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• Cross-channel comeback?

  31-10-2025 15:09 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Landmark depot decision by regulator puts Virgin on track to launch a new international rail service
  Virgin plans to launch services in 2030
   Virgin is one step closer to making a return to the rail sector after the Office of Rail and Road this week confirmed that it can move ahead with plans to use the Temple Mills International rail depot in East London. The regulatory green signal puts Virgin firmly on course to introduce a rival international train service through the Channel Tunnel.
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• Minister frustrates Scottish bus operators

  31-10-2025 15:06 via passengertransport.co.uk
  As Scotland heads into an election year, bus operators and local authorities used this week’s CPT Scotland Conference in Edinburgh to call for change
  Fairlie was press by operators on the need for more spending on bus priority measure
   There was an air of frustration at this week’s CPT Scotland Conference in Edinburgh, with bus operators and local authorities urging the Scottish Government back up warm words with meaningful policy interventions.
  Scotland’s minster for agri
  
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• Operators harness the power of ‘what if?’

  31-10-2025 13:50 via passengertransport.co.uk
  CitySwift’s new Headway Simulation feature is helping bus operators and authorities move from reactive fixes to proactive network planning. We spoke to Alan Farrelly, CitySwift’s co-founder and chief commercial officer
   CitySwift aims to allow operators to make better decisions for passengers (Picture: Shutterstock)
   Bus network planning has always been a balancing act between punctuality and productivity, between passenger satisfaction and resource efficiency. Traditionall
  
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• Climate crisis, what crisis?

  31-10-2025 13:37 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Ministers understand the science, but they have been cowed by the attacks on net zero. The budget is an opportunity for change
   The chancellor during a visit to Gatwick Airport last month (picture: Simon Walker / HM Treasury)
   If you are old enough, you might remember the very effective TV advert for Cadbury’s Smash. This had metal aliens laughing at the stupidity of mankind for peeling potatoes when they could instead, so the advert went, get a superior product much more
  
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• Earning the right to become GBR?

  31-10-2025 13:27 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Train operators transferring into public ownership have haughtily been told ‘earn the right’ to carry a brand hasn’t delivered anything
   “Operators must meet rigorous, bespoke standards to earn the right to be called Great British Railways, so we can rebuild a world-class public service”. 
  What? You’re having a laugh, surely? Yes, in the recent celebratory press release from the Department for Transport to announce the timeline for West Midla
  
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• National Transport Awards 2025 Book of Winners

  31-10-2025 13:19 via passengertransport.co.uk
  The National Transport Awards took place on October 2 in London and you can read all about the winners in this official Souvenir Brochure.Click on the image below to view National Transport Awards Book of Winners 2025.
   
   If you are viewing the site on a tablet or mobile device, tap here to view.The post National Transport Awards 2025 Book of Winners first appeared on Passenger Transport.
  
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• Wrightbus lands first coach order in 30 years

  31-10-2025 01:00 via busandcoachbuyer.com
  Bus and Coach Buyer - Wrightbus had landed its first major coach order for more than 30 years. The manufacturer re-entered the market with the launch of its Contour earlier this year.
  
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• VW warns that Trump tariffs will cost it £5bn a year. subscription

  31-10-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - Europemp;#39;s biggest carmaker reports mp;pound;1.3bn operating loss in the third quarter, its first since the pandemic
  
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• Virgin wins contest to use Temple Mills international depot

  31-10-2025 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -Virgin Group will be able to run international services from London through the Channel Tunnel as the result of a decision by the Office and Rail and Road to allow it to use Temple Mills depot, which has been occupied exclusively by Eurostar since 2007. The decision will be a setback for competitors Evolyn, Gemini and Trenitalia, but the ORR said it considered that mp;#145;Virgin Trains has the strongest prospects of making the best use of capacity at Temple Millsmp;#146;.
  
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• UK aerospace sector given boost by VietJet deal

  31-10-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The UK aerospace sector has received a boost through an order of 100 new aircraft from Vietnamese carrier VietJet.
  
