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Next stage of the Cambridge-Oxford rail link launched
The next stage of the 530 million pound project to provide a rail link all the way from Cambridge to Oxford is being launched today. (Thursday)
Battery train to make debut in Scotland
Passengers in Scotland will next week be the first to ride in a new battery-powered train to showcase its potential without the high cost of electrifying railway lines.
South Wales Metro project gets bigger than expected funding boost from the European Union
A £100m plus funding boost for the next phase of rail’s Metro project from the European Union has been confirmed.
Telford MP Lucy Allan to set up "trains taskforce" to combat rail chaos
A trains taskforce will be set up to try to combat chaos on the rails, it has been revealed.
Ensuring successful adoption in the era of SMART Public Transport [paid inclusion]
Over recent years operators, councils and other stakeholders have invested heavily in attempts to modernise the UK public transport sector in what some commentators are labelling ‘the SMART revolution’.
Thursday, 04 October 2018
Aviation Industry
- Virgin Atlantic 747 flies from Orlando to London on waste-gas biofuel UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic has flown a Boeing 747 from Orlando, Florida, to London Gatwick on a blend of waste-gas biofuel produced by New Zealand-based LanzaTech, using an alcohol-to-jet (AtJ) process.
- Manchester Airports Group, China firm bid for Sofia Airport Manchester Airports Group (MAG) will partner with China's Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG) to bid for the concession to operate Bulgaria's Sofia Airport, as the country's government has opened the tender process.
- French La Compagnie to launch A321neo flights in April 2019 Paris-based all-business-class airline La Compagnie will introduce the first of its two incoming Airbus A321neos in April, configured with 76 lie-flat seats in a two-by-two layout.
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