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    • 195 Electric Bus Order For BYD ADL Vehicles Sees RATP Dev London Make Strides Towards Emission Free Transport By 2037

    BYD UK and Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) have jointly confirmed that their electric vehicle partnership will deliver the UK’s largest ever electric bus order.
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    'Dive Under' Proposed to Allow Coventry to Leicester Trains to Run Again

     UK
    Plans for an ambitious feat of civil engineering close to the Leicestershire border have been proposed, to connect up Leicester and Coventry by rail once again. Currently, the train journey from Coventry to Leicester takes close to an hour despite the cities being so close.

    Is road-user charging for EVs a good idea?

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    Following South Australia's announcement a few weeks ago, Victoria has just announced that it will be the second state in Australia to introduce a road-user charge (RUC) for Electric Vehicles.

    Egyptian National Railways awards loco refurbishment contract

     Arabian Rail News
    Egyptian National Railways has awarded Ukraine’s Nikolaev Locomotive Repair Plant a contract to modernise 55 Adtranz DE2550 diesel locomotives.

    SpiceJet Not Looking To Resume 737 MAX Operations Right Now

     Airline News
    SpiceJet has reportedly put a hold on its plans to resume using the Boeing 737 MAX.

    Record-breaking Class 43 locomotive donated to The 125 Group

     UK
    Following the handover of 43102, one of the power cars involved in the record-breaking test run, to the National Railway Museum at Shildon, the other power car involved in the run, 43159, has, since withdrawal, faced a less certain future.

    Ukrainian Railways orders 100 sleeping cars

     Europe
    National railway Ukrzaliznyitsya has awarded KVSZ a contract to supply 100 sleeping cars.

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