📆 The rail industry has launched its biggest timetable update on the East Coast Main Line in more than a decade. It comes alongside network-wide service changes designed to increase capacity and shave minutes off long distance journeys. publictransport.news/rail/new-dec...

🐝 One year to go: Mayor of Greater Manchester @andyburnham.bsky.social has unveiled his vision for the future of rail in GM. The first two routes - linking Manchester with Glossop and Stalybridge - are scheduled to join the Bee Network next year. publictransport.news/rail/one-yea...

🚨 REVEALED: the new brand for Great British Railways. Secretary of State Heidi Alexander has unveiled the new look for Britain's railways. It features a livery based on the Union flag, and a logo featuring the famous 'double arrow' device.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Central has been given the greenlight for a £140 million revamp, which will see expanded concourses, improved accessibility and measures to ease overcrowding. publictransport.news/rail/140-mil...

⚡️ The first of the brand new £400 million 'Aurora' fleet for East Midlands Railway has officially entered service. The first passenger-carrying train ran on Wednesday 3 December, forming the 0700 from Sheffield to London St Pancras. publictransport.news/rail/first-a...

🐝 TfGM has published its vision for rail, which will see stations and services across the city-region become accountable to regional leaders. Under the plans, 8 corridors covering 96 stations would join the Bee Network by 2028. publictransport.news/rail/greater... @andyburnham.bsky.social

⚡️ First Bus and Essex County Council are celebrating the electrification of Basildon depot, which has become the county's first fully-electric bus depot. 55 zero-emission buses now operating across Basildon and the wider South Essex area. publictransport.news/bus/basildon...

🇬🇧 Transport for Greater Manchester's Bee Network is set to benefit from a £65m funding boost, bringing 220 more electric buses and advancing a new tram-train project for the city region. publictransport.news/bus/65-milli... @andyburnham.bsky.social

🆕 The first fully-refreshed Class 376 for Southeastern has entered service, bringing new interiors, upgraded accessibility features and a sleek new exterior look to the five-car units that first entered service in 2004. publictransport.news/rail/first-f...

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🚨 BREAKING: Alex Hynes has been appointed as CEO of DfT Operator, succeeding Robin Gisby. He takes the reigns at DFTO on 23 December. publictransport.news/rail/alex-hy...

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🇬🇧 Alexander Dennis has leant into a bit of light-hearted Britishness with a set of new “tea and toast”-themed liveries for its latest electric demonstrators. publictransport.news/bus/alexande...

🚦 For the first time in the UK, Network Rail has confirmed that two trains ran together under ETCS digital signalling on the East Coast Main Line. The testing took place on the line south of Peterborough, involving Class 717 units under full ETCS control. publictransport.news/rail/digital...

🚌 The Go-Ahead Group has announced that Ed Wills has been appointed Managing Director of Go South Coast. Wills' appointment follows the sad passing of long-serving former MD Andrew Wickham earlier in 2025. publictransport.news/uk/go-ahead-...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotRail is getting ready to launch electric trains on the East Kilbride line from 14 December, with Class 380s replacing 4-carriage Class 156s. publictransport.news/rail/scotrai...

🚧 Passengers are being warned by Network Rail and train operators to expect disruption this weekend as the major resignalling of Darlington station is switched on. Full story: publictransport.news/rail/darling...

💰 In case you missed it earlier: the UK government have announced that rail fares will be frozen for the first time in 30 years. publictransport.news/politics/rai...

🚇 Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to green-light a £1.7 billion extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead in her forthcoming Budget. publictransport.news/politics/ree...

🇳🇱 Nederlandse Spoorwegen has ordered 36 'Flirt Flex' units from Stadler, representing an investment of €400 million. The units will have the flexibility to be deployed both as 'Sprinters' on stopping services, and 'Intercity' trains on longer distance routes. publictransport.news/rail/ns-inve...

✈️ Lufthansa's 'Centennial Edition' Boeing 787 Dreamliner will touch down in Frankfurt this December. 🇩🇪 The aircraft, named 'Berlin', will serve as a flying ambassador for the airline during its centennial celebrations throughout 2026. publictransport.news/aviation/luf...

💳 Contactless pay-as-you-go payments will roll out to 20 more Greater Anglia stations from 14 December. ✈️ The expansion covers a number of commuter and airport routes in Hertfordshire and Essex, including Liverpool Street to Stansted on the Stansted Express. publictransport.news/rail/greater...

