Sentences with phrase «on rail transport»

Dr Birol and Minister Goyal discussed possible future collaboration on rail transport, and Minister Goyal shared the government's efforts for electrification and improvement of energy efficiency, and plans for India and the IEA to collaborate on a Global Railway Outlook to analyse prospects for the rail transport sector and how it can contribute to a more sustainable energy future.

The city should continue to spend on rail transport, even though the number of railway tracks already doubled in advance of the games, U.N. officials say.

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The incident might result in restrictions on using rail to transport oil, which could increase the price discount for Canadian crude.

for Transport, the public must question every major transport project as spending 2.2 billion dollars on the Forrestfield - Airport rail link is a grotesque waste of money which can not be justified with our very low population density and simply needs an efficient bus system at a fraction of the cost similar to that servicing Melbourne's TullarmarineTransport, the public must question every major transport project as spending 2.2 billion dollars on the Forrestfield - Airport rail link is a grotesque waste of money which can not be justified with our very low population density and simply needs an efficient bus system at a fraction of the cost similar to that servicing Melbourne's Tullarmarinetransport project as spending 2.2 billion dollars on the Forrestfield - Airport rail link is a grotesque waste of money which can not be justified with our very low population density and simply needs an efficient bus system at a fraction of the cost similar to that servicing Melbourne's Tullarmarine Airport.

Train traffic has been disrupted by explosions on the rail network, and on most major roads throughout the region, checkpoints have been set up by rebels and Ukrainian forces, making goods transport a risky business.

The operation would transfer coal from rail cars to barges, which would then carry it to nearby Texada Island where it would be loaded on ships and transported to Asia.

(a) Six - months annualised to latest available (b) RBA estimate of transport chain capacity expansion based on known port and rail projects

Conveniently situated on street level and directly on the foreshore of the harbour, Doltone House Darling Island Wharf may be accessed by boat, water taxi, ferry, light rail, bus, taxi or private transport.

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Sector Insight publication is the first in a series exploring autonomous transport systems with works on road, rail and maritime perspectives to follow.

Britain needs to embrace more light rail, discourage workplace parking, improve links between planning and transport and encourage vehicle sharing if efforts to tackle urban congestion are to succeed, witnesses to a Transport Select Committee inquiry evidence session remarked otransport and encourage vehicle sharing if efforts to tackle urban congestion are to succeed, witnesses to a Transport Select Committee inquiry evidence session remarked oTransport Select Committee inquiry evidence session remarked on Monday.

Stop HS2 campaign coordinator Joe Rukin responds to the Commons» transport committee's report on high speed rail:

Julian Huppert, Co-chair of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party committee on transport, comments on high speed rail

Track and train operations will be brought together in new rail franchises under plans announced by the Transport Secretary on Tuesday

The Campaign for Better Transport's spokesman Philippa Edmunds also welcomed the announcement but said more commitment to upgrades on the strategic rail freight network would benefit the economy and help tackle pollution.

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Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle responds to the Commons» transport committee's report on high speed rail:

Work commenced on the 85 km Akosombo - Tema railway line from the Tema Port to link the Volta Lake via the Akosombo Port, as part of a multi-modal transport system to facilitate the transfer of containerized cargo by rail to and from the Tema Port.

Adonis said he would have felt compelled to step down anyway over the transport secretary's decision to bail out Stagecoach and Virgin on the East Coast rail franchise.

The former transport secretary headed the body that makes recommendations to the government on projects such as the high - speed rail link HS2.

As you know, I raised these concerns with the chancellor and the transport secretary as soon as the bailout became apparent from the small print of an odd policy statement on 29 November majoring on reversing Beeching rail closures of the 1960s.

The Government should increase spending on the UK's road network to match what is being spent on rail, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA).

A recent government - commissioned report on Britain's future transport needs was unenthusiastic about the benefits of high - speed rail links, and said the government would be better to invest in small - scale improvements.

ABUJA — MEMBERS of the adhoc committee of the House of Representatives on failed rail contracts have summoned the Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi; Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, Seyi Sijuwade; former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Mohammed Bello Haliru; and former Minister of Transport, Idris Umar, to explain their roles in the alleged N1 trillion rail contracts scam.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said: «The full HS2 route will be a game changer for the country that will slash journey times and give rail passengers on the existing network thousands of extra seats every day.

The Guild of Travel Management Companies would like to hear your views on road, rail and air transport.