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• Transport Minister Simon Lightwood appears on Urban Transport Group podcast to mark ?new dawn? for buses

  31-10-2025 01:00 via urbantransportgroup.org
  Urban Transport Group - Simon Lightwood MP, the Minister for Roads and Buses, was the special guest on the Urban Transport Group?s podcast yesterday ? coinciding with the Bus Services Bill becoming law.
  
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• Transport Minister Simon Lightwood appears on Urban Transport Group podcast to mark 'new dawn' for buses

  31-10-2025 01:00 via urbantransportgroup.org
  Urban Transport Group - Simon Lightwood MP, the Minister for Roads and Buses, was the special guest on the Urban Transport Groupmp;#39;s podcast yesterday coinciding with the Bus Services Bill becoming law.
  
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• Trams and tram stop rebranded in new partnership for Manchester

  31-10-2025 01:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  Rail Advent - To bring the distinctive identity of Trafford Palazzo to life across Greater Manchester, the company behind Trafford Palazzo has announced it has agreed a new strategic partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).
  
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• The £35m rail project that will ramp up services between Wrexham and Liverpool

  31-10-2025 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - The work at Padeswood will take take freight trains off the mainline
  
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• Soaring costs trigger calls to address transport for Send pupils in England

  31-10-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - National Audit Office finds mp;pound;415m overspend as more children travel farther to schools that meet their needsHome-to-school transport costs in England have risen to mp;pound;2.3bn a year, as increasing numbers of children with special educational needs and disabilities travel farther afield to schools that can meet their requirements, according to a report.More than half a million children and young people up to the age of 25 now get council-funded transport from their home
  
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• SME fears on Wales bus franchising raised at Committee session

  31-10-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Conservative MS believes that proposed legislation will not give level playing field to SME bids
  
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• Shock at big decline in bus users - with 2.3 millon fewer journeys

  31-10-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A big decline in bus patronage in West Yorkshire mp;#147;came as a shockmp;#148; to transport bosses mp;#150; Councillors have been told.
  
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• Richard Branson promises 'shake-up' of Channel Tunnel travel. subscription

  31-10-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - Eurostar is set to face competition through the Channel Tunnel for the first time since the route opened three decades ago, paving the way for cheaper fares and a wider choice of European destinations from Britain.
  
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• Passengers face delays as First bus staff go on strike

  31-10-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - First Cymru said many services are operating at a reduced timetable, with some services unlikely to operate at all.
  
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• MP condemns 'unacceptable' issues at £27m station

  31-10-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - An MP has publicly criticised Network Rail over mp;quot;unacceptablemp;quot; problems at a station that has undergone a mp;pound;27m redevelopment.
  A new southern entrance to Sunderland station was opened in December 2023 with Network Rail saying at the time that mp;quot;finishing touchesmp;quot; would be applied in the next few months.
  
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• Major transport plans paused after local backlash

  31-10-2025 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - There was so much criticism locally around the plans for the railway station that the local authority has paused the plans for a rethink
  
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• Junk food adverts banned on Metro trains

  31-10-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Junk food adverts are being banned across the Tyne and Wear Metro network.
  
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• James Price on the Future of Rail in Wales: RIA Speech

  31-10-2025 01:00 via news.tfw.wales
  Trafnidiaeth Cymru[Transport for Wales] - Last week, James Price, Chief Executive of Transport for Wales, addressed a room full of rail industry leaders and changemakers at the Railway Industry Association (RIA) event.
  
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• Images show how huge transport improvements between Bradford and Brighouse could look

  31-10-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A SERIES of drop-in events have been organised to help enable people to have their say on latest plans to transform travel in and around Brighouse.
  
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• Huge new Temple Meads station multi-storey car park set for go-ahead

  31-10-2025 01:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  Bristol Live - The car park will have hundreds of spaces
  
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• Hertfordshire awarded £360,000 to boost rural bus services with North Herts among first to benefit

  31-10-2025 01:00 via hitchin.nub.news
  Other Regional Press - Hertfordshire County Council has secured mp;pound;360,000 from the Department for Transport (DfT) to explore new ways of improving rural bus serviceswith North Hertfordshire among the first areas set to benefit.
  
