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Ed Miliband will promise that a Labour government would grant cities and regions greater powers to improve bus services across England.
Rail ticket 'rip-off': passengers routinely denied cheapest fares
Self-service machines - which are used to purchase almost a quarter of all rail tickets - offer wildly different fares, The Telegraph can disclose
Rail fare petition handed over
PROTESTERS angry at the introduction of evening peak fares on many Northern Rail routes have given a 4,000-name petition to the Department of Transport.
Hitachi Rail Europe tops out Newton Aycliffe factory
UK: A topping-out ceremony on October 30 marked the completion of the structure for Hitachi Rail Europe’s rolling stock plant at Newton Aycliffe in County Durham. Construction of the £82m factory...
Friday, 31 October 2014
BBC News
- Motorway fuel '£8 a tank dearer'Filling up at a motorway service station can cost the average motorist an extra £8 a tank compared with elsewhere, the RAC says.
Birmingham Post
- New 'Green Travel Districts' for Birmingham to entice drivers out of carsEleven areas in the city to receive special designated status as part of a major shake-up to encourage people out of their cars.
- Union on offensive in Jaguar Land Rover pay disputeJLR bosses accused of investing millions around the world on the back of the sweat of the UK workforce
London Evening Standard
- Londoners 'could save £40m if traffic lights were switched off late at night' Frustrated drivers could save £40 million if London’s traffic lights were switched off in the dead of night, a report concludes today.
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- Transport minister Baroness Kramer visits Wiltshire to open six electric charging points in the county Electric charging points have been placed at six strategic points in Wiltshire to make it easier for green drivers to travel through the county.
- Work starts on new £4.8m Blackburn link road PREPARATIONS for a £4.8million link road scheme to speed traffic in and out of Blackburn are well under way for a New Year start to the main works.
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