A £10m upgrade has been completed at Salford Central station. A new roof has been added to the station’s upper level while platform 2 has been substantially widened and given a glazed ramp roof. A canopy extension has also been constructed over platform 1. publictransport.news/uk/10m-upgra...

📈 Train operator Northern has unveiled its '30 by 30' growth strategy, designed to attract 30 million more passenger trips per year by 2030. publictransport.news/rail/norther...

🚄 Southeastern Railway is rolling out a new timetable from 14 December, adding 29 weekday high-speed services, more carriages on key routes, and increasing the size of its fleet with three extra Class 377 trains. publictransport.news/rail/southea...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 King Charles III has formally opened Taff's Well depot, the new home of the Transport for Wales tram-train fleet. 36 Stadler Class 398 tram-trains are now based at the site, with the opening marking a major milestone in the South Wales Metro transformation. publictransport.news/rail/king-ch...

🚍 Transdev Blazefield has deployed a fleet of fully-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaros on its 'Shuttle' bus route, which links the Yorkshire town of Keighley with nearby Bradford. publictransport.news/bus/transdev...

🇬🇧 Train operators West Midlands Trains and London Northwestern Railway have reported 'soaring' passenger numbers, off the back of the latest figures from the ORR. Ridership climbed by 12% in the first quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, amounting to more than two million additional journeys.

✈️ UK-based easyJet has worked with Tailored Image on the launch of its brand new uniform. It comes as the airline celebrates 30 years in the skies. publictransport.news/aviation/eas...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Train operator ScotRail has recorded its busiest day of 2025, with 337,441 journeys made on the network in a single day. publictransport.news/rail/scotrai...

BREAKING: European Sleeper will start a Paris-Berlin sleeper train from 26 March 2026, after Nightjet pulls out in December. It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris

✈️ London's Heathrow Airport says that it is 'ready for growth' following a record-breaking October. 7.3 million passengers passed through the terminals, driven in part by a surge of flights to European cities such as Brussels, Lyon, Marseille and Vienna. publictransport.news/aviation/hea...

A mural made from recycled bottle-tops has been unveiled at Stockport Interchange. The installation, masterminded by local artist Caitlin Marie Atherton of community-reuse initiative Plastic Shed, was installed with the help of about 300 volunteers. publictransport.news/uk/bottle-to...

🇺🇸 Metro-North Railroad has unveiled a special heritage locomotive to honour US military veterans. It's the eighth locomotive in the railroad's Heritage Series. publictransport.news/rail/metro-n...

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🚌 The Confederation of Passenger Transport has published a new handbook and toolkit to support local authorities across England in deciding how their bus services should be run. publictransport.news/bus/cpt-publ... @cpt-uk.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: East Midlands Railway has confirmed that the first new 'Aurora' train will enter passenger service on the Midland Main Line in December. publictransport.news/rail/first-e...

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Drone footage from Network Rail shows the latest progress on the new Balgray station in Barrhead, as platforms begin to take shape. publictransport.news/uk/platforms...

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🛤️ Manchester Piccadilly station will close for 9 days in February, whilst a £7.9m project takes place to upgrade the Ardwick Corridor. publictransport.news/rail/manches...

🇩🇰 Danish state operator DSB has launched new @talgo.com trains on the EuroCity route between Copenhagen and Hamburg. The new fleet offers full step-free access on 760 mm platforms, bike-friendly spaces, power sockets at seats and modern interiors. publictransport.news/rail/dsb-lau...

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Alstom has completed a multi-million pound upgrade of its historic Crewe Works site. The investment includes a new facility dedicated to HVAC systems, alongside a fully refurbished office space integrated into the site’s industrial heritage. publictransport.news/uk/multi-mil...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotRail has kicked off the procurement exercise for a new fleet of electric and battery electric trains for its suburban services. publictransport.news/rail/scotrai...

🇫🇷 Iveco Group has won a contract to supply up to 4,000 buses to Ile-De-France Mobilités. The Paris region's public transport authority has signed three framework agreements with Iveco Bus that will see the deployment of a fully clean-energy bus fleet across the city by 2030. More below 👇

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Train operators and TfGM have unveiled a range of simpler fares for the region which will go live from 7 December. The move simplifies the existing fares structure, replacing over a dozen different ticket types with just two: Anytime and Off-Peak. @andyburnham.bsky.social

The UK government has introduced the Railways Bill into Parliament, aiming to establish a publicly owned body that will merge train operations and infrastructure oversight. publictransport.news/politics/rai...