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• Network Rail commissions cloud-based digital archive

  19-02-2018 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - UK: Network Rail has appointed Preservica to create a cloud-based digital archive to preserve and...
  
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• Will Northumberland Line success help more open?

  22-03-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - On 29 March the final station, Bedlington, opens on the Northumberland Line marking the completion of the project to reopen the route from Newcastle to Ashington.
  
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• What?s ahead as Trump threatens to send ICE agents to airports while TSA workers go unpaid during shutdown

  22-03-2026 01:00 via edition.cnn.com
  C.N.N. - As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn?t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.
  
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• What's ahead as Trump threatens to send ICE agents to airports while TSA workers go unpaid during shutdown

  22-03-2026 01:00 via edition.cnn.com
  C.N.N. - As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesnmp;#39;t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.
  
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• 'Weca needs to control its own bus network'

  22-03-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Greater Manchester's mayor has called on West Country transport bosses to take control of their bus network.
  
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• Trump threatens to send ICE to airports on Monday amid DHS funding standoff

  22-03-2026 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - President attacks ?Radical Left Democrats? after homeland security funding bill again sinks in Senate
  
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• Trump sets 48-hour deadline for Iran to open Strait of Hormuz

  22-03-2026 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - US president threatens to mp;#145;obliteratemp;#146; Iranmp;#146;s power plants if waterway is not opened for shipping
  
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• Rapid 100mph trains and six new stations to transform Cardiff rail network

  22-03-2026 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - Business case submitted for railway upgrades between Cardiff Central and Severn Tunnel Junction to enable proposed stations including Cardiff Parkway, Newport West and Magor
  
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• Rachel Reeves confirms new £455 charge for owners of specific models

  22-03-2026 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - A shake-up of motoring tax rules has been announced by the Government
  
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• Rachel Reeves confirms drivers doing 6,000 miles a year to face new £180 charge

  22-03-2026 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - Details of the new tax targeting certain vehicles have been set out
  
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• Private jets face $50,000 ‘war risk’ insurance costs to land in Gulf

  22-03-2026 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Some operators refuelling outside region to minimise time spent on the ground
  
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• President Trump Wants To Replace TSA Officers With ICE Agents If DHS Funding Halt Continues

  22-03-2026 01:00 via simpleflying.com
  Aviation Industry- President Trump is looking to take executive action to deploy Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement (ICE) agents at airports across the US if the partial government shutdown continues. The plan could be implemented as early as the beginning of the work week, despite backlash and the legalities of the matter being raised.
  
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• Locomotive fundraiser moves full steam ahead

  22-03-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The fundraising efforts of volunteers at a heritage railway are moving full steam ahead to buy and renovate a historic locomotive.
  
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• Inside the eerie A483 'bus graveyard' frozen in time

  22-03-2026 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - What was once a bustling garage and petrol station is now a silent corridor of decaying steel
  
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• HS2's latest challenge Cutting the speed of its trains to save money subscription

  22-03-2026 01:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - Every extra 1mph of top speed increases the troubled rail linemp;#39;s costs by mp;pound;1 billion. And now it emerges the plan was to ship the trains to China for testing
  
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• Heathrow's new car parks to cost more than Gatwick's second runway subscription

  22-03-2026 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Airport to spend mp;pound;72,000 per parking space and passengers risk picking up the tab
  
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• Ferry chiefs reveal when CalMac's next new fleet will arrive - days before first vessel's passenger debut

  22-03-2026 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - All four of CalMac's Turkish-built ferries should reach Scotland within a year - five months ahead of schedule
  
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• Extra Sunday services confirmed by train company

  22-03-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Extra Sunday rail services will give passengers in the East Midlands greater flexibility and choice, according to the operating company.
  
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• Essex bus operator to scrap airport stop on key route from next month

  22-03-2026 01:00 via essexlive.news
  Other Regional Press - An Essex bus operator will scrap a stop at an Essex airport on a key route from next month. It is one of several changes being rolled out by operator First Essex.
  
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• Easter rail disruption between London Waterloo and Weymouth

  22-03-2026 01:00 via bournemouthecho.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Rail passengers in Dorset will face major disruption this Easter due to essential engineering work on a key route.
  
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• CalMac May Deploy Islay Newbuild to Serve Arran Route

  22-03-2026 01:00 via afloat.ie
  Other News Sources - The west-coast operator has confirmed that the newbuild island namesake is now on standby and could instead enter service on the Firth of Clyde.
  
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• Bus operator condemns removal from city station

  22-03-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Coach operator FlixBus has been served notice to stop operating from Leeds Bus Station.
  The company was due to expand its services from the station next month.
  
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• Burnley MP tackles PM on access to Manchester Road station

  22-03-2026 01:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  Lancashire Telegraph - Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has won a promise from Sir Keir Starmer that he will have a meeting with the government?s rail minister to discuss making the town?s Manchester Road station fully accessible.
  
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• Britain?s 10 greatest public transport icons subscription

  22-03-2026 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - As the ?Boris Bus? reaches the end of the road, we look back at the planes, trains and automobiles that have transformed how we travel
  
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• Britain's 10 greatest public transport icons subscription

  22-03-2026 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - As the mp;#39;Boris Busmp;#39; reaches the end of the road, we look back at the planes, trains and automobiles that have transformed how we travel
  
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• Brislington resident blocks 'dangerous' lamppost EV chargers and says they're 'not needed'

  22-03-2026 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  Bristol Live - mp;amp;quot;These EV lampposts are a great idea, but here itmp;#146;s not needed and it would be unsafemp;amp;quot;
  
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• Best small car for UK roads named and it's not a MINI, Peugeot or Ford

  22-03-2026 01:00 via express.co.uk
  Daily Express - A group of motoring experts have compiled a list of the best small cars on sale in the UK with one winner coming out on top
  
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• ‘The stakes are enormous’: how a prolonged Iran war could shock the global economy

  22-03-2026 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Donald Trumpmp;#146;s mp;#145;little excursionmp;#146; is likely to have long-term effects, from oil prices to inflation to growth, say expertsIn the days after the US and Israel first bombed Iran, financial markets bet the economic fallout from Donald Trumpmp;#146;s mp;#147;little excursionmp;#148; in the Middle East would be short-lived.mp;#147;There are risks from higher oil prices longer term. But this is a tail risk,mp;#148; one US-based fund manger said after the airstrike k
  
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• All TfL transport upgrades planned for 2026 including new trains and toilets

  22-03-2026 01:00 via metro.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Travelling in London can feel like doom and gloom sometimes, but there is some light at the end of the tunnel with some major transport upgrades coming up.
  
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• 5 Airports With The World's Most Efficient International Transit Connections

  22-03-2026 01:00 via simpleflying.com
  Aviation Industry- International transit efficiency is no longer a vague concept; it is precisely measured by how many viable flight connections an airport can generate within a defined transfer window. According to the latest data from OAG, hubs likeLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR) with over 59,000 connections to 226 destinations, and Istanbul Airport (IST), with 82,733 connections to 327 destinations, dominate global rankings because of their dense airline networks and tightly coordinated schedul
  
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