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• Track access decisions

  05-03-2016 01:00 via orr.gov.uk
  Office of Rail and Road (ORR) - Recent track access decisions, including new contracts and amendments to current contracts...
  
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• Whittlesea Railway Station consultation extended for public to have their say

  13-02-2026 01:00 via fenlandcitizen.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Fenland District Council is seeking views on options to improve the station, which include a new pedestrian bridge and platform extensions, and improved public areas and car park.
  
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• What Blackpool bus routes are changing as services extended and new hospital links added

  13-02-2026 01:00 via blackpoolgazette.co.uk
  Blackpool Gazette - Blackpool Transport has announced a major shake-up of bus routes across the Fylde coast, with extended services, new hospital links and timetable changes coming into force next month.
  
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• Transport Secretary's update on Ardrossan Harbour takeover

  13-02-2026 01:00 via ardrossanherald.com
  Other News Sources - TRANSPORT Secretary Fiona Hyslop says she "expects" the Ardrossan Harbour takeover deal to be concluded before the Scottish Parliament dissolves on April 9.
  
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• Transport for London finally admits it included contract option to close half Elizabeth line ticket offices

  13-02-2026 01:00 via disabilitynewsservice.com
  Other News Sources - Concerns about possible plans to close the ticket offices first emerged last September, when the RMT rail union released extracts from a contract between TfL and the private sector GTS joint venture that runs the line.
  
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• Tap and go on your phone coming to Merseyrail within weeks

  13-02-2026 01:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Liverpool Echo - Passengers will at last be able to pay by phone, bank card or smartwatch for their journey
  
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• St Helens Transport Interchange build set to start as 'green' steelwork arrives from Italy

  13-02-2026 01:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  The Business Desk - St Helens Borough Council and ECF (English Cities Fund) have reached a landmark moment in the development of the new St Helens Transport Interchange, with the arrival of the first batch of low carbon steelwork.
  
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• Speed dating event at station celebrates new train service

  13-02-2026 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus - Northern launched its new Yorkshire Flyer train with a speed dating event at Leeds station, linking singles from Leeds and Sheffield. Free travel passes awarded.
  
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• ScotRail fares frozen for 12 months

  13-02-2026 01:00 via gov.scot
  Scottish Government - ScotRail fares will be frozen for the next year to keep money in people?s pockets, First Minister John Swinney has announced.
  
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• Questions over funding for major Birmingham cycle route plans

  13-02-2026 01:00 via expressandstar.com
  Wolverhampton Express and Star - Cycle route plans for a major Birmingham road have taken another crucial step forward despite questions over funding.
  
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• One-off diversion takes 30 minutes off train journey

  13-02-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - A diversion due to engineering works shaved 30 minutes off of one rail journey, sparking calls for a permanent fast train to be introduced.
  
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• On-demand bus service being extended to new area

  13-02-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - The expansion is funded by Surrey County Council (SCC) to improve access to sustainable travel in areas of the county where there are fewer bus services.
  
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• Network Rail apprentices take part in military-style team challenge in York

  13-02-2026 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  The York Press - Network Rail apprentices recently took part in a military-style team-building day at Worsley Barracks in York during National Apprenticeship Week.
  
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• Major update announced on huge change coming to Merseyrail tickets

  13-02-2026 01:00 via liverpoolworld.uk
  Other Regional Press - Contactless ticketing on the Merseyrail network is set to go live in two weeks time. After years of waiting, a trial began last year across the Liverpool City Region for 50 people to test out a tap and go system that has long been in place in the capital and major cities around the world.
  
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• Letter from MP and activists demands rights and accessibility improvements to railways bill

  13-02-2026 01:00 via disabilitynewsservice.com
  Other News Sources - Disabled campaigners are backing demands for major rights-based changes to the government?s railways bill that would target the poor state of accessibility across the network.
  
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• Kirklees Council approve plans to transform Transport in West Yorkshire

  13-02-2026 01:00 via kirkleestogether.co.uk
  Local Government - Kirklees Councillors approved the proposals to invest in a transport system that will make it easier, more affordable and greener to travel around West Yorkshire.
  
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• Green light for next phase of town centre transport hub project

  13-02-2026 01:00 via thebusinessdesk.com
  The Business Desk - Councillors have approved the next stage of a project to help deliver a new Transport Hub in Grimsby town centre.
  North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC) acquired a 0.65-hectare site on Osborne Street in Grimsby town centre with the ambition of developing a Transport Hub.
  
