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Move risks further tensions with trade unions and backlash from Conservative MPs. Ministers are forging ahead with a swathe of railway ticket office closures, threatening to further inflame tensions with warring trade unions and risking a backlash from Conservative backbench MPs.
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- Queen Elizabeth II: Extra trains for state funeralExtra trains have been laid on from the west of England to cope with the large numbers of people expected to travel to London for the Queen's funeral.
The Telegraph
- End of the line for railway ticket offices as ministers plan huge cuts [subscription]Move risks further tensions with trade unions and backlash from Conservative MPs. Ministers are forging ahead with a swathe of railway ticket office closures, threatening to further inflame tensions with warring trade unions and risking a backlash from Conservative backbench MPs.
Times Online
- State-run Northern trains follows Avanti in cutting rail services [subscription]The Northern rail franchise is now run by the government because of poor performance. Like its private sector peers, however, it is cancelling services
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- Arriva, Go North East and Stagecoach announce plans for Queen's funeralBus companies in the region have revealed whether their services will be running as normal on Monday on the day of the Queens funeral.
Nottingham Evening Post
- Frustration over trentbarton 'ghost buses' making passengers late for workA bus company has apologised as passengers grow increasingly frustrated at services that fail to turn up. The trentbarton services have even been branded "ghost buses" by people affected.
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- Will new bus gates in Oxford be good for cycling?Robin Tucker, chair of the Oxfordshire Cycling Network and Alison Hill, chair of Cyclox, look at radical traffic plans for Oxford.
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- 'No decisions' made on Dorset train station ticket office closuresSOUTH Western Railway has made "no decisions" to close any train station ticket offices in Dorset despite rumoured plans from the government.
- First Worcester Bike Bus could be rolled out at other primary schoolsA 'BIKE bus' is a big hit with children and may be the answer to the school run at every primary in the city, says the dad who set it up.
- Full list of bus cancellations across North East Lincolnshire today as hundreds of services scrappedIt's not the first time in recent days that the area has been hit by bus service delays and cancellations. According to Stagecoach, a shortage of drivers, absenteeism and financial challenges are some of the reasonings behind the service issues.
Forbes
- Sustainable Transport Is About Much More Than ElectrificationArguments around sustainable transport get more complicated the closer you look. Just comparing tailpipe emissions is not enough, and neither is “well to wheel”, which considers the whole path of energy generation behind a vehicle. But when you bring vehicle production and disposal across the entire lifecycle into play, the phrase “opening a can of worms” is an understatement. Its more like a pit. Of vipers.
Rail Advent
- CAF wins £50m contract to supply 15 trams to MarseilleSpanish train builder CAF has won a €57 million (approx £50m) contract to supply 15 new tramway units to Marseille in France, with an option for additional trams depending on future network extensions.
- Dutch National Railways ViRM fleet to be retrofitted with European Train Control System (ETCS)Siemens Mobility will retrofit 176 ViRM double deck trains with ETCS technology
Rail Magazine
- TSSA union backs skills training initiativesHS2 Ltd says that 2,200 people who were previously out of work have now secured skilled jobs at its 350 sites between London, the Midlands and Crewe.
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- 'I rode the fanciest London bus - it's the future of transport but it just needs to get faster'Transport for London has had a few big successes over the past couple of years - from the Elizabeth line to the London Overground extension to Barking Riverside and Northern line extension to Battersea Power Station. However, there is one quiet win that has taken place on one London bus route.
News from Europe
- Free public transport in Europe: Is the social experiment working or is it just a gimmick?Estonias capital Tallinn and Luxembourg are pioneers in Europe for abolishing transport fares on a relatively large scale - at a city level and nationwide respectively.
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