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  A new report from the Urban #Transport Group (UTG) calls for greater investment in walking, wheeling and #cycling to create more integrated public transport networks. It says 43% of urban journeys under five miles are walked or cycled, while 68% of residents want more direct routes between homes and bus stops. Some 70% want pavements free from parked cars, while 88% of women feel unsafe walking alone after dark. The report, From Doorstep to Destination: Enabling joined-up journeys, says every...

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  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📈🚉 #ScotRail has recorded its busiest week since returning to public ownership, with more than 2.1 million passenger journeys made between 26 July and 1 August. The rise reflects growing demand for rail travel to events, as well as business, shopping and leisure trips. The record week follows June figures showing more than seven million journeys, up six per cent on the same month in 2025. Additional services have supported major events including the #Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2026, TRNSMT, c...

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  #UK #Government guidance allows #English councils to create new local authority bus companies (LABCos) after the Bus Services Act 2025 removed the previous restriction. The guidance outlines legal, financial, governance and operational issues councils should consider before setting one up. A LABCo is optional and one of several ways to improve bus services, alongside franchising and enhanced partnerships. Councils must assess the benefits, funding, leadership, skills and long-term sustainabilit...

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  A new report says #transport should be central to planning if #UK cities are to meet growing housing demand, support economic growth and create better places to live. Liveable by Design: Building healthy, connected cities, published through #London Transport Museum’s Interchange programme with Arcadis, Gowling WLG and Hitachi Rail, argues transport, housing and development should be planned together from the outset under a shared long-term vision. It highlights transit-enabled development, where...

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  The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) says Network Rail improved efficiency and helped reduce passenger and freight train cancellations across Great #Britain in the year to March 2026, while punctuality remained broadly stable. Network Rail exceeded its annual efficiency target, delivering £614 million in savings, and is forecast to exceed its five-year target. However, high inflation has forced the company to scale back planned renewals of tracks, bridges and other #infrastructure in England and Wa...

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  Work to reinstate the car park at #Colchester railway station is due to begin later this month after design work was completed. Upgrades already underway include improvements to the power supply, drainage and preparations for a new lift. The scheme will provide more accessible parking bays, new pedestrian routes, improved lighting and CCTV, plus additional cycle and motorcycle parking. Delivered by Greater #Anglia as part of GBR Anglia, the project will reopen parking spaces in phases as work pr...

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  c2c Railway has officially opened the rejuvenated gardens at #Shoeburyness station, marking the completion of a four-month community project led by the Shoeburyness Station Garden Volunteers. #Southend East and #Rochford MP Bayo Alaba formally opened the gardens, praising the volunteers for creating a more welcoming gateway to the community. c2c Customer Experience Director Abu Siddeeq thanked volunteers, local residents and businesses for their support in transforming the previously neglected f...

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  Stagecoach’s open-top Coastal Breezer (Route 400) will return for summer 2026, running daily between Seacombe Ferry Terminal and New Brighton from 18 July to 31 August. Timetables are coordinated with Mersey Ferry arrivals, making it easier for passengers to continue their journey along the Wirral waterfront. Mersey Ferry River Explorer Cruise ticket holders and Eureka! Science + Discovery annual pass holders can again travel free. Fares remain £1 for an adult single and £5 for a family ticket (...

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  The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) says Britain’s rail industry must keep safety at the forefront as major reforms progress. Its annual health and safety report follows the fatal Elstow collision near Bedford, in which driver Shaun Burton died and many others were injured. ORR is supporting the ongoing investigation. While rail remains safe overall, the regulator says faster action is needed to tackle overspeeding, improve trackworker safety and provide better welfare for staff. It will also scru...

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  A replica Tyne and Wear Metro train will return to Tiny Toon at Newcastle’s Old Eldon Square for a third year, giving children the chance to explore and play during the summer holidays. The free play village runs from 20 July to 31 August and attracted more than 105,000 visitors last year. Children can pretend to drive the mini Metro wearing hi-vis vests and hats or ride in the carriage. Delivered by NE1 with local partners, including #Metro operator Nexus, Tiny Toon recreates Newcastle with min...

