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Heathrow airport: MPs vote in favour of expansion
The Commons votes in favour of controversial plans for a third runway by 415 votes to 119.
Grayling to face legal action over Heathrow expansion plan
The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, is facing a fresh headache over Heathrow as a group of councils confirmed they were planning legal action against expansion, just hours after MPs voted overwhelmingly to back a third runway.
Network Rail calls out its 'extreme weather action teams' as rail services feel the heat with more travel disruption on the cards
Network Rail has called out its "extreme weather action teams" this week, as part of efforts to stop rail services suffering in the heatwave hitting the UK.
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
BBC News
- £100m rail test complex plans for Neath valleyThe complex would test new generation trains at high speeds on the site of an old opencast mine.
- Thames Estuary 'vision' Crossrail link to EbbsfleetA Crossrail extension to Kent, a million homes and the creation of 1.3m jobs are in the proposals.
The Guardian
- Grayling to face legal action over Heathrow expansion planThe transport secretary, Chris Grayling, is facing a fresh headache over Heathrow as a group of councils confirmed they were planning legal action against expansion, just hours after MPs voted overwhelmingly to back a third runway.
City AM
- Network Rail calls out its 'extreme weather action teams' as rail services feel the heat with more travel disruption on the cardsNetwork Rail has called out its "extreme weather action teams" this week, as part of efforts to stop rail services suffering in the heatwave hitting the UK.
London Evening Standard
- South Western Railway commuters face four days of travel misery caused by heatwave speed restrictionsSouth Western Railway customers are facing four days of disruption and delays after a UK-wide heatwave caused speed restrictions.
Other Regional Press
- Labour shadow secretary hands out 'Tory rail mayhem' scratchcards at Northampton station as part of nationalisation bidNorthampton train passengers were handed a 'unique' scratchcard on their daily commute yesterday - as part of Labour's bid to see the railways re-nationalised.
The Business Desk
- Airport tunnel revealed in East Midlands HS2 plansPlans for the HS2 line in the East Midlands have taken a step forward after rail bosses revealed a series of new developments.
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- Maria Miller joins group to tackle rail issuesBASINGSTOKE’s MP has joined a new group to focus on rail issues Maria Miller has joined a new cross-party Parliamentary Group with other MPs representing constituencies along the Wessex Rail Route.
- New York approves LaGuardia Airport rail link projectNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a new legislation to speed up the process to build a railway line between LaGuardia Airport and midtown Manhattan.
- As East Coast goes off the rails questions of renationalisation in Cumbria raisedFrom Sunday the Government took control of the east coast mainline - following chaos in Cumbria it has been asked why not us too? TSSA union protesters wearing Chris Grayling masks, protest during the launch event for the new North Eastern Railway
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