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• Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Council confirms dates of audit and extraordinary general meetings

  13-02-2026 01:00 via yorkshirepost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Post - Doncaster Sheffield Airport Qmp;A with South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard
  
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• City of Edinburgh Council reveal route for a third tram line

  13-02-2026 01:00 via britishtramsonline.co.uk
  British Trams Online - A new map released by the City of Edinburgh Council (as part of a ?conceptual representation? of the future multimodal transport network in the city) has revealed plans for a third tram line which would use the South Suburban railway line as its basis and would also see the first use of tram-trains in the Scottish capital.
  
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• Brits and Europeans bumping into each other makes Heathrow feel busy, says boss

  13-02-2026 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Thomas Woldbye says passengers at UKmp;#146;s only hub airport are often in mp;#145;the wrong placemp;#146;
  
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• British Transport Police begins Live Facial Recognition trial at London stations

  13-02-2026 01:00 via standard.co.uk
  London Evening Standard - The operation began at London Bridge train station on Wednesday and will run for six months at various stations
  
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• Bristol Airport tram - what do the experts say?

  13-02-2026 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Recent news that trams are back on the agenda in Bristol's transport planning may be met with a sense of d?j? vu, as various similar schemes have come and gone over recent decades.
  
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• Bridge plan to link Welsh seaside resort and its beach

  13-02-2026 01:00 via dailypost.co.uk
  Daily Post (North Wales) - Planning now submitted to cross rail line over safety concerns along main route
  
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• Axing Cornwall to London flights would be 'dangerous loss', CEO warns

  13-02-2026 01:00 via business-live.co.uk
  Birmingham Post - Chamber of commerce chief John Brown said scrapping the route from Newquay would mp;#39;damage the local economymp;#39;
  
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• Anti-social passengers face tougher ScotRail ban

  13-02-2026 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -A new law banning people who behave unacceptably on the railway could be introduced in Scotland.A court can already order anti-social offenders not to travel by train or enter stations, but a new report says a mp;#145;Railway Banning Ordermp;#146; could be created by passing a new law, while the range of offences which could be dealt with out of court mp;#145;quickly and proportionatelymp;#146; could also be increased. The report has been produced by the Rail Enforcement Powers Working
  
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• 'Monster' HS2 project 'shakes residents houses at night' as council calls for 'benefits'

  13-02-2026 01:00 via birminghammail.co.uk
  Birmingham Mail - A Reform councillor has called on HS2 to deliver a mp;#39;reset of respectmp;#39; for communities suffering with daily disruption and make changes on site
  
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• Air France-KLM warns EU climate rules would halve Asia flights

  13-02-2026 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Brusselsmp;#146; sustainable fuel rules would leave European carriers at a mp;#145;significant competitive disadvantagemp;#146; warns CEO
  
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• ‘Launchpads for careers’

  12-02-2026 17:40 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Its National Apprenticeship Week and the passenger transport sector is highlighting what it offers
  Transport organisations, such as bus manufacturer Wrightbus, have been highlighting the power of apprenticeships
   Employers in the passenger transport sector have been using National Apprenticeship Week 2026 (February 9-15) to highlight how they offer hands-on experience, structured learning, and the opportunity to buildlong-term careers.
  Transport for London is offering 157 roles this year ac
  
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• Plans published for ‘Mini Switzerland’

  12-02-2026 17:35 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Detailed plans have been published for a national public transport demonstrator of full integration soon to be launched in the Hope Valley
   Hope Valley chosen characteristics common to many rural transport markets in Britain
   Detailed plans have been published for a proposed ‘Mini Switzerland’ rural public transport demonstrator in Derbyshire’s Hope Valley. It has been describedby its promoters as a way to show how fully integrated bus and rail services could operate
  
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• ‘Men must play role in driving culture change’

  12-02-2026 17:31 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Last week’s CPT Conference 2026 hosted a discussion on women’s safety on buses – and heard a rallying cry from CPT president Kathryn Pulham
   CPT president Kathryn Pulham raised the issue of diversity when she addressed CPT’s annual dinner
   Men working in the passenger transport sector were urged to step up and support female colleagues at last month’s CPT Conference 2026 in London.
  Speaking in a session devoted to the subject of women’s safety on bus
  
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