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Inquiry launched into double debacle of Leeds Supertram and trolleybus schemes
A MAJOR inquiry is set to be launched into the chain of decisions stretching back across three decades which saw TWO major transport schemes for Leeds scrapped – and tens of millions of pounds in taxpayer cash wasted in the process.
Further rail improvements planned in Essex - meaning East Anglia will have been cut off from London for half of 2016
Rail services between London and East Anglia will be cancelled again for eight weekends between September and November – and there will be a total shutdown on the southern end of the route for 10 days over the festive period.
Nothing done to simplify rail since 2009
Rail companies do not appear to have done anything to simplify the train ticketing system for at least seven years, the Transport Select Committee has claimed.
Moving towards a right-time railway
David Sidebottom, passenger director at Transport Focus, on how being honest about the quality of service passengers can expect is a key part of building trust between the railway and its customers.
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
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- Fresh Paradise road closures make Birmingham commuter headache worse Busy area for bars is now closed to all traffic until next month as work continues on traffic element of £500m Paradise scheme
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- Work set to start on ‘vital’ Leeds link road which is key to success of 7,000 homes and jobsCampaigners have welcomed the start of work on an “almost forgotten” piece of key infrastructure in east Leeds which it was claimed had been languishing in development limbo - and which campaigners say is vital to the success of a sprawling wider masterplan for the area.
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