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Tuesday, 03 June 2025

BBC News

• Further road improvements for major Leeds routeThe latest phase of a £10m scheme to improve safety on a major road in Leeds will begin on 2 June.
• Tram disruption explained as works begin in citySeveral trams will not run or they will run via alternative routes due to the £150m improvement works.
• Tube drug use falls for first time in three yearsFigures show most recorded incidents of drug use were at Hammersmith, followed by Oxford Circus.

The Herald

• When AI kills off the ScotRail lady, you know we're all in troubleI found myself having a conversation with AI last month. I've resisted engaging with this monster technology until now, but my voyeuristic inquisitiveness could no longer be contained. I had to take a peek into the locked room in the ogre's castle marked "Danger".

Birmingham Post

• Lumo to add new trains from London to North West and ScotlandThe open access operator will provide services between London, Milton Keynes, Preston, Carlisle and Stirling
• How to reduce train journey times from Carmarthen to Cardiff by 22 minutesWe need to transform the under utilised Swansea District Line with a new parkway station at Felindre

Bristol Live

• Temple Island towers plan leaves Government heritage chiefs concerned"The station approach or ‘ramp’ constitutes its primary setting, and we place great importance on conserving this view"

Manchester Evening News

• Andy Burnham has made a £400m demand... but 'that's not good enough''The simple ability to get around is a right that should be available to all our communities'

Metro

• 'Underrated' UK seaside town gets direct train to London for first time in 30 yearsA beloved UK seaside town could finally be reconnected to the capital after decades of being cut off from direct rail links.

Nation. Cymru

• Rail union calls for UK Government to reconsider classification of Oxford to Cambridge rail line as 'England and Wales' projectA transport trade union has urged the UK Government to 'be honest' with the people of Wales and reconsider its classification of the new Oxford to Cambridge rail line as an 'England and Wales' project.

Northern Echo

• Exhibition showcases Stockton and Darlington Railway to open - full detailsThe Whistle Stop exhibition, part of the S&DR200 Festival, will open at Darlington Library from June 14 to July 24.

Other Regional Press

• Belfast International Airport statement on plans to reopen city centre rail linkIt comes as people have been voicing their support for the idea
• Network Rail chief executive will provide Botley Road updateThe chief executive of Network Rail will visit Oxford later this month  to give residents a progress report on the £161m rail scheme which shut Botley Road

Rail Advent

• Transport for the North Calls For Bigger Investment to Improve StationsNew research carried out by Transport for the North has found that most stations in the North are inaccessible for many people.

Rail Magazine

• North Wales test station proposed to replace A proposed test station on the Wrexham-Bidston line would replace an existing calling point that is 'very poorly used'.

Railnews

• FirstGroup to lease 222s for London-Stirling service FirstGroup is to lease five Class 222 Meridian diesel units cascaded from East Midlands Railway for its open access service between Stirling and London.