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BUSINESSES should be given incentives to sponsor cycle lanes so more are installed in Yorkshire, according to one of the region’s MPs.

MSP calls for fare deal on buses in city

BUS services should be regulated to ensure more people receive services and to curb price hikes, a Glasgow MSP says.

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  • DfT expenditure attackedThe cross-party transport select committee has warned the government it must do more to show that transport expenditure plans involve a fair allocation of resources across the nation.

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  • Southern switch for GatwickThe day-to-day management of Gatwick Airport station has transferred from Network Rail to Southern. Says Southern Director, David Scorey, ˜We already manage 156 stations and it™s that station management experience, which includes provision of excellent levels of customer service and train dispatch, which is at the core of our business. It was the obvious thing [...]
  • Grand Central clean sweepRichard McClean has been appointed managing director of Grand Central. The open access operator, which runs direct services between Sunderland, Hartlepool and London, was taken over by Arriva UK last year. Mr McLean will continue as head of the group™s Tyne and Wear Metro operation. Sean English, currently Grand Central™s operations director, will take on [...]
  • Crossrail confirms Custom House station biddersCrossrail has confirmed the shortlist for the £35 million Custom House station. The four shortlisted bidders for the contract are Laing O’Rourke, Hochtief UK in a joint venture with its German arm, Costain and Geoffrey Osborne Limited. The new Crossrail Custom House station, located in east London, is the only above ground station within Crossrail™s [...]
  • Go-Ahead sees ˜strong growth™ in rail divisionTransport operator Go-Ahead has seen ‘strong growth’ in its rail division but announced a 12.9% fall it its profit for the first half of the year. Go-Ahead operates the London Midland, Southeastern and Southern rail franchises, and said pre-tax profit fell to £39.2m from £45m. However, London Midland saw record passenger growth of 11% during [...]
  • GB Railfreight awarded Crossrail excavation transport contractBFK (BAM/Ferrovial/Kier JV) has appointed GB Railfreight to transport excavated material from Crossrail’s Royal Oak Portal to Northfleet. Crossrail tunnelling will commence at Royal Oak next month. Excavated material generated from the tunnelling operations for the western tunnels (Royal Oak to Farringdon) will exit at the Royal Oak Portal and be transported by freight train [...]
  • HRH The Prince of Wales visits Bombardier DerbyBombardier’s site in Derby today welcomed His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, as part of a tour of the region to show his support for British manufacturing. Bombardier™s Derby site is the UK™s only rolling stock manufacturing facility. The Prince spent more than an hour at the site, where he met key members of [...]
  • Crystal Palace station improvement work to beginWork to upgrade London Overground’s Crystal Palace station will begin ‘in the next few weeks’, Transport for London has said. The upgrade includes three new lifts from ticket hall to platform level, improved CCTV, customer information screens, a PA system, and new signage following a complete station refurbishment. The Grade II listed ticket hall of [...]

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  • TfL urged to improve ˜half-hearted™ approach to expanding river services 24 February, 2012 - 09:19 The Mayor™s ambition to see passenger journeys on the Thames hit 12 million a year may be thwarted by the lack of a clear strategy, poor integration with other transport services and TfL™s half-hearted commitment to river services, a new report says today. Despite some improvements[1] since the Transport Committee™s previous review of river services[2], today™s update report shows travel by river remains a poor relation to other transport modes. 360-house-thumb.jpg ...
  • Housing and hotels for Guildford station revamp PLANS for the £140 million regeneration of Guildford railway station have been unveiled, after almost a decade of delays.
  • Virgin boss says 'screw business as usual' Business superstar Richard Branson is calling on entrepreneurs to put environmental and social issues at the core of their business models and take part in a global competition to become a "force for good".

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