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SNP blasts Labour plan to axe rail service

Your account has been frozen. Published Date: 08 November 2009 FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has hit out at "secret plans" to axe a vital rail service between Scotland and London. The UK government takes over the direct service...

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National Express East Coast now public

• Train service taken over from next Saturday • Public ownership will last for at least 18 months Back in the day, British Rail was synonymous with soggy sandwiches, late trains – or no services at all. Deserved or not, it was...

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Review of train reserve charges

Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button. Published Date: 06 November 2009 TRAIN passengers using the east coast mainline may see controversial seat reservation charges scrapped once the...

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Politics News: Transport Secretary Lord Adonis blats SNP over Glasgow Airport Rail Link axe

Nov 6 2009 Magnus Gardham UK Transport Secretary Lord Adonis yesterday slammed the SNP decision to scrap the Glasgow Airport Rail Link. He said the move was a "serious mistake" that would badly damage the city's chances of...

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Government takes control of East Coast rail

Britain’s busiest long-distance rail route was effectively nationalised on Thursday when the Government confirmed it would take control of the troubled East Coast franchise, which National Express has run for the past two years.

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Cyclist deaths and injuries increase as more people take to the road

Philip Pank, Transport Correspondent More people are taking to the road on two wheels, but government data yesterday revealed a striking increase in fatalities among cyclists. Motorcycle riders were the only other kind of road...

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Eastwest high speed rail link in pipeline

Britain will have an east-west high speed rail link within the next generation, Lord Adonis, the transport secretary, has suggested. A north-south HSR line, running initially from London to Birmingham and possibly further...

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Politics News: SNP by-election candidate David Kerr makes blunder over jobseeker's allowance

Nov 5 2009 Magnus Gardham Bungling by-election candidate David Kerr yesterday admitted he did not know how much unemployment benefit is worth. The SNP hopeful had no idea when he was asked during a radio interview - despite...

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London Underground denies claims it will only give pay rises to non-union members

London Underground has denied reports that it will pay non-union members an increase in salary that will not be made available to union members. On Monday, Unite the union announced it was seeking legal advice over the Tube

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LIVE: PM questions and expenses

Noon: PM's questions. 1230 Harman on expenses: From Democracy Live. 1149 Grant Shapps is being quizzed on the Daily Politics about ex-Labour minister Kim Howells' call for British troops to be brought home from Afghanistan. He...

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