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Wednesday, 25 February 2026

BBC News

• Sea wall damage closes train lineUrgent repairs are being carried out on a South West rail line due to weather-related damage.
• Full set of new Metro trains delivered to regionThe full set of new Tyne and Wear Metro trains have been delivered to the region.
• Delayed plan for 'tram-like buses' moves forward The latest plan to introduce a tram-like electric bus service, linking Walsall, Birmingham and Solihull, has been signed off.

Department for Transport

• Landmark deal paves way for return of regular cross-Channel rail freightRegular rail freight traffic through the Channel Tunnel will help reduce pollution, potholes and congestion while providing new jobs across the UK.

Financial Times

• Channel Tunnel freight trains to restart after London depot deal Network Rail will take control of Barking site that could replace the equivalent of more than 100,000 lorries from UK roads

The Herald

• Edinburgh Airport chief Gordon Dewar's exit and why it was a surpriseWhy the departure of Edinburgh Airport's chief came as such a surprise.
• Scottish bus firm in liquidation over HMRC tax billThe move comes after a court petition from His Majesty's Revenue and Customs for the Glasgow company to be wound up.

The Independent

• Heathrow's annual earnings drop by more than a thirdOwners of the airport reported pre-tax profits of £575 million for 2025, down 37.3% from £917 million in 2024.

The Scotsman

• Cost of troubled Cairngorm railway may outweigh its benefits, MSPs warnThe cost of monitoring and repairing the UK's highest railway may outweigh its benefits to the economy, MSPs have warned.

The Telegraph

• London to Paris in 20 minutes? This futuristic rail project is trying to make it a reality [subscription]Fluorescent lights guide me along the cold, dark tunnel as a hard hat wobbles on my head. I stare at the wires and steel strips lining the walls, then set off towards the black void at the end.
• Six decades on from Beeching, Britain's lost railway lines still captivate [subscription]This time last year, I picked out a selection of the UK's most beautiful lost railways, taking the 60th anniversary of the second Beeching Report as a reason to look back at some of the lines which fell victim to the reorganisation of the British transport network during the 1960s.

Times Online

• UK's Wayve valued at $8.6bn in global race for driverless cars [subscription]Alex Kendall, the founder, says self-driving will create trillion-dollar companies and there is an opportunity to build them from London
• Two-speed rollout leaves poor behind in race for electric cars [subscription]New data shows that adoption rates for electric vehicles in wealthier areas are eight times higher than in the most deprived

Local Government

• Okehampton InterchangeView the latest footage after a year on site of Okehampton Interchange rail station.
• New footpath to connect RAF Cosford and Cosford railway stationA new footpath is to be constructed along the road from RAF Cosford to Cosford railway station, after Shropshire Council secured the £350,000 required from Active Travel England.

Birmingham Mail

• Major plan to build new Birmingham bus station has 'aggressive but realistic time scale'The purchase of bus depots is part of plans to move the region's network to a franchising model
• New 'tram-like' electric buses bought for A34 and A45 'priority routes' to cut journey timesThe Sprint bus project has been hit with delays and was originally intended to be finished by 2022
• Easyjet makes check-in change at eight UK airports - full listThe service provides customers on early morning flights with the option to drop their bags off the evening before free of charge

Bristol Live

• Junction at heart of problems with East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood due for changesQueues of drivers can often be seen trying to get through the junction

Wales Online

• The architect of Wales' £14bn rail vision on his hope of transforming the way we travelWales transport minister denies Prime Minister Keir Starmer's big announcement was an admission he hadn't gone far enough last year

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Concerns raised over Birmingham bus depot planConcerns have been raised about potential rising costs and sliding timescales to build a new bus depot in Birmingham.

Yorkshire Post

• Major rail upgrade works to impact services between Huddersfield and Leeds for two monthsRail services between Huddersfield and Leeds will be impacted during May and June as part of major Transpennine Route Upgrade works.

Cambridge News

• Mill Road bridge bus gate sees mixed opinions after nearly a year in operationReaders remain divided over the controversial Cambridge bus gate nearly a year after fines began, with strong views on traffic, businesses, and air quality

Kent Online

• GeoPura to supply 2,500 tonnes of green hydrogen for the Lower Thames CrossingA green energy company is set to supply 2,500 tonnes of 'homegrown' hydrogen for the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC).

Oxford Mail

• New scheme launched to help bus customers in CotswoldsA new scheme has been launched to improve accessibility for bus passengers with disabilities.

