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Inquiry launched into double debacle of Leeds Supertram and trolleybus schemes
A MAJOR inquiry is set to be launched into the chain of decisions stretching back across three decades which saw TWO major transport schemes for Leeds scrapped – and tens of millions of pounds in taxpayer cash wasted in the process.
Further rail improvements planned in Essex - meaning East Anglia will have been cut off from London for half of 2016
Rail services between London and East Anglia will be cancelled again for eight weekends between September and November – and there will be a total shutdown on the southern end of the route for 10 days over the festive period.
Nothing done to simplify rail since 2009
Rail companies do not appear to have done anything to simplify the train ticketing system for at least seven years, the Transport Select Committee has claimed.
Moving towards a right-time railway
David Sidebottom, passenger director at Transport Focus, on how being honest about the quality of service passengers can expect is a key part of building trust between the railway and its customers.
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
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- If you’re going to do it at all, do it with conviction [Subscription]Sir Nigel Rudd has just stood down as chairman of Heathrow, but retirement has made him no mellower
Daily Express
- Pilots 'impaired through alcohol' arrested at Glasgow airport 'as they prepared flight'TWO pilots have been arrested on suspicion of being
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- Newcastle Airport has been named the best in Britain - and here's why Newcastle was ranked top out of 15 airports, with high satisfaction in every possible category - from wi-fi to security
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- Turkish Airlines offers free flight cancellations after coup attemptFCO updates Turkey travel advice
- Delta to cut capacity on US-UK routesAirline blames fall in pound and economic uncertainty
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- Gatwick Airport rogue parking operation in 'disgusting' muddy field sees couple fined nearly �5,000 More than 500 vehicles were left unguarded in a boggy Horley field belonging to David and Eliza Fritton as part of an unofficial parking operation
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