Route One (Bus and Coach) - To mark its seventh year, Oxford Bus Group has announced plans to take its Brand the Bus charity competition up a notch with a record mp;pound;100,000 prize pot in 2025.
Route One (Bus and Coach) - The government is to publish an Integrated Transport Strategy for England that will set out how all forms of mobility can be made to work better together, Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh has announced.
Railnews - The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act has received Royal Assent, and it means that public ownership of the former passenger franchises is now the default, rather than the last resort.
Railnews - Transport secretary Louise Haigh has resigned over a conviction she received in 2013 in connection with a mobile phone, which she had wrongly said was stolen. The allegation was an error, but she pleaded guilty to making a false report to police.
Railnews - Six names for London Overground lines have been officially launched by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. He has been at Dalston Junction today to unveil the names and a celebratory plaque.
Rail Business Daily - The National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR) has appointed Mary Grant, Porterbrook Chief Executive Officer, as Chair of its Board of Directors.
New Civil Engineer - Transport secretary Louise Haigh has unveiled plans for the Department for Transportmp;#39;s (DfTmp;#39;s) Integrated National Transport Strategy which will aim to mp;#39;put people firstmp;#39; when developing and constructing different modes of travel over the next decade.
Other Regional Press - Nottingham City Council has awarded JCDecaux UK a 15-year bus shelter and free-standing digital advertising contract following a competitive tender.
Other Regional Press - The much-maligned Beam Park train station project was given a boost with the submission of a planning proposal for a ticket office.
Other Regional Press - It is twenty years since NCT was first named UK Bus Operator of the Year in 2004, and the company subsequently picked up the top title in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019, and 2024.
Other Regional Press - Louise Haigh has resigned as Transport Secretary
Other Regional Press - A NEW chief executive with 25 years experience in the aviation industry is on a mission to accelerate growth after being appointed by Southend Airport.
Plymouth Herald - The company which controls Plymouthmp;#39;s disused airport says the cost of maintaining the site and fighting legal claims from the council has lost it nearly mp;pound;1m. Newly released accounts for Plymouth City Airport Ltd, the subsidiary company which holds the long lease on the 113-acre site, shows a huge deficit for 2023/24.
Kent Online - Theremp;#39;s good news today for commuters after it was announced several new trains will start running on the network from next month.
Cambridge News - Autonomous shuttles, increased use of zero-emission buses, and Dutch-style cycling junctions were all praised by judges
Yorkshire Post - Greater Manchester-style integrated transport networks will be created in places like West Yorkshire, Louise Haigh has announced.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said she took inspiration from a visit to the French city earlier this year, where all modes of public transport are joined up in one app
Manchester Evening News - Her conviction relating to a mobile phone after a mugging is now spent
London Evening Standard - Sadiq Khan has chosen the Windrush line as his favourite part of the mp;pound;6.3m rebranding of the London Overground.
Derby Telegraph - Carmel Swan was asked if the council supported the mp;pound;250 million A38 expansion project
Sky News - Louise Haigh admitted on Thursday she had pleaded guilty to an offence after incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013.
Sky News - The cases were brought using the single justice procedure (SJP), but under the Regulation of Railways Act 1889, which is not allowed.
Office of Rail and Road (ORR) - The Office of Rail and Road has published its Rail Industry Finance statistics for April 2023 to March 2024.
The Mirror - Latest figures show train operators doubled the amount of dividends they paid last year to mp;pound;165million
The Mirror - Louise Haigh wrote to the Prime Minister to resign, saying she she is mp;#39;totally committed to our political projectmp;#39; but believes this issue mp;#39;will inevitably be a distractionmp;#39;