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Speaking at the Smart Transport conference Jesse Norman MP discusses the future connected challenges of transport plus environmentally focused schemes.
Cuts to bus subsidies likely to 'inconvenience' passengers
A TRANSPORT campaigner has accused transport bosses of failing to recognise the importance of buses - and called planned cuts to services a "disgrace."
Developer wanted for Wales transport plan
Transport for Wales (TfW) has launched its search for a partner to develop a £1.5M multi-modal transport plan across Wales and adjacent areas of England.
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Network Rail
- Far North Line investment is on the right trackNetwork Rail has completed an £11m, two and a half-year project to renew and replace sections of track at 59 sites along the Far North Line in the north of Scotland.
London Evening Standard
- TfL Tube delays: Rush hour misery as severe disruption hits THREE London Underground linesSevere disruption has hit three London Underground lines this morning sparking rush hour misery for thousands of commuters.
- Union barons threaten industrial action on Tube in row over red vests for staffUnion barons today threatened industrial action on the Tube in a bizarre row about station staff being ordered to wear new red vests.
- Waterloo delays: 'Utter pandemonium' at major London station after trespasser on tracks blocks linesCommuters travelling from London Waterloo station have been facing
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Tube-style map shows how a mass transit system for Leeds could look These plans by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority show how a mass transit system for West Yorkshire could look.
Other Regional Press
- Shots fired at trains caused hours of disruption - as it happenedThere has been an incident at Mirfield which is affecting trains between Huddersfield and Dewsbury
- Familiar face unveiled as new Transport for Wales Director for North WalesTransport for Wales have appointed Lee Robinson as Development Director for North Wales, a position described as ‘a key role in transforming transport across the country’.
New Civil Engineer
- Developer wanted for Wales transport planTransport for Wales (TfW) has launched its search for a partner to develop a £1.5M multi-modal transport plan across Wales and adjacent areas of England.
- DLR-style scheme to Heathrow enters new DfT competitionSpelthorne Borough Council’s DLR-style scheme to give southern rail access into Heathrow will also be entered into the government’s light rail initiative, New Civil Engineer can reveal.
- Gatwick railway station upgrade awaits green lightVital upgrades to Gatwick Airport’s railway station have yet to be fully approved by Crawley Borough Council planning committee despite its unanimous support for the improvements.
Railway Gazette
- ‘Battle plan’ to save France’s rural railwaysFRANCE: A report into the condition, usage and prospects of almost 9 000 route-km of secondary railway is to be handed to government before the end of March. According to Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne, the report will form part of a ‘battle plan’ to save a broad swathe of the French network.
Other News Sources
- New railway could link town to major citiesThe proposed Cambridge to Oxford railway line could see a new station built to the south of St Neots.
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