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RMT Union urges stop to '£5b rail privatisation plans for Wales'
The biggest rail workers' union is calling for a halt to plans it says would lead to a £5 billion rail privatisation. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union has written to Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones claiming that a decision had already been made to privatise Network Rail infrastructure in Wales and the South Wales Valley lines.
Platform: All aboard the Hyperloop express
An average train ride from Edinburgh to London costs £80 and lasts just under five hours; the same trip via plane sets one back £50 and is close to three hours total travel time. The dry reality of high costs is a facade for an even higher loss of time that could have been spent actively with colleagues, friends and family. Using Hyperloop technology, students from Edinburgh University have the ambition to shape the future of transportation in the UK, drastically reducing both the cost and journey time of the trip.
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- Pain in Spain: now an airport security strike hits passengersAirlines are warning passengers flying from Barcelona airport to arrive three hours before departure, as a sequence of strikes by security staff begins, affecting thousands of British travellers.
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- Air Canada jet almost caused one of worst aviation crashes in history in near miss with four passenger planesA Canadian plane almost caused one of the worst aviation disasters in history after pilots almost crashed into four planes parked near the runway.
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- CAA orders improvements at air traffic controller NATS after complaints by Stansted Airport and RyanairStansted Airport and Ryanair have welcomed a ruling which requires a series of improvements at air traffic control organisation NATS.
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- Austrian Airlines confirms A320/321 design limit extensionLufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has confirmed a design limit extension for its aging Airbus A320/321 fleet, CEO Kay Kratky told ATW. read more
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