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Tuesday, 09 June 2026

Government

• Network Rail Risk Funds reviewGAD reviewed 2 Network Rail Risk Funds as part of the Office of Rail and Road's programme to encourage greater private investment in railway infrastructure.

BBC News

• Officers 'to be eyes and ears' of transport networkSecurity officers have begun patrolling on buses and trams in Nottingham and surrounding areas after the launch of a new transport safety scheme.
• New £1 bus fare scheme for disabled residentsDisabled residents across part of Dorset will be able to travel by bus for £1 per journey during early mornings and late nights as part of a new transport scheme.
• Trains that helped to save rail factory unveiledThe first of ten new London Elizabeth line trains has rolled off the production line as part of a deal that helped to save the UK's largest rail assembly factory.
• Uber asks customers if they want driverless cabsUber is asking customers in London if they want to use driverless minicabs as it prepares to launch the vehicles for the first time in the UK.
• 'TfL must crackdown on nuisance e-bike parking'Legislation means TfL has the power to create a London regulatory framework for e-bike operators.
• Recycling plant fire causes severe rail disruptionThe fire is under control after a day which saw rail services through the area brought to a halt.

Department for Transport

• Journey to Great British Railways: policy publication timetableThe Railways Bill, currently going through Parliament, will bring together more than 17 different organisations ? including Network Rail and operators ? under Great British Railways (GBR), a new public company.

The Guardian

• How a simple text service is making public transport safer [Australia]The STOPIT text service (0499 455 455) gives passengers a discreet way to report unwanted sexual and antisocial behaviour on public transport and it's helping Victoria Police catch offenders
• 'Oyster card for the north' could save commuters £276 a year, thinktank saysProponents say scheme could generate up to £2.7bn in five years by making travel around north of England easier

The Scotsman

• Ministers to rule on self-driving taxis in Scotland as Wayve readies for London summer launchScottish ministers are to decide whether to permit self-driving taxis north of the Border after a firm announced autonomous cabs would carry their first passengers on UK roads 'in the next couple of months'

The Telegraph

• Burnham plans £2 cap on bus fares nationwide to help jobless [subscription]Sources say Greater Manchester mayor would replicate scheme he oversaw in north-west if he succeeds in challenging PM

Times Online

• Driverless taxis 'picking up fares in London this summer' [subscription]Passengers will soon be able to summon AI-powered vehicles through Uber as the British technology company Wayve prepares its public launch
• Is building HS2 really more expensive than flying to the moon? [subscription]What's more expensive: a high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham or Nasa's recent manned mission to the moon?
• United Airlines boss puts Rolls-Royce 'in doghouse' over engines [subscription]The aerospace group has also been caught in a row over manufacturers 'gouging' their customers

City AM

• London City Airport faces opposition over bigger planes plan Opposition to plans to allow bigger jets to use City Airport is taking off among London politicians who work right under the flightpath into the Docklands hub. The London Assembly’s environment committee has raised questions over aircraft such as the Airbus A320neo being used to boost capacity at the capital’s smallest and most central aviation
• Uber and Wayve open waitlist for London robotaxis Uber has opened an interest list for customers keen to try autonomous minicabs in the capital, as self-driving taxis near a commercial launch in the UK. The ride-hailing giant is partnering with British autonomous driving firm Wayve, whose technology has been tested on London’s streets since 2018.

i News

• This latest failing project will make HS2 look like a triumphNews that the Lower Thames Crossing has been allocated an additional £170m by the Government, just months after the Chancellor described the previous expansion of the project's budget as 'the final tranche of government support,' is grim. But it's no surprise to anyone acquainted with the British state's dire record of out-of-control budgets and timetables for infrastructure projects.

Mail Online

• North Sea can still fuel 20m cars to 2030, claim experts as Tories call for 'sheer lunacy' of UK Government over oil and gas to endUnlocking fresh investment in the North Sea could supply the fuel for 20 million cars until the end of the decade, a new analysis has found.

Network Rail

• Team Euston refreshes station garden for World Environment DayLondon Euston's garden has been revamped in time for World Environment Day, as staff came together to prepare the station's Railway 200 garden for passengers and the local community to enjoy over the summer.

Birmingham Mail

• New bus fare rule on table for all passengers in England after government changeThe Greater Manchester mayor has introduced the cap in his city region
• 'Ease our pain' Digbeth cinema boss asks as Birmingham tram extension delayed againThe second phase of the Eastside Metro Extension should have been finished in May.

Bristol Live

• Bristol’s EV scheme under fire as cost hits double price of used carFor the cost of signing up to the council trial, you could buy both a Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Polo instead

Edinburgh Evening News

• Edinburgh council urged to halt 'ludicrous' plan to remove school transport from nearly 200 pupilsLiberal Democrat councillors are calling for a halt to plans to remove dedicated school transport for almost 200 pupils from Kirkliston who attend Queensferry High School.

Yorkshire Post

• New plans submitted for new bus depot, drive through restaurants, and park and rideRevised plans have been submitted for a new home for a large bus operator and park and ride to the north of Hull.

