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- Train strikes: People told not to travel by rail during walkoutsOnly 20% of services will run and some places will have no trains on Wednesday, Network Rail says.
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- History made as Dorothy – HS2’s state-of-the-art tunnel boring machine – completes the project’s first tunnel after 8 months undergroundPassengers across the north and Midlands are one step closer to quicker, greener and more reliable train services as Dorothy, HS2’s tunnel boring machine, has made her first breakthrough on the London to Birmingham route after 8 months underground.
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- Women face ‘hotbed of harassment, groping and masturbation’ on public transportWomen are experiencing a “hotbed” of sexual harassment when travelling in London, with girls as young as 15 being groped, an online project has found.
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- A London transport funding deal must not come at the cost of accessibility HOW many of us have got lost in the maze between Bank and Monument station? Imagine how much harder it would be if you suddenly couldn't remember where you had to go. “I get very confused with technology”; “I can’t ask what I’m doing wrong to a machine”. These are common refrains from people affected by dementia while trying to get a ticket or journeying across the underground system.
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- Cost of living: Instead of cutting fuel duty, the UK could make public transport freeSpain, Germany and Austria are all offering hefty discounts on public transport – why isn’t the UK following suit?
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- Unions say Transport Secretary should ‘stop blocking’ rail agreementThe TUC is calling on the Transport Secretary to stop “prolonging” the rail dispute ahead of another strike which will cripple services across the country.
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- Rail Minister hears York's case to be railway HQRAIL Minister Wendy Morton has visited York to learn more about the city’s bid to become the home of Great British Railways.
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- Watch: Here’s what the rail minister thinks of York’s bid for the UK’s new railways HQRail minister Wendy Morton visited York today to learn more about the city’s bid to be crowned the home of Britain’s railways.
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- Crossrail | Taking Costain and Skanska off Bond Street job deemed ‘success story’ that saved almost £100MEnding main contractor involvement at Bond Street station early has saved Transport for London (TfL) just shy of £100M, according to the Greater London Authority (GLA) oversight committee’s latest assessment of TfL procurement.
- Balfour-Vinci JV celebrates HS2’s first tunnel breakthroughA joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Vinci has broken through on the first tunnel to be created for the £100bn High Speed 2 (HS2) project.
- DfT puts long-term TfL funding deal on the tableThe Department for Transport (DfT) has tabled a long-term funding deal to bolster Transport for London’s (TfL) dwindling coffers.
- Connected sensors to monitor Scotland’s rural roadsA connected sensor network has been developed to provide real-time monitoring of road conditions across 10,000km of rural roads in Scotland.
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- Hitachi’s Smart Mobility suite hits a world first as an entire city’s transport network is digitally connectedA new app from Hitachi provides passengers with the ability to access all modes of public transport in a city using ‘hands-free’ Bluetooth sensors.
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- Rail Minister visits Tesco’s rail operations at Tilbury following multi-million-pound investmentWendy Morton MP, Rail Minister, and Jackie Doyle-Price MP for Thurrock today visited Tesco’s UK-Europe rail hub at the Port of Tilbury following the retailer’s £5million investment in new rail freight services.
- Will Heathrow Express be affected by rail strikes? Airport train service from London Paddington faces disruptionRail strikes are set to take place this week as workers demand better pay, working conditions, and pensions. Multiple unions are striking including the RMT and Aslef.
- Three school buses axed leaving some Redditch students without transportTHREE school buses have been axed leaving some Redditch students without transport come the new school year in September.
- TransPod unveils full electric vehicle for ultra-high-speed transportThe new electric vehicle can travel in a protected guideway at more than 1000 km/h. Canada-based TransPod has unveiled a fully electric vehicle, FluxJet, which is a hybrid between an aircraft and a train.
- TfL considering long-term funding offerMore than two years after Transport for London’s finances collapsed as a result of the pandemic, there may about to be a positive solution to the Long Term funding from Government.
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