Public Transport news

• Work to build new station building set to start four years after original was demolished

  11-03-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - Construction of new station buildings at Wickford is set to start in 2025 after a four-year wait.
  
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• Why Yorkshire is the railway equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle - Andrew Vine

  11-03-2025 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Who could ever have imagined Yorkshire would become the railway equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle, that fabled and feared area of the Atlantic where ships and aircraft disappear without trace?
  
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• Virgin seeks investment for cross-Channel routes

  11-03-2025 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -Virgin is reported to be making another bid to stay in the rail industry. This time, it is looking at international trains through the Channel Tunnel, and seeking to raise 700 million pounds for potential routes between London and cities like Paris and Brussels, in competition with Eurostar.
  
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• Violent young adults should be stripped of bus passes ? MP

  11-03-2025 01:00 via news.stv.tv
  
  STV - Young people aged between five and 21 have made more than 200 million journeys with their passes since the Scottish Government introduced the scheme.
  
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• US port operators turn to automation

  11-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Terminals increasingly look to robots amid rising demand
  
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• Train operator announces plans to cut cost of travel into Bradford

  11-03-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Train operator Northern is reducing fares for travel into Bradford Forster Square from Ilkley and Skipton by introducing its cheapest mp;#39;Advance Purchasemp;#39; tickets on these routes for the first time
  
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• The £5.8bn airport visited by over 25m passengers in 2024 that was a 'ghost' air hub

  11-03-2025 01:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Daily Express - This new airport took some 30 years to open and lay almost abandoned for many years, but it now stands as a thriving example of aviation infrastructure.
  
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• Tech secretary hails space sector as a ‘launchpad’ for growth

  11-03-2025 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Science secretary Peter Kyle has hailed the UK space sectormp;amp;#8216;s recent achievement as proof that the UK is a mp;amp;#8220;launchpad for innovation and investmentmp;amp;#8221;. The field has secured mp;pound;80m more in European Space Agency (ESA) contracts than government contributions in late 2024, the highest return for any ESA member state. This success is set to ...
  
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• Siemens Mobility opens new facility at Goole Rail Village

  11-03-2025 01:00 via insidermedia.com
  Other News Sources - Siemens Mobility has officially opened its new Rail Components Distribution Centre in Goole.
  
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• Ryanair passengers stranded in Spain after late-night diversion and air-traffic controllers went home

  11-03-2025 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Exclusive: Passenger claims Bilbao air-traffic controllers told pilots: mp;#145;You canmp;#146;t take off, wemp;#146;re going homemp;#146;
  
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• Public inquiry to start into airport night flights

  11-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A public inquiry into night-time flying rules at Leeds Bradford Airport's is set to begin later.
  
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• Priority road and transport schemes revealed for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

  11-03-2025 01:00 via westbridgfordwire.com
  
  Other Regional Press - The shortlist includes a mix of local and strategic projects, some of which were already under consideration due to their regional importance.
  
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• Plans for new roundabout and section of road moves a step closer

  11-03-2025 01:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The search will soon be on for a contractor to build the Barnham Road Roundabout as part of the realignment of the A29
  
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• Park Street bus gate latest as more call for 'disastrous' plans to be scrapped

  11-03-2025 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - Traders say they will be forced to shut up shop
  
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• Oxford: Calls for bus route west of Woodstock Road to return

  11-03-2025 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Oxford Mail - North Oxford residents say they are living in a mp;#39;bus desertmp;#39; and are calling for a route connecting Cutteslowe and Jericho to Botley via the city centre to return.
  
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• ORR authorises new Newsham station ahead of opening to public

  11-03-2025 01:00 via orr.gov.uk
  Office of Rail and Road (ORR) - The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has authorised the new Newsham railway station ahead of its expected public opening on 17 March. The new station will provide improved connectivity as part of the Northumberland Line project.
  
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• New £18m train station on Glasgow line could open in June next year

  11-03-2025 01:00 via glasgowlive.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - An official at East Renfrewshire Council said it is hoped that work will begin in May or June of this year.
  
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• MP says it is ?frustrating? that government not taking issue of runoff management seriously

  11-03-2025 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - A member of parliament (MP) has said ?it is frustrating? that the government ?does not appear? to be taking the issue of properly maintaining balancing ponds to mitigate road runoff issues seriously.
  
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• MP says it is 'frustrating' that government not taking issue of runoff management seriously

  11-03-2025 01:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - A member of parliament (MP) has said mp;#39;it is frustrating that the government does not appear to be taking the issue of properly maintaining balancing ponds to mitigate road runoff issues seriously.
  
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• Merseyrail hits back after three stations on network named and shamed

  11-03-2025 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  North Wales Live - Rail operator claims analysis from national news agency is mp;#39;heavily distortedmp;#39; and does not give fair picture
  
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• Main departure board at Euston station to remain after trial

  11-03-2025 01:00 via watfordobserver.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The main train departure board at Euston station is to remain after a successful trial.
  
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• Lufthansa sees newly-painted plane roll out of Teesside Airport

  11-03-2025 01:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo - Teesside Airportmp;#146;s Airbourne Colours facility has completed the painting of a second Lufthansa Airbus A321.
  
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• Longer trains for West Highland Line

  11-03-2025 01:00 via thelochsidepress.com
  
  Other News Sources - Longer trains are being introduced for some services on the West Highland Line tomorrow.
  