A Department for Transport spokesperson responds to the Commons» transport committee's report on high speed rail: «We welcome the select committee's report and note the support it shows for the need for a high speed rail network in Britain, and many of the proposals made in the government's consultation on High STransport spokesperson responds to the Commons» transport committee's report on high speed rail: «We welcome the select committee's report and note the support it shows for the need for a high speed rail network in Britain, and many of the proposals made in the government's consultation on High Stransport committee's report on high speed rail: «We welcome the select committee's report and note the support it shows for the need for a high speed rail network in Britain, and many of the proposals made in the government's consultation on High Speed Two.

Mr Jones added that he hoped the Welsh Government and the UK Department of Transport can move forward on Valleys rail electrification with the help of the new Secretary of State.

Or Lord Adonis, whose views on education and transport (the two ministries in which he has served) chime with the Conservative leadership (just today he was promoting high speed rail in The Times).

Mick Cash, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, on BBC Radio 4's Today programme

Mr Darling said he was introducing a green stimulus, ensuring part of the fiscal stimulus supports low - carbon growth and jobs by accelerating # 535 million of capital spending on energy efficiency, rail transport and adaptive measures.

But it will do little to cut carbon or entice people out of cars and planes, so the # 2 billion per year that the government has earmarked could be better spent on improving our existing rail network — as well as improving local transport in our towns and cities.

After a joke about sleeping with entrepreneurs - his wife Samantha, specifically, he moves on to name - check the high - speed rail network proposed by shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers on Monday before slipping in his priorities for both the NHS and the «broken society».

Speaking to Iain Dale on LBC, the transport secretary found himself not only having to defend rail fare rises - but also his own jetsetting.

The Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, on Wednesday, announced that General Electric, GE, would invest $ 2 billion in the country's rail projects.

As an expert he has been appointed on over 400 occasions in a broad variety of cases involving such diverse projects as housing, shipping, IT supply, oil and gas, road rail and air transport, multi - storey buildings, power generation plants, hospitals, commercial and industrial buildings, petro - chemical and other process plants.

On Saturday, Jan. 10 at 3 p.m. we will be holding an informational forum about the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline which is being planned to carry the very volatile and explosive Crude Oil which has been fracked in North Dakota (and transported by rail to Albany), down the New York State Thruway Corridor to New Jersey refineries.

The Rail Maritime and Transport Union said that it was balloting drivers on the Picadilly line in a row over working conditions and agreements.

«Shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers said this week that the Conservatives will back the development of new high speed rail lines in their election manifesto... «I am working hard on proposals to take high speed rail forward in this country to see if we can't at least start to catch up with countries like France and to deal with the capacity problems on our network,» she said.»

Transport Secretary Philip Hammond yesterday made a statement to the Commons on High Speed Rail.

«Last week the Transport Secretary confirmed a number of commitments around rail in the South West, most notably around improvements to the line at Dawlish, while passengers on the Great Western route can look forward to the introduction of new high - speed trains from this summer, with extra capacity at peak times.

Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat transport spokesman, said the late running engineering works amounted to a «fiasco» from Network Rail, with services still cancelled on the West Coast mainline.

To mark the occasion over 40 rail apprentices who hope to work on the project joined Transport Minister Andrew Jones at Euston station on Thursday.

Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, has been accused of passing the buck over severe rail disruption on Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern trains, for which he blamed staff shortages caused by «militant unions».

«Stephen Hammond, the shadow transport minister, said the Conservatives had taken «excellent advice» on high - speed rail and were confident that a new line would be a success.

Public advocate Bill de Blasio and city comptroller John Liu, who are running for mayor this year, are campaigning in part on the promise of building a rail tunnel to transport cargo beneath New York Harbor from New Jersey to Brooklyn and Queens and on to Long Island.

The Keene town board adopted a resolution of the board last Monday evening calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the NY DOT and the NY DEC to impose a moratorium on transport of Bakken Crude Oil by rail from Montreal to Albany, until a comprehensive study determines the public health, safety, economic and environmental impacts of a derailment.

«The cap on regulated rail fares will rise to RPI +3 per cent for the three years from 2012... The Secretary of State will set out how more of the transport money will be allocated next week.

Network Rail and Transport for North are currently working on plans for a high - speed rail stop in Bradford either in the city centre or a parkway statRail and Transport for North are currently working on plans for a high - speed rail stop in Bradford either in the city centre or a parkway statrail stop in Bradford either in the city centre or a parkway station.

As politicians scramble to expedite laws addressing crude oil transport by rail, citizens gathered in Albany today to demand the trains be banned from rolling on New York tracks.