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• Teesside Airport plans solar power and hydrogen network

  28-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Northern Echo - Teesside International Airport is set to generate its own solar power as it works towards becoming operationally net zero by 2030.
  
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• The cursed cruise: how the dream of never-ending luxury at sea became a nightmare

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  The Guardian - The MV Odyssey was billed as the ultimate escape from Donald Trump. Instead, the oil shock caused by his war has left passengers unceremoniously dumped in CambodiaThe idea was a never-ending retirement at sea, a continuous voyage around the globe. The promise to the passengers of the MV Odyssey cruise ship mp;#150; many approaching the autumn of their lives mp;#150; was that on the open seas they could cut loose from the troubles of the world. But the world had other ideas.The end
  
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• Police to destroy electric bikes and scooters seized in crackdown

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - Officers confiscated 99 e-bikes and 43 e-scooters during Operation Overlap, which ran between 19 and 25 October.
  
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• New Ryanair '20-minute rule' to affect millions of passengers

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  The Mirror - Ryanair passengers checking in luggage will have less time to reach the airport desk under a new deadline
  
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• National Express parent Mobico set for sale to Autobuses de Leon

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - National Express parent Mobico Group and suitor Leita Mobility, which is part of Autobuses de Leon, have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer for Mobico that values the business?s issued share capital at ?308 million.
  
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• National Express owner Mobico agrees £308m Spanish takeover deal

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Birmingham Post - Autobuses de Leon deal values the transport group at around mp;pound;2.3bn when its debt is included
  
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• MP calls for later London to Carlisle train services

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Carlisle News & Star - A Cumbrian MP has called for later trains between London and Carlisle, arguing that the West Coast Main Line should receive the same level of service as the East Coast.
  
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• Meeting told a parkway station for Leeds Bradford Airport is 'absolutely critical' for the region

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other News Sources - Councillors from across West Yorkshire have voted to move ahead with plans for a rail station that would serve the airport
  
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• Lockheed Martin's 500-job NETPark satellite factory closer after £20m investment

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Birmingham Post - Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and its public sector partners have invested mp;pound;20m in a County Durham site as the company bids for a Government contract to build a new satellite factory at NETPark, Sedgefield, that could create 500 jobs in the North East.
  
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• Lakeside Coaches sees £3.5m investment since joining First Bus

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Vehicles and depot facilities are the beneficiaries of honoured spending and further investment
  
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• Lakeside Coaches sees ?3.5m investment since joining First Bus

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Vehicles and depot facilities are the beneficiaries of honoured spending and further investment
  
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• Joe Robertson MP raises ferry group concerns with Maritime Minister

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Other Regional Press - Joe Robertson MP has spoken in Parliament following the first two Cross-Solent Transport Group meetings. Set up by the Department for Transport (DfT), the remit of the meetings is to look at prices, timetables and reliability, however, the Conservative MP for Isle of Wight East raised concerns that they were ?at risk of becoming a talking shop?.
  
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• Hendy confirms Historic Rail Estate will move from National Highways to Great British Railways

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  New Civil Engineer - A plan to transfer responsibility for the UK?s Historical Railways Estate (HRE) from National Highways and the Department for Transport (DfT) to Great British Railways (GBR) has won support in the House of Lords.
  
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• Government ?working hard? on new enforcement powers as north east MP presses for action on cross-border private hire licensing Perry Richardson

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  TaxiPoint - Local enforcement officers will be able to suspend any taxi or private hire vehicle licence being used in their area if immediate safety concerns arise, Transport Minister Simon Lightwood told MPs.
  
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• Government 'working hard' on new enforcement powers as north east MP presses for action on cross-border private hire licensing Perry Richardson

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  TaxiPoint - Local enforcement officers will be able to suspend any taxi or private hire vehicle licence being used in their area if immediate safety concerns arise, Transport Minister Simon Lightwood told MPs.
  
