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• Industry backs faster ERTMS deployment

  09-02-2017 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  
  Railway Gazette - EUROPE: The Chief Executives of the eight signalling companies that are members of the UNISIG...
  
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• ZEV levy and tourist tax present opportunity for coach and bus

  19-01-2026 01:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - The new ZEV levy and tourist tax could be good news for coach and bus, writes CPT CEO Graham Vidler
  
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• Welsh Government's £1 bus fare scheme sees over two million journeys taken

  19-01-2026 01:00 via deeside.com
  Other Regional Press - More than two million bus journeys have been taken by young people across Wales since the launch of the mp;pound;1 bus fare scheme in September last year.
  
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• 'We will not be the forgotten county over rail'

  19-01-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Staffordshire will not be the forgotten county its council leader said, as plans for a new rail link between Birmingham and Manchester get drawn up.
  
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• UK’s 'most unreliable' airline named for 2025 - and it’s not Ryanair or easyJet

  19-01-2026 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror - A new analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data has determined the mp;#39;most unreliablemp;#39; airline in the UK for 2025, with less than 60 per cent of flights departing on schedule
  
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• Two short but spectacular HS2 tunnels offer glimmer of hope for stalling project

  19-01-2026 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Despite much soul-searching over UKmp;#146;s inability to build infrastructure, two sections of HS2 under Chilterns are being hailed for their engineeringSeventy metres down, in deep incognito beneath a disguised ventilation shaft in the Chilterns countryside, lies HS2mp;#146;s buried treasure: two 10-mile tunnels, built to avoid an area of outstanding natural beauty, eerily spectacular in gleaming concrete.They are, laments a staffer on the high-speed railway scheme, what all of
  
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• Trump plunges Britain's carmakers back into crisis subscription

  19-01-2026 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Less than a year ago, Sir Keir Starmer claimed to have delivered on his promise to protect jobs at Jaguar Land Rover.
  
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• Train station hailed as 'stunning and ambitious' by Labour council has just one business inside - two years after ?27million makeover

  19-01-2026 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - A train station hailed for its 'stunning and ambitious' ?27million renovation has now been branded a 'massive embarrassment' after attracting just one business inside two years after its grand reopening.
  
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• Train station hailed as 'stunning and ambitious' by Labour council has just one business inside - two years after £27million makeover

  19-01-2026 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - A train station hailed for its mp;#39;stunning and ambitiousmp;#39; mp;pound;27million renovation has now been branded a mp;#39;massive embarrassmentmp;#39; after attracting just one business inside two years after its grand reopening.
  
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• Station lifts plans progress with access funding

  19-01-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - A station with no step-free access between its platforms is a step closer to getting lifts installed after the government confirmed it would fund detailed design work.
  
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• Spain train crash: Train operator issues major update on evacuation of passengers

  19-01-2026 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  The Mirror - Rail operator Adif said the accident occurred at 7.45pm (1845 GMT), around 10 minutes after the Malaga to Madrid train, operated by Iryo, left Cordoba - so far at least 24 people have sadly died
  
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• Spain train crash live: 24 dead after derailment turns into horror oncoming collision

  19-01-2026 01:00 via express.co.uk
  Daily Express - Tragedy strikes in southern Spain as a high-speed train derailment leaves a trail of devastation. Witnesses recount the chaos and fear that unfolded.
  
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• Sign up at Middlesbrough station for platform that doesn't exist

  19-01-2026 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  Northern Echo - Confused commuters have spotted signage for a railway station platform that doesn't yet exist, and won't for another two years.
  
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• Rail disruption warning after engineering overruns

  19-01-2026 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - National Rail warns of disruption until the end of Monday after weekend work not finished in time.
  
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• Public inquiry announced into rail upgrade that could leave villages 'cut off' for months

  19-01-2026 01:00 via oldham-chronicle.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The government has launched a public inquiry into part of a major rail upgrade that is mp;#39;crucialmp;#39;but could leave a thriving local area mp;#39;cut offmp;#39; for months.
  The Department of Transport has invited representatives to give evidence for and against a section of the Transpennine Route Upgrade, a project aimed at modernising the railway system between York and Manchester.
  
