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• Transport for Wales goes live on the Rhymney line

  03-12-2025 01:00 via nation.cymru
  Nation. Cymru - Transport for Wales has taken another major step towards completing the electrification of the South Wales Valley lines, as the overhead wires across the Rhymney railway line are switched on.
  
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• Tram driver strikes postponed amid 'fatigue' talks

  03-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - The Unite union says its members will vote on a new offer of improved rotas and shift patterns.
  
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• Taxpayers to contribute more than £3bn to Lower Thames Crossing

  03-12-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Increase comes despite ministersmp;#146; attempts to have private sector shoulder most of bill for 14-mile road and tunnel
  
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• Search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to resume more than 11 years after plane went missing

  03-12-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - The countrymp;#146;s transport ministry said the search would resume on 30 December and confirmed that US robotic company Ocean Infinity would take part The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume this month, the Malaysian transport ministry has said, more than a decade after the plane disappeared in one of aviationmp;#146;s greatest mysteries.In a statement on Wednesday, the transport ministry confirmed the search would resume on 30 December, saying that
  
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• Rolling stock withdrawal plans altered after Unimetals liquidation

  03-12-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Recycling company Unimetals has filed for liquidation, causing issues across the rail network.
  
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• Real Estate 2026: Trends to watch, challenges to tackle, opportunities to seize

  03-12-2025 01:00 via propertywire.com
  Other News Sources - Absent Stamp Duty reform, ISA allowance cuts, and no replacement to Help to Buy, first-time buyer activity may slow. On the positive side, infrastructure commitments, including renewed funding for the Lower Thames Crossing, could boost connectivity and property values in east and south-east London, supporting developers and investors over time.
  
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• Railway engineers take on 'Britain's biggest Christmas jigsaw puzzle'

  03-12-2025 01:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  Rail Business Daily - Network Rail says railway engineers are set to take on a project dubbed mp;#39;Britainmp;#39;s biggest Christmas jigsawmp;#39; this festive season.
  
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• Rail is reliable, inclusive and green ? all at once: Stuart Jones

  03-12-2025 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - When I think about the North?s future ? greener, fairer, more connected ? I think about trains.Not because rail solves everything, but because when it?s done well, it becomes far more than a mode of transport. It?s a catalyst for skills, innovation, culture and opportunity.
  
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• Plans to improve town's transport 'do not propose real solutions', says bike group

  03-12-2025 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Plans to improve local transport in Bicester and Mid Cherwell mp;#39;do not really propose real solutionsmp;#39;, says a bike group.
  
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• Peel Ports Group becomes first UK port operator to join CO2nstructZero framework

  03-12-2025 01:00 via multimodal.org.uk
  Other News Sources - Peel Ports Group has become the first UK port operator to join the Construction Leadership Council?s Co2nstructZero programme.
  
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• Overhead wires switched on for train electrification scheme

  03-12-2025 01:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  South Wales Argus - The activation took place on the Rhymney line between Caerphilly and Rhymney in south Wales, marking a key milestone in Transport for Walesmp;#39; (TfW) efforts to complete the electrification of the South Wales Valley lines.
  
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• Network Rail plans for Wilton Rise bridge creating York Central link

  03-12-2025 01:00 via gazetteherald.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - PLANS for a new accessible walking and cycling bridge linking Holgate with the York Central development have been lodged, including images showing how it could look.
  
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• MP welcomes shift in attitude ahead of Ely Junction debate

  03-12-2025 01:00 via hellorayo.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A Cambridgeshire MP believes there's a shift in attitude towards improving Ely rail junction.
  The scheme - where lines from Cambridge, Peterborough, Norwich, King's Lynn and Ipswich all meet - missed out on funding in the Government's Autumn Budget.
  
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• MP visits Kex Gill Realignment with Shadow Transport Secretary

  03-12-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - SKIPTON MP Sir Julian Smith has visited the site of the multi-million pound realignment of the A59 at Kex Gill.
  
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• MP bemused by lack of rail junction upgrade

  03-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - An MP has been left "quite bemused" about why a major rail junction upgrade still has not happened.
  
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• More weekend flights and bigger planes if Farnborough Airport expansion plans approved

  03-12-2025 01:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The planning application has been submitted and neighbouring councils are now giving their feedback
  
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• Marks Tey rail station left off accessibility improvement

  03-12-2025 01:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A train station near Colchester will not benefit from accessibility improvements, after an MP shared residents? pleas for help.
  
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• Labour?s licence to crush rail competition subscription

  03-12-2025 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Private sector rivals worry they will be squeezed out in favour of newly state-owned operators.Britain?s soon-to-be-nationalised railway threatens to extinguish the last vestiges of competition across the 200-year-old network ? but not in the way most would expect.
  
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• Labour's licence to crush rail competition subscription

  03-12-2025 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Private sector rivals worry they will be squeezed out in favour of newly state-owned operators.Britainmp;#39;s soon-to-be-nationalised railway threatens to extinguish the last vestiges of competition across the 200-year-old networkbut not in the way most would expect.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover design chief behind 'woke' rebrand ‘escorted from office’

  03-12-2025 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - The designer behind the JLR redesign and overhaul has reportedly been dismissed from the carmaker just days after a new chief executive took over.
  
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• Hybrid drivers face double tax whammy with 1.5p a mile levy subscription

  03-12-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - The electric vehicle excise duty announced in the budget will apply to plug-in hybrids even when they are running on petrol or diesel
  
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• Huge boost for £140m project to transform Cardiff Central station

  03-12-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - A go-ahead announcement is expected this week
  
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• Huddersfield experts share research at Colorado summit

  03-12-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Researchers from the University of Huddersfield shared their railway research expertise at the 14th World Congress on Railway Research.
  
