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New Director General of Rail Executive announced
Bernadette Kelly has been appointed as DfT’s new Director General for the Rail Executive.
New First Great Western trains to ease 'cattle-truck' trips for commuters into Paddington
Overcrowding faced by commuters into Paddington will be eased with a new fleet of trains on services from the South-West to London.
Mugged off: Heathrow sends mugs and biscuits to anti-expansion MPs
Some of the highest profile and most vocal anti Heathrow-expansion campaigners have been sent goody boxs by the airport containing teaware and shortbread biscuits. Whether the mugs were better suited as ear muffs to block out noise or to drink out of was never made clear but the unsolicited gifts certainly angered the borough's MPs. The boxes sent to MPs Zac Goldsmith and Tania Mathias also contained Louis Barnett chocolate and information about the airport's role in exporting British goods, according to a Heathrow spokesman. Mr Goldsmith, who had promised to trigger a byelection for his Ri...
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- London celebrates five successful years of the Mayor’s flagship cycle hire schemeThe Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) are marking five successful years of London’s iconic cycle hire scheme by announcing a free access weekend on August 22-23 to encourage people to try the cycles as part of Santander Cycles’ Summer of Cycling. The free access weekend will allow people to try the scheme for the first time and give regular users the chance to travel around London for free. The cycle hire scheme has grown from strength-to-strength since launching in July 2010, with now almost double the number of bikes (6,000 to 11,500) and docking station...
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- Peddling battery bikes: The Bolt electric mopedElectric cars remain an exclusive & expensive club. Not so a new breed of electric vehicle that looks good and won’t break the bank; enter the Bolt electric moped The post Peddling battery bikes: The Bolt electric moped appeared first on ETA.
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