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Monday, 18 August 2025

BBC News

• 'Non-riding' park-and-ride users may have to payMotorists could soon be charged for leaving their vehicles at Lancaster's park-and-ride facility, regardless of whether they use the bus service.
• TfL pledge new app following Santander Cycles issuesThe app will launch next year after users complained the current app "fundamentally doesn't work".
• Qantas hit with record fine for illegal layoffs during pandemicAustralia's biggest airline was sued for firing ground staff in 2020 as aviation came to a standstill.

Financial Times

• Qantas hit with Australia’s largest industrial relations fine over Covid job cutsJudge says airline’s apology for firing 1,820 workers was ‘wrong kind of sorry’

The Independent

• Rail campaigners issue warning over potential 5.5% fares riseAn inflation figure often used to determine increases in the cost of train travel will be announced on Wednesday.

The Telegraph

• Why this little British island is a haven for heritage railway lovers [subscription]Ride steam and electric narrow-gauge trains on the Isle of Man for a taste of Victorian-era travel

Times Online

• Tesla almost halves monthly payments as UK sales slump [subscription]Elon Musk's electric car company is also fighting falling sales across Europe amid fierce Chinese competition
• East Midlands Airport outpaces Heathrow for growth in air freight [subscription]Its strategic location is attracting logistics companies, with four new carriers operating routes to China

Welsh Government

• £1 young persons bus fare Two weeks to go!Young people aged between 16 - 21 are reminded to sign up for a free mytravelpass to make sure they can take full advantage of the 31 bus fare when the pilot scheme begins on September 1.

Liverpool Echo

• Rail campaigners say potential 5.5% fares rise would be 'ripping off' passengers'What would be the justification for jacking up fares above inflation? There isn't any.'
• When Merseyrail's temporary timetable will change back It has been a year since changes were brought in on the network's Northern Line - so what is going on?

Manchester Evening News

• Warning issued as experts forecast 'outrageous' rail fare hikeA pressure group for passengers says next year's expected rise in rail fares would be 'outrageous'.

Morning Star

• Labour must ensure public ownership is the 'final destination' of rail reformsRAIL experts and campaign groups will launch a report today urging Labour to ensure that public ownership is the 'final destination' of its rail reforms.

Nation. Cymru

• Young people in Wales urged to sign up for £1 bus fare pilotYoung people aged between 16 - 21 are reminded to sign up for a free mytravelpass to make sure they can take full advantage of the £1 bus fare when the pilot scheme begins on September 1.

Wales Online

• The exact date £1 bus fares in Wales will beginThousands of people in Wales will be entitled to discounted bus fares from next month

Yorkshire Post

• Bradford Interchange: Report into changes at Bradford bus station to be published later this yearA report into how Bradford Interchange will eventually be replaced with a more modern station will be published later this year.

Bucks Free Press

• Restored art deco-style 1938 train to run between Amersham and WatfordA restored art deco-style 1938 Tube train will take passengers from Amersham to Harrow and Watford next month.

Other Regional Press

• Update on campaign to reopen Skipton-Colne railway lineAN update will be given at a meeting next month on efforts to reopen a disused railway line.
• Rail disruption for Swindon passengers due to scheduled improvement workGreat Western Railway services will be affected by important rail improvement work taking place between Gloucester and Swindon this month.
• New train station bid requires urgent support from water companyThe leader of the Green Party in the region has suggested that the train station scheme is linked to Thames Water's Abingdon reservoir proposal.
• Train fares set to rise 5.5pc with announcement this weekPublic transport groups have called the oncoming price hike 'outrageous'
• Bournemouth Airport ranks as one of UK's 'least secure' airport websitesBournemouth Airport has the least secure website among all UK airports.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Driverless tech promises big shift for coach and bus: FusionWe spoke to Jim Hutchinson, CEO of Fusion Processing, and a cross-section of the industry to investigate what driverless technology will mean for the coach and bus industry

Other News Sources

• MP calls for reversal of cuts to Hampshire bus passesAn MP has called for an urgent reversal of cuts to bus pass enhancements for visually impaired residents.
• Milestone for new units at Blackpool Airport Enterprise ZoneWork to build another 20,000 sq ft of industrial units at Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone has reached a key stage.
• Major railway upgrades will see 9 level crossings and roads shut over 6 weeksThere will be serious travel disruption across Surrey
• Gatwick named as one of the best airports in the UK in new studyA new survey has named Gatwick Airport as one of the best in the country