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TRAIN fares in Scotland could be cut by 25 per cent if a Nordic style, state-owned company took over ScotRail services.

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The long-delayed rail ombudsman is arriving on platform 1. And there’s plenty of work for it to do

Travellers miss out on Network Rail’s Ł10m Christmas gift [Subscription]

Train companies will scoop more than Ł10m in compensation because of a rail shutdown at Christmas and the new year — but millions of passengers who will be affected by the disruption will be denied payouts.

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  • Why we can't have nice things: dockless bikes and the tragedy of the commonsBehind this bucolic industry is a multibillion-dollar battle between China’s big tech companies and Silicon Valley, and the nightmare of vandals and parkingIf there is one sad fact that technology has taught us, it’s maybe that we just can’t have nice things. Now Washington DC has become the latest testing ground for what happens when technology and good intentions meet the real world.Brightly coloured bikes began popping up around the US capital in September like little adverts for a better world. On a recent trip two lemon yellow bikes were propped up in the autumn sun by the carousel on the...

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  • 95% of speed cameras are offNinety five per cent of Staffordshire’s speed cameras are turned off it has been revealed.
  • Swans cause a flap on the M6 TollDrivers on the M6 Toll were faced with unusual hazards today after three swans made their way onto the inside lane of the carriageway - and later a stag was spotted at the site of the motorway.

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