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• Bus Partnership Fund pause disappoints CPT

  26-01-2024 12:29 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Scottish Government pledged £500m – but has spent only £26.9m
   As recently as last October, Scotland’s minister for transport, Fiona Hyslop, told Passenger Transport that the Bus Partnership Fund was “a key area of investment”
   Formally launched in November 2020, Scotland’s Bus Partnership Fund was hailed as a “landmark long-term capital investment of over £500m for bus priority measures”. But with the Scottish Government havi
  
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• Worst train services for overcrowding revealed with one running at 176 capacity

  29-07-2026 02:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - The data shows a total of one in five passengers (20) were standing during peak hours, rising to one in four passengers in London
  
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• Welsh stations reveal mixed picture in women?s railway safety survey

  29-07-2026 02:00 via herald.wales
  
  Other News Sources - TRAIN stations across Wales have been highlighted in a major new survey by leading women?s charity Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI), which examined safety standards at stations across the UK.
  
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• Welsh stations reveal mixed picture in women's railway safety survey

  29-07-2026 02:00 via herald.wales
  
  Other Regional Press - TRAIN stations across Wales have been highlighted in a major new survey by leading womenmp;#39;s charity Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI), which examined safety standards at stations across the UK.
  
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• Welsh railway to celebrate its 50th anniversary

  29-07-2026 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  Rail Advent - The 50th anniversary celebrations of the Llangollen and Corwen Railway will culminate with a spectacular event over the weekend of Saturday, 12th, and Sunday, 13th September.
  
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• We need an OBR for infrastructure

  29-07-2026 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - An independent expert body with the right capabilities can reassure investors that projects are worth the cost.
  
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• Water company behind Gatwick supply failure ?didn?t warn airport? subscription

  29-07-2026 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Utility firm knew a day earlier that supplies could run dry, transport bosses claim
  
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• Water company behind Gatwick supply failure 'didn't warn airport' subscription

  29-07-2026 02:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  The Telegraph - Utility firm knew a day earlier that supplies could run dry, transport bosses claim
  
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• Wales to welcome cyclists with £4.5m Tour de France fund

  29-07-2026 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - mp;#39;Funding will create a national network of destination cycling hubs, micro-hubs and signagemp;#39;
  
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• Unauthorised airport car park grows despite stop notice

  29-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An unauthorised car park near Stansted Airport has grown by nearly two-thirds since it was served with an enforcement notice to shut, a BBC investigation has found.
  
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• Trains between Stratford and London reinstated

  29-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Daily trains running between Stratford-upon-Avon and London are to be reinstated.
  
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• Traffic scheme to be dismantled after backlash

  29-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - An ?850,000 traffic-calming scheme is set to be largely dismantled following a residents' campaign.
  
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• The 10 most overcrowded commuter trains revealed

  29-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The most overcrowded train service in England and Wales last autumn was a Thameslink morning rush hour service between Bedford and Three Bridges in West Sussex, according to the Department for Transport (DfT).
  
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• Sussex secures £564,000 to explore bus service reforms

  29-07-2026 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A major funding boost could reshape the future of bus travel across Sussex.
  
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• Sussex secures ?564,000 to explore bus service reforms

  29-07-2026 02:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A major funding boost could reshape the future of bus travel across Sussex.
  
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• Silvertown Tunnel cycle shuttle bus could start taking foot passengers

  29-07-2026 02:00 via greenwichwire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The cycle shuttle bus for the Silvertown Tunnel could carry foot passengers in the future, according to Transport for London.
  
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• Should Andy Burnham get an electric car? It would be £9,000 a year cheaper to commute between No10 North and Westminster in an EV than by train

  29-07-2026 02:00 via thisismoney.co.uk
  This is Money- The Prime Minister, who champions public transport, is set to run up a significant bill if he travels between offices by rail.
  
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• Self-levelling sleeper to transform track maintenance Rail Technology

  29-07-2026 02:00 via londonreconnections.com
  
  Other News Sources - Engineers from Heriot-Watt University, working alongside colleagues at the University of Leeds and partners across Europe, have unveiled a new self-levelling railway sleeper designed to tackle one of the rail sector?s most persistent infrastructure challenges: transition zones.
  
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• ScotRail records busiest Sunday under public ownership

  29-07-2026 02:00 via deadlinenews.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - RAIL operator ScotRail has announced it reached its highest passenger journey number for a Sunday since it returned to public ownership in April 2022.
  
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• Revealed: London?s busiest commuter trains where seats are a luxury subscription

  29-07-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - One in four passengers in the capital travel standing up at peak times and Bedford to St Pancras tops the overcrowding league table
  
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• Revealed: London's busiest commuter trains where seats are a luxury subscription

  29-07-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - One in four passengers in the capital travel standing up at peak times and Bedford to St Pancras tops the overcrowding league table
  
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• Readers offer mixed views on potential Leeds tramline as Andy Burnham urged to commit

  29-07-2026 02:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - The ?West Yorkshire Needs a Tram? campaign group yesterday called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make a ?cast iron pledge? to fully fund a West Yorkshire mass transit system, 33 years after the last attempt at a city tram was approved.
  
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• Rail services cut due to effects of dry weather

  29-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A rail operator has confirmed timetable changes and reduced speeds due to the dry weather.
  
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• Rail passenger numbers and crowding statistics: notes and definitions

  29-07-2026 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - In line with arrangements specified in the contracts between train operators and DfT, the train operating companies carry out periodic counts of the number of passengers travelling on their services and provide data on passenger numbers and capacity provision to DfT to permit the monitoring of train crowding levels
  
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• Prime Minister visits Alstom?s Litchurch Lane factory in Derby

  29-07-2026 02:00 via railuk.com
  
  Rail UK - Alstom, the UK?s leading supplier of new and refurbished trains, and a major provider of signalling and rail infrastructure, hosted Prime Minister Andy Burnham in his second week in office at its Litchurch Lane Works factory in Derby, where he announced the launch of new technical education routes.
  
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• Prime Minister visits Alstom's Litchurch Lane factory in Derby

  29-07-2026 02:00 via railuk.com
  
  Rail UK - Alstom, the UKmp;#39;s leading supplier of new and refurbished trains, and a major provider of signalling and rail infrastructure, hosted Prime Minister Andy Burnham in his second week in office at its Litchurch Lane Works factory in Derby, where he announced the launch of new technical education routes.
  
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• Passengers to foot bill for Heathrow third runway bidding process

  29-07-2026 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - Heathrow will be allowed to pass the vast bill it has racked up preparing its third runway bid onto passengers, the aviation watchdog has said, in a ruling that promises to extend the airport?s position as the most expensive in the world.
  
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• ORR sets out plans for railway reforms

  29-07-2026 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -The Office of Rail and Road has revealed details of how it will cope with railway reforms, and is inviting views before a formal consultation is launched later this year. The creation of Great British Railways will end the need for contracted National Rail operators to have individual licences, but there still be around 50 others, holding about 90 licences between them.
  
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• 'Northern fail': Rail users react to Bradford service loss

  29-07-2026 02:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - A rail campaign group has joined passengers in criticising Northern's proposal to terminate its Hull to Halifax service at Leeds, a move that would remove direct trains between Hull and Bradford.
  
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• Newport population surge reignites battle over M4 relief road

  29-07-2026 02:00 via herald.wales
  
  Other News Sources - Reform says a 15 per cent rise since 2011 strengthens the case for a new motorway, but the Welsh Government has ruled out the Black Route and is preparing alternative proposals
  
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