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Mark Harper: Elizabeth line ‘shows what you can do if you ignore doubters’

The new Transport Secretary hailed the Elizabeth line as a success after the service has already clocked up 70 million journeys

Evening Standard

Army would step in to help NHS during winter of strikes under contingency plans

Health and defence officials are planning proposals to counter major walkouts

Wales Online

Trains, tubes and buses: What's next on UK's strikes agenda?

LONDON: The UK's transport network has been blighted by a series of strikes since the summer as workers battle for pay hikes that keep pace with inflation, and in some cases oppose post-Covid changes to the system.

The Times of India

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Pay deals to match inflation are unaffordable, minister warns as strikes loom

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said there ‘simply isn’t the money’.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers ‘contracted diphtheria overseas’ despite overcrowding

Transport Secretary Mark Harper insisted the infections present an ‘extremely low risk’ to the wider public.

The Independent UK

Baggage handlers told to speed up

The Transport Ministry has ordered baggage-handling companies at Suvarnabhumi airport to speed up their services after receiving complaints from people who had to wait up to 90 minutes to collect their luggage.

Bangkok Post

Business trepidation about $3 billion light rail levy

The Transport Minister is to advise Cabinet how to tax businesses and property owners' gains to help fund mass transit projects in our biggest cities.

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Lucrative conferences cancelled and investors forced to go by minibus: What Manchester's rail meltdown is costing the city's economy

Senior business leader spells out the damage to local reputation in letter to the Transport Secretary Mark Harper

Manchester Evening News

Train Strikes: Christmas rail walkout still going ahead after RMT meeting with Government

Train strikes around Christmas will not be called off until a solid settlement has been reached with rail companies, union boss Mick Lynch insisted on Thursday.

Evening Standard

First look at Glasgow’s new subway trains as Transport Minister gives them 'seal of approval'

Glasgow’s new subway trains are undergoing testing before their introduction next year, with Transport Minister Jenny Gilruith checking out the new vehicles this week.

Glasgow Live

Transport Secretary says there is a 'deal to be done' to avert pre-Christmas rail strikes

The RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said that the public are behind striking workers after a crunch meeting at the Department for Transport on Thursday

Daily Mirror

RMT leader Mick Lynch to meet Transport Secretary Mark Harper over rail dispute

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned his Cabinet that Britain faced a ‘challenging’ winter of strikes

Evening Standard

Public pump brakes on lower speed limits

Progress on reducing speed limits across the country has been hamstrung with more community engagement having to take place than was expected.

Newsroom.co.nz

London businesses hail ‘transformative’ Elizabeth line after 70m journeys

Almost 70m journeys have been made on the Elizabeth line in its first six months, Transport for London said on Monday.

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Green light given to dual part of A9 through famous Highland Perthshire battlefield after years of preservation concerns

Transport minister Jenny Gilruth approved the statutory procedures for the dualling of a 22km stretch between Killiecrankie and Glen Garry

The Independent UK

Self-charging train project gets Government funding

Cambridgeshire-based company Echion Technologies is creating train batteries that can charge from overhead wires.

Bangkok Post

Taxi fares to rise in Greater Bangkok

The Transport Ministry and taxi drivers have agreed on new fare rates for Bangkok and its vicinity that will see passengers paying about 7% more for a ride.

Bangkok Post

High-speed rail project running late

The contract governing the construction of the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway may need to be renegotiated as work on the first phase between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima has fallen behind schedule, a source at the Transport Ministry said.

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Bangkok Post

High-speed rail project 'behind schedule'

The contract governing the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway construction may need to be renegotiated, as construction of the project's first phase between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima is now falling behind schedule, a source at the Transport Ministry said.

Nottingham Post

Wife of man killed on M1 smart motorway 'disappointed' after Rishi Sunak's vow reportedly put on hold

The newly-appointed Transport Secretary Mark Harper was confronted over the topic

The New Daily

Higher taxi plate levy proposed in New South Wales

New South Wales rideshare and taxi passengers will be slugged $1.20 for every trip until 2030 to appease taxi licence plate owners.

Evening Standard

National Highways secures High Court order to ban M25 Just Stop Oil disruption

The High Court has granted a further injunction which aims to stop unlawful demonstrations on England’s busiest motorway

Wales Online

Rail users still face disruption despite strikes being called off

Services likely to be 'extremely limited' today

Bangkok Post

Yellow, Pink lines to trial next month

The Yellow and Pink monorail systems are to begin their trial runs next month before commercial operations officially commence in February, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has confirmed.

Daily Mirror

Northern Powerhouse Rail scaled back AGAIN as Tory says 'not much point' in plan

Proposals to build in full Northern Powerhouse Rail, also called High Speed 3, have been scrapped just weeks after they were restored by ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss

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