Other Regional Press

• Belfast International Airport wins global award for customer experience Writer: Love Ballymena Love BallymenaA major international accolade has placed Northern Ireland's busiest airport firmly on the European stage with Belfast International Airport crowned Best Airport at Departures (5 to 15 million passengers) in Europe.
• Stalybridge railway station makes it a high five of awardsThe Tameside facility made it a high five as it lifted the Chris Dale TravelWatch Award for Large Stations at the recent Cheshire Best Kept Stations ceremony.
• 'The mayor must be more ambitious and back control of our region's bus network' - Toby Wells, a Green Party councillor for KnowleDespite ongoing work at the West of England Combined Authority to understand the best choice for managing the bus network in our region going forward, the mayor appears to have already made up her mind, stating this week that franchising 'wasn't priority'.
• TfL N199 bus named as London's longest night routeA bus route connecting central London to St Mary Cray has been named the city's longest night route.
• Planning permission granted for upgrades at Wrexham stationWrexham General Railway Station has been granted planning permission to install new Pay As You Go (PAYG) facilities.
• Hertford and Stortford MP Josh Dean on Greater Anglia train services and Schools White Paper... I'm really pleased that Greater Anglia have confirmed that contactless will finally come to Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth stations on March 8, having initially been delayed from December 2025 to summer this year.
• New pilot scheme to improve accessibility for disabled bus passengersOxfordshire residents will be able to trial a new scheme launched by Pulhams to help disabled passengers.
• Huddersfield rail disruption lasting three months as upgrade work continuesWork on the Transpennine Route Upgrade continues

The Economist

• Heathrow's expansion is on track to be eye-wateringly expensiveWhen george osborne was Britain's chancellor in the 2010s, he knew that the economy would not grow on a diet of spending cuts alone. It needed some pudding to go with the spinach: a totemic infrastructure project to show that the state was investing in the country's future.

Business Live

• GeoPura to supply hydrogen generators for Thames crossing projectThe generators are made in Newcastle through a partnership with Siemens Energy

Construction Enquirer

• VolkerFitzpatrick gets start date for new railway lineVolkerFitzpatrick has been given the go-ahead to start main construction in April on the restoration of the Portishead Line.

Construction Index

• Lower Thames Crossing signs £80m hydrogen supply dealThe Lower Thames Crossing, currently owned and managed by National Highways, is being billed as the first major British infrastructure project to be carbon neutral in construction.

Railnews

• Regular freight trains set to use Chunnel againThe government will announce today that some £15 million from private sources is to be invested in the Barking Eurohub, so that regular freight trains can start running through the Channel Tunnel again.

Railway Gazette

• Disabled Persons Railcard eligibility widens from March 1UK: Eligibility for a Disabled Persons Railcard will be extended from March 1 to include a broader range of visible and non-visible disabilities.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Politics of a publicly-owned bus company in London require scrutinySadiq Khan has made his interest clear, but operators' financial realities in London are equally so

Aviation Industry

• The three keys to unlocking agentic AI's power in airportsIn the run up to his participation in International Airport Review's annual breakfast briefing, aviation innovation expert, Chris Runde of Introba, shares the areas of impact for agentic AI and the central themes of successful deployments.

Other News Sources

• Heathrow's annual earnings drop by more than a thirdHeathrow has revealed annual profits fell by more than a third, but it paid out dividends to shareholders for the first time in five years despite the earnings drop.
• New pedestrian and cycling route to connect Northwich railway station to the town centreAn improvements scheme for walking, wheeling and cycling begins in Northwich next month.
• Cycling tickets fall in London despite rash of red-light runners [subscription]Campaigners warn that cuts to the Met's road safety and parks teams are more likely to be behind the drop in recorded offences than better behaviour
• Stagecoach: Electric bus rollout transforming UK public transportStagecoach has been implementing an electric bus strategy since 2018, aiming to reduce carbon emissions from its operations and transition to a zero tail-pipe emission fleet by 2035. The initiative combines fleet replacement, renewable energy sourcing and efficiency measures.
• London reaches 1,000 zero-emission bus milestoneGo-Ahead operates the largest zero-emission bus fleet in the UK, which is projected to cut carbon emissions in London by around 60,000 tonnes each year.
• £2 bus fare cap launches in the IslesA year-long trial of a £2 fare cap launches in the Western Isles this week, aiming to make bus travel more affordable and encourage greater use of public transport.
• Wiltshire bus shelters to get biggest investment in 20 yearsHundreds of bus shelters and thousands of bus stops in Wiltshire will be upgraded and replaced after Wiltshire Council awarded a new contract to a firm from Wales.
• Firm wins contract to supply record volume of green hydrogen to Lower Thames CrossingHydrogen innovator GeoPura has secured a contract for the Lower Thames Crossing as it prepares to supply the largest ever volume of green hydrogen for a British construction project.
• Network Rail to take over Barking Eurohub to create logistics facilityNetwork Rail is set to take control of east London development Barking Eurohub, with plans to invest £15m to transform it into an international logistics hub.