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Is Manchester accessible? How wheelchair users can get the most out of the city

With its impressive nightlife and ever-evolving food scene, the ‘capital of the North’ is unmatched as a UK city break. Carrie-Ann Lightly shares her insider guide for visitors with accessibility needs

The Independent UK

Manchester Trains Grounded After Major Signalling Power Failure Strands Thousands Across North West

A power failure at Manchester's Rail Operating Centre halted trains across north-west England, causing widespread cancellations and delays. The incident highlights vulnerabilities in rail signalling systems.

International Business Times UK

Mapped: All the UK rail lines disrupted by major power outage

National Rail has confirmed the chaos is due to an electricity supply failure at one of its communications centres

The Independent UK

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First trains to join Manchester’s Bee Network by end of 2026

Andy Burnham unveils next step in transport system, allowing contactless travel with fares capped across trains, buses and trams

The Guardian - UK

Man already died in California train crash with 225 passengers. Yet his phone makes 35 calls to his family over 11 hours

What could be the reason?

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Dublin airport’s ambitious connection to city centre takes a step closer

Various Metro projects for the capital have been proposed in recent decades

The Independent UK

Big railroads spurn system designed to improve safety

Two and a half years after a train derailment in Ohio, major freight railroads have not joined a federal program aimed at reducing rail hazards

The Independent UK

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Dublin is the only large European capital without a metro: what would Leopold Bloom make of that?

In James Joyce’s Ulysses, the city’s most famous fictional resident was as frustrated by its transport links in 1904 as many of us are today, says professor of political economy Dermot Hodson

The Guardian - UK

Mum told she can’t use family tram ticket because her baby ‘isn’t a child’

The family of four were warned they could have been fined for travelling without a valid ticket

The Independent UK

Manchester’s Bee Network introduces tap-in travel on buses as well as trams

Andy Burnham hails ‘truly integrated, London-style’ system with fares calculated and capped automatically

The Guardian - UK

Transit systems are targeting fare evaders to win back riders leery about crime

Transit systems are building stronger, better security gates to avoid fare skippers

The Independent UK

Controversial message praising Cuba's Fidel and Raul Castro pops up in Miami bus

A MetroLink bus in Miami displayed an LED sign reading "Long Live Fidel and Raul"

Latin Times

NTSB chair says new locomotive camera rule is flawed because it excludes freight railroads

Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their locomotives

The Independent UK

Four face charges over restraint death on Manchester tram system

Jack Barnes, 29, died after being restrained by tram staff monitoring anti-social behaviour on Manchester’s tram network

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Wood carving in Salford

Can a huge cash boost turn the ‘other city’ into an 'arts and culture hotspot' PLUS Crime crackdown on transport network

Manchester Evening News

Trams suspended on part of Metrolink line after tree falls onto track

Passengers can use their tickets on some bus services

Manchester Evening News

The staggering results from two days of GMP crackdown on trams and buses

A number of arrests were also made

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Return of the late night tram?

Mayor wants to bring back late night weekend trams ASAP PLUS Maxine Peake stuns at John Rylands library

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'Good chance' late night trams will return this autumn, Andy Burnham says

Tram services have stopped running later since the pandemic

Dublin Live

Have your say on the cost and delivery of Dublin Metrolink

It is currently projected to be completed in 2034, a whopping 34 years after it was first proposed

Dublin Live

Dublin Metrolink bill already at €300m despite no construction

The Public Accounts Committee have been left "frustrated" at the lack of progress

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester 'bottom of the league' in race for cleaner green transport

A study by a campaign group assessed 42 European cities, and we ranked the worst

Manchester Evening News

Part of Metrolink's Eccles line to close to replace 1.7 kilometres of worn track

The work on Eccles New Road will see the closure of Eccles and Ladywell tram stops for ten weeks from July 15

Manchester Evening News

Metrolink line blocked after crash between tram and car

A woman was treated at the scene following the crash

Manchester Evening News

New ‘bus and tram’ tickets 20% cheaper as Greater Manchester moves closer to ‘London-style’ transport network

The Bee Network across the region launches on September 24 with the promise of cheaper prices for those who purchase bus and tram tickets

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