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• Protest held against 'short-sighted' tunnel plan

  19-01-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - About 150 people have gathered at a Victorian railway tunnel near Bradford in the hope of reversing a government decision to fill it in.
  
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• Opinion: There's cautious optimism over long-awaited Northern Powerhouse Rail – but we need firm timelines

  19-01-2026 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - Steve Johns, partner at law firm Weightmans, warns that without mp;#39;sustained funding commitmentsmp;#39; the plan could reach the end of the track before much headway is made.
  
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• One of America's worst airports continues to live up to its bad reputation as homeless people give tourists a ghastly welcome to the US

  19-01-2026 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - The jarring first impression for tourists represents another problem for the airport, which regularly tops lists for longest wait times, most delayed flights and highest rates of mishandled baggage.
  
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• North Yorkshire's Transport Chief On Rural Bus Latest

  19-01-2026 01:00 via thisisthecoast.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - North Yorkshire Council's Executive Member for Highways and Transportation has addressed the situation regarding rural bus transport in the region.
  
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• New CPT Partnerships Director role aimed at shaping local bus policy

  19-01-2026 01:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - routeone speaks to new CPT Partnerships Director Aaron Hill about how he intends to help local leaders make the right decisions for bus
  
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• Manston Airport: Latest news on its reopening, when work is due to start and that all-important £750m funding

  19-01-2026 01:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  Kent Online - Yet, as 2026 dawns, the site remains much as it has since the airportmp;#39;s closure back in 2014. Just with an additional 11-plus years of decay gnawing at buildings which dot the 800-acre site.
  
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• Major step forward in drive to bring West Midlands bus services under public control

  19-01-2026 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - A 'critical' step in overhauling the West Midlands bus network has been moved forward by transport bosses.
  
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• London Gateway set to claim top berth from Felixstowe subscription

  19-01-2026 01:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - The Thames port is poised to become the UKmp;#39;s busiest after huge expansion by Dubai owners DP World helped it handle 3m containers last year
  
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• Legal charity gets nearly £4m of unclaimed rail fare dispute funds subscription

  19-01-2026 01:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - Access to Justice Foundation receives windfall from a class action against South Western Trains in the first payout of its kind
  
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• Leaders to approve £6.5m replacement of accessible bus fleet

  19-01-2026 01:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  The Business Desk - Bus passengers in West Yorkshire should benefit from a mp;pound;6.5m investment into a new fleet of fully accessible, ultra-low emission buses.
  
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• Leaders to approve ?6.5m replacement of accessible bus fleet

  19-01-2026 01:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  The Business Desk - Bus passengers in West Yorkshire should benefit from a ?6.5m investment into a new fleet of fully accessible, ultra-low emission buses.
  
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• Key route set for £20m works but anger at Welsh Government remains

  19-01-2026 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - mp;#39;Council tax money is going on something that should be supported by the Welsh Government,mp;#39; said one councillor
  
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• How the high-speed train crash in southern Spain unfolded: ‘Felt like an earthquake’

  19-01-2026 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent - High-speed train gets derailed, jumps onto adjacent track, and slams into oncoming train on Sunday in southern Spain
  
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• High-speed train crash in southern Spain leaves 39 dead

  19-01-2026 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Another 75 people hospitalised, officials say, after two trains collide and derail near Adamuz in Cordmp;oacute;ba provinceThirty-nine people have been killed and 75 hospitalised after two trains collided in southern Spain on Sunday in what the prime minister, Pedro Smp;aacute;nchez, called mp;#147;a night of deep painmp;#148; for the country.A high-speed Iryo train travelling from Mmp;aacute;laga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz, crossing on to the other track where it hit an oncom
  
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• GWR confirms 'major investment' with office lease

  19-01-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - A rail firm has secured a deal on a large office building as part of a "significant long-term investment" in a city, bosses have said.
  
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