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The Transport Committee hears from rail professionals as part of its inquiry into the Intercity East Coast rail franchise.
Northern Rail: Sir David Crausby backs calls to strip Arriva of franchise
MP DAVID Crausby has backed Andy Burnham's call for a probe into Northern Rail's failures.
Wales and Borders rail franchise and Metro winner to be revealed next week
Keolis and MTR will learn next week if they have won the Wales & Borders franchise and contract to deliver the next phase of the Metro
Oxford Bus Company to launch Uber-style on-demand service
Oxford's new demand-responsive ridesharing service aims to ‘tempt people out of their cars’
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- China car app Didi updates safety measures after murderThe country's equivalent of Uber is overhauling a service following the murder of a female passenger
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- New Operation Stack plans to keep Kent movingPlans to improve overnight lorry parking and to ease traffic in the event of cross-Channel disruption announced.
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- Alastair Dalton: Driverless vehicles a benefit but not a panaceaThe driverless vehicle is “here” – but not yet in Scotland.
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- Mayor says TfL has been given new powers to tackle dangerous taxi and private hire activity in LondonTransport for London’s (TfL) compliance officers have been granted sweeping new powers to carry out road stops without an accompanying police officer for the first time.
Bucks Free Press
- Transport chief pledges to fix potholes across county The county’s transport chief has pledged to repair potholes across Bucks after “record breaking” winter damage.
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- First Minister downplays expectations over Welsh rail franchise – as London Crossrail looks for Ł500m bailoutThe First Minister has sought to reduce expectations around the impact of the new rail franchise in Wales.
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