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• Network Rail back-tracks on date for electrification

  12-06-2016 02:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  
  Blackpool Gazette - Network Rail says the train line between Blackpool North and Preston will be electrified by May 2018months earlier than it mistakenly said last week.
  
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• Women-only Tube carriages are a terrible, unworkable idea

  05-02-2026 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Sex offences on public transport in London are soaring, but the solution is better policing and security across the network not voluntary gender segregation, argues James Ford Harold Macmillan, in a speech in 1961, said that the Liberals (as they were still then called) mp;#147;offer a mixture of sound and original ideasmp;#133;unfortunately none of the ...
  
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• Unite backs TfL proposals for publicly owned buses in the capital

  05-02-2026 01:00 via unitetheunion.org
  Other News Sources - Unite, the UK?s leading union representing workers in passenger transport, has strongly backed proposals for a new publicly owned bus company for London.
  
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• UK Parliament debate on local bus manufacturing challenges amid 38 rise in zero-emission buses and falling domestic output

  05-02-2026 01:00 via sustainable-bus.com
  Sustainable Bus - Zero-emission bus registrations in Britain increased by 38 per cent year on year in 2025, while domestic bus production fell by 167 units over the same period. These figures framed a Westminster Hall debate held on 27 January, in which MPs examined the state of British bus manufacturing amid the ongoing transition to zero-emission
  
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• UK aviation regulator asks Air India why Boeing with fuel switch issue was cleared to fly

  05-02-2026 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent - Civil Aviation Authority warns of regulatory action if the airline doesnmp;#146;t submit a complete response within a week
  
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• Transport chiefs deny Cressington station closure plan

  05-02-2026 01:00 via birkenhead.news
  Other Regional Press - Transport bosses have issued a guarantee that a south Liverpool railway station is not slated for closure after hundreds of concerned users signed a petition calling for it to be saved. On two separate occasions in December last year, travellers arrived at Cressington station to find it was shut.
  
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• Severe rail disruption continues after derailment

  05-02-2026 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express rail routes are severely disrupted after a derailment.
  
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• Safety has improved after fatal train derailment, inquiry hears

  05-02-2026 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Three men died when a train derailed near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire following heavy rain in 2020.
  
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• Proximity and The Coach Wizard grow school group consultancy

  05-02-2026 01:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Business providing services to SLT Tours after consultancy offer debuts at School Travel Forum
  
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• Plans to lower speed limit on A4128 from 40 to 30 mph

  05-02-2026 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  Bucks Free Press - Plans to reduce the speed limit on the A4128 Wycombe Road by Buckinghamshire Council from 40mph to 30mph have attracted mixed views from residents.
  
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• Plans for walking and cycle route from Govan bridge to Pollok Park

  05-02-2026 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - The proposed 1.68 mile (2.7km) walking and cycling route would link the bridge with Pollok Country Park.
  
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• Plans for large new train depot near Milton Keynes sends shockwaves through residents and councillors

  05-02-2026 01:00 via miltonkeynes.co.uk
  Other News Sources - East West Rail?s plan to build a major new train maintenance depot just outside Bletchley have not gone down well with the public this week.
  
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• Overtaking ban and 10mph speed limit coming to key Welsh road

  05-02-2026 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - The Welsh Government has confirmed that sections of the A477 in West Wales will be subject to traffic restrictions at different times over the next 18 months
  
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• New West Midlands transport and infrastructure campus announced

  05-02-2026 01:00 via highwaysmagazine.co.uk
  Highways Magazine - The Department for Transport (DfT), in partnership with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Cabinet Office, has announced a new Transport and Infrastructure Campus that is planned for the West Midlands.
  
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• New cycleway plans branded 'complete waste of money'

  05-02-2026 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  Cambridge News - CambridgeshireLive readers have clashed over plans for new Grantchester to Cambridge walking and cycling path with sharp differences over demand, cost and transport policy
  
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• New centre for Transport and Infrastructure to be established in West Midlands

  05-02-2026 01:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  Rail Advent - To accelerate regional growth and delivery in the West Midlands, a Government centre for Transport and Infrastructure is to be established in the region, along with a new campus.
  
