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Is transport a barrier to work for Valleys communities?

Infrastructure and employment are top of the list when it comes to things that people living in the South Wales Valleys would like to see improved.

MP's anger as study reveals Londoners get ten times transport cash of Yorkshire folk

A BRADFORD MP has said he is “sick and tired” of Yorkshire being short-changed, after a report showed the region has England’s lowest investment in transport.

Labour MP Sir Keir Starmer warns HS2 work will 'devastate' the lives of Londoners for 17 years

A Labour frontbencher has warned that construction work on the long-awaited HS2 rail project will "devastate" the lives of residents for 17 years.

HS3 success key to closing bleak north-south divide, says IPPR

Success with HS3 is key to readdressing the imbalance in investment between the north and London, influential think tank IPPR North has argued. In the report written by researcher Grace Blakeley, it was reported that the north is experiencing a “chronic lack of investment”

RAIB: Croydon tram driver had 'lost awareness' before fatal derailment

The driver of the fatal Sandilands junction tram accident in Croydon, London, had “lost awareness” before the carriage he was controlling derailed, killing seven people, the latest interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Bureau has reported. The late application of the...

Luton airport’s plans submitted for mass passenger transit system

Plans for a £200m (US$249m) mass passenger transit (MPT) system to link London Luton Airport (LLA) with Luton Airport Parkway rail station have been submitted.

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  • Cardiff v Cambridge: can the Welsh capital steal the crown of Britain's top cycling city?Cardiff’s ambitious new cycling strategy aims to double the number of trips taken by bike, part of its ultimate goal to become Europe’s most liveable capital. But Cambridge, the reigning champ of cycling, won’t be beaten easily
  • London night tube drivers to vote on strikesRail, Maritime and Transport union claims London Underground is discriminating against night staff in pay and jobs disputeDrivers on London’s night tube are to be balloted for strikes in a row over pay and jobs.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action. Continue reading...
  • Volkswagen boss says firm in Europe 'misled nobody' over emissionsMPs on transport select committee attack Paul Willis for failing to give straight answers as he says there is ‘no legal basis’ for compensation claimsMPs have reacted with incredulity after the boss of Volkswagen told them the company in Europe had done nothing wrong and “misled nobody”, despite having agreed a multibillion-dollar settlement in the US over the emissions-rigging scandal.Paul Willis, giving evidence to the transport select committee on Monday, insisted there was “no legal basis” for compensation claims because there was “no degradation” to the vehicles. Continue reading...

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  • College on track for tackling rail skills shortage Following his first visit to the National College for High Speed Rail in Doncaster, Transport Secretary Andrew Jones said the new engineering and technology facility would help to pave the way in providing a new “digital high speed future” for the country’s rail network.

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  • Have your say on bus & coach national occupational standardsPeople 1st has been working with business across the UK to review the national occupational standards for bus and coach driving.  Following a period of consultation, the standards have been redrafted and now require feedback from industry. This is your opportunity to have your say and make sure the updates accurately reflect the competencies required. Take the survey now. Please review the revised standards and respond to the short survey by 26 February 2017. If you would prefer to feedback via email or set up a call to speak to People 1st directly, please email trailblazer@people1st.co.u...

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  • Deutsche Bahn orders 39 trainsets from Siemens Deutsche Bahn's mass transit arm DB Regio has ordered 39 trainsets from Siemens to operate on the Rhine Valley rail network in south-west Germany.
  • SNCF uses IBM IoT solution for improved rail safety French railways operator SNCF is using IBM Watson's internet of yhings (IoT) platform to provide improved rail safety for 13.5 million daily passengers.
  • East Wind: a new era of freight between the UK and China China has launched a direct rail freight service to London, as part of its drive to develop trade and investment ties with Europe through the New Silk Road. What will this mean for rail freight between the UK and Asia’s superpower?
  • Automatic train operation: the future of UK mainline railways? There’s plenty of speculation as to the future of how trains will get from one station to another. Is automation a necessity? How might it be integrated? And how will unions respond if their members are pushed out of traditional train driver jobs?
  • ORR confirms Joanna Whittington as CEO The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today officially confirmed the appointment of Joanna Whittington as its permanent CEO following an open public competition, effective immediately. Previously, Whittington had been the ORR’s director of railway markets and economics, and she has acted...
  • HS3 success key to closing bleak north-south divide, says IPPRSuccess with HS3 is key to readdressing the imbalance in investment between the north and London, influential think tank IPPR North has argued. In the report written by researcher Grace Blakeley, it was reported that the north is experiencing a “chronic lack of investment”
  • RAIB: Croydon tram driver had 'lost awareness' before fatal derailmentThe driver of the fatal Sandilands junction tram accident in Croydon, London, had “lost awareness” before the carriage he was controlling derailed, killing seven people, the latest interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Bureau has reported. The late application of the...

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  • Railfreight grants drop could mean �thousands of additional lorries� Railfreight campaigners are concerned that a reduction in government support for railfreight facilities could bring thousands of additional lorries on to the roads, if hauliers decide that using rail is too expensive. It's being claimed that a loss of �4 million in railfreight grants could mean another 190,000 lorry journeys each year.
  • Last-minute bid to block HS2 The complex Hybrid Bill authorising Phase 1 of HS2 is set to return to the House of Commons this week for the final approval of MPs before receiving Royal Assent, but two opposing groups have launched a last-ditch bid to block the project before it has been legally authorised. The two groups are the Taxpayers' Alliance, which refuses to accept the official cost of �56 billion for all phases, and Friends of the Earth, who back high speed rail in principle but say the HS2 routes are badly chosen and do not connect with HS1.

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