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• Campaigners welcome rail bridge maintenance switch

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - Campaigners have welcomed plans to take the management of 3,000 railway bridges, tunnels and viaducts away from a government department accused of "cultural vandalism".
  
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• Welsh aviation firm buys huge fleet of Qantas planes

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Wales Online - AerFin has acquired 44 planes in its biggest ever deal
  
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• We back third runway at Heathrow, says chancellor subscription

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Times Online - The government is ?behind building a third runway at Heathrow?, the chancellor has said, despite suggestions from Andy Burnham that the scheme could be ditched.
  
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• Universal park needs rail link restored, says group

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  BBC News - A travel group is calling for a 20-mile (32km) railway line that closed in 1962 to be reinstated to serve the forthcoming Universal theme park which it believes could be significantly more successful than predicted.
  
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• The 100+ Guildford roads that could get a 20mph limit under new council plans

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Get Surrey - The council is re-assessing the speed limits of a number of residential roads
  
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• Scotland urged to set high private jet tax after COP31 summit

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  The Herald - Increased use of private jets around the Cop31 climate summit should inspire Holyrood ministers to set an ?unapologetically high? tax on such flights, campaigners have insisted.
  
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• Notorious bridge struck for second time in less than two weeks

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Cambridge News - The bridge is known as one of the mp;#39;most bashedmp;#39; railway bridges in Britain
  
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• Nissan reduces petrol car production as EV sales boom in China

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  The Guardian - Manufacturer says mp;#145;shift to new energy vehicles is happening faster than expectedmp;#146; and market is harshThe Japanese carmaker Nissan has said it has been caught out by accelerating sales of electric and hybrid cars in China amid a brutal price war in the worldmp;#146;s biggest automotive market.The manufacturer slashed its sales forecasts for China and said it would cut back on petrol car manufacturing while increasing production of battery electric vehicles and plug-i
  
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• Mysterious bump in Surrey road on bridge over M23 being investigated

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Get Surrey - It is not clear why the bump has appeared but it could be down to movement in the ground
  
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• MSP calls for CAF to be removed from ScotRail train procurement process

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Rail Magazine - Train builder Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) should be removed from the shortlist for manufacturing ScotRail?s new suburban fleet, a leading MSP has said.
  
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• MPs call for end to 'leaves on track' rail chaos

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - Two MPs have written to a train operator after a number of its services missed out stations due to "slippery" leaves on the track.
  
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• Merseyrail station cat Nala dies as heartbroken owner pays tribute to 'whole community's cat'

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  North Wales Live - For the many commuters who became accustomed to seeing Nala waiting at St Michaelmp;#39;s, the station will undoubtedly feel a little emptier without its much-loved four-legged resident
  
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• Mayor says new Baltic station plan still stacks up

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - Liverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotheram has said the business case for a new railway station in the Baltic Triangle still stacks up, despite rising costs and delays.
  
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• Heathrow boss defends ‘mindless’ terminal reshuffle

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  City AM - The boss of Heathrow Airport has been forced to defend his decision to separate Virgin Atlantic from its partner airline Delta, after the carriermp;amp;#8217;s chief executive threatened to challenge the decision mp;amp;#8220;extremely hardmp;amp;#8221;. Thomas Woldbye said the west London hubmp;amp;#8217;s recent reshuffle of terminal occupancy would allow 2.5m more travellers through Heathrow every year and ...
  
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• Heathrow boss defends 'mindless' terminal reshuffle

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  City AM - The boss of Heathrow Airport has been forced to defend his decision to separate Virgin Atlantic from its partner airline Delta, after the carriermp;#39;s chief executive threatened to challenge the decision mp;#39;extremely hardmp;#39;. Thomas Woldbye said the west London hubmp;#39;s recent reshuffle of terminal occupancy would allow 2.5m more travellers through Heathrow every year and ...
  
