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Transport operator Go-Ahead has hailed strong growth in its rail division despite a 12.9pc fall in first-half profit.

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Transport Secretary Justine Greening heard a plea from the city’s business community to let Birmingham Airport take the strain as the nation struggles to cope with growing demand for air travel.

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  • Transport StatisticsThe Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:

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  • Cycle safety: minister backs key aims of campaign A call for every city to appoint a cycling commissioner responsible for making cities fit for cycling won Government support today, when the Transport Minister endorsed the plan at a packed Parliamentary debate on cycle safety.

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  • Pedal power reigns at Inverness schoolPupils in Inverness got on their bikes yesterday to celebrate their primary school becoming the first in the Highlands to be awarded cycle-friendly status.

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  • Plaxton reveals high-capacity ElitePlaxton has released an artist™s impression of the high-capacity Elite which it will be building for Stagecoach later this year, with availability for other operators in time for the 2013 season.
  • Bus profits support Go-AheadRevenue at the Go-Ahead Group in the first half of it 2012 financial year was up, at £1,199.
  • DfT expenditure attackedThe cross-party transport select committee has warned the government it must do more to show that transport expenditure plans involve a fair allocation of resources across the nation.

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  • Bilfinger Berger awarded major rail contracts in BerlinBilfinger Berger has won two major contracts for the expansion of Berlin’s public transport system. The contracts include the construction of a new underground rail line in the centre of the German capital and a link between the main station and the urban rail ring. They have a combined value of around â‚¬230 million. The new [...]
  • Tower disappearsThe Stephenson Tower has finally disappeared from Birmingham™s city skyline. The demolition of the 22 storey 1960s residential tower block is the first stage towards the construction of the new John Lewis department store which gets underway later in the spring. Sitting above Platform 12 of New Street station, in the heart of the city [...]
  • Dangerous delivery lorries turned away from Crossrail sitesLorries that don’t comply with new safety rules to protect cyclists will be ‘turned away’ from Crossrail construction sites, Crossrail has said. We reported earlier this month how Keyline has upgraded 14 of its vehicles (pictured) to meet the new specifications. The project is backing a campaign for safer delivery lorries after a spate of [...]
  • Fenchurch farewell for TrevorTrevor Capps, who worked for c2c at Fenchurch Street station in London, is retiring after over 48 years in the rail industry. Trevor joined the railway in 1963 at Southend East station. For the majority of his career he has worked on station platforms, despatching trains and looking after passengers. He has also worked stints [...]
  • Prime Minister visits Crossrail sitePrime Minister David Cameron visited Crossrail™s Westbourne Park site in west London recently to view the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) ahead of Crossrail tunnelling commencing next month. The Prime Minister was joined by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to meet engineers and construction workers and to hear more about tunnelling preparations for Europe™s largest civil [...]
  • Romsey rail bridge reconstruction set to beginA three-month project to replace the bridge in Romsey which carries the A27 (Southampton Road) over the railway to enable larger freight containers to be transported by rail is scheduled to start on Saturday 31 March 2012. The work, which will require the road to be closed, was originally scheduled to start in December 2011, [...]
  • Sporting heroes back Translink NI Railways & Samaritans campaignTranslink NI Railways and Samaritans have joined forces to launch ˜We™re In Your Corner™; a hard-hitting campaign to promote the charity™s emotional support services and help prevent suicides on the local rail network. The new partnership also provides support for Translink employees who find themselves in challenging and highly sensitive circumstances when dealing with someone [...]

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  • The world™s most stylish bicycle trailer A trailers increase dramatically the amount of cargo you can move by bicycle, but despite there being a wide range of different types “ from designs that carry kids and shopping to those built for expeditions – they are seldom seen on British roads.read more

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