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Launch date set for delayed CalMac ferry MV Glen Rosa
The ship, still being constructed at Ferguson shipyard, will enter the River Clyde on 12 March next year.
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Saturday, 11 November 2023
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- Trains to run again on suspended rail routeTrains on a route that has been suspended for nearly a year will be back in action from 20 November. The Marston Vale Line, which has 12 stations between Bedford and Bletchley, has been suspended for 11 months.
- Stansted Airport drive-in cinema 'will not distract pilots'London Stansted Airport will be hosting film screenings on a large LED screen in a car park.
- Launch date set for delayed CalMac ferry MV Glen RosaThe ship, still being constructed at Ferguson shipyard, will enter the River Clyde on 12 March next year.
Times Online
- Drivers fined £960 each for breaking Glasgows Low Emission Zone for a fifth time. [subscription[Almost 100 drivers have broken Glasgows controversial Low Emission Zone rules five times, each incurring a £960 fine.
- Jaguar driven by AI takes me for a spin through London. [subscription]The car has just started indicating right and is slowing to a stop outside Tufnell Park Tube station in north London.
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- Passenger rail usageQuarterly statistics reporting the volume of passenger journeys, kilometres and revenue on the mainline network in Great Britain. Long-running time series on passenger journeys (Table 1220) and passenger kilometres (Table 1230) are updated annually.
Birmingham Post
- Hull Trains' passenger numbers above pre-pandemic levels as strongest recovery in UK on track33 per cent year-on-year uplift shows pace of return to the rails for city's open access operator
Bristol Live
- Bristol gets a 'beautiful' wooden passenger ferry as waterbus service expandsBristol gets a 'beautiful' wooden passenger ferry as waterbus service expands
Daily Post (North Wales)
- The one question transport chief says opponents of 20mph should ask themselvesHe believes one thing should outweigh all others on the limit, but Tories have a different view on its potential impact
The York Press
- YORK: Public urged to have a say on council's transport planPeople who live and work in York will be able to contribute to the city's new transport policy ahead of a new combined authority’s establishment next year.
Other Regional Press
- Weymouth rail station project wins civil engineering awardsThe £1.2 million project to transform the Weymouth rail station forecourt has scooped two awards at a prestigious contest.
- Bus action group calls for creation of oversight bodyA group looking to improve bus services in Ceredigion is proposing the creation of what they call a Strategic Transport Body.
Business Live
- Transport chiefs plan £18m temporary tram stop in BirminghamFirst part of 'Eastside' extension will open in 2025/26 but project will be delayed by lack of access to HS2 site
New Civil Engineer
- HS2 | Expenditure on land for cancelled Phase 2 revealed to be £564M as experts call for DfT to halt saleThe Department for Transport (DfT) has spent £564M on land and property for the cancelled Phase 2 of High Speed 2 (HS2), according to a Freedom of Information request from NCE, while rail experts have called on the government to halt its plans to sell it off at a loss.
- Railway between Guildford and Gatwick Airport set to close for a week for track renewalsNetwork Rail will begin a week long programme of track renewals on the North Downs line between Guildford and Gatwick Airport.
Rail Business Daily
- Transport for London collaborates with Google to bring Street View into some of Londons busiest stationsTransport for London (TfL) and Google are collaborating to provide Google Street View within a number of stations across London to help customers better plan their journeys.
- Increase in rail passenger numbersA total of 390 million journeys were made by rail passengers in Great Britain in the last quarter (April 1 to June 30 2023), a 19 per cent increase on the number of journeys made in the same quarter the previous year.
Rail UK
- Whitehaven railway tunnel testing seeks source of mystery orange waterTests are underway by rail engineers to find out how a mystery orange coloured water is entering a railway tunnel on the Cumbrian Coast line.
Other News Sources
- Skegness's £3.3 million train station transformation underwayThe work will transform the layout of the station which is the gateway to the resort for many Leicestershire thrillseekers
- Oldham: Greenfield train station to get massive step-free upgradeOne of Oldhams only railway stations is set to receive a massive upgrade after more than a decade of campaigning.
- Hitachi Rail Upgrades Interlocking System of Autonomous RailHitachi Rail will soon commence the third and final stage of upgrading the interlocking system of Rio Tintos autonomous heavy haul rail.
- Haverfordwest transport interchange decision made behind closed doorsSenior Pembrokeshire councillors agreed to award a contract for the first stage of the £20m Haverfordwest Public Transport Interchange behind closed doors earlier this week.
- Isle of Wight welcomes new Southern Vectis buses: Enhancing local transportSouthern Vectis offered the people of the Isle of Wight an early Christmas gift today – by officially unveiling seven new buses for the Island.
- Scottish Government agrees to funding of ferry fleet business caseThe Scottish Government has agreed to the further funding of a business case to investigate replacing Orkneys internal ferry fleet.
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