Public Transport news

• Glasgow Subway, ScotRail, and a complete lack of transport ambition

  06-09-2024 02:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - The first time I travelled on a new Glasgow Subway train I developed a serious case of music topophilia. It involved standing at the back of the train watching its length shoogle and twist through the bowels of the West End while Dramamine by Modest Mouse played aptly through my headphones. I was amazed I could hear it. Luckily, I donmp;#39;t suffer motion sickness. If anything would trigger it, it would be this intimate view of the entire Subway train snaking slowly from station to
  
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• Weed killer train helps heritage line

  09-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Work to clear weeds from a heritage railway line in Dorset has been carried out with the help of specialist equipment.
  
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• Transport Secretary to stop off in Peterborough to unveil new overhaul for bus services

  09-09-2024 02:00 via peterboroughtoday.co.uk
  Peterborough Telegraph - Plans to give local leaders new powers to run bus services in Peterborough are to be unveiled today.
  
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• Transport Secretary sets the wheels in motion on "biggest overhaul to buses in a generation"

  09-09-2024 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - The new Buses Bill will put power over bus services back in the hands of local leaders.
  
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• Transport officials reviewing new West London station design for level boarding, City Hall told

  09-09-2024 02:00 via harrowonline.org
  
  Other Regional Press - Transport officials are taking a fresh look at the design of a new railway station in west London to ensure it offers level boarding for all its services, City Hall has been told.
  
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• Trainline?s future in focus as Labour plots rail reform

  09-09-2024 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The outlook for Trainline will be in focus next week as the online ticket platform reports its half-year results amid major changes in the UK rail sector.
  
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• Trainlin's future in focus as Labour plots rail reform

  09-09-2024 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - The outlook for Trainline will be in focus next week as the online ticket platform reports its half-year results amid major changes in the UK rail sector.
  
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• Train operator to introduce new autumn timetable

  09-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A train company is preparing to introduce its autumn timetable to combat the threat of leaves on the lines.
  
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• Train company launches WhatsApp for service updates

  09-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A train operating company that serves Kent, East Sussex and Greater London has launched a WhatsApp channel to provide service updates.
  
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• Train chaos as services delayed and cancelled on West coast line

  09-09-2024 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo - Pictures showed crowds gathering at London Euston as signal fault impacts Avanti services
  
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• Thousands of holidaymakers affected by Gatwick travel chaos as air-traffic control staff shortage at airport sees at least 100 flights cancelled

  09-09-2024 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - According to Nats, the air-traffic control provider that runs the tower, temporary air traffic restrictions are currently in place at the Sussex airport mp;#39;in order to maintain safetymp;#39;.
  
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• The incredible new £116m UK railway line that's just reopened after 50 years

  09-09-2024 02:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - A new mp;pound;116million railway line has reopened in Scotland to reconnect communities that had gone without the crucial link for 50 years.
  
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• The incredible new ?116m UK railway line that's just reopened after 50 years

  09-09-2024 02:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - A new ?116million railway line has reopened in Scotland to reconnect communities that had gone without the crucial link for 50 years.
  
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• The incredible £371m project to develop 14 of Greece's busiest airports

  09-09-2024 02:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - Fraport Greece, the operator and manager of 14 Greek regional airports, is currently carrying out mp;amp;#xA3;371 million worth of Greek airport redevelopment projects.
  
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• ScotRail's booze ban under scrutiny with no prosecutions brought in three years

  09-09-2024 02:00 via aberdeenlive.news
  Other Regional Press - First Minister Nicola Sturgeon banned alcohol in stations and on trains in November 2020 as a temporary Covid measure - but the "draconian" ban remains in place.
  
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• Sarah Olney calls on Network Rail to ensure no more 'disastrous' delays ahead of Kew Railway Bridge works

  09-09-2024 02:00 via richmond.nub.news
  
  Other Regional Press - Richmond Park MP Sarah Olney welcomes Kew Railway Bridge works but hopes they are the "last for a very long time."
  
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• Rail passengers boarding without ticket to be fined

  09-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - As new fines come into force, passengers voice their frustration about buying before you board.
  
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• Public transport 'not meeting need in rural areas'

  09-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - As Belfast gets a mp;pound;340m transport hub, County Fermanagh residents call for more equitable provision.
  
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• No motorist exempt from pay-per-mile car tax bands as experts say it will solve a 'very real problem'

  09-09-2024 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - The Campaign for Better Transport says zero emission vehicles could be charged on a per-mile basis, describing it as the mp;amp;quot;easiest immediate solutionmp;amp;quot;
  
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• NI has lowest public transport spend of UK regions

  09-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - In 2022, spending per head in Northern Ireland was mp;pound;193 - less than half the equivalent spend in England and Scotland.
  
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• New pay-per-mile car tax changes warning with certain drivers at risk

  09-09-2024 02:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The Labour Party and Sir Keir Starmer have been warned of the mp;amp;quot;impossible taskmp;amp;quot; of implementing a pay-per-mile car tax system
  
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• More rail stations to adopt contactless payments

  09-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - More train stations across Surrey and Sussex are to get contactless payment systems.
  
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• More people cycling in Oxford than almost anywhere else in England, figure show

  09-09-2024 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Oxford had one of the highest proportions of cyclists in England last year, new figures have revealed.
  
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• Major English cities must rapidly expand zero-emission bus fleets to meet net zero targets

  09-09-2024 02:00 via eandt.theiet.org
  Other News Sources - England?s major cities must rapidly increase their adoption of zero-emission buses (ZEBs) if ambitious net zero targets are going to be met, Urban Transport Group (UTG) has said.
  
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• Look around £183million Cambridge South station as 'exciting' project takes shape

  09-09-2024 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - The station is expected to open in late 2025
  
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• Labour to give English local authorities power to run bus services

  09-09-2024 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Legislation will be put before MPs on Monday that extends right to all councils to set routes and timetablesLocal transport authorities across England will be able to run and control bus services under a Labour overhaul designed to mp;#147;save vital routesmp;#148;, parliament will hear on Monday.The transport secretary, Louise Haigh, said the mp;#147;bus revolutionmp;#148; would empower local communities as the government prepares formally to announce measures to make services mo
  
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• Green Party endorses building HS2 in full

  09-09-2024 02:00 via bright-green.org
  
  Other News Sources - Members of the Green Party of England and Wales have forced a reversal of their partymp;#39;s position on HS2.
  
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• Government unveils new 'bus revolution' measures for local leaders to bring services into public control

  09-09-2024 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News - Legislation giving all local transport authorities new powers to run their own bus services will be laid before Parliament
  
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• Gatwick Airport latest to be impacted by 'nightmare' weekend as UK holidaymakers face hundreds of trips cancelled

  09-09-2024 02:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - Airport bosses came under fire after 15,000 British travellers had the start of their holidays ruined, with an irritatingly simple cause for a weekend of flying chaos
  
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• Gatwick Airport latest to be impacted by 'nightmare' weekend as 15,000 face cancellations

  09-09-2024 02:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - Gatwick Airport was the latest to be affected by a mp;#39;nightmaremp;#39; weekend for the travel industry, with scores of passengers told to go home on Sunday afternoon
  
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