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• Leeds Bradford Airport: Night flights battle with Leeds Council goes to public inquiry

  11-03-2025 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - A public inquiry into rules relating to Leeds Bradford Airport?s night-time flights will begin today in its latest battle with Leeds Council over the issue.
  
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• Ipswich to pay over £250 per day to keep bus service going

  11-03-2025 01:00 via ipswichstar.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Ipswich Borough Council is set to pay more than mp;pound;250 per day to ensure that a bus service in the town keeps running.
  
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• Ipswich to pay over ?250 per day to keep bus service going

  11-03-2025 01:00 via ipswichstar.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Ipswich Borough Council is set to pay more than ?250 per day to ensure that a bus service in the town keeps running.
  
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• IOPC Funds Not Relevant to Stena Immaculate Collision

  11-03-2025 01:00 via marinelink.com
  
  Other News Sources - The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) has offered its view on the collision between the Solong and Stena Immaculate off the north-east coast of the UK on March 10, saying:mp;#147;Whilst the United Kingdom is a 1992 Fund Member State and the Stena Immaculate appears to be a shipmp;#133;
  
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• Inverness Airport wins best in Europe award for fifth consecutive year

  11-03-2025 01:00 via thenational.scot
  
  The National - INVERNESS Airport has scooped a prestigious best in Europe award for the fifth consecutive year.
  
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• High-speed freight trains emerge as fresh alternative to trucks in UK

  11-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - The trains are not only much faster than a truck but carry far more, while requiring only a single driver
  
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• Heathrow: Business travel groups join calls for change

  11-03-2025 01:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Representatives of the business travel and global tourism industry have joined calls for Heathrow Airport to alter its regulatory model ahead of any expansion. The Business Travel Association (BTA), The Advantage Travel Partnership and World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) on Monday announced their support for change at the UKmp;amp;#8217;s busiest hub, adding to a ...
  
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• Half-term helps Manchester airport and Stansted hit record February

  11-03-2025 01:00 via travelweekly.co.uk
  
  Aviation Industry- Manchester airport and Stansted both achieved a record February by each handling more than two million passengers for the first time across the month.
  
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• GWR confirms Class 175s will enter service this year

  11-03-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  
  Rail Magazine - After months of speculation, GWR has finally confirmed it has signed a lease deal with Angel Trains to take 26 of the ex-TfW Class 175s for use in Devon and Cornwall.
  
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• Government refuses plans for £750m railway hub

  11-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Controversial plans for a mp;pound;750m freight rail hub in Leicestershire have been refused by the government.
  
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• Government refuses plans for ?750m railway hub

  11-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Controversial plans for a ?750m freight rail hub in Leicestershire have been refused by the government.
  
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• Freight is great! The benefits of using freight on the Wales & Borders route

  11-03-2025 01:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Rail freight is often unfairly viewed as the second-class citizen of the railwayespecially as itmp;#39;s difficult to argue that almost every single one of us benefits from it in one way or another.
  
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• Freight is great! The benefits of using freight on the Wales & Borders route

  11-03-2025 01:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  
  Network Rail - Rail freight is often unfairly viewed as the second-class citizen of the railway ? especially as it?s difficult to argue that almost every single one of us benefits from it in one way or another.
  
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• Free bus passes should be taken away from criminals, says MP

  11-03-2025 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - Lillian Jones said mp;#39; rights should come with responsibilitiesmp;#39;
  
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• Footage shows oil tanker and cargo vessel on fire in North Sea – video report

  11-03-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided in the North Sea, just off the coast near Hull on Monday. The collision occurred in the early hours, causing large fires on both ships as rescue missions set out to extinguish the blaze and rescue the crewOne person still missing after oil tanker and cargo ship collide in North Sea Continue reading...
  
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• Europe's busiest single-ferry route in £30m upgrade

  11-03-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - Highland Council proposes a major revamp of the Corran Ferrymp;#39;s infrastructure.
  
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• Driverless trucks promise to revolutionise freight transport

  11-03-2025 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Heavy goods vehicles emerge as important battleground for autonomous driving technology
  
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• Cost of Plymouth's new shipping container bus stops slammed as an 'utter shambles'

  11-03-2025 01:00 via plymouthherald.co.uk
  
  Plymouth Herald - The chair of the Plymouth Liberal Democrats has launched a stinging rebuke at the council over the costs of placing the temporary converted shipping container bus stops along Royal Parade.
  
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• Compulsory purchase powers needed for new rail station

  11-03-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A council is set to use compulsory purchase powers to acquire land which is needed to develop the new ?25 million rail station at Elland.
  
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• Calls to bring back bus route for Oxford passengers

  11-03-2025 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - North Oxford residents say they are living in a mp;#147;bus desertmp;#148; and are calling for the previous bus route connecting Cutteslowe and Jericho to Botley to return.
  
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• £13 million to improve local bus services given the go ahead

  11-03-2025 01:00 via hants.gov.uk
  Local Government - Improvements to local bus services and associated infrastructure to the value of mp;pound;13,049,411 will be made across Hampshire during the coming year, 2025/26
  
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• 'Absolute chaos' as car fire causes heavy delays near Heathrow Airport

  11-03-2025 01:00 via bucksfreepress.co.uk
  
  Bucks Free Press - Passengers making their way over to Heathrow Airport this morning could face delays due to a vehicle fire along the M4
  
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• ?13 million to improve local bus services given the go ahead

  11-03-2025 01:00 via hants.gov.uk
  Local Government - Improvements to local bus services and associated infrastructure to the value of ?13,049,411 will be made across Hampshire during the coming year, 2025/26
  
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