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• Tywyn's Talyllyn Railway opens doors to volunteers

  04-06-2017 02:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - The Talyllyn Railway is offering volunteers the chance to work on the locomotives and on the tracks.
  
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• Wiltshire MP backs Wessex mayoral authority funding

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - A new regional mayor could unlock long-awaited investment for Wiltshire - according to a local MP.
  
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• UK Government derails Welsh rail vision

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Welsh Government - The Welsh Government has been calling for ?1 billion as part of that commitment in this budget but has only received a tiny fraction (3).
  
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• UK airports confirm their support for London Heathrow expansion

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Aviation Industry- Airports from every nation and region of the UK have confirmed their support for a third runway at Heathrow, the country?s hub airport.
  
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• Transport for Wales finance chief wins prestigious UK award

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Other News Sources - Owen Davies, FCCA, Head of Finance at Transport for Wales, has received ACCA UK?s inaugural Finance Impact Award.
  
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• This new tech will change your flights in the next year subscription

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Times Online - ery soon, the notion that you board a flight and get to be cut off from reality for a bit will be as strange as smoking on planes. Thatmp;#146;s thanks to Elon Muskmp;#146;s Starlink, the satellite system that airlines are in the process of aggressively rolling out on their aircraft, which keeps passengers at 35,000ft tethered to the ground through a superfast internet connection.
  
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• South Yorkshire sets out £1.45bn transport investment plan

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Rail Business Daily - South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) is preparing to submit its mp;pound;1.45 billion Transport for City Regions (TCR) programme to Government.
  
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• South Yorkshire sets out ?1.45bn transport investment plan

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Rail Business Daily - South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) is preparing to submit its ?1.45 billion Transport for City Regions (TCR) programme to Government.
  
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• Save Hammersmith Bridge – but keep it free of cars Letters

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  The Guardian - Readers respond to Simon Jenkinsmp;#146;s article on the west London crossingSimon Jenkins is a great defender of our national heritage, having produced many books on the subject and frequently written in the Guardian against aggressive modern architectural horrors. How shocking, then, to find him arguing for the replacement of Hammersmith Bridge simply to provide for yet more cars on the roads (Hammersmith Bridge is a symbol of our dysfunctional times. The money is there, the joi
  
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• Residents slam 'devastating' East West Rail project set to impact 'everyone in the region'

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Cambridge News - mp;#39;Will we be able to live here - will we be able to get our children to school mp;#150; will we be able to breathe heremp;#39;
  
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• Rail link to Glasgow Airport to be 'at heart' of city's metro plans

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Rail Magazine - A rail link to Glasgow Airport will be ?at the heart? of forthcoming plans for Clyde Metro, a senior Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) official has said.
  
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• Rail link to Glasgow Airport to be 'at heart' of city's metro plans

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Rail Magazine - A rail link to Glasgow Airport will be mp;#39;at the heartmp;#39; of forthcoming plans for Clyde Metro, a senior Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) official has said.
  
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• ?Put local voices at the heart of decisions about buses?

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Labour List - 40 years ago Margaret Thatcher?s 1985 Transport Act came into force. This law deregulated publicly owned and controlled bus services across the country except in London. Thatcher told her critics to judge the policy by its successes. 40 years on we can confidently say that by every conceivable measure it has failed.
  
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• Progress continues on Carlisle Market Hall bus hub improvements

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Local Government - Cumberland Council is making further progress on the transformation of Carlisle Market Hall bus hub, helping to create a more attractive, accessible and welcoming gateway to the Market Hall and city centre.
  
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• People with ADHD entitled to a third off their train travel subscription

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Times Online - Broadened criteria now include neurodivergence as a qualifier for a disabled rail card, which more than 450,000 people hold already
  
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• Passengers warned of November rail disruption

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - Passengers are being urged to plan ahead for their journeys this November while essential upgrades are made to the rail network.
  Parts of the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex and Suffolk will be affected, as well as the branches to Harwich, Braintree and Sudbury.
  The work - to improve reliability and prepare for major track renewals over Christmas - will also affect the lines to Southend Victoria and Southminster.
  
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• Passengers plead over shelter shut for five years

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - Shivering rail passengers at a station where the waiting room has been closed for five years have pleaded for shelters to be installed this winter.
  
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• Only 3 of £4bn rail pledge allocated to Wales so far

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  South Wales Argus - A mp;pound;14bn UK Government pledge to improve rail infrastructure has yet to materialise.
  
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• Only 3 of ?14bn rail pledge allocated to Wales so far

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  South Wales Argus - A ?14bn UK Government pledge to improve rail infrastructure has yet to materialise.
  
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• Next stage of £7bn East West Rail begins despite Oxford delay

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - A major road has closed as work continues on the East West Rail project.
  
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• Next stage of ?7bn East West Rail begins despite Oxford delay

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - A major road has closed as work continues on the East West Rail project.
  
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• National Highways to be stripped of role managing historic railway structures

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Rail UK - Campaigners have welcomed a Government commitment to hand the custodianship of 3,100 legacy bridges, tunnels and viaducts to Great British Railways, the body expected to take over the operation of most of Britain?s rail infrastructure and passenger services next year.
  
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• Mini-gardens for bees on bus stop roofs approved

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - Plans to introduce "bee bus stops" aimed to boost biodiversity in urban areas have been approved for Peterborough.
  
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• London rail commuters face rise in fares of up to 4.2 next spring

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  London Evening Standard - The Chancellor has not allocated funds for a ticket price freeze to continue
  
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• LNER slammed for using caterer that doesn't pay Living Wage

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - An MP has said she is "deeply concerned" that a York-based rail firm is using a catering company that no longer pays its staff the Real Living Wage.
  
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• Leeds station set for £200 million capacity enhancement

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Rail Magazine - Leeds station is set for a comprehensive overhaul following the confirmation in the Budget of an additional mp;pound;200 million in government investment.
  
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• Leeds station set for ?200 million capacity enhancement

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Rail Magazine - Leeds station is set for a comprehensive overhaul following the confirmation in the Budget of an additional ?200 million in government investment.
  
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• Isle of Wight MPs offered Burnham meeting over ferry regulation plans

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - The Isle of Wight MP's have submitted a proposal on Solent ferry regulation to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, after Conservative IW East MP Joe Robertson was urged to last month (September).
  
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• Hillsborough residents to host public meeting on controversial transport changes

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Sheffield Star - Residents of Hillsborough, Walkley and surrounding areas will gather next week to discuss Sheffield Council's controversial traffic plans, as their petition reaches 1,900 signatures.
  
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• Heavily delayed Liverpool Baltic Station costs soar to £160m

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Liverpool Echo - New Combined Authority report says promised new station - already delayed by years - will cost double earlier estimates
  
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