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• Villagers needs action to reduce speeding - MP

  20-01-2025 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Elderly residents in a village are too scared to go shopping due to speeding traffic, campaigners have claimed
  
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• ‘Political propulsion’ is now behind buses

  25-09-2026 11:11 via passengertransport.co.uk
  At this month’s UK Bus Summit in Liverpool, an audience of more than 300 were urged to seize the opportunity to ‘make hay while the sun shines’
   Transport minister Simon Lightwood was among the speakers 
  The political weather has changed decisively in favour of buses and the sector must seize the opportunity, the UK Bus Summit heard in Liverpool this month.
  Cllr Steve Foulkes, chair of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s transport committee, said the prim
  
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• ‘Scotland’s £2 bus fare cap must be affordable’

  25-09-2026 11:02 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Cabinet secretary Stephen Flynn told last week’s CPT Scotland Conference national roll-out of fare cap will require constructive partnership working
   Stephen Flynn 
  The Scottish Government remains committed to extending its £2 bus fare cap across Scotland, but the scheme must be affordable and informed by evidence from the two existing pilots, cabinet secretary for energy, tourism and transport Stephen Flynn told the CPT Scotland Conference in Glasgow last week.
  He told the
  
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• Ticket retailing for a changing railway

  25-09-2026 10:57 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Magellan will supply over 200 ticket vending machines to Southeastern. Johnny Astbury explains how self-service ticket retailing is evolving
   Southeastern’s new ticket vending machines 
  Southeastern is preparing to replace ticket vending technology that has been in use for 20 years, with the first of more than 200 new machines due to be installed from early 2027, subject to final deployment schedules.
  The programme forms part of the government-owned operator’s £9m inv
  
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• Buses are box office under Burnham

  25-09-2026 10:50 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  The new PM sees buses as a fast and visible way to ease living costs, empower communities and show that government works
   In the driving seat: Andy Burnham
  Pic: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street 
  The new PM has seized upon buses as a way of winning the right to be heard on his wider domestic policy agenda. And that’s about tackling the cost of living and empowering and revitalising all parts of England. This is good for bus passengers who will benefit from more integrat
  
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• Celebrate the end of Chiltern? No thanks

  25-09-2026 10:42 via passengertransport.co.uk
   
  As Chiltern passes into public ownership, its entrepreneurial culture, local focus and appetite for innovation must be preserved
   
  Another month and another Heidi Alexander statement announcing a train company coming under public sector control and where we are told the future will be rosy. An end to all our woes and misery – except this time, it is successful Chiltern Railways transferring to public ownership and not some ailing, beleaguered, unpopular cad of a company! Indeed
  
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• Transport offers ‘huge’ career opportunities

  25-09-2026 10:40 via passengertransport.co.uk
  Arriva London’s Philip Gerhardt has urged people to consider careers across transport, highlighting routes from driving and graduate schemes
   Superloop 
  The transport sector offers great opportunities for young people and those considering a change of career, according to Arriva London commercial director Philip Gerhardt.
  Speaking on the Lunch with Leon podcast, which is produced in association with Passenger Transport. Gerhardt issued a “call to people to come and join tra
  
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• Two level crossings in Acton and one in Isleworth may close

  25-09-2026 02:00 via chiswickcalendar.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The plans also propose to close level crossings at Churchfield Rd, next to Acton Central station in W3, Wood Lane in Isleworth, and Bollo Lane in South Acton, W4, radically changing the area for local residents.
  
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• TSSA calls new railway assault figures - ?shocking but not surprising?

  25-09-2026 02:00 via tssa.org.uk
  
  TSSA - Rail union TSSA has described as 'shocking but not surprising' new official figures showing a further dramatic escalation in reported assaults against rail workers and passengers.
  
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• TSSA calls new railway assault figures - 'shocking but not surprising'

  25-09-2026 02:00 via tssa.org.uk
  
  TSSA - Rail union TSSA has described as mp;#39;shocking but not surprisingmp;#39; new official figures showing a further dramatic escalation in reported assaults against rail workers and passengers.
  
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• Thefts fall at London stations following crackdown

  25-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Luggage theft at Kingmp;#39;s Cross and St Pancras stations decreases, British Transport Police says.
  
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• Taxi and private hire drivers across Portsmouth are being invited to share their experiences and help shape the future of taxi and private hire licensing in England.

  25-09-2026 02:00 via stephenmorgan.org.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Taxi and private hire drivers provide an essential service to local communities every day taking people to work and hospital appointments, supporting local businesses, transporting children with SEND and helping people get home safely, particularly at night.
  
