Public Transport news

• Southeastern announces upgrade of fleet

  12-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Southeastern has announced a "major refurbishment" of some of its trains.
  
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• Wizz Air CEO may miss £100m bonus as share price falters despite passenger surge

  28-01-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - Wizz Airmp;#39;s share price has struggled over the past year, meaning the budget carriermp;#39;s CEO is unlikely to hit the huge bonus target set by the companymp;#39;s shareholders
  
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• Will a third runway at Heathrow help UK growth?

  28-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce expansion plans but some question the short-term benefits.
  
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• What's next for East West Rail as planning timeline announced

  28-01-2025 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - Thousands of people have had their say on proposals for East West Rail
  
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• Western Gateway Proposes New Rail Investment for Wales and West England to Boost Connectivity

  28-01-2025 01:00 via travelandtourworld.com
  
  Other News Sources - The Western Gateway Partnership has outlined an ambitious plan to revitalize rail infrastructure in Wales and the west of England.
  
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• Wales needs real money for rail freight

  28-01-2025 01:00 via railfreight.com
  
  Other News Sources - Moving goods by rail in Wales has dramatically declined. Now, the Secretary of State in the UK government is calling for rail to be made a top spending priority. It?s been argued that core traffic, particularly coal, has not been replaced. Heavy industry in South Wales, agricultural produce traffic in the mid-Wales counties, and port traffic along the north coast have all been marginalised or transferred to road haulage.
  
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• Wales and the west of England needs billions in new rail projects says report

  28-01-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - A programme of much need rail enhancement projects for Wales and the west of England has been outlined by the Western Gateway Partnership
  
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• UK?s third-largest train lessor could be sold for ?4bn

  28-01-2025 01:00 via railtech.com
  
  Railtech - Hong Kong-listed CK Infrastructure (CKI) is exploring the potential sale of Eversholt Rail, one of the UK?s leading rolling stock leasing companies, with a valuation that could reach ?4 billion (?4.8bn). So might Britain?s rail renationalisation programme have anything to do with the move?
  
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• UK's third-largest train lessor could be sold for £4bn

  28-01-2025 01:00 via railtech.com
  
  Railtech - Hong Kong-listed CK Infrastructure (CKI) is exploring the potential sale of Eversholt Rail, one of the UKmp;#39;s leading rolling stock leasing companies, with a valuation that could reach mp;pound;4 billion (mp;pound;4.8bn). So might Britainmp;#39;s rail renationalisation programme have anything to do with the move?
  
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• Third Heathrow runway will not go ahead if it breaks net zero targets, says Miliband. subscription

  28-01-2025 01:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Energy Secretary insists the expansion must be justified within carbon budgets, as Rachel Reeves prepares to endorse the proposal
  
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• Storm damage included 500 incidents in Scotland alone

  28-01-2025 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -Network Rail engineers and contractors have been continuing to work around the clock to repair the railway after the destructive winds and rain of Storm Eowyn wreaked havoc on Friday. ScotRail said there had been about 500 incidents involving obstructions or damage north of the border alone, including 120 fallen trees.
  
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• Spanish firm completes Harland and Wolff takeover

  28-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Spainmp;#39;s state-owned shipbuilder, Navantia, has completed the takeover of Harland and Wolff.
  
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• Shadow GBR boss admits meetings with DfT not being recorded, reveals 5 'areas of focus'

  28-01-2025 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  
  New Civil Engineer - Records of meetings for the government to hold Shadow Great British Railways (GBR) to account as it develops the delivery plan for the new official public body are not currently being kept, its chair has admitted.
  
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• Scots rail crash 'lessons learnt' fails spark train safety alarm

  28-01-2025 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - Concerns have surfaced over the safety of Scotland's railways as it emerged more than half of the 'lessons learnt' recommendations of action demanded in the wake of the Stonehaven rail tragedy nearly five years ago have still to be implemented.
  
