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Sunday, 20 July 2025

BBC News

• Parked in lay-bys - the drivers determined to avoid airport drop-off feesDrivers at Edinburgh Airport say they resent paying high fees for dropping off passengers.
• Speed limit on main city route reduces to 30mphManchester City Council wants to reduce the speed on several roads where there have been crashes.
• Trains return to public ownership in south EssexRail services between south Essex and London have become publicly owned for the first time since the 20th century.
• Kent and Sussex rail lines to close for half-termTwo of the South East's main railway lines are to be shut for nine days in the autumn.
• Viaduct work planned to support Metro expansionWork on a disused Grade II* listed railway bridge could help support plans to extend a Metro line. Nexus, which runs the Tyne and Wear Metro, has applied to Sunderland City Council to carry our investigation works at Victoria Viaduct in Washington

Department for Transport

• c2c services transferred to public ownershipFrom today (20 July 2025), the operation of all c2c services has transferred into public ownership and are being managed by DfT Operator Ltd (DFTO).

Financial Times

• Virgin float has led Australian IPO market revival, says BainListing drought broken as number of successful public share sales follows airline’s debut

The Scotsman

• Posters from 'golden age of Scottish rail travel to go under the hammerThey are elegantly designed snapshots of a distant era when getting around by rail was regarded as an opulent treat as opposed to a gruelling ordeal.

Times Online

• Ministers heading for union clash in bid for hi-tech rail travel [subscription]New GBRX technology agency within Great British Railways put at heart of government plans to 'break the pattern of slow adoption' on tracks and trains

i News

• Buckling tracks and sealed windows: Why UK trains are unbearable in summerRail bosses are already rolling out a number of new tactics to deal with soaring heat, including painting tracks white to limit disruption

Sky News

• Behind the scenes of illegal e-bike crackdownIt's lunchtime on Birmingham's New Street. 

Birmingham Mail

• Birmingham Airport boss says Brum should 'imitate Dubai' in one 'major' wayThe boss of Birmingham Airport Nick Barton gave a rallying call to West Midlands businesses and leaders at a city conference

Birmingham Post

• HS2 suffers legal challenges cost as eastern leg land releasedTransport Secretary says nine cases have been brought against the high-speed line as she removes safeguarding for land on cancelled leg

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Wales's biggest county reveals full list of 20mph proposals - with dozens of changes plannedA full list of 43 roads and their recommendations have now been published

Cambridge News

• Britain's most advanced rail fleet yet is 'game-changer' for CambridgeshireBritain's most advanced locomotive yet has been unveiled in Cambridgeshire. GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the UK's leading rail freight operators and backed by Infracapital, has revealed its new Class 99 locomotives at its Peterborough headquarters.

Kent Online

• The train station named after a Kent village - but it's miles away from its namesakeThe train station is not far away - only three miles from the Kent village its named after

Other Regional Press

• ‘Why can’t we do what the community wants?’: Councillors and highways officers clash over speed reductionHighways officers have opposed a speed reduction on a busy road, despite 10 accidents along the route with one being fatal.
• Repair plan for landslide-hit road shut for 18 months ‘almost complete’Transport chiefs in charge of fixing a key route that has been shut by repeated landslides have issued an update on their plans to repair the road.
• Berrylands station closure: Everything you need to knowBerrylands station is set to undergo major upgrade works next year this is everything you need to know.
• Network Rail to spend £1.4m repairing Longport Station bridgeNetwork Rail is spending £1.4 million on footbridge repairs at Stoke-on-Trent's smallest train station. The Longport Station works begin on Saturday, July 26 and continue until September 14.
• Inverclyde's 'most vandalised' railway station revealedMINDLESS vandals who have inflicted 'tens of thousands of pounds' worth of damage on Inverclyde railway stations by carrying out almost 50 attacks have been slammed for their selfish actions.
• By-election candidate plans to be 'pain in the neck' to ensure new railway station is builtA BY-ELECTION candidate says he intends to be a pain in the neck' to ensure a new railway station is built.
• Key decision to be taken on new St Helens bus station plansCouncillors are set to make a decision on plans for a new bus station which form a 'key phase' of the St Helens town centre regeneration.

Train Operators

• Northern to offer students half price train tickets for the entire academic yearTrain operator Northern is encouraging parents and guardians to lock in an early bird discount of 50% off train tickets for the coming academic year.

Rail Advent

• East Midlands Railway Staff Work to Improve Travel for Autistic PeopleEast Midlands Railway (EMR) has partnered with the National Autistic Society in an effort to make their trains more accessible for those with autism.
• Lumo Renews its Partnership with Newcastle EaglesFor the third year in a row, train operator Lumo is partnering with the Newcastle Eagles.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Work to avoid Alexander Dennis plant closures in Scotland ongoingWork to secure a pipeline of new bus orders for Alexander Dennis and avoid proposed closures of its manufacturing facilities in Scotland is continuing, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government Shona Robison said on 16 July.
• Bradford and Sheffield get £28m for zero-emission bus purchasesNo clarity on numbers and manufacturers but UK sourcing hinted at by Department for Transport