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Go-Ahead transport group orders 1,200 ‘green buses’ from Wrightbus

Deal for electric zero-emission vehicles worth £500m supports 500 jobs in Northern Ireland and 2,000 more across UK

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Standard View: At last, HS2 to Euston gets the green signal

The Transport Secretary giveth, the Transport Secretary taketh away. Louise Haigh has given the strongest signal yet that HS2 will run to London Euston. At the same time, she announced a delay in the decision over the Lower Thames Crossing, the new £9 billion link between Kent and Essex, until…

Evening Standard

Lower Thames Crossing decision delayed for seven months

Green campaigners welcome delay to £9bn road tunnel, but businesses say move is ‘deeply concerning’

The Guardian - UK

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HS2 rail line will run into London Euston, transport secretary Louise Haigh hints

The government is expected to make an announcement around the time of the Budget

The Independent UK

Lower Thames Crossing: Transport Secretary Louise Haigh slams £1billion planning process bill

She confirmed the paperwork for the project had spiralled to 360,000 pages

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer does not have a problem with women, says transport secretary

Louise Haigh’s remarks follow departures of PM’s chief of staff Sue Gray and MP Rosie Duffield

The Guardian - UK

Pensioners will keep their free bus passes, says Cabinet minister Louise Haigh ahead of the Budget

The pledge was made after the cuts to the winter fuel payments for most pensioners

Evening Standard

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Thousand more electric buses for London as capital's biggest bus company places £500m order

But still no sign of the long-delayed ‘tram bus’ on the 358 route in south London

Evening Standard

HS2 high-speed rail line will run to London Euston, Transport Secretary Louise Haigh strongly signals

An official announcement is expected at the Budget on October 30

Evening Standard

Bereaved families lay wreaths to mark Ladbroke Grove rail disaster 25 years on

31 people died when two trains collided in west London on 5 October 1999

The Independent UK

Outdated London Euston station needs major overhaul amid overcrowding fears, says Network Rail

Transport secretary Louise Haigh agrees five-point plan to tackle overcrowding and confusion at terminus with ‘zombie’ HS2 building site

The Independent UK

Revealed: The 36 rail projects at risk of being scrapped to plug Labour’s £22bn black hole

Exclusive: Transport secretary Louise Haigh – who previously criticised Rishi Sunak for the ‘great rail betrayal’ of HS2 – now finds herself wielding an axe over £85m worth of projects

The Independent UK

Euston station’s big advertising screens turned off after overcrowding fears

Network Rail promises to turn round station after criticism from passengers and watchdogs

The Guardian - UK

Euston station’s advertising board switched off as part of improvement plan

NETWORK Rail has turned off a large advertising board at London’s Euston station following criticism it made the passenger experience worse ...

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Evening Standard

Euston station's giant advertising board switched off in five-point plan to tackle overcrowding

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has ordered Network Rail to declutter the station concourse and make changes to the way it handles train announcements

Evening Standard

Bakerloo line: Oldest trains on the London Underground 'could be replaced by 2030'

TfL wants to order Piccadilly line-style new trains but needs Government help

The Independent UK

Labour picks trains tsar to drive through railway renationalisation

The transport secretary has picked Laura Shoaf, chief executive of the West Midlands Combined Authority, to run Shadow Great British Railways

Evening Standard

Piccadilly line: First new trains in 50 years will start running on London Underground next year

Hopes raised that Bakerloo could be next Tube line to get new rolling stock

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The Guardian - UK

Labour urged to scrap UK road schemes such as £9bn Lower Thames Crossing

Suggestion would allow government to divert money earmarked for new roads to rail and other public transport

Evening Standard

Seven in 10 Londoners back rail nationalisation, but don't want to pay for it: YouGov survey

Support plummets if people are asked to pay more in taxes or fares

The Independent UK

Government faces end of year deadline to decide if HS2 will reach Euston

Ministers must decide on the 4.5-mile route within four months, sources say

The Independent UK

Haigh gets on the bus with her socialist transport revolution

Exclusive: Louise Haigh intends to be the first transport secretary to use her conference speech to focus on the unfashionable subject of buses, but for her they represent a wider message on a transport revolution

Evening Standard

Unions must abandon outdated work practices to fix railways, says Transport Secretary Louise Haigh

Exclusive: The Cabinet minister also vowed to get trains into London running on time

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s something in the air’: UK airport expansion gears up for takeoff

Lobbyists are increasingly confident about expansion plans as concerns for the economy start to deepen

The Independent UK

Louise Haigh puts Labour’s socialist agenda on the ‘fast track’ with accelerated bus public ownership plan

Exclusive: Transport secretary Louise Haigh is set to accelerate her bid to undo Margaret Thatcher’s legacy on public transport

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