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Fifth day of ScotRail customer disruption hits new timetable high with more problems for flagship new trains
SCOTRAIL customers faced a fifth working day of travel disruption and frustration with the largest number of cancellations since the new winter timetables were brought in and a further fault with its flagship new Class 385 electric trains.
Only five train operators plan Boxing Day services [Subscription]
Ministers have been accused of betraying passengers after it emerged that promises of more train services on Boxing Day were quietly dropped.
Two 'British' children among 28 injured after Lisbon tram comes off the rails and flips over in front of horrified tourists
Two British children were among 28 injured in a tram crash in Portugal last night.
Saturday, 15 December 2018
BBC News
- Unseen footage shows Glasgow's M8 motorway in 1970sThe film and photos are published to preserve the history of the major work of civil engineering.
The Herald
- Travel warnings across Scotland as freezing rain forecastSnow and ice are expected to create dangerous travelling conditions across large parts of Scotland this weekend.
Times Online
- Freezing rain will wreak havoc on roads [Subscription]Blizzards, heavy snow and freezing rain will hit this weekend, bringing dangerous conditions for drivers on one of the years busiest shopping weekends.
Manchester Evening News
- A Greater Manchester council is getting tough on motorists - and passengers - litteringA tougher stance on environmental crime using new legislation has been enforced in Wigan since October
Other Regional Press
- Undercover police take to lorries to catch distracted driversUndercover Devon and Cornwall Police officers have taken to specialised HGVs to target driving offences.
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- Megacity traffic soot contributes to global warming … at a forum in the EU pavilion how the reduction … possible to explain the vertical transport of soot. "The … contribution of soot pollution from road traffic," reports Alfred … , Black carbon emission and transport mechanisms to the free troposphere …
- Costa road tunnels and bridges have more safety problems than anywhere else in Spain … don't meet EU safety rules are found along the … Tunnel deficiencies flagged by the EU include evacuation routes, smoke … motorways and main roads. The age of the roads is also … fire and inadequate safety lighting. Whereas for the road carrying the …
- New drink-drive limit in Scotland âhas not reduced road accidentsâ … , looked at police data on road traffic accidents in not just … in that way make Scottish roads saferâ. Sorry, this content isn … an indication of the safety of Scotlandâs roads more generally, following … Scotland in line with most European nations.â
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