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• AI project aims to prevent level crossing safety incidents

  06-09-2024 02:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - UK: Purple Transform has been awarded Innovate UK funding to develop and trial the use of artificial intelligence to alert staff to potential safety incidents at level crossings.
  
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• Campaigners call for unlimited ‘climate card’ UK rail pass

  19-09-2024 07:00
  
  Research says flat-fee train travel would bring economic and health benefits as well as simplifying ticket faresRenationalising the railways does not go far enough – Labour should spur a rail renaissance by allowing people around the UK unlimited train travel for a flat fee, campaigners have said.Under a “climate card” system, passengers could pay a simple subscription to gain access to train travel across all services. This could be effective if set at £49 a month, accor
  
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• What can be done to resolve the UK?s local road crisis?

  19-09-2024 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Local roads in the UK are at a crisis point after years of underfunding, which has left authorities unable to maintain them to the required level.
  
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• What can be done to resolve the UK's local road crisis?

  19-09-2024 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Local roads in the UK are at a crisis point after years of underfunding, which has left authorities unable to maintain them to the required level.
  
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• US sues ship firms for $100m over Baltimore bridge crash

  19-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The Justice Department said repair costs should be carried by the companies responsible, not US citizens.
  
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• Update in plans to replace 'severe congestion' point in city centre

  19-09-2024 02:00 via dailyecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A major road project to replace an ageing rail bridge which is a mp;#147;severe congestion pinch pointmp;#148; has taken a step forward.
  
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• UK: Alstom Completes First Phase in Overhaul of Pendolino Train Bogies

  19-09-2024 02:00 via railway-news.com
  
  Railway-News - Alstom has reached a significant milestone in the overhaul of train bogies for Avanti West Coast?s Class 390 Pendolino fleet.
  
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• Treasury issues HS2 funding update for Wales

  19-09-2024 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Wales losing out on funding through HS2 has been a huge talking point
  
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• Train drivers vote to accept multiyear pay offer and end two-year dispute

  19-09-2024 02:00 via expressandstar.com
  
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - The ballot result ends what Aslef called the longest train drivers? strike in recent history, during which drivers took 18 days of strike action.
  
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• Train drivers accept pay deal as Starmer caves in to union?s demands

  19-09-2024 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - Aslef says members voted by 96 per cent in favour of deal, worth 15 per cent over three years
  
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• Train drivers accept pay deal as Starmer caves in to union's demands subscription

  19-09-2024 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph - Aslef says members voted by 96 per cent in favour of deal, worth 15 per cent over three years
  
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• Train drivers accept 15 pay deal, ending two years of strikes. subscription

  19-09-2024 02:00 via thetimes.com
  
  Times Online - Members of Aslef union vote in favour of three-year offer worth about mp;pound;9,000 to most drivers
  
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• Scotland to restore peak fares after year?s trial

  19-09-2024 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Peak fares will be reinstated on ScotRail services from September 30, after ministers announced that passenger numbers had not increased enough to make an all-day off-peak trial permanent.
  
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• Scotland to restore peak fares after year's trial

  19-09-2024 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Peak fares will be reinstated on ScotRail services from September 30, after ministers announced that passenger numbers had not increased enough to make an all-day off-peak trial permanent.
  
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• ORR: train drivers need sufficient rest

  19-09-2024 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Train companies and unions have been told to be more vigilant when rostering crews for long night shifts when they have had insufficient rest.
  
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• Off-peak concession could turn into all-day free travel for Cambridgeshire bus pass holders

  19-09-2024 02:00 via cambsnews.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - Those with disabilities and older people may shortly be able to enjoy all-day free travel across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough if a ?500,000 subsidy is agreed. Currently concessionary bus pass holders are limited off-peak times, which are from 9:30am on weekdays and at weekends.
  
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• No trains to run on major line for nine days to make way for South Wales Metro

  19-09-2024 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - The engineering work will run for nine days between the outskirts of Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil
  
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• Night buses to return to Bournemouth and Poole

  19-09-2024 02:00 via bournemouthecho.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - NIGHT buses are to return to Bournemouth and Poole after a break of more four years.
  
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• Next generation of battery train technology coming thanks to new partnership

  19-09-2024 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - A new battery pack is to be created thanks to a new partnership led by Hitachi Rail.
  
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• MPs want Haughley junction improvements to be prioritised

  19-09-2024 02:00 via eadt.co.uk
  
  East Anglian Daily Times - An all-parliamentary group of MPs has asked for a scheme which would see improvements made to an important rail junction in Suffolk to be prioritised.
  
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• MPS demand action over Ely and Haughley junction revamps

  19-09-2024 02:00 via derehamtimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Railway bottlenecks holding back better train services in Norfolk and Suffolk must be made priorities for improvement by the Labour government, the region's MPs have demanded.
  
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• More seafarers to receive training for electric-propelled vessels

  19-09-2024 02:00 via ciltuk.org.uk
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has put out key benchmarks for consultation, aiming to increase training opportunities for seafarers working on the growing number of electric-propelled vessels.The MCA published draft criteria today (September 17) as the foundation for new courses to be offered by maritime training providers. These criteria include minimum learning requirements for safety and technical skills. Each course must receive MCA
  
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• Mayor ‘determined’ to get half-hourly service between Scarborough and York

  19-09-2024 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - York and North Yorkshiremp;#146;s mayor has said he is mp;#145;determinedmp;#146; to get a half-hourly train between Scarborough and York.
  
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• Manchester Airport's Terminal 2 to open more than 20 shops and restaurants

  19-09-2024 02:00 via theboltonnews.co.uk
  
  Bolton News - From Chanel to Greggs, there are a variety of shops, restaurants and bars opening in Manchester Airportmp;#39;s Terminal 2 by summer 2025.
  
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• Mace reveals it is nearing completion of Heathrow cargo tunnel renewal

  19-09-2024 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - The last module in the lining of Heathrow Airport?s 870m cargo tunnel under its runways is about to be installed by Mace under a ?145M renewal project.
  
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• London Tube map creator's story told in new play

  19-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The life of Harry Beck, the man who modernised the Tube map, is being explored in a new play.
  
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• London transport upgrades stall as financial squeeze bites

  19-09-2024 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Mayor Sadiq Khan argues improvements are needed to stimulate housebuilding in the capital and regenerate neighbourhoods
  
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• Labour urged to introduce £49-a-month rail subscription to reduce transport inequalities in the North

  19-09-2024 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - A new report from Greengauge 21, commissioned by Greenpeace UK and exclusively shared with the Yorkshire Post and the Guardian, argues that by launching the project across the North it would help reduce regional transport inequalities.
  
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• Labour urged to introduce ?49-a-month rail subscription to reduce transport inequalities in the North

  19-09-2024 02:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - A new report from Greengauge 21, commissioned by Greenpeace UK and exclusively shared with the Yorkshire Post and the Guardian, argues that by launching the project across the North it would help reduce regional transport inequalities.
  
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• Inflation holds steady despite jump in air fares

  19-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Lower fuel prices helped offset the higher cost of flying in the year to August.
  
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