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Tuesday, 22 April 2025

BBC News

• Bus fares kept below national cap, council saysBus fares will continue to be discounted from later this month, Brighton & Hove City Council has confirmed.
• Which are the possible Leamside Line stations?Maps have shown where potential train stations of a disused rail line could be if the route is restored.
• Project to move old railway station needs £150,000The building was in danger of being bulldozed to make way for dualling of the A47.
• Third day of rail disruption as repairs continueJourneys will be cancelled or suspended on Tuesday with "urgent repairs" needed on a bridge.
• Station to reopen after first phase of £10m revampThe reopening was postponed as Northern had to carry out final safety checks, transport bosses say.
• Gatwick worst for delays among UK airportsDepartures from Gatwick Airport were an average of more than 23 minutes behind schedule in 2024.

The Guardian

• Parking firms ‘issuing thousands of fines in England due to faulty ticket machines’Campaigners say most common problem are ‘sticky keys’ that fails to record registration numbers correctlyThousands of drivers in England are being sent demands for up to £170 from private parking companies because of faulty ticket machines, campaigners have said.Many private car parks require motorists to input their vehicle registration when purchasing a ticket from a machine, which is supposed to ensure they do not receive a parking fine. Continue reading...

The Scotsman

• Green Scottish Government bonds could save £362m in replacing ScotRail's ageing trainsSNP ministers have been urged to use £green bonds and the Scottish Government's borrowing powers to save hundreds of millions of pounds in replacing Scotland's ageing trains.

Times Online

• Air India keen to buy jets rejected by China as tariffs bite [subscription]Boeing aircraft return to America as Beijing tells Chinese airlines not to accept them

The Mirror

• Travel chaos as major rail station used daily by 10,000 people closing for A MONTHHuddersfield Station is to close for 30 days, which could cause problems for up to 300,000 travellers. The station, linked to major cities, will undergo a £70 million revamp

Belfast Telegraph

• 'Central to Derry' or 'white elephant'? Debate over City of Derry Airport in new phase as Executive takes charge of fundingJames McNaney takes a look at both sides of the argument on the future economic viability of the north west's airport

Birmingham Post

• Gatwick, Stanstead and Manchester worst for delays among UK airportsThe average delay for flights last year was 18 minutes and 24 seconds
• The Welsh space firm behind UK's first in space advanced manufacturing missionSpace Forge has shipped its SpaceForge-1 satellite to the US ahead of its first mission later this yeaer

Holyrood

• Associate feature: Franchising folly: Why Scotland can't afford to copy Manchester's £226m bus disaster'Gambling taxpayers' money on a vague, unworkable idea. That was Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen's scathing verdict on bus franchising just six weeks ago. And he's absolutely right.

Bucks Free Press

• HS2 denied permission for chamber in latest stage of high-speed railway through BucksThe company behind HS2 has been denied permission for the latest stage of the new high-speed railway being built through Bucks.

Other Regional Press

• New inter-island foot passenger ferry to launch in MayA NEW daily foot passenger ferry service between Jersey and Guernsey is due to begin operating next month.
• Findloss and Kinloss community disappointed as decision not to reinstate their timetabled bus service madeVillagers have expressed their disappointment over a decision not to reinstate their timetabled bus service.
• Mauchline railway station 'not in pipeline' but group remain upbeatTHE group behind a push to create a new railway station in Mauchline has said a "productive meeting" has been held with council officials as they move forward with plans.

Rail Advent

• Work to electrify Scottish railway line nearing completionA 16-week project to electrify the line between Glasgow Central and East Kilbride is nearing completion, with the line expected to be reopened next month.

Rail Business Daily

• Unicard meets latest ITSO smart ticketing specificationUK: Unicard has announced that it is the first supplier to have its software partially certified as compliant with the first phase of the latest version of the ITSO Specification for integrated public transport smart ticketing.

Aviation Industry

• A garden inside the country's main airportBy 2032 Athens International Airport will have grown by 148,000 square meters, in order to be able to serve 40 million passengers annually, up from 31.8 million last year.
• How Red Sea International Airport aims to lead by example in sustainability Red Sea Global stands as a cornerstone of Saudi Arabia's ambitious Vision 2030 strategy.
• London Luton is officialy the 'world's best low-cost airline terminals,surpassing Gatwick and Heathrow airportLondon Luton Airport rises to global acclaim as a top low-cost terminal, with a major expansion set to boost capacity from 18 to 32 million passengers yearly.

Other News Sources

• COSCO, Chinese industry bodies push back against USTR fee planChina's shipowners and shipbuilders have condemned the US measures as short-sighted and discriminatory, warning they will backfire, destabilise global shipping, and drive up costs.
• How petrostates succeeded in watering down world's plan to cut shipping emissionsThe UN's International Maritime Organization has just agreed to start charging ships for the greenhouse gases they emit. After decades of ineffective incremental tweaks to shipping emissions, the breakthrough came on April 11 at a summit in London. It makes shipping the first industry subject to a worldwide and legally binding emissions price.
• Birmingham Airport prepares for passenger increaseBAGGAGE reclaim at Birmingham Airport is set to be given a £10.6million revamp to cope with increasing passenger numbers.
• Proposal to increase Old Oak Common line speed submitted by Network RailNetwork Rail has submitted plans to increase the westbound line speed through Old Oak Common while the Great Western Main Line station is being built.