Public Transport news

• West Midlands offering free evening bus travel this week

  10-12-2024 01:00 via highways-news.com
  
  Other News Sources - Transport for West Midlands is offering free bus travel for all passengers after 7pm every night this week throughout the region.
  
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• Turning Kent airport into drone flights 'hub' will 'create 500 jobs'

  08-09-2026 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Calls are being made to turn one of Kentmp;#146;s airports into a flight tech centre, which could lead to hundreds of new jobs.
  
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• Tunnel built under major new road between Cambridge and Bedfordshire - but it's not for drivers

  08-09-2026 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - The road is expected to open next year
  
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• Trump threatens to stop sale of Canadian Bombardier jets in US

  08-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The threat against one of Canadamp;#39;s largest companies comes amid an escalating trade war between the two neighbours.
  
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• Train station to mark World Suicide Prevention Day

  08-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - A five-day programme activities has begun at Wolverhampton's railway station to support people's mental health and wellbeing.
  
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• Sir Richard Branson's Virgin to 'explore' stopping trains to France at Stratford in east London

  08-09-2026 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - ?It's a big and fast growing commercial opportunity,? says East Ham MP Sir Stephen Timms pushing the case for a Stratford International stop
  
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• Richard Tice: A Reform government would scrap EV mandate to save Jaguar Land Rover

  08-09-2026 02:00 via cityam.com
  
  City AM - By forcing companies like JLR to wind down profitable internal combustion engine models ahead of true consumer demand, ministers have effectively forced our flagship manufacturer to cut off its own revenue streams, says Richard Tice For decades, Jaguar Land Rover has stood mp;nbsp;a proud symbol of West Midlands manufacturing might.mp;nbsp;Yet today, thousands of highly skilled ...
  
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• Plans for 12th Cambridge greenway criticised as locals say 'repair existing roads'

  08-09-2026 02:00 via cambridge-news.co.uk
  
  Cambridge News - The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) is seeking permission for a new cycling and walking route connecting Sawston to Cambridge via Great Shelford and Stapleford
  
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• North Yorkshire Moors Railway bridge appeal passes ?400,000

  08-09-2026 02:00 via darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) launched its Bridge 42 Appeal earlier this year to fund critical work on the bridge between Grosmont Level Crossing and the tunnel, aiming to raise ?800,000 in total.
  
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• New university campus and station entrance at Temple Meads open at last

  08-09-2026 02:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live - University says Temple Quarter is mp;#39;most significant development in its historymp;#39;
  
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• New trains arrive on the DLR - after several delays

  08-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The first of 54 new trains for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) are being introduced to London's transport network after a two-year delay.
  
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• New ?23m Bristol Temple Meads station entrance to open

  08-09-2026 02:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - Bristol Temple Meads railway station's new ?23 million entrance will open for the first time on Monday 7 September.
  
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• Meta?s AI glasses pose growing threat to women and girls on London's Tube, say campaigners

  08-09-2026 02:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Evening Standard - Campaigners are calling for a ban on Meta?s AI-powered glasses as concerns continue to grow over their impact on women?s safety across the TfL network.
  
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• Major towns set for 20mph speed limits under new roads programme

  08-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Ayr, Troon and Prestwick have been identified for a future phase of the Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA) programme
  
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• Jonathan Reynolds is right, Jaguar Land Rover doesn’t warrant use of public money Nils Pratley

  08-09-2026 02:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - The 4,000 job cuts cannot be compared to a VW-like existential crisis and, as JLR presents them, are about staying competitiveJaguar Land Rover confirms plan to cut 4,000 jobs over two yearsA default reaction to news of job losses in the UK car industry is to ask what the government is going to do about it. So, well done business secretary Jonathan Reynolds for giving the correct response to the question of whether public money will be used to support Jaguar Land Rover, which on M
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover 4,000 job cuts confirmed as carmaker looks to cut £1.7bn in costs

  08-09-2026 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - CEO says group plans to build mp;#39;stronger, more competitive JLR for all our stakeholdersmp;#39;
  
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• Huge 1,800-home new-build estate too 'car-dependent', transport bosses warn

  08-09-2026 02:00 via kentonline.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A proposed huge new-build estate would leave thousands of residents too reliant on cars and buses, highways bosses have warned.
  
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• Heckmondwike bus station to open as first of its kind in West Yorkshire

  08-09-2026 02:00 via examinerlive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The new bus station is the first to carry the Weaver Network name
  
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• GWR cancels South West services because of unreliable trains

  08-09-2026 02:00 via plymouthherald.co.uk
  
  Plymouth Herald - Great Western Railway has confirmed it is ending five trips per week on the main railway line through Cornwall over persistent issues with a fleet of trains.
  
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• Government urged to make Cotswold Airport major drone hub and unlock 450 jobs

  08-09-2026 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - A new report says allowing airspace reforms could create jobs and bring investment to the West
  
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• Darlington Station barriers remain after ?160m revamp

  08-09-2026 02:00 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  Northern Echo - Months after Darlington Railway Station's multimillion-pound redevelopment opened, red barriers still block pavements, weeds and litter continue to build up, and temporary traffic lights are causing daily queues.
  
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• Carmakers Have a New Idea to Boost EV Range: Add a Gas Engine subscription

  08-09-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - Hyundai, Ford and Stellantis are planning to introduce larger EVs with gas generators to solve range anxiety
  
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• Bus drivers 'no longer required to sweat it out' as air con deal reached to stop strikes

  08-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Air conditioning is to be fitted after what is described as a mp;quot;ground-breaking victorymp;quot; for London bus drivers.
  
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• Airport chaos looms as EU scraps border queue grace period subscription

  08-09-2026 02:00 via thetimes.com
  Times Online - Airlines call for an extension to the flexibility to suspend biometric checks during busy periods
  
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• A303 Stonehenge Tunnel: Shadow transport secretary demands action on traffic problems

  08-09-2026 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Richard Holden has written to transport secretary Heidi Alexander asking for action to be taken on the A303 traffic problems
  
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• 'Wealth fund' brought in to find funding for major South Yorkshire development projects

  07-09-2026 02:00 via thestar.co.uk
  Sheffield Star - Major projects which have been proposed in South Yorkshire have included the expansion of the South Yorkshire tram train scheme, with calls for it to serve Stocksbridge; as well as the re-opening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport; and the proposed Don Valley Corridor of advanced manufacturing and clean energy industries.
  
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• Transport minister talks A55, road tolls and 'no guarantees' on ending bridge misery

  07-09-2026 02:00 via infrastructure-now.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - 'This cannot be kicked any further down the road. We need to start dealing with the things that are ahead of us'
  
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• Tram progress on the right lines but can't be the terminus - Jo Davidson

  07-09-2026 02:00 via edinburghnews.scotsman.com
  Edinburgh Evening News - Many of the worldmp;#39;s great thinkers from Winston Churchill to Mark Twain have argued that the blind pursuit of perfection can sometimes be the enemy of progress.
  
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• Trains cancelled and disruption expected due to Transport for Wales staff shortage

  07-09-2026 02:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Wales Online - Transport for Wales (TfW) has said services between Carmarthen and Pembroke Dock will be cancelled due to a shortage of train crew. It says it is laying on buses for passengers to complete their journey.
  
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• Train journey to mark birth of UK high speed rail

  07-09-2026 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Preparations are under way for a commemorative train journey to mark the birth of the UK's first high-speed rail service.
  
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