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• Government supports Heathrow third runway, Healey says

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  City AM - The government has thrown its weight behind Heathrowmp;amp;#8217;s third runway expansion for the first time since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister. John Healey told the Treasury Committee that the Andy Burnham government mp;amp;#8220;was behind a third runway at Heathrowmp;amp;#8221; and lamented the thicket of regulation preventing it from being approved sooner. mp;amp;#8220;Successful airports are very ...
  
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• Government decision on landslip road rebuild bid ‘imminent’

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - A funding decision for the reconstruction of a road devastated by a catastrophic landslip more than three years ago is mp;#147;imminentmp;#148;.
  
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• East West Rail: ministers warned years ago discussion delays could prevent services before 2027

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Rail Magazine - Ministers were warned within weeks of the 2024 election that delays to discussions over East West Rail (EWR) train operations could mean no services before 2027.
  
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• Diesel still costing close to a ‘dismal’ £2 a litre despite oil price falls

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  The Guardian - Pump prices stay stubbornly high as leading bank official warns energy costs are likely to remain mp;#145;elevatedmp;#146;The price of diesel on UK forecourts remains stubbornly close to Octobermp;#146;s record high of mp;pound;2 despite a sharp fall in oil prices.A litre costs an average of 197p, according to the AA, which described the situation as mp;#147;dismalmp;#148;. By contrast, petrol has fallen 6p to 168p from the peak of 174.7p in early October. That was the highest lev
  
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• Contractor named for next phase of Transporter Bridge restoration

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - The contractor will carry out detailed testing and trials on the historic structure and put forward refurbishment proposals and costs
  
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• Christmas strikes put Tube drivers straight on the naughty list

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  City AM - Yet more Tube strikes in the run up to Christmas risk making calls for a driverless Tube network irresistible, argues James Ford As Father Christmas is making his list of who has been naughty and who has been nice this year, one suspects that, somewhere near the top of the naughty list, will be the ...
  
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• Carmakers urge energy secretary to relax electric vehicle targets subscription

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Times Online - Consumer demand is insufficient to meet the mandate that 80 per cent of new car sales be electric by 2030, manufacturers say
  
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• Car dealers have withdrawn discounts on new petrols since fuel prices rocketed - so is it now cheaper to choose electric?

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  This is Money- Average discounts on new petrol cars have slipped from 10.8 in February to 10.2 in November, while diesel discounts have fallen from 9.7 to 8.5. Is this the tipping point to choose a new EV?
  
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• Bristol Airport locals lodge official complaint over hundreds of night flights

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Bristol Live - They say the local council isnmp;#39;t doing enough to stop them
  
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• Auditors say 'weak and fragmented' as West Midlands tram extension delays laid bare

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Birmingham Mail - There have been delays to major Metro service extensions in Birmingham and the Black Country
  
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• Andy Burnham needs to deliver on fair funding for rail in Wales

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Birmingham Post - The recent UK budget has brought to the boil simmering tensions between the UK and Welsh governments.
  
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• 'We must ensure companies survive' - leading automotive group speaks amid concerns over supply chain

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Birmingham Post - A new report says the country is at risk of losing critical suppliers to major car makers
  
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• ‘It’s not safe’: Family demand closure of level crossing after son’s tragic death

  12-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - The parents of a teenager tragically killed on a railway line are calling for a level crossing to be shut over fears for the safety of schoolchildren.
  
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• Why are Britain's streets still so polluted? Because the car industry dinosaurs do what they like, and politicians let them George Monbiot

  11-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  The Guardian - The transition to electric vehicles should be moving apace, but it is not. And why? Incompetence, expedience and cowardiceThis is how it works. An industry puts tremendous effort into resisting change: lobbying governments, mobilising the media, pouring money into junktanks. It argues that a transition would threaten jobs, or damage the national interest, or harm poor people, while what it really fears is the cost of retooling its plants or developing new protocols. Then, when the
  
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• Welsh aviation firm acquires a fleet of planes from Aussie airline Qantas

  11-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Birmingham Post - AerFin has acquired 44 planes in its biggest ever deal
  
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