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Sunday, 26 July 2026

BBC News

• Record 2,500 e-bikes and e-scooters seized by MetThe seizures are part of an operation to crack down on road safety and phone snatching.
• Summer weekend fares for tram and bus startBus and tram passengers in London will be able to travel all day at weekends for the price of a single fare during the summer holidays.
• Anger over litter at station serving beauty spotResidents have complained about litter building up at a station serving a beauty spot in Surrey after all the platform rubbish bins were removed.
• Electric buses being charged by diesel generatorsA fleet of new electric buses in East Yorkshire is being charged with generators that run on diesel due to delays in installing the necessary infrastructure, a firm has said.

The Telegraph

• Summer travel about to hit the buffers for millions of rail passengers [subscription]A slew of disruptions, from planned engineering works to union strikes, will plague those attempting to travel through England by train
• Children (and modern parents) are ruining public transport etiquette [subscription]Andy Burnham's fare cap of £2 for bus journeys in England is one of those policies it's hard to be against, which hasn't prevented a row about who should get credit for it.
• Revealed: The 42 million wasted hours caused by train delays [subscription]Telegraph analysis shows that a third of passengers faced disruption last year, but the consequences go beyond those stuck on the platform

City AM

• Andy Burnham should show London he cares by funding this one transport projectThe ascendancy of the 'King of the North' has spooked London. James Ford outlines that this can easily be fixed by greenlighting the West London Orbital Railway

Mail Online

• Will the King of the North's HS2 plan hit the buffers? Andy Burnham wants to resurrect Manchester link with slower trains despite £60billion cost as critics blast 'fantasy scheme'The high-speed HS2 rail network is being built between London and Birmingham, after the onward leg to Manchester was axed by then-prime minister Rishi Sunak in 2023.

Local Government

• 'Huge moment' for Portsmouth International Port as 'cutting-edge' shore power system goes live for ferriesThe infrastructure allows hybrid ferries to turn off their engines while in dock and reduce carbon emissions

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Director says Keighley should become transport destinationKeighley has all the ingredients needed to become a major transport destination and attract visitors for entire weekends, according to a director of a growing West Yorkshire transport charity.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• RAF Typhoons scrambled to escort Manchester-bound flight 'causing concern'The Qatar Airways flight QR23 was heading to the airport when the response was triggered

Liverpool Echo

• UK's most expensive airport drop-offs as drivers paying £1 a minuteAirport drop-off charges have soared across the UK

London Evening Standard

• Ministers urged to give TfL final say on driverless taxis as London rollout loomsSeveral firms, including Uber and Wayve, are seeking approval to transport passengers in automated vehicles in London as soon as this year
• Gatwick has highest drop-off fees of any UK airport: how 'kiss and fly' charges compareLondon Gatwick has the highest drop-off fees of any airport in the UK, charging a whopping £10 for 10 minutes, new analysis has shown.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Exclusive:Opening of redesigned Leeds station entrance delayed by further month as contractors in race to finishThe opening of Leeds City Station's highly-anticipated new entrance has been hit by a further delay.

Yorkshire Post

• Tracy Brabin could get powers to help with West Yorkshire mass transit projectThe new Prime Minister's ambitions for fiscal devolution could see West Yorkshire's mayor able to collect taxes and approve the region's tram system herself, a senior Cabinet minister has said.

Oxford Mail

• Concern as Oxfordshire 'millions' to be spent on Oxford railThere is concern as 'millions' raised in South Oxfordshire is to be spent on Oxford rail rather than on projects such as the Wantage and Grove train station.

Other Regional Press

• Going underground: Why the Peak District tunnel's time has comeThis is one of the most exciting infrastructure projects in Britain right now
• Northern Rail service in West Yorkshire is so unreliable they have decided to axe itA train service connecting two Cities of Culture is set to be axed in a bid to address "poor reliability." Northern is planning significant alterations to its Hull to Halifax route, which currently serves Leeds and Bradford.
• Warrington's Own Buses chief scoops national awardTHE boss of Warrington's bus company has been named Passenger Transport Leader of the Year.
• Cambrian Railway group aims to improve community tiesA community group that aims to improve ties with the Cambrian coast and Cambrian line railways has set out its aims for the future.
• Stations at Pontrilas and Rotherwas not in council's planHerefordshire's new draft Big Economic Delivery Plan sets out wide-ranging goals for the county over the next three years.
• Basingstoke MP Luke Murphy praises £2 national bus fare capBus fares will be capped at £2, and free travel for children has been announced.
• Sandbanks Ferry Company to increase tolls and go cashlessA new fare structure for the Sandbanks Ferry, which operates between Studland and Sandbanks in Dorset, is to be fully implemented, with the toll for vehicles going up 16 percent, while pedestrians, bikers, and cyclists will see an 18 percent increase.
• New King's Lynn travel hub plan to go before councillorsControversial plans for a £4.1m travel hub is set to go back before councillors, despite previous criticisms of the project.
• Ministers urged to give TfL final say on driverless taxis as rollout loomsMinisters must hand over full control of driverless taxi trials to Transport for London (TfL), a senior London Assembly Member has said.
• Ken Skates MS on Wrexham-Bidston train after midweek matchesI recently wrote to Transport for Wales (TfW) about the last Wrexham-Bidston train after midweek matches at the Racecourse, making the point that some fans have to face the choice of missing either the end of the game or the train home due to the timing of the final service.
• Passenger trains set to return to Sharpness after 62 YearsVoBR will be running trains on Gloucestershire's Sharpness branch over three days this summer offering the first chance to travel on the line since it closed to passengers in 1964.

Rail Advent

• Siemens agrees deal for High Speed Trains worth €3 billionRolling stock manufacturer Siemens Mobility has revealed that it has signed a contract with Italian high-speed rail operator Italo Holding to supply 26 eight-car Velaro Multi System high-speed trains and to fully maintain them for thirty years.
• GB Railfreight launches safety improvement campaignGB Railfreight (GBR) has launched a Work Safe = Home Safe campaign to improve its safety culture and encourage staff to keep safety at the forefront of every decision they make.
• Rail safety campaign leads to huge drop in trespassingTransport for Wales (TfW) has attributed a 23% drop in trespass incidents across its South Wales Metro railway lines to rail safety education workshops attended by 50,000 schoolchildren.

Railway Supply

• UK Train Delays Have Cost Passengers Nearly 42 Million HoursUK train delays and cancellations affected 37% of passengers and cost travellers nearly 42 million hours in the year to 30 May 2026, according to a Telegraph analysis.

Transportxtra

• Autonomous vehicles will place new pressures on local planning authoritiesInstitute for Driverless Transport produces AV primer for Royal Town Planning Institute members

Other News Sources

• 3 Infrastructure Stocks Tied To Rail And Bridge Upgrades In EuropeThe temporary closure of London Charing Cross and Waterloo East has thrown a spotlight on how reliant daily life is on rail infrastructure, and on the companies that keep it working.
• South Yorkshire Future Trams names new chairSouth Yorkshire Future Trams Limited has appointed Stéphanie Rivet as chair as the organisation continues the transition of Supertram into public ownership.