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Tuesday, 30 September 2025

BBC News

• Huge HS2 viaduct slid into place over M6Timelapse footage captures the slow progress as the 3,200-tonne structure is installed.
• 'We'll be retired or dead before long-awaited bypass is built'Residents scrutinise long-awaited plans to bypass two villages on the busy A75 in southern Scotland.
• Up to 1,000 bus drivers to strike after talks failAround 1,000 drivers from the Transport for Greater Manchester network will proceed with strikes.
• Thames Valley 10% rail fare increases 'ridiculous'The cost of an anytime single ticket to Paddington has now risen by just under 15% since January.
• London Underground improves pay offer to unionsThe new offer involves a 3.4% pay rise in year one and then increases in line with inflation.

Financial Times

• Asia’s budget airlines struggle for profitability as costs riseSeries of setbacks hit carriers operating on wafer-thin margins

The Mirror

• New CAA announcement after airline serving UK airports ceases operationsIt had operated from Stansted Airport and Liverpool Airport

Local Government

• New bee friendly bus shelters in NottinghamshireThree new bee friendly bus shelters have been installed in Nottinghamshire.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• First train arrives at newly-rebuilt station platforms after TRU 30-day closureThe first passenger train has arrived at the newly rebuilt platforms in Huddersfield station.

Bristol Live

• Bristol and Bath's E-scooter and e-bike scheme to go 24 hours this weekThe 'Cinderella Curfew' of midnight is being scrapped

Yorkshire Post

• In pictures: First passenger train pulls into Huddersfield station following 30 days of major upgradesFrom Saturday, August 30 until Sunday, September 28, Huddersfield Railway Station was completely closed as its major transformation continued as part of the multi-billion-pound TransPennine Route Upgrade (TRU).

Cambridge News

• Clashes at busway inquiry as campaigners push for off-road optionThe legal representative for Cambridgeshire County Council claimed the campaigners wanted them to consider a “below standard” design for the busway.

Other Regional Press

• MS calls for support to make rail travel safer for everyoneSam Rowlands, Member of the Welsh Parliament for North Wales, spoke out about the rise in violence against women, girls, and railway staff on the rail network.
• Black cab drivers to get extra time to switch to electric vehiclesTaxi drivers in Oxford have been granted extra time to switch to electric vehicles, after they raised fears about Uber and the Botley Road closure.
• Airport strikes called off for second time in last-minute negotiations over payAIRPORT strikes have been called off for the second time as a last-minute pay offer has been proposed

Rail Advent

• Newly Upgraded Huddersfield Station Sees First Train Into Its PlatformsFollowing its 30-day closure, the first train pulled into Huddersfield station this morning. During the closure, Transpennine Route Upgrade engineers were working to rebuild platforms at the station to allow for additional and longer trains in the future.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• First Bus begins service entry for Basildon battery-electric fleetCompletion of rollout before end of 2025 will see 55 Yutong battery-electrics in Essex town