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Scotland misses out on ‘Bullet trains’ for west coast

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Hitachi trains will be introduced to west coast services Scotland will miss out on a new fleet of West Coast rail ‘bullet trains’ after Aberdeen Standard Investments and Rock RailRead More

Support for commuters

Labour pressures SNP with pledge for 33% rail fares cut

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Labour wants to nationalise the rail network (pic: Terry Murden) Labour is promising to cut rail fares by a third and offer free travel for those under 16 across England,Read More

Centrica and NCP to launch electric vehicle ‘charge parks’

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Electric vehicle charging points will become a familiar sight in car parks Energy supplier Centrica and car park operator NCP are trialling ‘while you wait’ electrical vehicle charging. A firstRead More

Emissions goal

EasyJet targets carbon offsetting on all flights

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An EasyJet plane landing at Edinburgh (pic: Terry Murden) EasyJet wants to become the world’s first major airline to operate net-zero carbon flights across its entire fleet. After posting aRead More

Passenger slowdown

Edinburgh Airport suffers first fall in growth for five years

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Fall in numbers: ‘growth is not guaranteed’ Edinburgh Airport saw its first fall in passenger growth for almost five years with October’s tally 1% lower than the same month lastRead More

Firm in administration

Haulier Corporate Road Solutions collapses with 66 jobs lost

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Fleet at standstill: Director struggled to find more capital Road haulage company Corporate Road Solutions 24:7 has collapsed with the loss of 66 jobs. Based in leasehold premises at RedmillRead More

Green fuel move

Lidl to install electric vehicle charging points in car parks

Charging to near capacity will take 50 minutes Supermarket group Lidl is spending £25 million to install rapid electric vehicle chargers at all of its new stores. More than 300Read More

£20m improvements plan

Airport to improve access and move taxi rank to end conflicts

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The new taxi rank Edinburgh Airport has announced further details of a £20 million programme to ease congestion and resolve conflicts between taxi and private hire firms. The plan willRead More

More trains on time

ScotRail punctuality shows marked improvement

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Trains are running to time more often ScotRail says punctuality on the troubled network has improved with 36,200 more trains arriving on time since April compared with the same periodRead More

Service extended to north

Serco says ‘lessons learned’ as Highlands Sleeper arrives

New trains now serve the north of Scotland UPDATED 13th: Serco Caledonian Sleeper boss Ryan Flaherty says it has “learned lessons” from problems on the Lowlander service as it extendsRead More