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Rail fare rises of 5% coming down the track

Britons will be paying the highest train fares ever – up by a further 2.5% – in the new year, pushing even more commuters above the £5,000 annual season ticket barrier for the first time. Some off-peak fares, it has emerged, are to rise by more than 5.6% on 2 January.

Hail Caledonia: Sturgeon opens UK's biggest bus depot in Glasgow

The biggest bus depot in the UK has been officially opened by the First Minister.

UK Flights Chaos: Air Traffic Control commputers using software from the 1960s

A computer failure that led to southern England being closed to air traffic on Friday could be repeated because software used to control flights dates from the 1960s, it has emerged. Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, demanded answers from the air traffic control service Nats after the glitch led to “unacceptable” flight cancellations and delays for 10,000 passengers.

Improving transport to Heathrow could cost taxpayer £2bn

Heathrow today came under pressure from rival Gatwick to explain how it proposes to pay for multi-billion-pound improvements to transport links if it wins the right to expand.