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More London trains, an expanded Liverpool Central and Anfield link - Mersey rail vision revealed
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Stunning images reveal the shape of things to come for £500m rail station scheme in Leeds
These are the eye-catching images that give the clearest indication to date of the dizzying scale of the redevelopment planned for Leeds City Station.
Jonathan Edwards says Wales is 'being robbed of multi-billion pound investment'
WALES should be grateful for investment in English railways – that was the message from the Secretary of State for Wales when responding to a question from Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards.
Monday, 06 November 2017
Financial Times
- Ford applies to launch commuter minibus network in LondonChariot service would let commuters book seats on fixed routes
Times Online
- Glasgow eyes bus scrappage scheme [Subscription]While the UK government considers a targeted scrappage scheme to take polluting cars off the road, the SNP administration in Holyrood is being asked to look at doing the same with dirty buses to tackle air pollution.
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- Ford gears up to bring its Chariot commuter shuttle service to LondonFord's commuter shuttle bus network could soon be coming to the capital.
Liverpool Echo
- Council highways chief: Why the Strand revamp will work thanks to BUS changesLiverpool’s highways chief says cutting the Strand down to two lanes could CUT driving times through the city – and says changing the way buses move around the city centre will help.
London Evening Standard
- Dividing lines between rich and poor on London's bus routes revealed in interactive mapA London data analyst has mapped the capital’s “most unequal bus routes” showing how income varies along different lines.
Manchester Evening News
- Perfect storm of transport chaos as bus drivers AND rail staff prepare for walk-outs Staff from Arriva, First, Northern Rail and Merseyside will all walk out in November
Other Regional Press
- Disabled passengers accuse bus firms of abandoning them on the kerbWHEELCHAIR-BOUND passengers are being forced off buses and abandoned on the kerb by drivers, disabled people claim.
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