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• UK's best and worst running train stations ranked - see how your rail service rates

  15-02-2024 01:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror - Commuters can find out how badly their station ranks for late trains in a list that also takes into consideration how busy they are with the number of passengers who travel each day
  
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• Which Tube line is loudest? We rank the noisiest Underground sections subscription

  30-07-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Airportwatch - The Central, Jubilee, Northern and Victoria lines receive the most noise complaints as Transport for London faces calls for a full investigation
  
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• Trump unveils $22 billion renovation plan to make over the country?s ?worst airport?

  30-07-2026 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - The project's financing will come from the airport authority and the airlines operating at Dulles, according to a White House official
  
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• Ticket prices set to rise by 15p as Heathrow able to recover runway project money

  30-07-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - UK airport gets green light to charge airlines more to use the hub, which is expected to mean higher fares for flyers.
  
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• TfL expands Routemaster ?ding-ding? trial after promising safety results

  30-07-2026 02:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Transport for London (TfL) is bringing back one of London?s most familiar sounds ? ding-ding ? as it expands a trial to see whether the classic Routemaster bell can help prevent passengers from falling over when buses pull away.
  
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• Portsmouth North MP joins Burnham's Transport Team

  30-07-2026 02:00 via portsmouth.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - The MP for Portsmouth North, Amanda Martin, has been appointed as a member of the Government?s Transport Team, after new Prime Minister Andy Burnham committed to a renewed focus on transport policy.
  
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• Northern Celebrates Fruitful Desires at Bridlington Railway Station

  30-07-2026 02:00 via railway-news.com
  
  Railway-News - For the last ten years, Andrew Loxton has been brightening Bridlington railway station with a cornucopia of beautiful flower displays.
  
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• New £250M Cambridge South station sees more than 110,000 passenger journeys in first month

  30-07-2026 02:00 via newcivilengineer.com
  New Civil Engineer - Thousands of passengers have passed through the gates of Cambridge South station since it opened to the public on 29 June.
  
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• Liverpool-to-Manchester rail link land row heads to High Court

  30-07-2026 02:00 via placenorthwest.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Bridgemere Group and subsidiary Castle Green Homes have been granted permission to challenge the Department for Transport?s decision to delay the approval of the developers? 330-home scheme on land in Warrington that could accommodate a section of the proposed Northern Arc rail scheme.
  
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• Leicester bus operators back One Network Partnership to 2030

  30-07-2026 02:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Leicester City Council and the city's bus operators have pledged to invest around ?75 million in electric vehicles, passenger information, bus priority and simpler ticketing as part of a new arrangement running to March 2030
  
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• Leeds transport tech acquires First Group subsidiary in ?48m deal

  30-07-2026 02:00 via prolificnorth.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Leeds transport tech Tracsis is to acquire Mistral Data, which was established in 2010 as the technology innovation arm of FirstGroup and has since developed into a provider of software and tech to the wider rail industry, in a ?48m deal.
  
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• Heathrow passengers face higher fares as airport can recover early expansion plan costs

  30-07-2026 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - CAA says airport can recoup ?320m through higher airline charges, which are usually passed on to travellers
  
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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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