<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Public Transport - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Public Transport news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-uk</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Work begins to deliver step-free access at Pokesdown station under public ownership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rail Business Daily - South Western Railway (SWR) and Network Rail Wessex (NR Wessex) will install two new, modern customer lifts, the first customer lifts at Pokesdown station in Bournemouth, which will provide step-free access to both platforms for the first time.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/work-begins-to-deliver-step-free-access-at-pokesdown-station-under-public-ownership/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/work-begins-to-deliver-step-free-access-at-pokesdown-station-under-public-ownership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What next for Plymouth Airport? The prolonged legal mystery continues]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plymouth Herald - Fresh questions hang over its long term future - with no word on the legal process over the site's lease]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/what-next-for-plymouth-airport-the-prolonged-legal-mystery-continues/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/what-next-for-plymouth-airport-the-prolonged-legal-mystery-continues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['What a day!' Airport campaigner's pride at mayor's DSA takeover deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Doncaster Free Press - A city businessman who has led the public fight to re-open Doncaster Sheffield Airport has spoken of his delight after a deal was struck to take it into public ownership.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/what-a-day-airport-campaigners-pride-at-mayors-dsa-takeover-deal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/what-a-day-airport-campaigners-pride-at-mayors-dsa-takeover-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[West Yorkshire should copy France to build mass transit network, report finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yorkshire Post - Mayor Tracy Brabin has staked her reputation on bringing trams back to the streets of Leeds and Bradford as part of a ?2.5bn project]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/west-yorkshire-should-copy-france-to-build-mass-transit-network-report-finds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/west-yorkshire-should-copy-france-to-build-mass-transit-network-report-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Villages near Lower Thames Crossing could face lorry parking pressures, MPs warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Highways News - Smaller villages and residential communities around the Lower Thames Crossing could face increased pressure from lorry parking if plans for the new road proceed without a dedicated rest area, MPs have warned.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/villages-near-lower-thames-crossing-could-face-lorry-parking-pressures-mps-warn/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/villages-near-lower-thames-crossing-could-face-lorry-parking-pressures-mps-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK government promises disabled air passengers better safeguards]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Guardian - Despite recent progress, almost a fifth of air travellers with disabilities are still dissatisfied with their experience]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/uk-government-promises-disabled-air-passengers-better-safeguards/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/uk-government-promises-disabled-air-passengers-better-safeguards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber wins bid to throw out &amp;pound;200m black cab claims]]></title><description><![CDATA[BBC News - Claims that Uber misled TfL over its licence were thrown out because they were brought too late.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/uber-wins-bid-to-throw-out-amppound200m-black-cab-claims/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/uber-wins-bid-to-throw-out-amppound200m-black-cab-claims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber beats London cabbies in &amp;pound;340m court battle]]></title><description><![CDATA[City AM - Uber has defeated a mp;pound;340m legal claim brought by 13,000 London black cab drivers after the High Court ruled they had waited too long to sue the ride-hailing giant. The ruling, handed down on Monday, throws out two linked lawsuits brought by thousands of cabbies and two former private hire operators, Kabbee and Iride, over ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/uber-beats-london-cabbies-in-amppound340m-court-battle/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/uber-beats-london-cabbies-in-amppound340m-court-battle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transport revolution comes to Wirral this Sunday as bus services return to public control]]></title><description><![CDATA[Local Government - Passengers across Wirral will see bus services return to public control this weekend for the first time in 40 years, almost to the day, as Mayor Steve Rotheram?s pledge to deliver a public transport revolution in the region continues to move forward.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/transport-revolution-comes-to-wirral-this-sunday-as-bus-services-return-to-public-control/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/transport-revolution-comes-to-wirral-this-sunday-as-bus-services-return-to-public-control/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transport for Wales announces new taxi booking partnership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wales 247 - Transport for Wales (TfW) has awarded its Taxi Booking Management Service (Aggregator) contract to CMAC Group.Wales travel guideFollowing a competitive tender, CMAC will act as the central platform connecting TfW with taxi and private-hire operators across its network from 1 November 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/transport-for-wales-announces-new-taxi-booking-partnership/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/transport-for-wales-announces-new-taxi-booking-partnership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transport campaigners hail SNP bus plans amid McGill?s backlash]]></title><description><![CDATA[The National - A TRANSPORT campaigner has welcomed the SNP's pledge to bring buses into public control by 2031 and argued that McGill's have "thrown their toys out the pram" over the