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  • London Underground drivers to strike on FridayServices on the Central and Waterloo & City lines, used by almost a million passengers a day, will be 'severely disrupted'Almost a million commuters and visitors to London face travel chaos on Friday because of a strike by tube drivers. Continue reading...
  • Google lobbies to test self-driving cars in Matrix-style virtual worldTech giant seeks to overturn California regulatory requirement that autonomous vehicles must be certified on real-world roadsGoogle has built a "Matrix-style" digital simulation of the entire Californian road system in which it is testing its self-driving cars and is lobbying the state's regulators to certify them based on virtual rather than real driving.The extensive simulation reminiscent of the virtual cities created for human captives in sci-fi blockbuster The Matrix exists entirely inside computers at the company's Mountain View location, and the cars have so far vir...

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  • How about these changes to rail services?The Echo of August 7 published three letters of concern for railway services at Lincoln. They all made valid points. I suggest the authors and anyone concerned about railways make use of the Department for Transport stakeholder consultation on the Northern and Trans Pennine franchises to make their view heard.
  • How about these changes to rail services?The Echo of August 7 published three letters of concern for railway services at Lincoln. They all made valid points. I suggest the authors and anyone concerned about railways make use of the Department for Transport stakeholder consultation on the Northern and Trans Pennine franchises to make their view heard.

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  • New Southeastern managing director named David Statham has been named as Southeastern's new managing director. He will replace Charles Horton, who is taking the reins at the new Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise. The appointment means that the two franchises have essentially swapped managing directors, and also involves a move for David from FirstGroup to Govia.

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