From press feeds - UK topics that may inform transport interests in the West

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« on: March 10, 2019, 09:01:12 »

I could start an awful lot of threads and drown boards with what I find interesting in the wider UK^▸ news ... so here is (initially) 3 in one - from 10th March 2019. Please feel free to quote / start fresh threads if something is of more than passing interest. I wonder, for example, if the Spalding call for trains to be moved out of the town to allow level crossings to close may ring a bell (or sting) in Portishead ...

"Free bus travel for all in Scotland" call by scottish Labour Leader - BBC^» British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)

"£200million train cab where drivers can't see out the window: Station signals obscured from the seat and views blocked by a wall housing the safety ladder put passengers in danger" - Daily Mail, re: Great Northern class 717

"The idea of moving the railway around Spalding to avoid a few traffic hold ups is the limit, and shows a complete lack of understanding of the matter." - Spalding Today


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