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• Multi-million pound A46 Walsgrave junction upgrade approved to tackle Midlands congestion

  05-02-2026 01:00 via hellorayo.co.uk
  Other News Sources - A multi-million pound project to upgrade and improve the A46 Walsgrave junction has been approved, marking a significant step forward for improving connectivity and reducing congestion in the Midlands.
  
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• MPs cast doubt on £45bn Northern Powerhouse Rail

  05-02-2026 01:00 via placenorthwest.co.uk
  Other News Sources - During a hearing in the House of Commons, transport secretary Heidi Alexander revealed plans for NPR are to be designed in full before any contracts are tendered and declared mp;#39;railways are not built overnightmp;#39;, as opposition ministers questioned the schememp;#39;s funding and timelines.
  
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• Liverpool Street revamp recommended for approval

  05-02-2026 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Planning officers back Network Railmp;#39;s proposals for the London station, despite objections.
  
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• ?Life-expired? Superloop buses will be replaced soon, TfL says

  05-02-2026 01:00 via greenwichwire.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Transport for London has said it is working to get more modern buses on its new flagship Superloop route through southeast London as soon as possible.
  
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• Heidi Alexander has defended Northern Powerhouse Rail

  05-02-2026 01:00 via swindonadvertiser.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - South Swindon MP Heidi Alexander has defended the Northern Powerhouse Rail scheme, a project designed to transform connectivity across northern England.
  
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• First preps Great Yarmouth depot for electrification

  05-02-2026 01:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  Bus and Coach Buyer - Works have started at First Bus? Great Yarmouth depot to prepare the site for electric buses.
  The works at Caister Road depot in Great Yarmouth form part of a further ?13.8m investment, ?8.9m of which is being funded by First Bus, with the remainder funded through a grant from Norfolk County Council?s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP)
  
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• Dewsbury Bus Station revamp reaches steel signing phase

  05-02-2026 01:00 via placeyorkshire.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Being delivered by Willmott Dixon, the ?23m transport hub will be one of the first in the Weaver Network, which aims to create a joined-up transport system for buses, trains, and trams in West Yorkshire.
  
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• Depot works to see more electric buses across Norfolk

  05-02-2026 01:00 via edp24.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - New electric buses are being rolled out across more routes in Norfolk.
  
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• Construction works ramp up on A9

  05-02-2026 01:00 via transport.gov.scot
  Transport Scotland - The A9 Dualling: Tay Crossing to Ballinluig project is the fourth section of the A9 Dualling Programme to enter construction. The opening of the site compound comes after the implementation of major traffic management in the project area earlier this year as work continues to press ahead on the Programme.
  
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• Communities are being locked out in the biggest changes to airspace design in over 60 years, warns AEF.

  05-02-2026 01:00 via aef.org.uk
  Aviation Industry- Over the past year, the Government has been busy naming so-called mp;#147;blockersmp;#148; to its aspirations to mp;#147;build, build, buildmp;#148;. It has been explicit in its hostility towards them and to mp;amp;#8230;The post Communities are being locked out in the biggest changes to airspace design in over 60 years, warns AEF. appeared first on Aviation Environment Federation.
  
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• Campaigners step up push to reconnect Tavistock with national rail network

  05-02-2026 01:00 via themoorlander.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - TavyRail joins Railfuture as campaigners push to reopen Tavistock to Bere Alston rail line, with Devon County Council and Restoring Your Railway programme supporting proposals to improve Plymouth Metro connections and sustainable transport in West Devon
  
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• Cabinet Office sets out plans for Transport and Infrastructure Campus

  05-02-2026 01:00 via civilserviceworld.com
  Other News Sources - Project aims to focus expertise in transit, property and housing in the West Midlands
  
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• Bus company U-turns with new cheaper school ticket following MPs pressure

  05-02-2026 01:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  Burnley Express - Bus company Transdev to offer new mp;#145;School Returnmp;#146; tickets for under 16s following pressure from MPs and parents after a price rise.
  
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• Bristol Airport liquid rules for 2026 as 100ml limit is phased out in UK

  05-02-2026 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  Bristol Live - More UK airports are making the switch
  
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