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HS2 route changes to cost extra £580m
Changes to the HS2 route will cost £580 million, it has emerged – but bosses insist they will keep within their £50 billion budget.
Sunday, 02 August 2015
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- Bus station closes ahead of revampCardiff bus station will shut on Saturday night ahead of a major redevelopment of the site, with services instead operating from nearby streets.
The Guardian
- Politicians on public transport – in picturesA photo of Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn looking almost unbearably sad on the night bus has got people talking online – but he’s not the first serving MP to mix with the riff-raffFan catches Jeremy Corbyn looking gloomy on night bus Continue reading...
Daily Record
- UR SCKD: Bus firm workers given the boot by text as boss holidays in the sun BOSS Anne Marie McKay decided to shut the business while she was on holiday, asking her depot manager to break the news.
Birmingham Mail
- Edgbaston bus crash leaves four people injuredThe smash happened at the junction of Highfield Road and Harborne Road in Edgbaston shortly after 3.55pm on Saturday
The York Press
- Electrical fire on coach in East Yorkshire FIREFIGHTERS were called out this afternoon to Market Weighton after an electrical fire broke out on a coach. Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was extinguished by the driver, using two 5kg foam extinguishers, and he then disconnected the vehicle battery, and the fire service only needed to carry out an inspection.
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- Four injured in Birmingham bus crashFour people were injured when a bus crashed into tree after colliding with a car in Birmingham.
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- Routes shut down as traffic piles up BUS services were withdrawn from Oxford Station on four days this week as operators battled against congestion.
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