Oxford Mail

• Date set for £1.3bn East West Rail line from OxfordA date has been set for the long awaited £1.3bn East West Rail line from Oxford.

Other Regional Press

• Eastbourne: Tree removal plan branded 'ridiculous' amid bus lane proposalsPlans to remove a tree to facilitate for a bus lane in Eastbourne have been branded 'ridiculous'.
• Roads team nominated eight times at Scottish Transport AwardsColin Park, the council's Head of Roads, Transportation and Fleet Services, said: I am delighted that the many of our projects and innovative transport initiatives being delivered across our network are being recognised in this way.
• Council blocks changes to key new bus route to busy stationSomerset Council has blocked an attempt by bus campaigners to alter a new bus route to one of Somerset's busiest railway stations.
• 31 bus fare trial launched for BCP disabled pass holdersDisabled residents will now be able to travel by bus for 31 per journey during early mornings and late nights as part of a new transport scheme.
• Driverless taxis will be on UK roads this summer for the first timeTechnology firm Wayve has teamed up with Uber to announce that the first paying passengers will be able to book a driverless cab in the next couple of months

Bus-News

• Highland Council Continues £2 Local Bus Fare CapThe Highland Council has encouraged both local residents and visitors to make the most of the existing 2 GBP single fare cap on its own in-house bus services.
• Keolis to Operate 100% Electric Bus Networks in Southern DenmarkKeolis has been chosen to operate a set of two entirely electric public transport networks in southern Denmark.

Coach and Bus Week

• First welcomes repowered buses in BathThe next phase First's electrification plans in the West of England was unveiled with the arrival of the region's first repowered vehicles in Bath.

Rail Magazine

• Can you crack it? GWR challenges customers to decipher code hidden on train for past four yearsThe race is on to finally crack a secret code hidden on the side of a Great Western Railway train for the past four years. Change of approach to electrification 'could reduce costs by a third. Implementing a programme-based approach to electrification could reduce delivery costs by arounds a third, a new report has claimed.
• WiFi using Formula 1 technology set to be fitted to more than 1,000 trainsThe government has confirmed plans to roll out new technology on more than 1,000 trains to improve WiFi connections as it seeks to tackle 'a perennial annoyance for passengers'

Railnews

• The Monday essay: Build it, and they will come ‘Build it, and they will come,’ is sometimes attributed to Peter Hendy who, when he was transport commissioner for London, used the phrase to justify the large investment in London Overground. Those words are actually a misquote from a 1989 film, but he was right about the Overground, which was created almost 20 years ago, because the result was a transformation. That word is often over-used, but on this occasion it was fair enough. Until 2007, the North London Line, part of the Silverlink Metro franchise owned by National Express, had been a disgrace.

Railway-News

• First New Elizabeth Line Train Leaves Alstom's Litchurch Lane SiteAlstom has announced that the first of ten brand-new Elizabeth line trains has left the production line at its Litchurch Lane site in Derby.

Route One (Bus and Coach)

• Metro yellow electric buses in Liverpool City Region set for serviceGillmoss depot in north Liverpool to be 'primary hub for region's growing zero-emission bus fleet'

Sustainable Bus

• HEAG mobilo's Arne Rath: e-bus batteries are lasting longer than expected and are improving their economicsElectric bus operating costs are falling, but purchase prices remain the main barrier to achieving full cost parity with diesel fleets, according to HEAG mobilo Managing Director Arne Rath.

Trafnidiaeth Cymru [Transport for Wales]

• Transport for Wales enters final stages for tram-trains introductionTransport for Wales (TfW) is entering the final stages of preparation ahead of the introduction of its first 'brand‑new' tram‑trains' on Pontypridd to Cardiff Bay services this summer.

Aviation Industry

• AEF and other NGOs urge government to define dangerously “ambiguous” tests that will define airport expansion for years to comeThe Government has long promised that any expansion at Heathrow Airport would have to meet ‘four tests,’ in the areas of air quality, noise pollution, economic benefit and the UK’'s. The post AEF and other NGOs urge government to define dangerously “ambiguous” tests that will define airport expansion for years to come appeared first on Aviation Environment Federation.

Other News Sources

• Transport for London opens new consultation on DLR extension to ThamesmeadTransport for London has opened a new public consultation on its plans for extending the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) from the south of Newham beneath the Thames into Greenwich and creating two new stations, one on each side of the river.
• Eurostar plans to offer direct trains from London to Swiss AlpsPlans with SBB and SNCF aim to cut journey times and offer a rail alternative to flying between the UK and Switzerland
• Whitby MP Slams Inadequate Train Services As Among The Worst In The CountryWhitby's Member of Parliament, Alison Hume, has criticised the town's poor rail connectivity to Middlesbrough, comparing the lack of investment unfavourably to other seaside towns despite rising passenger numbers.
• First of 10 new Elizabeth line trains rolls off Alstom's Derby production lineThe first of 10 new Elizabeth line trains being built by Alstom in Derby has left the production line.
• Just a thought .... Lower Thames Crossing: Strategic National Asset or Britain's Next Infrastructure White Elephant?The announcement of a further £174 million for the Lower Thames Crossing has once again reignited one of the UK's most polarising infrastructure debates.