Botley Road in Oxford
  
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• New £18m train station near Glasgow takes shape as drone captures unique view

  10-11-2025 01:00 via glasgowlive.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Construction of the mp;pound;18.3 million station began in July, and it is now starting to take shape, with new footage showing where the future platforms will be.
  
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• Network Rail to invest £7.9m at Manchester Piccadilly - overhaul will impact service

  10-11-2025 01:00 via insidermedia.com
  Other News Sources - Network Rail is to invest mp;pound;7.9m to improve tracks, points and signalling systems on the southern approach to Manchester Piccadilly station which date back to the 1980s.
  
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• Network Rail finishes £320m modern signalling upgrade

  10-11-2025 01:00 via railway.supply
  Railway Supply - Network Rail undertook a mp;pound;320 million improvement scheme between Farncombe and Petersfield to improve the Portsmouth Direct Line. They upgraded the line to increase reliability.
  
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• ?Hero? crew member injured in train mass stabbing regains consciousness

  10-11-2025 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent - Samir Zitouni was wounded as he protected passengers during attack on LNER train from Doncaster to London
  
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• Heathrow rail link 'would stop ridiculous routes'

  10-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - An MP has said a rail link between Reading and Heathrow Airport would help end "ridiculous" long-winded journeys.
  The project, which would provide a link between the two with a stop in Slough, was put on hold indefinitely in 2020.
  
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• Gyratory bus stop does not meet rules, BBC finds

  10-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - A new so-called "floating bus stop" built last month outside a railway station does not meet national standards, according to BBC analysis.
  
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• Footbridge closed for six weeks as repairs begin

  10-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - A railway station footbridge has been closed for more than six weeks for repair works.
  Woodbridge station's footbridge is closed until 24 December as Greater Anglia strengthens the steelwork, paints, and installs new handrails with integrated lighting.
  
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• First look at 'final frontier' Airbus plane set for world's longest flights

  10-11-2025 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - The wings for the incredible plane are being made at Airbus Broughton
  
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• Ex-HS2 minister didn't know Phase 2 was being cancelled until it was confirmed

  10-11-2025 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - Ex-minister for rail and High Speed 2 (HS2) Huw Merriman has admitted that the cancellation of Phase 2 of the UK?s flagship infrastructure project came as a mp;#39;complete shock and surprisemp;#39; as he was not involved in the decision.
  
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• East Midlands Airport sees surge in cargo growth following expansion plans

  10-11-2025 01:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  The Business Desk - East Midlands Airport has recorded an 11.4 year-on-year increase in cargo volumes following the launch of its cargo development plans in May.
  
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• E-bike police seizures soar by 1450 as call issued for 'death trap' clampdown

  10-11-2025 01:00 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  Daily Record - EXCLUSIVE: New figures show a massive rise in seizures of the vehicles.
  
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• Disabled passengers in the UK to benefit from new plan

  10-11-2025 01:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  South Wales Argus - A new rail Accessibility Roadmap promises change for disabled passengers.
  
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• Decision on Network Rail's updated Liverpool Street station scheme pushed back to spring

  10-11-2025 01:00 via building.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Acme-designed mp;pound;1bn redevelopment had been expected to reach committee by end of this year
  
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• Cumbrian railway bridges granted listed status

  10-11-2025 01:00 via cumbriacrack.com
  Other News Sources - Cowran Bridge, Skellion Bridge and Cowran Cutting were a part of the biggest civil engineering project on the Newcastle to Carlisle line.
  
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• China exempts chips used by carmakers from export curbs

  10-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - The block on exports of the companymp;#39;s chips had raised fears that European car production would be hit.
  
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• Cambridge's unusual roundabout with 36 traffic lights and special cycle lanes

  10-11-2025 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  Cambridge News - The controversial roundabout has been in position for more than a year. It was added as part of a mp;pound;31.9 million road improvement scheme.
  
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• Better public transport will drive growth, says CEO

  10-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Better public transport services would help drive business growth in a city, a chief executive has said.
  Robert Evans, the chief executive of the Wellcome Genome Campus, said transport links to the site in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, could encourage more businesses and people to join the campus.
  
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• 'Leaky' Snowdon Mountain Railway blasted for poor service

  10-11-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Wales Outdoors says clients sat on wet seats, and the train had mp;quot;leaky windowsmp;quot;, with passengers unable to see out.
  
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• 'Hero' crew member injured in train mass stabbing regains consciousness

  10-11-2025 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent - Samir Zitouni was wounded as he protected passengers during attack on LNER train from Doncaster to London
  
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