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• TfL makes bid to take control of GTR route

  20-10-2025 15:35 via passengertransport.co.uk
  TfL makes formal application to run Northern City Line
  TfL’s proposals cover servicesbetween Moorgate in the City of London, Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City
   Transport for London has formally applied to the Department for Transport to take over services on the Northern City Line between Moorgate and Hertfordshire, which are currently operated by Govia Thameslink Railway under the Great Northern brand.
  The plan was confirmed by London transport commissioner Andy Lord in his report to
  
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• ‘Bus is best’ towns and for cities in Scotland

  20-10-2025 15:35 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Scotland’s minister for connectivity says the bus and coach sector will play a key role in delivering the first minister’s four priorities for government
  Fairlie: ‘The climate emergency is our single greatest challenge’
   Buses are a vital tool for achieving the Scottish Government’s priorities, according to the country’s minister for connectivity.
  In an article in Scotland’s Buses 2025, which accompanies this edition of Passenger Transport, Jim Fair
  
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• Likely bidders revealed for Weaver Network

  20-10-2025 15:34 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Major groups and SMEs line up to bid for contracts as West Yorkshire Combined Authority presses ahead with plans for bus franchising
  Weaver Network to launch in 2027
   The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has confirmed the list of operators that have registered to compete for contracts under its forthcoming Weaver Network bus franchising model, marking another milestone in the region’s transition to publicly-controlled bus services.
  A total of 35 suppliers have joined the autho
  
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• We must re-learn lessons of Hatfield

  20-10-2025 13:38 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  The Hatfield disaster – which took place 25 years ago – is a telling history lesson, particularly during this period of structural change
   It’s not difficult to think that the rail industry is caught in a ‘rinse and repeat’ cycle, like the children’s TV show The Magic Roundabout, particularly as it lurches through its current structural change with all the pace of Brian the Snail. However, there was a time when it lost the plot, on a scale that se
  
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• ‘It’s not just about trains – it’s about us’

  20-10-2025 13:38 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  We might not have all the pieces, but we have enough to make a very good start. Let’s begin transforming the UK rail industry
   On 15th September 1830, a journey between two neighbouring cities took place and changed the world. The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, though marred by the tragic death of Liverpool MP William Huskisson, proved to be a catalyst for an industrial, social and economic revolution. Travel between these two dynamic cities was greatly simpl
  
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