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Inquiry into motorway petrol prices [Subscription]
Motorway service stations are to face an inquiry into the prices they charge for fuel. Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, has asked the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to investigate the three biggest service station operators, Moto, Welcome Break and Roadchef, which control the majority of motorway services.
NAO report on electrification cancellation
The Transport Committee Chair comments on the National Audit Office report on the cancellation of rail electrification projects.
Friday, 30 March 2018
The Scotsman
- ScotRail train shortage prompts UK-wide search for stand-ins ScotRail is in a race against time to find more stand-in trains to avert further overcrowding because of delays to a brand new fleet.
Transport Committee
- NAO report on electrification cancellation The Transport Committee Chair comments on the National Audit Office report on the cancellation of rail electrification projects.
London Evening Standard
- Disabled NHS doctor's Twitter posts highlight 'hellish' reality of navigating London in a wheelchairWhen disabled NHS doctor Hannah Barham-Brown set out on a 100-mile journey from London to Birmingham via public transport, she could have predicted how it would unfold.
Manchester Evening News
- Tram passengers are 'fearful of using Oldham line' after recent attacks near Metrolink stopsPolice are investigating two hammer attacks which took place at Derker and near Oldham King Street stops earlier this month
Wales Online
- Train passenger fined £470 for not paying £2 fare (after he'd just spent £200 on another ticket) After coming off a London to Cardiff train, John Button was expecting to pay the conductor for the last, shorter leg of his journey
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