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- 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.
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London Evening Standard
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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.
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