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• First Minister hails progress on more fiscal powers for Wales following Burnham talks

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Nation. Cymru - Rhun ap Iorwerth has welcomed progress towards greater financial powers for Wales following talks with Prime Minister Andy Burnham, while insisting that decisions about devolving power within Wales belong solely to the Senedd.
  
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• Engineer shortage blamed for new delay for Turkish-built CalMac ferry

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - The handover of MV Loch Indaal, being built at the Cemre shipyard, is put back to November while it awaits regulator approval.
  
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• Deeside station target unchanged despite UK Budget rail funding row

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - The new railway station at Deeside Industrial Park is still due to open by the end of 2027, the Welsh Government has said, despite a row over rail funding in this week?s UK Budget.
  
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• Chepstow station funding bid to be considered at review

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  South Wales Argus - Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says funding to make Chepstow station fully accessible will be considered at the next spending review.
  
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• Caroline Nokes MP: Broughton and Mottisfont new electric bus

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - It was a pleasure to join the Broughton and Mottisfont Community Bus team earlier this month to celebrate the unveiling of their new electric bus, alongside the charging points installed to support its operation.
  
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• Campaigners welcome rail bridge maintenance switch

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - Campaigners have welcomed plans to take the management of 3,000 railway bridges, tunnels and viaducts away from a government department accused of "cultural vandalism".
  
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• Bus drivers on six routes get temporary toilets

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  BBC News - Six bus routes in London have had temporary toilet facilities installed for drivers at the terminus.
  
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• Avanti West Coast paid out £20m in ‘delay repay’ passenger refunds this summer

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  The Guardian - Intercity train operatormp;#146;s compensation bill likely to top mp;pound;70m this financial year amid rise in claims across networkAvanti West Coast paid out more than mp;pound;20m to passengers in just three months this summer in refunds for disrupted journeys on Britainmp;#146;s main intercity rail network.The intercity operator paid out almost as much in a four-week period to 25 July mp;#150; mp;pound;9.3m mp;#150; as its annual profits for each of the past two years. It repa
  
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• Autobuses de L?on reaches agreement on Mobico acquisition

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Coach and Bus Week - Through its subsidiary Leita Mobility, Spanish group Autobuses de Le?n, part-owned by the CMC Group (which itself is owned by Mobico?s largest shareholder the Cosmen family) has announced that it has reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer to acquire National Express parent company Mobico, at a price of 46 pence per share. The acquisition values Mobico?s shareholding at approximately ?308 million and represents a premium of approximately 55.1 to the closin
  
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• Autobuses de Léon reaches agreement on Mobico acquisition

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Coach and Bus Week - Through its subsidiary Leita Mobility, Spanish group Autobuses de Lmp;eacute;on, part-owned by the CMC Group (which itself is owned by Mobicomp;#39;s largest shareholder the Cosmen family) has announced that it has reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer to acquire National Express parent company Mobico, at a price of 46 pence per share. The acquisition values Mobicomp;#39;s shareholding at approximately mp;pound;308 million and represents a premium of app
  
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• £160m Northern Rail depot creating 100 new jobs hits major milestone

  31-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - The Shipley TrainCare Centre is a major development set to create up to 100 jobs in West Yorkshire.
  
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• Wiltshire MP backs Wessex mayoral authority funding

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Other Regional Press - A new regional mayor could unlock long-awaited investment for Wiltshire - according to a local MP.
  
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• UK Government derails Welsh rail vision

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Welsh Government - The Welsh Government has been calling for ?1 billion as part of that commitment in this budget but has only received a tiny fraction (3).
  
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• UK airports confirm their support for London Heathrow expansion

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  
  Aviation Industry- Airports from every nation and region of the UK have confirmed their support for a third runway at Heathrow, the country?s hub airport.
  
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• Transport for Wales finance chief wins prestigious UK award

  30-10-2026 01:00 via TransportInfo by Cogitamus
  Other News Sources - Owen Davies, FCCA, Head of Finance at Transport for Wales, has received ACCA UK?s inaugural Finance Impact Award.
  
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