Public Transport news

• Will Labour’s plan make train tickets cheaper?

  04-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - What impact will Labourmp;#39;s pledge to nationalise the railways have?
  
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• UTG warns city region zero-emission bus uptake must accelerate

  04-09-2024 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - The zero-emission bus fleet in city regions in England must expand by around 1,200 vehicles each year until 2036 if those locations are to meet net-zero targets, the Urban Transport Group (UTG) has said.
  
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• Trial of former VW boss begins over 'dieselgate' scandal

  04-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Martin Winterkorn, who was head of the German carmaker in 2015, appeared in court on Tuesday.
  
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• Travel plan promises wider paths and new bus lane

  04-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - People in Leeds have been giving their views on plans to improve a major route connecting the city centre with St James's Hospital.
  
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• Transport Secretary Launches rail reform era

  04-09-2024 02:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has unveiled the first steps to setting up the new body responsible for the country?s rail network - Great British Railways (GBR).
  
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• Transport Secretary fires the starting gun on rail reform as Public Ownership Bill reaches final stages in Commons

  04-09-2024 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - Government to prioritise passengers over private companies and reverse decades of delays, cancellations and unreliable services on Britain?s railways.
  
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• The great West Yorkshire tram saga and 100 years of broken promises

  04-09-2024 02:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - With proposals introduced to once again establish a tram network in West Yorkshire, it is time to take a look back in time
  
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• Starting gun fired on Great British Railways

  04-09-2024 02:00 via railuk.com
  
  Rail UK - Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has today (Tuesday 3 September) fired the starting gun on rail reform by launching Shadow Great British Railways (Shadow GBR).
  
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• Shadow Great British Railways launched as railways public ownership Bill progresses

  04-09-2024 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Transport secretary Louise Haigh has today, 3 September, launched Shadow Great British Railways (Shadow GBR) as the first step in the long-awaited major overhaul of the UKmp;#39;s rail network.
  
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• ?Shadow? Great British Railways launched

  04-09-2024 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews - Transport secretary Louise Haigh has launched a shadow version of the future ?directing mind? Great British Railways, as the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill reaches its Third Reading in the House of Commons today.
  
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• Ryanair and Wizz Air smash passenger records as demand soars in 'busiest summer'

  04-09-2024 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - Ryanair and Wizz Air has reported record August passenger numbers as demand for travel continued to soar in one of the busiest summers on record
  
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• Reading All-Bus ticket prices increase after discount ends

  04-09-2024 02:00 via readingchronicle.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The tickets, more than 2.5 million of which have been sold since the scheme was introduced last year, enables passengers to travel all day using different bus companies including Reading Buses, Thames Valley Buses, Carousel Buses, and Thames Travel.
  
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• Rail reform: Public Ownership Bill reaches final stages in Commons

  04-09-2024 02:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has fired the starting gun on rail reformushering in a new era for our railways which aims to put passengers first.
  
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• Rail reform is go, says Britain?s transport secretary

  04-09-2024 02:00 via railjournal.com
  Other News Sources - Shadow Great British Railways created as legislation to end private operating contracts makes progress.
  
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• Rail nationalisation takes a step closer under Starmer’s first major public reform in Commons victory

  04-09-2024 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill has become the first major reform to clear the Commons since Labour was elected in July
  
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• Queensway regeneration scheme started with work on bus gate

  04-09-2024 02:00 via echo-news.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - THE ambitious ?575 million Queensway regeneration scheme has officially started with work on a new ?bus gate? after councillors gave it the go-ahead at the 11th hour.
  
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• Pay-per-mile car tax could cost UK drivers £190 a year

  04-09-2024 02:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - The changes come ahead of the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars in 2035
  
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• Lime bikes may be removed from borough over safety

  04-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Abandoned e-bikes are causing havoc in a north-west London borough, according to the local council.
  
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• Labour ?locked in? to rebalancing transport investment around UK, Nandy says

  04-09-2024 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Culture secretary says government committed to growth in 'every part' of country, singling out coastal towns' potential
  
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• Labour is accused of recklessly 'rushing through' legislation to renationalise Britain's railways as 'starting gun is fired' on the biggest reforms in a generation

  04-09-2024 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mail Online - Last night the Passenger Railway Services Bill was waved through the Commons by MPs which if it becomes law will see privatised services renationalised.
  
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• Investment, not ownership, is the issue for Britain’s railways

  04-09-2024 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Nationalising train operators is no guarantee of better performance
  
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• Inside the major M62 £22m project set to begin as huge disruption expected

  04-09-2024 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - The M62 motorway will be closed for two weekends this month as the railway bridge is replaced
  
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• Government launches shadow body to overhaul Britain's railways

  04-09-2024 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - A shadow version of a new public sector body to oversee Britainmp;#39;s railways has been launched by Transport Secretary Louise Haigh.
  
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• First Bus Leeds: 24-hour bus service between Leeds and Bradford officially launches in West Yorkshire

  04-09-2024 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - The first-ever 24-hour bus service between Leeds and Bradford has officially begun.
  
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• CPT backs pay-per-mile vehicle tax

  04-09-2024 02:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) is getting behind the Campaign for Better Transport?s (CBT) call for a per-mile form of road taxation.
  
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• ?Catch the Bus Month? gets going

  04-09-2024 02:00 via cbwmagazine.com
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Bus Users UK?s annual ?Catch the Bus Month? has begun and runs throughout September, with a focus on accessibility and improving access to bus services, following on from the organisations recently published research on the experiences of disabled bus passengers entitled ?Why are we waiting?? which shows the impact accessible transport can have on people?s lives and the difference even simple improvements can make.
  
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• Anger as new single-decker electric buses too tall to fit under York bridge

  04-09-2024 02:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The York Press - Residents in a York suburb have lost a bus service because Firstmp;#146;s new electric single-decker buses are too tall to go under a bridge, a councillor said.
  
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• 'This is not acceptable': Concern over disabled access at rail station

  04-09-2024 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A rail boss has acknowledged that disabled access at a local rail station is mp;#147;a challengemp;#148; after one councillor said many found it impossible to catch a train there.
  
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• ‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train

  04-09-2024 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The new zero-emission train, known as Zemu, will run through an area that has long suffered from poor air quality. Will it be the start of a clean energy rail movement in the US?Theremp;#146;s a new train pulling into the station in San Bernardino, a southern California city about 60 miles from Los Angeles. From the outside, it looks like any other commuter train, with three passenger carriages, blocky windows and a colourful blue exterior.But inside, itmp;#146;s unlike anything t
  
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• 15,000 city-region buses must become zero emissions by 2036 to hit net zero targets, report finds

  04-09-2024 02:00 via urbantransportgroup.org
  Urban Transport Group - Around 15,000 buses operating in England?s major cities must become zero emissions by 2036, if city regions are to hit their ambitious net zero targets.
  
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