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• Plans to extend £1 bus ticket scheme until 2027 but funding not yet certain

  12-12-2025 01:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  Cambridge News - The Tiger Pass scheme was introduced by former Labour CPCA Mayor Dr Nik Johnson in May 2024 to support access to affordable bus travel for people under 25 with mp;pound;1 single fares
  
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• Utrecht’s multi-modal showcase

  15-12-2025 11:48 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  Last month’s POLIS mobility conference in the Netherlands put ‘Healthy Urban Living’ in the spotlight, highlighting best practice
   Utrecht’s central station
   This year’s POLIS mobility conference was hosted by the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands on November 26 and 27. Polis, based in Brussels, is composed of cities and regions, as well as corporate partners, from across Europe, promoting the development and implementation of sustainable mobility
  
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• What we know about the Lower Thames Crossing so far with construction scheduled to start in 2026

  15-12-2025 01:00 via mylondon.news
  Other Regional Press - What is the Lower Thames Crossing and when will it be finished?
  
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• Travel warning issued to UK motorists for 'busiest Christmas on record'

  15-12-2025 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - This Friday is expected to see 24.4 million cars on the road
  
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• Train timetable revamp takes effect with more services promised

  15-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - A revamp of train timetables has come into effect across the country, involving some of the most significant changes for more than seven years.
  
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• Tories to scrap petrol car ban if they win next election

  15-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - The Conservative Party leader says the policy is mp;quot;destructivemp;quot; and mp;quot;economic self-harmmp;quot;.
  
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• Timetable revamp means more trains for Yorkshire

  15-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Major changes to train timetables on the East Coast Main Line will mean more services, extra seats and reduced journey times, according to operator LNER.
  
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• Three-week Cardiff Queen Street blockade to improve capacity - here's how

  15-12-2025 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Cardiff Queen Street station will close for three weeks in 2027 for remodelling that will increase capacity.
  
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• There is 'cause for celebration' as the number of rail journeys in Wigan rises by a tenth in a year

  15-12-2025 01:00 via wigantoday.net
  Other Regional Press - The number of passenger journeys taken from rail stations in Wigan has dramatically increased, latest figures show.
  
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• The deserted ghost line that could return from the dead

  15-12-2025 01:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Manchester Evening News - A forgotten railway with just two trains a week is suddenly at the heart of a bold new vision. Could tram-trains finally bring Denton and Reddish South back to life?
  
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• 'Tap in system a back door fare rise' - commuter

  15-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - A new tap-in, tap-out system at Surrey and Sussex stations has been branded a "back door fare increase" by a commuter.
  
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• Southwark Tube high rise blocks plan re-approved

  15-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - The plans had to be reapproved after the station received Grade II-listed status.
  
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• Somerset MPs push for greater rail investment as Railways Bill moves forward

  15-12-2025 01:00 via somersetlive.co.uk
  Other News Sources - 'Glastonbury and Street, the two largest settlements in the constituency, are both completely unconnected to the railway'
  
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• Small actions, big impact: everyday inclusion in transport

  15-12-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Louise Cheeseman reflects on how small gestures across the workplace play their part in wider cultural shift
  
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• Shrewsbury Railway Station must become more than 'a museum piece', Government told

  15-12-2025 01:00 via shropshirestar.com
  Other Regional Press - Shrewsbury Railway Station has been "on the edge of people's maps" for too long and must become more than "a museum piece," an MP has warned.
  
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• Shipyard plan 'a priority' despite markets move

  15-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - City Hall says it will prioritise a shipyard despite plans to move two markets to the Royal Docks.
  
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• Settle-Carlisle line to be used by long distance trains for first time in a decade

  15-12-2025 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - PEOPLE who cross the Settle to Carlisle line are being warned to take extra care in the new year because of an increase in train services due to work on the West Coast Mainline.
  
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• ScotRail replaces AI Iona announcer after voiceover artist complaint subscription

  15-12-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - Gayanne Potter said her recordings had been used without her permission, so ScotRail has picked one of its employee as the voice to train an AI model
  
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• Renewed concern over coach drivers sharing rooms when on tour

  15-12-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Former driver and BUSKmp;#39;s Nightcap campaign in call for renewed scrutiny of shared accommodation practices when away abroad
  
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• Rail connectivity between Leeds and Sheffield 'not fit for purpose', warns Tracy Brabin

  15-12-2025 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin has said that the public will not believe Government promises on Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) unless they mp;#39;see something happenmp;#39; in the short term, as she said that rail connectivity between some of the regionmp;#39;s major cities was mp;#39;not fit for purposemp;#39;.
  
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• Northumberland Line celebrates first anniversary with almost a million passenger journeys

  15-12-2025 01:00 via chroniclelive.co.uk
  Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Northern says that 920,000 journeys have been made on the Northumberland Line in its first year back in service
  
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• No single answer to coach industry recruitment test, sector hears

  15-12-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Staffing remains tricky for much of the coach industryas a recent panel discussion explored
  
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• Nine e-bikes seized at notoriously dangerous Oxford roundabout

  15-12-2025 01:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Nine e-bikes were seized by Thames Valley Police during roadside checks at The Plain, a notoriously dangerous roundabout in Oxford.
  
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• More trains and better connections as new Wales rail timetable begins

  15-12-2025 01:00 via wales247.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - An improved train timetable across Wales has started.The December timetable update on the Wales and Borders network will offer more services, strengthen connections and help boost the economy.
  
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• Merseyside village cut off from Liverpool after four o'clock

  15-12-2025 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Echo - People in one part of Merseyside said theymp;#39;re effectively cut-off from Liverpool after four omp;#39;clock in the afternoon, citing a lack of bus services and poor reliability.
  
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• Mayor Paul Bristow hopes to secure bus pass until 2027

  15-12-2025 01:00 via huntspost.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has asked the Combined Authority board for help in securing a bus pass scheme until 2027.
  
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• Major Northern, LNER and TransPennine Express timetable changes

  15-12-2025 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - A new hourly fast train between Leeds and Sheffield has been launched in Britain?s biggest timetable shake up since the ill-fated May 2018 changes.
  
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• How CPT measures against its coach and bus manifestos

  15-12-2025 01:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - CPT continues to deliver on its coach and bus mission statements from 2024, says CPT President Paul Lynch
  
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• Historic Spey viaduct partially collapses into river subscription

  15-12-2025 01:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - The former railway bridge across the River Spey was popular with walkers and cyclists. A local MSP has called for an inquiry to check maintenance records
  
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• Historic rail bridge collapses into River Spey

  15-12-2025 01:00 via bbc.com
  BBC News - The Spey Viaduct forms part of the Speyside Way trail and is popular with both walkers and cyclists.
  
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