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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.
Saturday, 25 February 2012
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- Rest and Be Thankful road opensEngineers reopen the A83 Rest and Be Thankful in Argyll which had been closed after a landslip on Wednesday.
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- Prince Charles turns train driver during Bombardier visitThe Prince of Wales tried his hand at driving a tube train during a tour of train maker Bombardier's factory in Derbyshire.
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Manchester Evening News
- All aboard for new £6.7m Metrolink and bus interchange in Wythenshawe These are the first images of a new £6.7m transport interchange to be built in Wythenshawe. Transport bosses want to move the existing bus station from beside the shopping centre to a new site outside Wythenshawe Forum where it will link up with a new Metrolink stop.
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- Heated Holyrood clash but no pledge on stations™ future MSP bid fails to change Transport Minister™s positionMSPS have clashed at Holyrood over the threat to nine Glasgow railway stations.
Global Rail News
- 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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- 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.
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