Ms Behrens also says the Avanti proposal would contradict an earlier referendum which made it part of the Swiss constitution to aim to transfer as much freight transport as possible to rail and not to disturb the Alpine landscape for transport.

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Within hours he was diagnosed with Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, a virus nasty enough for him to be put onto a military transport aircraft for transfer to an isolation hospital in London.

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There, a U.S. C-9 transport would pick the three up and transfer them to the American airbase in Ramstein, Germany.

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Over the past few months Abellio managers have been working closely with National Express East Anglia, the Department for Transport, Transport for London, employees and customers to ensure a smooth transfer, the spokesman said.

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Jersey's Transport Minister is facing an official complaint over his handling of the bus service contract transfer.

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The transport secretary said the change would be managed carefully over the next two to three years to transfer appropriate staff and expertise into the new structure.

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