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• Harris Bus and Coach UK signs 10-year agreement with Higer Bus

  31-10-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Step paves the way for the Higer V Series coach to arrive in UK market during 2026, parties say
  
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• Govt lacks ambition to revive England's bus services, Transport Committee says

  31-10-2025 01:00 via committees.parliament.uk
  Transport Committee - The Transport Committee has criticised the Governmentmp;#39;s responseto its report on improving bus services, saying it shows a lack of ambition and risks missing an opportunity to improve connectivity across England.
  
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• Giving wings to contrail mitigation: a template for international cooperation

  31-10-2025 01:00 via aef.org.uk
  Aviation Industry- Contrails, or to give them their full title, condensation trails, are a regular sight in the skies over the UK, criss-crossing each other in the wake of aircraft flying at mp;amp;#8230;The post Giving wings to contrail mitigation: a template for international cooperation appeared first on Aviation Environment Federation.
  
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• Gemini Trains still hopes to exploit Channel Tunnel capacity

  31-10-2025 01:00 via railwaygazette.com
  Railway Gazette - EUROPE: Gemini Trains still has ambitions to launch train services between the UK and continental Europe, despite the rejection of its application for depot access rights needed to enable it to launch services from London to Paris, Brussels and eventually K?ln.
  
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• First look at new Midlands railway stations as construction nears completion

  31-10-2025 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - Both of the stations are expected to be open to the public in early 2026
  
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• East West Rail launches £700M support works framework engagement

  31-10-2025 01:00 via geplus.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The East West Rail Company (EWR Co) has launched a market engagement exercise for a mp;pound;700M framework covering archaeology, ground investigations, minor civils and utilities.
  
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• CPT calls for Government to address bus and coach driver shortages

  31-10-2025 01:00 via smmt.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) has urged government to help fill bus and coach driver shortages by removing barriers preventing new entrants from starting careers behind the wheel
  
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• Bus discount extended, but most fares to go up

  31-10-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - A fare discount scheme for buses that has seen some ticket prices reduced by almost half will continue until the end of March, a council has announced.
  
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• Buchanan bus station: Scotland's busiest bus station faces demolition under new vision

  31-10-2025 01:00 via scotsman.com
  The Scotsman - The biggest bus station in Scotland could be demolished under plans to create a major new transport hub.
  
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• Avanti West Coast told it can't run five WCML services from December

  31-10-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Avanti West Coast must stop running five services in December after requests to make temporary rights permanent were rejected.
  
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• Approval for South West Wales Regional Transport Plan

  31-10-2025 01:00 via nation.cymru
  Nation. Cymru - Residents and businesses across south west Wales are set to benefit from major improvements to the local transport network following Welsh Government approval of a regional transport plan.
  
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• 'This is the big one' - tech firms bet on electrifying rail

  31-10-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - Railway operators have new options for electric trains including getting rid of locomotives altogether.
  
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• Airbus BelugaXL: Inside The Strangest-Looking Aircraft Ever Made

  31-10-2025 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription -mp;amp;amp;#8230; . Pilots must first hold a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)mp;amp;amp;#8230;if they already fly Airbus A320 and Airbus A330 models. After being hired by Airbus Transport International, pilots will mp;amp;amp;#8230;
  
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• Air pollution is killing more people than Covid-19, says Dr Randeep Guleria

  31-10-2025 01:00 via eupolitics.einnews.com
  EIN News Subscription - mp;amp;amp;#8230; attacking the entire body. mp;#147;Air pollution, especially fine particulatemp;amp;amp;#8230; international ones, now consider air pollution a major riskmp;amp;amp;#8230;friendly vehicles, better public transport, and encourage people to mp;amp;amp;#8230; he said. mp;#147;In many European cities, people cycle to work mp;amp;amp;#8230;
  
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