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Channel Tunnel engineers unveil plans for high-speed monorail to Glasgow Airport
A RETIRED engineer who helped design the Channel Tunnel has drawn up plans for a seven-mile monorail linking Glasgow Airport to the city centre in the latest bid to solve the hub's transport conundrum.
It's time for bus companies to stop putting profits before passengers, Newcastle council leader says
Nick Forbes, leader of Newcastle City Council, says the new Bus Services Bill to shake-up the city's transport system is needed
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- Could we finally see the end of overcrowded trains?Network Rail has unveiled plans for a digital signalling system that will allow 40% more trains to run on existing lines - reducing overcrowding.
Financial Times
- Truckmakers face record EU cartel fineSix groups set aside €2.6bn over charges they fixed prices and delayed emission technologies
The Guardian
- The night tube is a stage on which urban dramas unfoldRavers, city workers, fighty louts, the recently divorced… their stories come alive in the early hours on the undergroundA green light at the end of the tunnel – the night tube is coming.1am A knackered city clerk makes her way back to Ealing. She applied her make-up on the commuter train to work; she removes it on the way home with a blousy sigh. With the night tube comes the night passengers, night conversations, night litter, all of a quality quite different from day. Kebab wrappers, phone numbers, face wipes, discarded by those getting ready for bed. The night tube is one of the most intim...
The Herald
- ScotRail trains hit by disruption due to lack of staffScotRail train schedules have been hit by a series of delays and disruptions due to a lack of staff.
- Channel Tunnel engineers unveil plans for high-speed monorail to Glasgow AirportA RETIRED engineer who helped design the Channel Tunnel has drawn up plans for a seven-mile monorail linking Glasgow Airport to the city centre in the latest bid to solve the hub's transport conundrum.
Times Online
- Overcrowded Cambridge risks losing out as technology hub [Subscription]Cambridge, one of the fastest growing technology business centres in Britain, risks being left behind other high-tech hubs such as Boston because of the lack of housing, office and research space and infrastructure, according to a study.
- Airport noise watchdog set to delay runway decision again [Subscription]A final decision on a new runway in the southeast may be delayed again after the government unveiled plans for an aviation watchdog to control noise.
The Mirror
- Derailed Southern train boss is on the wrong track when it comes to unions There is a dispute after Aslef drivers voted to join stoppages by RMT guards and Dyan Crowther should apologise to passengers
Birmingham Mail
- Car abandoned on Metro line causes chaos for passengersIt left Metro trams unable to reach their final stop in Birmingham
- 16 days out you can reach on the Midland Metro from Birmingham to WolverhamptonHere are the museums, zoos, shopping centres and parks all within easy reach of the tram stops
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Guide Dog owners call for tougher penalties for cab drivers who refuse to take their animals GUIDE dog owners from Bradford have joined a national campaign to highlight how some cab drivers illegally turn away their animals.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- North Wales railway stations hit with 700 crimes in just over four years Transport police say crime is falling after incidents of vandalism, violence, theft and rocks out on tracks
London Evening Standard
- Driver sparks rail delays by somehow parking car on fenced-off stretch of trackScores of rail passengers faced delays today after a wayward driver somehow managed to abandon their car in the middle of a fenced-off stretch of track.
- Cyclist threatened by driver with baseball bat in shocking road rage row in St John's WoodThe angry driver suddenly appeared to back down from the confrontation after realising he was being filmed
Manchester Evening News
- Nostalgia enthusiasts out in force for 1940s wartime weekend on the East Lancashire Railway The annual event attracts thousands of visitors and re-enactors who take the chance to step back in time at the various stations
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- It's time for bus companies to stop putting profits before passengers, Newcastle council leader saysNick Forbes, leader of Newcastle City Council, says the new Bus Services Bill to shake-up the city's transport system is needed
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- HS2: Homeowners offered cash to make way for high-speed rail lineNew compensation deals have been offered to home-owners and businesses along the proposed route of the high-speed rail line HS2 in Staffordshire.
Daventry Express
- Sky Rides planned to get people on their bikes in NorthamptonshireThere’s a chance to get into the countryside on free guided bike tours this summer with a range of levels from beginners to those looking for a challenge.
North Wales Live
- Liverpool welcomes new direct air link with China Businesses and academics say route will open up trade, tourism and educational opportunities
- Driving Ambition puts trainees on road to a new career in haulage Widnes centre says it can deliver courses below going rates and fast-track testing
Peterborough Telegraph
- Road to traffic hell as congestion levels reach record highFor anyone who spends much time behind the wheel it might seem obvious but now government statistics have proved that Britain’s roads are getting busier.
Other Regional Press
- Heathrow CEO visits primary school to discuss Heathrow expansion plansAn ‘election-style’ manifesto was launched by the CEO of Heathrow Airport at Colnbook Primary School on Monday.
- Thames Valley LEP makes dire warning about employment at HeathrowThe chair of the group behind the Western Rail Access to Heathrow project says it’s now time “to let the evidence do the talking” and get on delivering a Third Runway. But his claim that employment at Heathrow will decline if Heathrow is not expanded flies in the face of research part-funded by Slough Borough Council.
- Scheme to help blind people at Portsmouth bus stopsVISUALLY-impaired bus passengers are to benefit from a new scheme to introduce talking bus stops.
- �115m new roads project for PrestonLANCASHIRE County Council is set to force through a huge new £115m roads project.
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