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Friday, 10 January 2025

BBC News

• Belfast traffic congestion 'doubled journey times' in Christmas run-upOn some occasions fewer than a quarter of Metro bus services arrived on time, figures show.

The Telegraph

• Every weekend of Labour train ticket sale hit by bus replacementsTrack closures for repairs and upgrades will see every weekend of the Government's planned Great British Rail Sale hit with bus replacements.

Other Regional Press

• Another round of cash to improve transport links?TRANSFORMATIONAL funding which has already paved the way for Barnsley's highways and public transport infrastructure to be improved for the longer term is set to be increased following the success of a series of schemes across the town.
• House of Lords told of "heartache and distress" caused by school transport changesThe House of Lords has been told of the "heartache and distress caused to thousands of families" by controversial changes to home-to-school transport in North Yorkshire.
• Parents fume as ‘packed’ school bus service cancelledAngry parents have branded a bus company “irresponsible” after it axed a service used by “herds of children”.