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  🚆🇬🇹🇬🇧 #Guatemala has selected the #UK as a partner for the #Metro Riel rail project in Guatemala City under a five-year agreement signed on 9 July. The partnership will support planning and delivery through UK technical expertise, knowledge sharing and potential financing. Signed in Guatemala City in the presence of President Bernardo Arévalo, Foreign Minister Carlos Ramiro Martínez and British Ambassador Juliana Correa, the agreement establishes a joint working group that will meet twice a year t...

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  c2c Railway has introduced a £15 off-peak adult return fare from its London stations to destinations between Leigh-on-Sea and Shoeburyness, available for travel from 21 July to 31 August 2026. The offer can be booked up to one day before travel and is aimed at making summer trips to South Essex more affordable. Passengers travelling from non-London c2c stations can instead buy £10 return tickets. The fares can also be used alongside existing discounts, including free travel for children under fi...

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  London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has launched a new Family Advance Fare to make rail travel more affordable for families. Available to book up to 12 weeks ahead, the fixed-price ticket costs £22 for journeys between Birmingham and London for groups of up to two adults and four children aged five to 15. The fare is available on selected LNR routes, with limited availability, and passengers are encouraged to book early. LNR said the offer aims to provide better value for families planning days ou...

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  The #UK #government will invest £33.4 million to install new ticket gates at #railway stations across #England as part of plans to reduce fare evasion and improve services. The gates, including taller barriers to deter jumping, will be installed at stations with no existing gatelines and at identified fare evasion hotspots. Ministers estimate ticketless #travel costs the railway up to £400 million a year, with recovered revenue intended for network maintenance, carriage upgrades and other passen...

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  Alstom increased procurement from Spanish suppliers to a record €700.89 million in the 2025/26 financial year, up 32% on the previous year, reinforcing Spain’s role as a strategic industrial and technology hub for the group. The company worked with 746 suppliers across the country, supporting a broad rail supply chain spanning design, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance and signalling. Alstom said the investment reflects confidence in the competitiveness of Spanish suppliers and helps suppor...

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  🇭🇰 KMB will run a pop-up store at the #HongKong Book Fair from 15 to 21 July at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The highlight is the debut of the new KMB Guardians merchandise range, which reimagines classic KMB #buses as five superhero-style characters across products including card holders, document wallets and umbrellas. The popular KMB Stop Bell, first launched at the Lunar New Year Fair, also returns with new sound effects. Visitors can also buy new bus models, exclusive merc...

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  #Leicester City Council is set to reallocate £9.95 million of #Government Levelling Up funding to help deliver a major redevelopment of Leicester #railway station, increasing total support for the project to £27.5 million. The funding will be transferred from the St Margaret’s junction scheme, which will still proceed in a revised £5.2 million form. The station plans include restoring the Grade II listed building, relocating the main entrance to Station Street, creating a pedestrianised public s...

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  Sizewell C has appointed Specialist Passenger Solutions (SPS), part of First Bus, to operate workforce transport for the new nuclear power station in Suffolk under a five-year contract starting this month. SPS will run park-and-ride and pick-up services using around 150 #hydrogen and electric buses supplied by Sizewell C, reducing thousands of daily car journeys. The company expects to create at least 400 jobs, including drivers, engineers and support staff, with around 75% of recruits expected...

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  Stagecoach has showcased its Chargd business-to-business electric vehicle charging network at a launch event in Cambridge as it expands the service across the #UK. Six depots are now operational in #Cambridge, #Oxford, #Inverness, #Stockton, Ash Grove in #London and #Dover, with nine more planned later in 2026 across #Scotland, London, the Midlands, the North East and #Yorkshire. Around 25 representatives from local business groups and industry partners attended presentations before seeing the c...

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  The #Transport Department (TD) has approved a pilot licence for an autonomous vehicle (AV) trial between Hong Kong Science Park and MTR University Station under the Road Traffic (Autonomous Vehicles) Regulation. Two 12-seat autonomous light #buses will operate on a set route linking the two locations, with a backup operator on board at all times and pilot AV labels displayed. Funded by the Smart Traffic Fund, the trial will assess the vehicles' performance in complex road conditions, inc...

