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  • Government investing almost 1 million in transport tech start-upsInnovative and tech-focused transport start-ups can bid for a share of almost 1 million (960,000) in Department for Transport funding. The grant - called the Transport-Technology Research and Innovation Grant (T-TRIG) - is available for entrepreneurs and innovators pioneering new ways of creating a better transport system. Issuing targeted investments of up to 30,000 for each project, the fund aims to help start-ups and academics propel their ideas to market quicker. The Minister for the Future of Transport, George Freeman MP, will launch the competition at a roundtable...
  • Go North West launches loneliness campaignOn Thursday 10th Oct, Go North West (GNW) will be launching its first Chatty Bus campaign, in response to the Governments loneliness strategy. Research shows that 83% of young people admit they are affected by loneliness, and 47% of students admit to loneliness during their time at university. We want to help encourage students to get out and about and talk to people around them. To try and help to reduce loneliness in Manchesters student population, on the 10th October 2019, between 10.30am and 3.00pm, GNWs service 95 bus will have volunteers from GN...

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  • 'My mission is now complete' - Ex train driver succeeds in 17-year pursuit of lost railway historyA lost piece of railway history is on its way home thanks to dedicated, retired train driver and his transport police friend. The Manchester & Birmingham Railway plaque was a high-quality copy of the 1839 original, which resides in the National Railway Museum in York. The replica was hung in...

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  • Caledonian Sleepers to be hit by industrial action The troubled Caledonian Sleeper franchise is set to be disrupted again this time by industrial action, after talks to settle a long-running dispute with the RMT broke down yesterday. A walkout will be staged between midday on 29 September until the same time on 1 October, followed by a work to rule which is set to start on 00.01 on 2 October and continue indefinitely. The RMT claims its members have been put under intolerable personal stress by numerous failures which have included trains breaking down during journeys and a major overrun of 650m at Edinburgh. Caledonian Sleeper says it ...

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