KING TRAVELS ON DART: Ahead of its official opening, scheduled for later this year, King Charles had a journey on London Luton Airport’s £225 million Direct Air-Rail Transit (DART) system. The cars, which are moved by electric hauler, will connect Luton Airport Parkway railway station to the airport terminal. The King is pictured having unveiled a plaque at the DART’s Central Terminal station on December 6.
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AFTER over 13 weeks of work to dual and electrify three sections of line, the Tyne and Wear Metro route to South Shields reopened to traffic on December 14.