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Labour unveils plans for ‘universal free bus travel’ for all Scots
Ambitious plans to deliver “universal free bus travel” for all Scots have been unveiled by Labour leader Richard Leonard in a keynote address to party members.
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Transport Scotland, the government agency, has claimed the dual-fuel vessels, which can be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), will be significantly cleaner than the marine diesel that they can also run on.
Bringing back disused railway between Caernarfon and Bangor ... for £16m a mile
A report suggests reopening the line, and several others in North Wales, would transform travel opportunities for travellers
Sunday, 10 March 2019
BBC News
- Railway line reopens after van set on firePart of the Belfast to Dublin railway was closed on Friday evening after a van was set alight in Lurgan, County Armagh.
Reuters News
- Italian government defuses row over rail link, halts tendersMILAN (Reuters) - Italy’s prime minister halted on Saturday the launch of tenders for a high-speed rail link to France, defusing a dispute within the ruling coalition over the project that had threatened to bring down the government.
Mail Online
- £200million train cab where drivers can't see out the windowA £240 million fleet of new trains is 'gathering dust' because a design flaw means drivers cannot fully see out of the front window.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Bringing back disused railway between Caernarfon and Bangor ... for £16m a mileA report suggests reopening the line, and several others in North Wales, would transform travel opportunities for travellers
Other Regional Press
- Overwhelming support for £20m Elland train station as hundreds back planHundreds of people have overwhelmingly supported plans for the new £20m Elland railway station.
- Strong support for petition demanding Scotrail cut Fife fares by 30 per centA petition launched calling on ScotRail to cut fares in Fife has been backed by 500 people in a matter of days.
- When Marlborough had not one but two railway stations and two railway linesOARE like many villages has changed a great deal in the last 100 years. Apart from the homes, jobs and what clothes people wore some of the most obvious changes are the roads.
- MP demands north-east trains stay on track to ensure passengers not cut offAn MP has urged rail bosses to ensure passengers from a north-east town are not “cut off” from the main Aberdeen to Glasgow line.
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