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• Households ?short-changed on Heathrow runway payouts? subscription

  18-08-2026 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Thousands of households will be inadequately compensated for noise created by jets using Heathrow?s proposed third runway, rival airport Gatwick has claimed.
  
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• Virgin wins approval for cross-Channel trains despite Eurostar complaints

  18-08-2026 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Virgin wins approval for cross-Channel trains despite Eurostar complaints.
  
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• Virgin Trains to end Eurostar?s cross-Channel monopoly subscriptiion

  18-08-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - The rail regulator has approved track access for Sir Richard Branson?s company to run services from London to Europe
  
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• Virgin Trains to end Eurostar's cross-Channel monopoly subscriptiion

  18-08-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - The rail regulator has approved track access for Sir Richard Bransonmp;#39;s company to run services from London to Europe
  
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• Virgin Trains one step closer to launching London-Europe services to rival Eurostar

  18-08-2026 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - The company wants to run as many as 20 daily return trips through the Channel Tunnel
  
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• Virgin Trains given major green light to rival Eurostar from 2030

  18-08-2026 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - Virgin Trains is set to launch international services to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, after being granted pre-approval to access tracks up to the Channel Tunnel.
  
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• Virgin Trains gets green light to run trains between London and Paris

  18-08-2026 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Sir Richard Branson?s company gets regulatory approval to run up to 20 new daily return services between London and the continent
  
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• Virgin Trains gets green light for channel tunnel route

  18-08-2026 02:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Virgin Trains has moved a step closer to running train services between London and Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels, after the railway watchdog waved through its application to use the line connected London to the channel tunnel. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said on Monday it had given Sir Richard Bransonmp;amp;#8217;s train company the ...
  
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• Virgin Trains a step closer to running services to Europe in blow to Eurostar

  18-08-2026 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Operator granted UK track access for as many as 20 daily return trains to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam from 2030
  
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• Train services cut as TfW faces shortage of available trains

  18-08-2026 02:00 via nation.cymru
  
  Nation. Cymru - Rail passengers are being warned of service changes across the Wales and Borders network this week because of a shortage of available trains.
  
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• TfL urged to prioritise investment in escalators

  18-08-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Labour assembly member Elly Baker says more of the networkmp;#39;s budget needs to be spent on escalators.
  
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• SWISS strengthens its Geneva base with larger aircraft

  18-08-2026 02:00 via newsroom.swiss.com
  Aviation Industry- SWISS is adjusting its fleet at its Geneva base for summer 2027. The airline will replace two Airbus A220-300s with two Airbus A320neos. This will create additional seats on the high-demand Geneva?London Heathrow route.
  
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• ScotRail Class 385 fleet clocks up more than 62 million miles

  18-08-2026 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - ScotRailmp;#39;s Class 385 fleet has clocked up more than 62 million miles since entering passenger service in 2018more than 130 return journeys to the Moon.
  
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• Sadiq Khan issues Heathrow expansion warning with stark '22million' prediction

  18-08-2026 02:00 via mylondon.news
  
  My London - The government's case to move forward with expanding Heathrow Airport has not been "sufficiently made" and heavily relies on outdated evidence from 2015, the Mayor of London has said.
  
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• Richard Branson?s Virgin to take on Eurostar with 20 trains a day subscription

  18-08-2026 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Billionaire to shake up Channel Tunnel monopoly with rival service
  
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• Richard Branson's Virgin to take on Eurostar with 20 trains a day subscription

  18-08-2026 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Billionaire to shake up Channel Tunnel monopoly with rival service
  
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• Richard Branson to take on Eurostar with 20 Virgin trains a day through Channel Tunnel

  18-08-2026 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  This is Money- Richard Branson has moved a step closer to taking on Eurostar with up to 20 Virgin trains travelling through the Channel Tunnel every day.
  
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• Revamp of Glasgow's Hielanman's Umbrella landmark put on hold

  18-08-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A planned revamp of Glasgow's landmark "Hielanman's Umbrella" - a glass fronted railway bridge near Central Station - has been put on hold.
  
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• POINTS AND A FINE: London taxi drivers warned NOT to use M4 Spur bus lane into Heathrow Airport Terminals 2 and 3 Perry Richardson

  18-08-2026 02:00 via taxi-point.co.uk
  
  TaxiPoint - London cabbies are being urged to observe the bus lane restrictions on the approach to Heathrow Airport?s Terminals 2 and 3 following reports that police officers have been carrying out enforcement in the area.
  
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• Northern economy transformed through evolution of airport, says report marking 25 years of Manchester?s Runway 2

  18-08-2026 02:00 via investmanchester.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The last runway to be built in the UK has profoundly changed the Northern economy over 25 years and has the potential to deliver and even greater boost in the future, a report out today concludes.
  
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• Northern economy transformed through evolution of airport, says report marking 25 years of Manchester's Runway 2

  18-08-2026 02:00 via investmanchester.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The last runway to be built in the UK has profoundly changed the Northern economy over 25 years and has the potential to deliver and even greater boost in the future, a report out today concludes.
  
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• Mapping Britain?s Railways: 7 iconic rail diagrams explored in new book

  18-08-2026 02:00 via designweek.co.uk
  Other News Sources - When is a map not a map? When it is a schematic rail diagram.
  
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• Mapping Britain's Railways: 7 iconic rail diagrams explored in new book

  18-08-2026 02:00 via designweek.co.uk
  Other News Sources - When is a map not a map? When it is a schematic rail diagram.
  
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• London Charing Cross and Waterloo East reopen after railway carries out £20 million programme of engineering work

  18-08-2026 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - Southeastern services have resumed, once again, at Charing Cross and Waterloo East after a 22-day closure for essential engineering work at the central London terminus.
  
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• London Charing Cross and Waterloo East reopen after railway carries out ?20 million programme of engineering work

  18-08-2026 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - Southeastern services have resumed, once again, at Charing Cross and Waterloo East after a 22-day closure for essential engineering work at the central London terminus.
  
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• Latest on 'mandatory' 15mph speed limit for cyclists on Cambridge track

  18-08-2026 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - The speed limit was introduced to reduce mp;amp;quot;accidental conflict between users of the shared use trackmp;amp;quot;
  
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• Interview Former Welsh infrastructure advisor on the challenges Wales faces

  18-08-2026 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - David Clubb stood down as chair of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW) last month, after more than four years in the role.
  
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• How the absence of the trams could help make the case for Edinburgh's new North-South tramline

  18-08-2026 02:00 via edinburghnews.scotsman.com
  Edinburgh Evening News - As residents and visitors alike adjust their plans to cope with the fact that Princes Street is out of action at the city's busiest time of year and there are no trams to Leith, thoughts at the City Chambers are turning to the proposals for a new North-South tramline.
  
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• How much public money does Dundee Airport to London route receive?

  18-08-2026 02:00 via thecourier.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The Dundee Airport to London route has received millions of pounds of public funding in the last three years.Last week it emerged that flights between the City of Discovery and London Heathrow would be ending on October 23.
  
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• Households 'short-changed on Heathrow runway payouts' subscription

  18-08-2026 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Thousands of households will be inadequately compensated for noise created by jets using Heathrowmp;#39;s proposed third runway, rival airport Gatwick has claimed.
  
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