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• Railway 200: a year-long campaign marking two centuries of the railway

  28-01-2025 01:00 via news.railbusinessdaily.com
  
  Rail Business Daily - Andrew Haines, Chief Executive Officer of Network Rail, looks back at a successful programme of work delivered over Christmas and the New Year and looks forward to Railway 200, a milestone year that gives everyone working in rail an opportunity to reflect on their careers and personal experiences
  
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• Rail Plan Could Create 30 New Stations and Deliver £17bn Economic Boost

  28-01-2025 01:00 via businessnewswales.com
  
  Other News Sources - A plan which aims to deliver new train stations, halve journey times across South Wales and Western England and which could bring mp;pound;17 billion of economic benefit is set to be launched in Cardiff.
  
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• Rail Plan Could Create 30 New Stations and Deliver ?17bn Economic Boost

  28-01-2025 01:00 via businessnewswales.com
  
  Other News Sources - A plan which aims to deliver new train stations, halve journey times across South Wales and Western England and which could bring ?17 billion of economic benefit is set to be launched in Cardiff.
  
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• Rail line to close for 16 days for engineering work

  28-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A major railway line between Surrey and West Sussex is to close for more than two weeks while engineering work is carried out.
  
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• Rachel Reeves tells MPs of plans to go ‘further and faster’ in pursuit of growth

  28-01-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Chancellor reassures Labour colleagues that climate concerns go mp;#145;hand in handmp;#146; with economic ambitionsRachel Reeves has told MPs the government needs to go mp;#147;further and fastermp;#148; to increase economic growth, as Downing Street sought to reassure people concerned about the environment that net zero and increasing output go mp;#147;hand in handmp;#148;.The chancellor has unnerved some Labour MPs and green campaigners with her increasingly punchy rhetoric abo
  
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• Porth Bus Interchange ? Opening date

  28-01-2025 01:00 via news.tfw.wales
  
  Trafnidiaeth Cymru[Transport for Wales] - Transport for Wales and Rhondda Cynon Taf Council are excited to announce that the Porth Bus Interchange will open on Thursday 30 January, allowing customers to explore the brand-new facility before Stagecoach begins operating bus services from the site from Sunday 02 February.
  
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• Pedicab licences and insurance among TfL proposals

  28-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - TfL has launched a consultation seeking the publicmp;#39;s views on regulating pedicabs in London.
  
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• Passenger rail between Finland and Sweden could start in late 2025

  28-01-2025 01:00 via yle.fi
  News from Europe - The rail connection between Finland to Sweden has been electrified.
  
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• Northern takes delivery of cab replicas with miles of track footage

  28-01-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Northern has taken delivery of prototypes of a static cab simulator, to be used for driver training.
  
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• 'No easy routes' to growth, Reeves tells Labour MPs

  28-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The chancellor has told Labour MPs there are "no easy routes" to economic growth, after hinting the government will back a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
  
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• No comment on Herefordshire bus service from DVSA

  28-01-2025 01:00 via rossgazette.com
  
  Other Regional Press - The government agency which checks buses? roadworthiness has declined to say whether it gave a negative inspection on a Herefordshire bus operator whose services stopped abruptly this week.
  
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• New multimillion-pound bus interchange to open this week in Rhondda town - part of wider regeneration strategy

  28-01-2025 01:00 via insidermedia.com
  Other News Sources - A new multimillion-pound bus interchange will open this week in a Rhondda town as part of a wider regeneration strategy.
  
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• New-look buses and payment options for Portsmouth park and ride

  28-01-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Portsmouth City Council has introduced a redesign of its park and ride service, featuring a blue-and-pink livery for its buses and enhanced ticketing options to improve convenience.
  
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• Network Rail pays out £220m in service disruption compensation

  28-01-2025 01:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Herald - The publicly-funded owner of Scotlandmp;#39;s railways has had to pay out mp;pound;220m in compensation over five years to train operators including ScotRail because of disruption to services, The Herald can reveal.
  
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• MP raises shuttle bus cancellation in Parliament with possible solution "weeks away"

  28-01-2025 01:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Oliver Ryan MP has raised the cancellation of the East Lancashire hospitalsmp;#146; shuttle bus service in Parliament and hopes a solution is only weeks away.
  
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• MP raises shuttle bus cancellation in Parliament with possible solution 'weeks away'

  28-01-2025 01:00 via lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Oliver Ryan MP has raised the cancellation of the East Lancashire hospitalsmp;#146; shuttle bus service in Parliament and hopes a solution is only weeks away.
  
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