plans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/transport-campaigners-hail-snp-bus-plans-amid-mcgills-backlash/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/transport-campaigners-hail-snp-bus-plans-amid-mcgills-backlash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transport campaigners hail SNP bus plans amid McGill&amp;#39;s backlash]]></title><description><![CDATA[The National - A TRANSPORT campaigner has welcomed the SNPmp;#39;s pledge to bring buses into public control by 2031 and argued that McGillmp;#39;s have mp;quot;thrown their toys out the prammp;quot; over the plans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/transport-campaigners-hail-snp-bus-plans-amid-mcgillamp39s-backlash/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/transport-campaigners-hail-snp-bus-plans-amid-mcgillamp39s-backlash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['This is the opposite of what our town centres and high streets need': MPs urge council to rethink plan to scrap two-hour free parking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Other Regional Press - Senior Reform UK councillors look set to vote in favour of ending the concession, which was reintroduced across the district under the previous Labour administration, at a meeting on Tuesday (October 20).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/this-is-the-opposite-of-what-our-town-centres-and-high-streets-need-mps-urge-council-to-rethink-plan-to-scrap-two-hour-free-parking/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/this-is-the-opposite-of-what-our-town-centres-and-high-streets-need-mps-urge-council-to-rethink-plan-to-scrap-two-hour-free-parking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unanswered questions as deal to buy Doncaster Sheffield Airport is announced]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yorkshire Post - A major thorn in the side of the project to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) has been the lease agreement with previous operator and landowner Peel Group. The public was rightly concerned about the agreement being skewed heavily in favour of Peel.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/the-unanswered-questions-as-deal-to-buy-doncaster-sheffield-airport-is-announced/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/the-unanswered-questions-as-deal-to-buy-doncaster-sheffield-airport-is-announced/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The era of highly selective private bus operators is ending]]></title><description><![CDATA[The National - THE case for public control of the buses was made by the great privateers of the Thatcher era when they sold off our bus network to their friends in the City but kept their bus network in London under public ownership, ensuring investment on the massive scale that was needed to transform it into the effective integrated transport network now known as Transport for London.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/the-era-of-highly-selective-private-bus-operators-is-ending/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/the-era-of-highly-selective-private-bus-operators-is-ending/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Wales Metro Wins Top UK Infrastructure Award]]></title><description><![CDATA[Other News Sources - The ?1.5bn Core Valley Lines Transformation Programme has won the flagship award, the Sir John Armitt Prize, at the British Construction mp; Infrastructure Awards (BCIA), organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and New Civil Engineer (NCE) magazine. It also won the Transport Project Award.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/south-wales-metro-wins-top-uk-infrastructure-award/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/south-wales-metro-wins-top-uk-infrastructure-award/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Significant disruption' could be caused to Essex residents as one feature left out of 14-mile Lower Thames crossing plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Other Regional Press - Lorry drivers could cause significant disruption for residents living near the Lower Thames Crossing if planners press ahead without incorporating a service station, MPs have been warned. Current proposals for the planned 14-mile A-road linking Kent and Essex make no provision for a rest area, with Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander previously stating "there is no requirement" to build one.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/significant-disruption-could-be-caused-to-essex-residents-as-one-feature-left-out-of-14-mile-lower-thames-crossing-plan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/significant-disruption-could-be-caused-to-essex-residents-as-one-feature-left-out-of-14-mile-lower-thames-crossing-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should Scotland look to London and Manchester for inspiration on buses?]]></title><description><![CDATA[BBC News - John Swinney has been compared to a dictator over plans to bring the network under public control, but is he onto something?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/should-scotland-look-to-london-and-manchester-for-inspiration-on-buses/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/should-scotland-look-to-london-and-manchester-for-inspiration-on-buses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scotland?s buses are to serve communities, not shareholders - Lorna Slater]]></title><description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Evening News - Anyone who has waited at a bus stop wondering whether their bus will arrive, or watched another route disappear from their local timetable, knows that Scotland?s bus system is not working as well as it should.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/scotlands-buses-are-to-serve-communities-not-shareholders-lorna-slater/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/scotlands-buses-are-to-serve-communities-not-shareholders-lorna-slater/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scotland&amp;#39;s buses are to serve communities, not shareholders - Lorna Slater]]></title><description><![CDATA[Edinburgh Evening News - Anyone who has waited at a bus stop wondering whether their bus will arrive, or watched another route disappear from their local timetable, knows that Scotlandmp;#39;s bus system is not working as well as it should.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/scotlandamp39s-buses-are-to-serve-communities-not-shareholders-lorna-slater/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/public_transport/scotlandamp39s-buses-are-to-serve-communities-not-shareholders-lorna-slater/</guid></item></channel></rss>