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• Summer savings scheme helped families cut costs with over 14 million free bus journeys

  25-09-2026 02:00 via gov.uk
  
  Department for Transport - The scheme's success is part of the government's wider effort to make bus travel more affordable and accessible for everyone in the UK.
  
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• Squarepeg Buses in legal challenge to WYCA franchise awards

  25-09-2026 02:00 via route-one.net
  Route One (Bus and Coach) - Firm believes that bidding and assessment processes failed to properly consider SME operators
  
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• Shale oil magnate says Exxon chief 'threw me under the bus' after $60bn takeover

  25-09-2026 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Shale oil magnate Scott Sheffield has alleged ExxonMobil collaborated with the Federal Trade Commission in a mp;#39;smear campaignmp;#39;
  
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• Sadiq Khan urged to ramp up safety at 'dangerous' London bus station after serious injury and death

  25-09-2026 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Labour MP Stella Creasy has written to the London Mayor to raise concerns of local residents about Walthamstow bus station which she says is mp;#39;unsafemp;#39;.
  
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• Sadiq Khan lays down 3 demands ahead of Burnham's first Budget as Elizabeth Line funding set to end

  25-09-2026 02:00 via mylondon.news
  
  My London - The Mayor of London has laid out his three main demands for Andy Burnham in next month's Autumn Budget.
  
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• RMT CALLS FOR ACTION AS RAIL ASSAULTS REACH RECORD HIGH

  25-09-2026 02:00 via rmt.org.uk
  
  RMT - RAIL union RMT called for action against assaults today (September 24) after the latest figures revealed a 12 per cent increase of violence and abuse against rail workers.
  
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• Reported assaults on Great Britain’s railways rise by fifth in a year

  25-09-2026 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Unions say record high of nearly 25,000, including assaults on rail workers and public, shows need for more staff and policingTell us: have you been assaulted on Great Britainmp;#146;s railways?The number of reported assaults on Great Britainmp;#146;s railways has risen by a fifth to a record high of almost 25,000 incidents in a year.Unions said the mp;#147;horrendousmp;#148; figures showed the need for more staff and policing, as the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) revealed a sharp
  
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• Reported assaults on Britain's rail services rise by more than a third

  25-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Recorded incidents of violence and harassment against passengers and rail workers showed a sharp increase in the year to March.
  
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• Record assaults on passengers and public on Britain?s railways

  25-09-2026 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - There were 13, 464 reported assaults against people who are not part of the railway workforce between April 2025 and March 2026 on mainline services.
  
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• Record assaults on passengers and public on Britain's railways

  25-09-2026 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - There were 13, 464 reported assaults against people who are not part of the railway workforce between April 2025 and March 2026 on mainline services.
  
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• Pressure grows on Merseyrail to overturn controversial e-bike ban

  25-09-2026 02:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  
  Liverpool Echo - The city's Green Party group are calling on the rail operator to think again
  
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• Portsmouth MPs invite taxi and private hire drivers to help shape the future of licensing in England

  25-09-2026 02:00 via portsmouth.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - Taxi and private hire drivers provide an essential service to local communities every day taking people to work and hospital appointments, supporting local businesses, transporting children with SEND and helping people get home safely, particularly at night.
  
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• Portishead Line milestone reached after Pill demolition

  25-09-2026 02:00 via northsomersettimes.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A major rail project aimed at reconnecting Portishead to the national network has reached another milestone.
  
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• Plaid Cymru MSs calls on UK Government to review plans for long-awaited rail reopening

  25-09-2026 02:00 via nation.cymru
  
  Nation. Cymru - Plaid Cymru Senedd Members have called on the UK Government to rethink plans for a long-awaited rail line reopening.
  
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• Oxford doesn't have capacity for ?7bn East West Rail

  25-09-2026 02:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - After more than three years, Oxford's Botley Road has reopened, but not everything is back on track.
  
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• Oxford doesn't have capacity for £7bn East West Rail

  25-09-2026 02:00 via thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - After more than three years, Oxfordmp;#39;s Botley Road has reopened, but not everything is back on track.
  
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• Network Rail to Deliver £1.4m Track Renewal Between Sleaford and Boston

  25-09-2026 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Passengers travelling between Sleaford and Boston in October are being advised to plan ahead as a major mp;pound;1.4 million track renewal programme will see rail replacement buses operating across the route.
  
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• Network Rail to Deliver ?1.4m Track Renewal Between Sleaford and Boston

  25-09-2026 02:00 via railtechnologymagazine.com
  
  Rail Technology Magazine - Passengers travelling between Sleaford and Boston in October are being advised to plan ahead as a major ?1.4 million track renewal programme will see rail replacement buses operating across the route.
  
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