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• Fix rail bottleneck to boost Croydon, mayor urges

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - Croydon's mayor has said he wants to make his borough "one of the best places in the south of England for a night out" but says this depends on fixing a long-standing rail bottleneck.
  
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• Why a problem on the ground can affect flights thousands of miles away among other issues

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  The Independent - Regional U.S. air traffic control centers communicate using a complex network thatmp;#146;s mp;#147;one of the largest telecommunications systems in the country,mp;#148; and disruptions like those seen on Friday with an hourslong, nationwide grounding of flights can reverberate widely, according to an aviation expert
  
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• Welsh council made more than £400,000 in one year from parking fines with ten major hotspots

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Wales Online - The worst places to park in Carmarthenshire if you donmp;#39;t want a parking fine have also been revealed
  
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• US officials say flight stoppage stemmed from ‘routine maintenance’ as travel chaos continues

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  The Guardian - Thousands of flights still canceled as officials blamed ageing air control system for nationwide groundingThe Trump administration says Fridaymp;#146;s four-hour nationwide Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ground stop that delayed or canceled thousands of flight stemmed from routine maintenance.At a news briefing on Saturday, the US transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, said that the issues began when a contractor was performing mp;#147;routine maintenancemp;#148; at a remote
  
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• Ultra-fast charging and 600KW EVs could be on UK roads by 2030

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Daily Express - EXCLUSIVE: Formula E has become a testbed for electric car technology, and these high-tech features could be on the roads sooner than you think.
  
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• Two planes collide at Miami airport as audio captures moment 'somebody hit' aircraft

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  The Mirror - It comes after thousands of flights were cancelled across the United States, which left passengers scrambling for seats and disrupted travel around the world.
  
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• Trump says ‘old broken stuff’ to blame for US air traffic outage as Duffy points finger at copper wire

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  The Independent -
  
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• The least reliable train route in the country starts in Liverpool

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Liverpool Echo - The data does not look good for one particular route out of our city
  
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• SWR trains disrupted as Wimbledon lines close on Sunday

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other News Sources - Passengers travelling through Wimbledon face major disruption this Sunday as maintenance work closes railway lines in the area for the entire day.
  
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• SpaceX Starship makes dramatic return to Earth after being 'caught' in mid-air by mechanical arms

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  The Mirror - Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman called the feat mp;#39;almost magicmp;#39; after a set back on Friday, when the first stage booster exploded after a lift-off from Texas
  
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• Police clarify exactly where to merge lanes — £100 fine for getting it wrong

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  North Wales Live - Police have clarified how to correctly merge lanes on UK roads and how it could cost you
  
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• New Orleans port sues to get control of tanker that crashed into cruise ship on Mississippi River

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  The Independent - New Orleans port officials have sued the owner of a tanker that slammed into a cruise ship on the Mississippi River
  
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• Five areas in the West Midlands where people killed or seriously injured in crashes is on the rise

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Birmingham Mail - Thousands of people have died or been seriously injured on the regionmp;#39;s roads
  
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• East Lancs Railway bosses hit out at 'mindless vandalism' ahead of popular Christmas services

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Manchester Evening News - The Bury based heritage railway, which runs between Heywood and Rawtenstall,
  
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• Could everything be broken? Grounded jets, Microsoft outage, AI chaos make some wonder

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  The Independent - After the Silicon Valley chaos spurred by reports of an AI billionairemp;#39;s affair with a suspected Chinese spy and the Microsoft outage that upended millions of workersmp;#39; days, Fridaymp;#39;s air travel ground stop across the U.S. had many people feeling that something was up
  
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• Andy Burnham urged to introduce 'scrappage' scheme for polluting cars

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Leeds Live - Andy Burnham has been urged to bring in a national mp;#39;scrappagemp;#39; scheme for the most polluting vehicles in the UK
  
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• ‘Our hands are tied’: Kent estate to expand despite fears over roads, water and schools

  15-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - Councillors backed another phase of a housing estate after hearing warnings that roads, schools and water supplies were already under pressure.
  
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• Warning of major M8 delays as lanes close for bridge reinstallation

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - The motorway closures will be in place from 18:00 on Saturday until 13:00 on Sunday, when diversions will be in place.
  
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• US ground stop lifted after hours of disruption subscription

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Times Online - Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, warned that delays would keep happening after a communications outage resulted in thousands of cancellations
  
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• US flights updates: Passengers at UK airports face delays after FAA ground stop

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  The Mirror - A nationwide ground stop affecting departing flights across the US has been lifted after almost five hours - but UK passengers still face disruption today
  
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• US flights LIVE as Manchester Airport to face disruption after FAA ground stop

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Manchester Evening News - The FAA has begun gradually lifting restrictions after a ground stop was ordered at airports across the USA - there are 3,000 flights cancelled and 2,000 delayed today as a result
  
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• US flight chaos: What happened with US flights on Friday and why were they grounded

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a nationwide ground stop on Friday, halting all flights across the United States for several hours
  
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• US aviation agency lifts nationwide ground stop affecting all air travel

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  The Guardian - Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, said the airspace was now open and the problem had been identifiedChaos at US airports as stoppage grinds travel plans to a haltWhat to know about the rare nationwide ground stop issued by the FAAThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has lifted a nationwide ground stop that was declared Friday afternoon, delaying or canceling more than 11,000 US flights, according to aviation tracker FlightAware, and throwing airports into sudden chaos
  
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• Urgent rescue effort as American Cruise Lines ship carrying around 150 passengers capsizes

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Bristol Live - Rescue efforts are underway to pull people from the water in America
  
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• UK-EU breakthrough will allow airport-style checks at Eurotunnel to avoid border ‘chaos’

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  The Guardian - Eurotunnel owner Getlink wants to replicate mp;#145;airport experiencemp;#146; at Folkestone and Calais, without making people get out of carsAirport-style passport and fingerprinting controls are to be introduced at Eurotunnel in an attempt to prevent mp;#147;short-term and long-term chaosmp;#148; in Folkestone and Calais.In a breakthrough for travellers, the European Commission has agreed to a new system in which an mp;#147;eagle eyemp;#148; camera system, already used in Rome a
  
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• UK drivers given warning as 'more using wrong side of road'

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Bristol Live - New research has been released
  
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• Transport minister issues key decisions on £170m North Wales bridge crossing

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Daily Post (North Wales) - The government wants to build a new bridge crossing over the River Dee at Queensferry
  
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• Thousands of flights canceled as airlines work to dig out from nationwide ground stop

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  The Independent - Airlines across the U.S. are working to dig out from the longest nationwide ground stop in 25 years
  
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• The Surrey stations getting more SWR trains as new December timetables introduced

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Get Surrey - A host of Surrey stations will see more frequent trains into and out of London
  
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• Plane tail appears to strike runway during Heathrow landing

  14-11-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - Flight BA431, travelling from Amsterdam, was approaching the runway when the pilots aborted the landing and carried out a go-around.
  
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