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• The Department of Transport plans to build 17 new motorway service areas, including one on the M4 in the Reading area. three on the M25, one at Telford on the M54 and one at......

Top Seat Shuffle Al Vlarsham St

• Britain's new Transport Secretary is Cecil Parkinson. He has the job of rescuing the Government's faltering reputation over its roads and rail policy before the next General......

Ferries Fares Fix Frozen

• Plans to set up a pricefixing deal between the two biggest cross-Channel ferry operators, Sealink and P&O, have been frozen by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. The ferry......

Small Hauliers In Big Squeeze

• Small transport firms are being squeezed out of the in dustry by larger companies, says a report from the Road Transport and Industry Trail ing Board. Between 1984 and 1988,......

National Snaps Up Atl

• National Express Holdings has taken over the ATL Holdings Group which includes Sheffield bus operator SUT, Yelloway Trathen and Carlton PSV. National Express will retain the......