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  #Birmingham Moor Street Station has been temporarily renamed Bellingham Moor Street ahead of England’s World Cup semi-final against Argentina on Wednesday, Chiltern Railways has announced. Customers travelling through the station will see the new sign on Platform 3 before the match. The temporary name and signage will remain in place for as long as England stay in the tournament. Chiltern Railways said the change recognises #England midfielder Jude Bellingham, who was born in Stourbridge and is...

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  Used Metro track will be turned into a new war memorial in South Shields honouring British soldiers who were prisoners of war in the Far East during the Second World War. The 10-metre section of rail, donated by Nexus, will be installed beside the Len Gibson statue in North Marine Park. Gibson, a Sunderland veteran captured by Japan, was among 60,000 Allied prisoners forced to build the Burma Railway between Thailand and Myanmar from 1942 to 1943. The memorial, privately funded by Daft as a Brus...

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  The second phase of essential platform renewal works at #Limehouse station will run from 17 to 29 August, with the London-bound Platform 1 closed throughout. Rail operator c2c, now part of GBR Anglia, said the work follows the completion of the first phase in July and includes replacing timber decking with a more durable Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) system and extending Platform 1 by about 28 metres to increase capacity and improve safety. Passengers travelling from #Essex to #London should al...

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  🚈🇩🇪 Berlin’s new 50-metre Urbanliner tram has entered passenger service on the city’s busiest #tram route, the M4, following final trials and infrastructure upgrades near Alexanderplatz. Operated by BVG and built by Alstom, the tram carries more than 300 passengers, increasing capacity while improving comfort and accessibility. Features include flexible seating, larger multi-purpose areas for wheelchairs and pushchairs, enhanced lighting, camera-based rear-view systems replacing mirrors, obstacle...

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  🇦🇺 #Volvo #Buses has unveiled Australia’s first electric articulated bus, the 18-metre Volvo BZL Electric Articulated, to meet growing demand for high-capacity, zero-emission urban transport. The low-floor, fully electric chassis is fitted with a locally built Volgren body, with the first vehicle produced in Perth for the Public #Transport Authority of Western #Australia (PTA). More than 140 rigid Volvo BZL Electric buses have been operating across Australia since 2022, providing an established s...

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  Does #Transport for #London Have Too Much Power in Decision-Making? https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2026/06/does-transport-for-london-have-too-much.html

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  🇸🇬 The Land #Transport Authority (LTA) said safety and operational needs determine how bus lanes and road shoulders are used, responding to a suggestion that motorcycles be allowed to use them. It said road shoulders must remain clear for emergency vehicles, incident response and broken-down vehicles to ensure help can be provided quickly and safely. Bus lanes are intended to improve the speed and reliability of bus services, particularly during peak hours, and allowing motorcycles to use them du...

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  Passengers travelling between London and South Wales are being urged to plan ahead this summer as essential engineering work affects services between Swindon and Bristol Parkway. From 6 July to 2 August, and again on 8-9 August, trains will run hourly instead of more frequently, with journeys between London Paddington and South Wales taking around 25 minutes longer due to diversions. Some stopping patterns will also change, while extra services will operate between London Paddington and Swindon....

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  The #Railway 200 exhibition train Inspiration has completed its year-long #UK tour after attracting more than 104,000 visitors across 65 stops and travelling 12,000 miles. The free travelling exhibition, featuring interactive displays, railway artefacts and career information, visited communities with limited access to national museums. Its final stop in Scarborough on 22 June included cab tours, an exhibition of watercolours by artist Glynis Dray, and confirmation of the train's future....

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  Southeastern passengers are being urged to plan ahead as #London Charing Cross and Waterloo East close to Southeastern services for 22 days from 26 July to 16 August while Network Rail carries out a £20 million upgrade. The work includes replacing nearly two kilometres of 36-year-old track, rebuilding platforms, improving drainage and repairing bridges to improve safety and reliability. Services will be diverted to London Victoria, Cannon Street, Blackfriars and London Bridge, with revised timet...