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Friday, 14 November 2025

BBC News

• Bus stops to be moved months after £19.7m revampBus stops that formed part of a £19.7m regeneration project will have to be moved, just months after they were put in place.
• Airline for Wick to Aberdeen could be announced next weekEastern Airways had operated the subsidised flights before it entered administration.
• Calls to fix massive puddle outside Euston stationThe large pool of water forms on Euston Road when it rains, forcing pedestrians to wade across.
• Call for taller barriers to cut fare evasionDedicated fare evasion teams in stations would help reduce evasion on TfL services, Conservatives claim.
• McGill's bus operator fined almost £30,000 over faults McGill's Buses has been given a final warning by Richard Turfitt and told the problems had "severely tarnished" the reputation of two subsidiary companies.
• UK growth slows after big fall in car productionThe cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover hit manufacturing and weighed on growth in the economy, figures show.

Financial Times

• EVs to start paying London congestion charge next yearTfL says changes needed to ensure scheme remains effective at managing traffic
• Virgin Atlantic borrows $745mn against Heathrow slots in Apollo deal Airline will use funds from US private capital firm to finance cabin upgrades and Starlink WiFi
• UK government considers linking rail fare rises to lower rate of inflationChancellor has been pushing cabinet ministers to find ways to reduce financial pressure on households ahead of Budget

The Guardian

• UK economy grew by just 0.1% in third quarter after hit from JLR cyber-attackFigure undershoots forecasts, with Jaguar Land Rover hack helping to pull September GDP down by 0.1%• Business live – latest updates• Amid disappointing UK growth, how can Reeves escape the doom loop?The UK economy expanded by just 0.1% in the quarter from July to September as the crippling cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover hit manufacturing.
• Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report saysOne in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters OutMore than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém, significantly outnumbering every single country’s delegation apart from the host Brazil, new analysis has found.

Times Online

• Virgin Atlantic hocks Heathrow landing slots to raise $745m [subscription]Airline strikes a deal with the US investment firm Apollo and intends to use the funds to pay down debt, upgrade aircraft cabins and finance free on-board wifi

City AM

• Virgin Atlantic uses Heathrow slots as collateral for $745m Apollo loanVirgin Atlantic has borrowed $745m (£564m) from alternatives giant Apollo in a groundbreaking private credit deal that will see the airline use the value of its landing slots at Heathrow as collateral.

Network Rail

• Network Rail launches Platform4 to regenerate the rail estateNew property development company set up to build 40,000 new homes and over 10 million sq ft of commercial space over the next ten years.

Sky News

• Man attempts train hijack a week after Huntingdon stabbingsA man covered in blood burst into a train driver's cab, threatened him and attempted to hijack the train, a week after the Huntingdon train stabbings, Sky News has learned.

Bolton News

• Fight for seats on the 5pm train from Bolton's Trinity Street StationPassengers using the 5pm service from Bolton’s Trinity Street station to Southport had dubbed it ‘the rugby fight special’

Manchester Evening News

• Rail passengers told 'avoid travelling' as services cancelled ahead of Storm Claudia'Major disruption' and 'severe overcrowding' is expected across the rail network

Other Regional Press

• Community garden project to transform Chesterfield StationA group of volunteers working with East Midlands Railway (EMR) are creating a bee-friendly garden at Chesterfield Railway Station to celebrate the town's heritage and its links to the Peak District.
• Railway station could be built on Alconbury Weald siteA "transformational" railway station could be built on a housing development after support from t the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
• Avanti accused of putting Stoke Station passengers 'at risk' in ticket barrier issueUnion officials have hit out at Avanti West Coast amid claims that Stoke Station's ticket barriers are being staffed by just one worker. The RMT says that staff cuts and unfilled vacancies are putting passengers and employees 'potentially at risk'

Bus-News

• UK: Bus Improvements Approved for DevonFunding has been approved for a number of zero emission bus projects and improvements to bus travel in Newton Abbot and Barnstaple.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Railway achieves milestone with first UK low-carbon track renewalA section of railway line in south London has become the first in the UK to be renewed using a combination of sustainable materials, achieving a 63% reduction in carbon emissions. The 1,150-yard stretch between Honor Oak Park and Forest Hill was completed using green steel rail, low-carbon concrete sleepers, recycled ballast and renewable biofuel, avoiding 581 tonnes of CO2 emissions – equivalent to the annual output of around 200 UK households. The project, delivered by the Southern Renewals Enterprise and VolkerRail, marks the first time all three primary track components have ac...