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• HS2 accounted for 69 of total spend on rail infrastructure and rolling stock last year

  03-12-2025 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - The High Speed 2 (HS2) mega-project accounted for 69 of all expenditure on rail infrastructure enhancements and rolling stock for the period April 2024 to March 2025.
  
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• How the 'road to hell' could get even worse to make way for Heathrow expansion

  03-12-2025 01:00 via inews.co.uk
  i News - The owners of Britain's busiest airport say they can 'realign' the M25 without disruption - but campaigners and engineers fear chaos on the motorway and in local communities
  
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• Fears village could be ‘cut in half’ prompts plan to reinstate busway crossing

  03-12-2025 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  Cambridge News - A petition signed by more than 2,400 people called for Cambridgeshire County Council not to block some of the existing informal crossings over the guided busway.
  
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• Experts call for stable PPP model after contractor liquidation

  03-12-2025 01:00 via constructionnews.co.uk
  Construction News - The construction sector needs to be mp;#39;wooedmp;#39; for it to accept a new form of public-private partnership (PPP), experts have said in the wake of the collapse of a PFI contractor.
  
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• Exclusive:'It's all there': Munich Airport International names 'unique' point to Doncaster Sheffield Airport

  03-12-2025 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - The size of Doncaster Sheffield Airport?s runway is ?unique? amongst its regional competitors and was key to persuading Munich Airport International to get on board with the reopening project, the firm?s managing director has said.
  
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• Exclusive:'It's all there': Munich Airport International names 'unique' point to Doncaster Sheffield Airport

  03-12-2025 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - The size of Doncaster Sheffield Airportmp;#39;s runway is mp;#39;uniquemp;#39; amongst its regional competitors and was key to persuading Munich Airport International to get on board with the reopening project, the firmmp;#39;s managing director has said.
  
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• Essex set for major road boost with 3265 million funding for repairs

  03-12-2025 01:00 via yourharlow.com
  Other News Sources - ADAM Fox, Labour candidate for Mayor of Greater Essex, has today welcomed the Labour Governmentmp;#39;s record funding boost for road maintenance, including a total of mp;pound;192.9 million in baseline funding and mp;pound;71.9 million in incentive funding for councils across Greater Essex.
  
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• Essex set for major road boost with ?265 million funding for repairs

  03-12-2025 01:00 via yourharlow.com
  Other News Sources - ADAM Fox, Labour candidate for Mayor of Greater Essex, has today welcomed the Labour Government?s record funding boost for road maintenance, including a total of ?192.9 million in baseline funding and ?71.9 million in incentive funding for councils across Greater Essex.
  
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• Edinburgh to London in under four hours on HS2 may be pipe dream subscription

  03-12-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - Travellers may have to kiss goodbye to shorter journeys after the UK government fails to safeguard the route of the delayed high-speed line north of Birmingham
  
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• Did the budget build a path to construction recovery, or just pile on another layer of uncertainty?

  03-12-2025 01:00 via lbc.co.uk
  LBC - Despite reassuring rhetoric that infrastructure is fundamental to economic renewal - and the announcement of major backing for projects such as the Lower Thames Crossing, Northern Power Rail, and local service construction - the Budgetmp;#8239;stillmp;#8239;leaves a gap between the scale of the challenge andmp;#8239;an instructive way forward for achieving the rightmp;#8239;pace of delivery.
  
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• Cornwall Airport to carry out major upgrade in bid to improve 'safety and reliability'

  03-12-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - The transport hub says the investment is part of a programme of infrastructure works at the site
  
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• Cornwall Airport Newquay announces upgraded radar system for improved safety and reliability

  03-12-2025 01:00 via rewindradio.co.uk
  Other News Sources - As part of a of a wider programme of infrastructure modernisation, Cornwall Airport Newquay is upgrading its radar system to help manage Cornwall?s airspace more efficiently
  
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• Call to reopen disused Watford railway station tops 500 signatures

  03-12-2025 01:00 via watfordobserver.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A call to reopen the disused West Watford Station has gathered more than 500 signatures as campaigners seek to put it before the council.
  
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• Bristol Airport Announces it is Transforming its Departures Lounge

  03-12-2025 01:00 via travelradar.aero
  Other News Sources - Bristol Airport (BRS), the regional airport serving the South West of England and Wales, has announced it will be renovating its Departures Lounge and its Assisted Travel Lounge as part of its ?400 million airport transformation plan, following the opening of its Public Transport Interchange.
  
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• Bournemouth Airport with one of lowest flights cancelled

  03-12-2025 01:00 via bournemouthecho.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Bournemouth Airport has topped the list for the lowest cancellation rate in the UK.
  
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• 'Approve it!' - Office of Rail and Road urged to signal green light for Shropshire-London rail service

  03-12-2025 01:00 via shropshirestar.com
  Other Regional Press - The Office of Rail and Road has been urged to "listen" and approve new proposals for a rail service that would connect Shropshire directly with London.
  
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• £13.5 million government investment to transform Carlisle station

  03-12-2025 01:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  Network Rail - Passengers using Carlisle station will benefit from a mp;pound;13.5 million government investment to transform the historic station into a modern transport hub thatmp;#39;s easier to use and better connected to the city.
  
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• 'I don't know who would leave it there' - clearing up badly parked e-bikes

  03-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Councils have called for greater powers to be able to seize e-bikes left badly parked in their areas.
  
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• 'Carspreading' is on the rise - and not everyone is happy about it

  03-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - In the UK and across Europe, cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier.
  
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• Airbus to inspect some planes over 'quality issue' with panels

  03-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - The announcement comes days after a massive recall affecting thousands of the firmmp;#39;s A320 fleet.
  
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