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Monday, 15 September 2025

BBC News

• Plans for 100-mile city centre walkwaysThe £100m CyanLines initiative may see brightly-coloured walkways over canals and rivers.
• On patrol with the company recovering stolen bikesJust 0.6% of bike thefts in London this year have led to a charge, prosecution or caution.

Department for Transport

• More than £1.1 billion investment to boost growth, jobs and skills in UK's coastal towns and citiesFunding will help businesses and academia develop real-life technology that reduces carbon emissions from shipping.

Financial Times

• Shipping industry enlists AI to tackle rising number of cargo firesFailure to declare dangerous goods and ever bigger ships mean fires are more common and harder to put out

The Guardian

• London bus drivers deserve kudos too | Brief lettersKeeping the capital moving | Boris Johnson’s speeches | Liz Truss and public service | Kindness repaid | Artistic licenceOf course tube drivers are important for keeping London running smoothly (Letters, 11 September). But how about a mention for bus drivers who, when working hours and holiday entitlements are taken into account, earn about half of what a tube driver earns Is driving a tube train really twice as difficult as driving a bus?

The Independent

• Driving test backlog is partly caused by immigration, officials tell ministerDriver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) board meeting minutes show officials said they told her 'immigration demand from non-EU countries had increased substantially' during discussions to make her 'aware of the scale of the challenge' to reduce driving test waiting times.
• Is London Tube strike the shape of transport stoppages to come?Which bits of the Tube network will have trains on this particular strike day? That was one of my daily tasks over the past week. As you will know, members of the RMT union working for the London Underground walked out and brought the capital to a gridlocked halt for the best part of the week. Almost all of the Tube network was shut down, but each day, a few random stretches would open.

The Telegraph

• Britain's 20 biggest rail operators, ranked from worst to best [subscription]The UK's train operating firms are (slowly) returning to public ownership. By 2027 the process will be complete, unless politicians have a change of heart. But has nationalisation improved services and what jargon-loving transport spin-doctors call the 'user experience'? Yes - a bit - for LNER passengers. Not really for Northern Trains sufferers. Absolutely not, for TransPennine Express victims.

The Mirror

• 'Ryanair of trains' announces new London to Scotland tickets costing less than £50Budget-friendly rail company Lumo has just announced a new line going straight from London King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Street, which promises to be 'fantastic value' for customers.

Local Government

• Improving Connections: A66 at Ramsay Brow to benefit from Workington Gateway InvestmentThe council has been awarded ?10.02 million from central government to boost connections to key employment sites and the Port of Workington, while also improving walking and cycling links between the town centre and Workington?s cultural and heritage attractions.

Bolton News

• Manchester Airport sees busiest summer ever with almost 7m passengersManchester Airport experienced its busiest summer ever, with nearly seven million passengers passing through during the school holiday period

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Council changes dozens of 20mph roads back to 30mph and makes 'cloud cuckoo land' request The local authority has changed the limit on 52 stretches

London Evening Standard

• Dodgy e-bikes should come with cigarette-style health warnings, say London transport chiefsConcern grows about illegally-adapted bikes being ridden at high speeds by delivery riders

Manchester Evening News

• 'We've got one train a week - the area is crying out for more'People living in Reddish say they've been let down by poor services at one its stations.
• Three train station changes among major planning, licensing and road closures planned across Greater ManchesterThese schemes have all been tabled with local authorities across the city-region recently

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• North East women encouraged to join transport industry to inspire new generationGo North East pledges to double number of women drivers, as figures reveal only 10% of bus drivers nationally are women

Northern Echo

• S&DR200: First look at Ghost Train coming to DarlingtonThe dramatic installation will roll into the town centre on Saturday, September 20, from 3pm, forming one of the headline attractions of the S&DR200 festival, which marks 200 years since the world's first passenger railway.

Yorkshire Post

• Yorkshire footpath over railway line to be closed for six months due to safety concernsA footpath which runs through Yorkshire woodland and over a train line is set to be closed for at least the next six months due to safety concerns.

Bucks Free Press

• Joy Morrissey MP: protecting green belt, backing businesses, improving transportAfter a brilliant summer across Beaconsfield, Marlow and our South Bucks villages, Parliament is now back in action. It remains the greatest honour of my life to represent our community, and as we look to the months ahead, I am determined to keep championing the issues that matter most to you.

Other Regional Press

• Mary Langan on the challenges of public transport for disabled peoplePacked buses, crowded Tube stations and trains are a challenge to us all, especially in London's hot and humid summer days.
• All the latest Richmond Council transport strategy plansA council is pressing ahead with plans to improve ageing transport in a South West London borough 'starved' of major improvements.
• Fare dodgers now face £100 fines on this North Staffordshire train lineFare dodgers can now be slapped with £100 fines on this train line through North Staffordshire and South Cheshire. East Midlands Railway (EMR) has brought in the fines along the entirerity of its Nottingham to Crewe line.
• Pivotal moment as HS2 and Birmingham Airport chiefs plot new era of travel ahead of ground-breaking worksHS2 and Birmingham Airport executives unite for transformative travel developments, marking a key milestone in the region's connectivity.
• Momentum grows in Skipton to Colne rail line campaignSupporters of efforts to resurrect the Skipton to Colne line are lobbying members of Lancashire County Council, and will be meeting MPs in the coming months.

Rail Advent

• Manchester Metrolink partnership will optimise performance on Bury lineManchester Metrolink has entered a partnership with rail technology company EneRail to optimise driver performance on the Bury line, which is expected to deliver tangible energy savings across its network.
• Transport for Wales introduces virtual reality train manager trainingOn Saturday 6 September, Alstom welcomed the first-ever passenger service to its modernisation facility in Widnes, Cheshire.

Rail Business Daily

• CAF builds future rail talent through its Apprenticeship SchemeCAF is strengthening its pipeline of rail talent through its Apprenticeship Scheme, as well as with direct full-time apprenticeship training, which is new to Rolling Stock UK this year.

Rail Magazine

• New inland rail terminal planned by port operator looking to expand metals capacityOne of the UK's leading port operators is planning a £100 million investment steel and metals logistics, with rail connections.
• Platforms demolished as Network Rail provides Huddersfield station updatePlatforms 1 and 2 at Huddersfield station have been demolished during the first half of a 30-day closure.
• GB Railfreight steps up preparations for Network Rail seasonal trainsGB Railfreight has been stepping up its preparations for operating Network Rail's autumn and winter treatment trains.

Railnews

• Potential Chunnel operators say depot capacity is biggest barrier Companies which want to run international trains from London are calling for ‘urgent action’ to secure investment in increased depot capacity to allow more Channel Tunnel trains. The Office of Rail and Road has concluded that capacity at the present Temple Mills depot in east London would allow only one additional operator to Eurostar, which has occupied the site since 2007.

The Business Desk

• £1.1bn government/industry funding package to support maritime sector growthMaritime Minister, Keir Mather, is visiting Birkenhead's Cammell Laird shipyard today (September 15) to highlight a £1.1bn joint government and industry investment into the UK maritime sector including £150m for the North West.
• 32.3m to be invested to boost active travel across BristolIn a bid to encourage more people to walk, wheel and cycle across the city, Bristol City Council will work on five new projects following the approval of £2.3m from the Department for Transport's Active Travel Fund.

Other News Sources

• Anger at 'lack of coordination' of bus cutsFollowing the recent coverage of bus cuts, there is a significant point about the lack of coordination of it all.