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MELBOURNE'S long-suffering train commuters could be given free late evening travel under plans to ease the squeeze on the rail network. Victorian Premier John Brumby flagged the travel deal today, saying it would capitalise on the success of the ...

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Free travel for Victorian commuters possible: Brumby - News.com.au

Go-Ahead, the rail and bus operator, has seen pre-tax profits climb by a fifth as credit crunch-hit commuters opt increasingly for public transport. The transport group, which carries 30 per cent of the UK's rail passengers and has the country's ...

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Go-Ahead profits climb 20% on rail boom - Times Online

Traveling by train can be a drag -- or convert you to rail travel for the rest of your life. Here's a list of the top 10 trains around the world, rating them on attributes like amenities, comfort, convenient routes, reasonable fares, and technology

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Top 10 trains around the world - Economic Times

IARNROD Eireann has ordered its ticket checking staff to stop the partners or companions of gay people using free-travel passes. The move, outlined in a confidential memo, has provoked anger in the gay community which has accused Irish Rail of active ...

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Irish Rail under fire for free travel pass ban on gay partners - Independent

Angelina Sidumo is one of the hundreds of traders that throng the busy train station in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, on most Wednesday afternoons to catch the once-weekly train south to Chicualacuala town in Gaza Province, an 18-hour journey ...

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Mozambique: Cheap Rail Travel Boosts Cross-Border Trade - AllAfrica.com

Cash-strapped commuters are choosing to travel by bus and train rather than fuel their cars, according to Go-Ahead, the rail and bus operator. The transport group said yesterday that passenger growth in its bus and rail divisions had accelerated ...

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Go-Ahead sees acceleration in passenger numbers - Times Online

LONDON (Reuters) - A 17-year-old girl died when the vehicle she was in plunged into a swollen river as torrential rain flooded homes and caused transport chaos in Britain on Friday. The girl was one of three passengers in a 4-wheel-drive vehicle ...

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Teenager dies as floods hit Britain - Reuters UK

A STEERING group pushing for the regeneration of Crewe’s ageing railway station is calling for rail bosses to ‘come clean’ about their interests in plans to move the main station out to Basford. Chairman of Crewe, Rail, and Environment of ...

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Call to come clean over rail station's future - Crewe Guardian

PUPILS in Devon schools are being asked to have their say on how young people can be encouraged to use public transport as part of a competition to support Devon Car Free Day on Monday, September 22. Devon County Council is running a ‘Buses are ...

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Pupils to promote public transport - This is West Country

MELBOURNE'S rail commuters would get free evening travel under a plan by Premier John Brumby to reduce severe overcrowding in the afternoon rush. Mr Brumby said free travel after 8pm could help spread out commuters. He floated the idea as new ...

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