Construction News

• Subcontractor collapse delays completion of £100m stationNetwork Rail has admitted that a £100m railway station being built by Murphy in East Anglia will take an extra six months to deliver after a key subcontractor collapsed. The infrastructure body apologised for 'another delay' in the construction of Cambridge South station.

New Civil Engineer

• Northern Powerhouse Rail: Government looking to balance investment both sides of PenninesThe transport secretary has remained evasive about the announcement of Northern Powerhouse Railway (NPR) but said time is being taken to ensure the investment is balanced equally on both sides of the Pennines.

Rail Advent

• Passengers numbers rise 12% across WMR and LNR servicesAn official report by the Office of Road and Rail (OOR) has found that, for the second year running, passenger numbers are up 12% on the previous year across both West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway, with 67.7 million journeys made combined over both regions last year.

Railnews

• 'Severe weather doesn’t respect railway timetables' A full time Weather Desk staffed by meteorologists is being set up in Scotland for the first time to protect the railway. There will also be Seasonal Resilience Teams to support preparation and help with recovery, and equipment which includes snowploughs, a £1 million Winter Train for defrosting infrastructure and a dedicated Network Rail helicopter.
• National Rail warns of widespread weather disruption Rail passengers are being warned of possible disruption today in many parts of England and Wales as Storm Claudia brings heavy rain and high winds. An amber rain warning is in force in the south and Midlands between Peterborough and Cardiff, and less severe yellow warnings have been issued for East Anglia, much of southern England, and into the south west as far as Exeter. There are amber warnings of high winds in most of Wales and across the North between Manchester and Hull.

Railway Gazette

• Train operators investigate centralised British Sign Language information systemUK: The Rail Delivery Group is planning to develop a centralised British Sign Language real-time information system to make the national railway network more inclusive for deaf passengers.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Van Hool UK premises sold for £2 million as liquidation progressesWellingborough base goes for well above valuation as non-secured divided prediction increases
• Next-generation Electroliner unveiled with up to 375-mile rangeNorthern Ireland-based bus manufacturer Wrightbus has unveiled the second generation of its Electroliner platform, which includes the single-deck GB Kite Electroliner and the double-deck StreetDeck Electroliner.

Aviation Industry

• Heathrow Business Summit celebrates record SME turnout as airport doubles supply chain investment to £2 billionHeathrow's 27th Business Summit brought together nearly a thousand SMEs, announcing plans to double supply chain investment to £2 billion by 2027.

Other News Sources

• Tavistock to Plymouth rail line funding still in doubtHopes of Devon County Council using a pot of earmarked cash to reinstate the Tavistock to Plymouth rail link on funding a vital business case look increasingly unlikely.
• Transport Secretary opens new MFG charging hub as firm continues £400m EV programmeTransport Secretary Heidi Alexander has opened a new MFG EV Power charging hub at the firm's Marlborough Road forecourt in Swindon, Wilts.
• Major layout changes planned for Barnstaple Station access and surroundingsAn £850,000 scheme to improve the area around Barnstaple Station for bus passengers, cyclists and pedestrians has been approved
• Major Accessibility Upgrade Planned for Tenby Railway StationPassengers at Tenby station are set to benefit from major accessibility improvements as Network Rail confirms plans to build a new fully accessible footbridge complete with lifts.
• Huge fund to improve communities around railway stations opens for applicants in Cambs, Herts and BedsThe UK's largest train operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), is looking for community groups and charities who want to make an impact in the communities it serves with the latest round of a huge grant fund which has already awarded £1.26m to a wide range of good causes.