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Railway station ticket barriers could be replaced by sensors which detect when passengers board trains [ Subscription ]
TThe desperate scrabble for your ticket while running for a train could be a thing of the past, a manufacturer has claimed, with sensors potentially replacing ticket barriers which detect when passengers board trains. Train-builder Hitachi Rail is developing technology designed to ensure travellers are automatically charged the correct fare by recognising their smartphones at both ends of their journey.
Southeastern among franchises placed on public takeover watch list
The Southeastern franchise is one of six that could go the way of LNER and be taken over by the government as sources warned there was little time for a new operator to be appointed by April next year.
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- Raise car fuel prices to fight air pollution, says rightwing thinktankBright Blue calls for zero VAT on electric cars and rewards for reporting idling vehicles. Vehicle fuel taxes should rise to combat the air pollution crisis in the UK, with an extra charge on diesel, according to the conservative thinktank Bright Blue.
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- Bentley chief: ‘Leaving the EU without a deal is not corporate death for us, but it’s annoying’ [ Subscription ]“I don’t collect cars,” says Adrian Hallmark, the boss of Bentley, the Crewe-based luxury manufacturer whose vehicles are the choice of those who find a Rolls-Royce a bit too ostentatious. “But I’ve owned 160 cars since I was 17 – I keep a list.”
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- Clean air campaign: Earn money by informing on idling cars [ Subscription ]People would be able to earn money from videoing drivers who cause air pollution by leaving their engines running while parked under a proposal from a Conservative think tank.
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