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Monday, 27 April 2026

BBC News

• Historic Inverness market's model railway back on trackA model railway was a feature of the city's Victorian Market for many years before a revamp of the site.
• Changes to railway museum plan to stop overheatingChanges to stop a new building at a York museum overheating have been approved.
• Council to launch new bus service to train stationA council has set a date for when a new bus service to a train station will start running.
• Ferry refit finished early in bid to end delaysFerry bosses are investigating an issue which caused long delays with just one of three vessels operating on a busy route.
• Will election prove pivotal for bus services?The winners of Norfolk's forthcoming election will play a "pivotal" role in the future of public transport, the boss of a bus firm has said.

The Guardian

• Ryanair to shut Berlin base as it blames rise in German aviation taxTrade union criticises airline’s plan to halve passenger numbers to the city as ‘purely profit-oriented’ Ryanair is to shut its Berlin operating base and cut its winter schedule to the German capital in half, blaming soaring aviation taxes in the country.The Irish budget carrier said its relocation of seven aircraft to other centres would reduce its Berlin passenger numbers from 4.5 million to 2.2 million a year, with flights in and out of the city served from October by planes based at other airports.

The Scotsman

• CalMac: 'Mood changes' on islands as food and gas deliveries delayed and 'Blitz spirit' wanesThe crisis at CalMac has tested island resolve on Coll and Tiree after months of disruption to ferry services

The Telegraph

• Learning to drive is Britain's biggest rip-off [subscription]With the cost of lessons soaring, extortionate admin fees and an interminable wait for a test, getting on the road has hit the skids

Times Online

• The sorry saga of a newly built station that no one can use [subscription]It costs £1 million a year to guard Winslow station, a new stopping point on the East West Rail line that has never opened

City AM

• FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to dip as oil prices spike to three-week highThere's set to be little relief in markets this morning as investors return from the weekend to oil hitting a three-week high. The price of Brent crude the international benchmark for oil prices rose two per cent to over $107 on Monday morning.

Birmingham Mail

• Driving licence change getting 'full rollout' across UK with drivers warnedLabour Party Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander described the technology as a "game changer".
• British Airways introduces new loyalty scheme rule after holiday warningBA has been forced to downgrade thousands of members of its rewards programme

Liverpool Echo

• Childwall Triangle cycle lane plans 'cause more problems than they solve'Concerns are mounting up about changes to the Childwall Triangle

Yorkshire Post

• Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Explaining the £57m reopening row as Ros Jones, Save DSA, Reform and Tories issue statementsReform and Conservative councillors are to press ahead with efforts to rescind a £57m borrowing agreement for the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.
• West Yorkshire mass transit: region can decide if it wants trams, Devolution Secretary saysThe Yorkshire Post revealed last year that civil servants could potentially overrule Tracy Brabin and turn the mass transit system into a bus network. It's up to the people of Leeds whether they want to spend regional funding on a tram system for West Yorkshire the cabinet minister in charge of devolution has said.

Cambridge News

• Cambridgeshire station parking prices slammed as 'extortionate'Commuters have described the rising St Neots station parking prices as 'extortionate', with many saying they feel left with no alternative but to pay or abandon the train altogether

Doncaster Free Press

• Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Reform UK and campaigner clash as re-opening row deepensReform UK and a city businessman leading the public fight to re-open Doncaster Sheffield Airport have become embroiled in an online war of words as the row over its re-opening rumbles on.

Oxford Mail

• Henley and Thame MP welcomes Network Rail litter promiseFreddie van Mierlo welcomed a commitment from Network Rail to clear trackside litter following concerns he raised.

Other Regional Press

• Hertfordshire could soon have 'more reliable' bus servicesHertfordshire County Council is progressing with its involvement in the Government's Bus Reform and Franchising Pilot Programme.
• Calls for better buses after one hour waits in Glasgow city centreA Glasgow councillor has called for improved early morning bus services as he tells of one-hour waits for transport in the city centre for commutes home after night shifts.
• £6.7m transport funding to transform travel across SwanseaA brand new riverside walkway for pedestrians and cyclists is set to be developed as part of multi million transport investment in Swansea.
• Wellington passengers face two-year wait for trains once access road is builtA NEW road being built to take traffic to Wellington's planned £20 million railway station is expected to be completed before the autumn of this year.
• Boost for plans to build three Wiltshire railway stationsFor many years it has been hoped that the Devizes Gateway Project will deliver a railway station in the town, which is one of the largest in Wiltshire without a dedicated station.
• Parkside ILP North Rail Freight Interchange consultation delayedTHE next consultation stage for a proposed huge rail freight interchange has been pushed back.

New Civil Engineer

• Nista CEO Becky Wood on how diversity of thought benefits infrastructure deliveryThe National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (Nista) marked its first birthday in April a celebration possibly short on cake, but visibly long on ambition.

Rail Magazine

• Call for tilting trains to be examined as part of Pendolino replacement plansTilting trains should be considered as part of the future HS2 and West Coast Main Line rolling stock fleet.

Other News Sources

• Overcoming age-old barriers to industry innovationTHE development and deployment of new software solutions is driving almost every improvement in rail sector service provision, from updates to signalling and traffic management systems to onboard service.
• Fuel efficiency sees Grant Palmer return for another two British-built Alexander Dennis Enviro200Alexander Dennis, a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc., today announced that it has supplied two new Enviro200 midibuses to Bedfordshire independent operator Grant Palmer Limited.
• Bee Network Boom: Record Passenger Growth Fuels Greater Manchester's Transport Expansion Writer: Safer Highways Safer HighwaysGreater Manchester's Bee Network is seeing a surge in popularity, with passenger numbers rising sharply as the integrated transport system continues to expand.

News from Europe

• Safer streets in Spain? New bus system aims to prevent pedestrian accidentsIt is something most people only notice after a close call. A pedestrian steps off the pavement, a cyclist appears in a blind spot, or a vehicle brakes too late at a busy crossing. In Spain's cities, where traffic, scooters, and foot traffic mix constantly, those moments are part of everyday life.