All news on the topic: Transport

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Trump’s tariff threat against Canada began with a friend’s Gulfstream certification dispute
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on every aircraft Canada sells into the United States began with a favor for a wealthy friend who was trying to buy a private jet and could not.
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Southern train derailment blamed on “track geometry irregularity” as investigation begins
A rail track defect existed in the area where a train derailed in East Sussex last week, injuring 30 people, investigators say.
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Car blown up by police outside King’s Cross St Pancras station after security scare
A car was blown up by the Metropolitan Police after it was left outside King’s Cross St Pancras station this afternoon.
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Lewes train derailment leaves line closed for at least another 10 days after two seriously injured
An update has been issued on the impact of the Lewes train derailment, which severely injured two people.
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Train derails in southern England, leaving 11 injured and two seriously hurt
Eleven people have been injured, including two seriously, when a train carrying approximately 150 passengers derailed in southern England.
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England’s first cycle street shut just months after £2.4m opening over faulty road markings
England’s first ’cycle street’ has been shut down for works just months after opening because road markings ’were not up to standard’.
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Edinburgh’s North Bridge fully reopens after eight years of repairs and £85m overhaul
North Bridge is finally set to fully reopen after eight years of work, with all four traffic lanes and both pavements free to use.
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European goods reach Russia through India despite sanctions
Russian defense and security firms are using supply chains in India to import thousands of security-linked goods originally made in Europe, new data tracking the scale of the trade shows.
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Britain’s broken planning system is driving infrastructure costs through the roof
Why is it so expensive to build infrastructure in Britain? One common explanation is that essentially we lack practice. For example, Britain has electrified its railways in fits-and-bursts. In the late 80s, Britain electrified over 400 kilometres of track each year.
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£131,000 pedestrian crossing sparks row over spending on quiet residential road
Residents and councillors in Islington, north London, have been left “gobsmacked” at the £130,000 cost of a new zebra crossing in the area.
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Heidi Alexander admits £454m funding gap behind Andy Burnham’s £2 bus fare pledge
Another Andy Burnham cost-of-living announcement was at risk of descending into chaos today.
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Loganair urges government rescue after slashing Highlands and Islands services
Loganair has temporarily scrapped flights across Scotland’s islands due to operational losses triggered by rising fuel prices due to the war in the Middle East
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Extra-tall ticket barriers to be installed at UK stations in £33.4m crackdown on fare dodgers
Extra-tall ticket barriers will be installed at railway stations to guard against fare dodgers in a new crackdown that hopes to recoup the £400million-a-year loss to evaders.
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UK EV drivers to pay 3p per mile even when driving abroad under Labour plan
Electric vehicle (EV) owners will be taxed for driving abroad under Labour’s pay-per-mile plan.
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Escaped cows bring UK’s busiest rail line to a standstill for four hours
Leaves on the line, flooding on the tracks and rails are too hot – they’re all reasons we’re used to hearing for delays on the train.
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Councillors approve next step for £1.5bn Shetland tunnel project inspired by the Faroe Islands
Councillors have backed initial plans to connect some of Shetland’s islands with undersea tunnels, which could be in place within eight years.
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Heathrow’s £33bn third runway plan branded too expensive by major airline alliance
The head of a major airline alliance that includes Lufthansa and United has likened Heathrow’s third runway plans to an unaffordable luxury car as he urged the airport to cut back some parts of the “eye-watering” project.
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UK government paid £24.4bn to private equity-backed firms in a year, analysis finds
Almost £24.4bn of government money went to private equity-run firms in year to April 2025, Guardian analysis shows.
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Kenya signs $1.2bn China deal to transform Nairobi airport into regional aviation hub
Kenya has signed a $1.2 billion agreement with a Chinese state-owned construction company to expand and modernize the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), a major infrastructure project aimed at strengthening the country’s position as East Africa’s leading aviation gateway.
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Driver Burton passed red signal before deadly Bedford train crash
A train driver who died in a crash near Bedford went through a red signal moments before the collision, rail crash investigators have revealed.
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Court backs £2.2bn Gatwick expansion despite climate challenge
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander approved the £2.2 billion scheme in September, which would have seen the West Sussex airport move its emergency runway 12 metres north to accommodate around 100,000 more flights a year.
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Bus overturns in horror crash leaving at least 26 injured
A “major incident” has been declared after a bus crash left dozens of people injured.
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Britain went into heatwave meltdown this week with schools closing early, roads melting and trains cancelled as the country braces for its hottest day in history
The Met Office today issued a rare red ’danger to life’ extreme heat warning for ’significant disruption to daily life’ as the UK faces road, rail and air travel chaos.
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Starmer faces weekend deadline as cabinet allies push him towards resignation
Cabinet ministers loyal to Keir Starmer have told him he faces being forced out of office by his party if he does not set a timetable for his departure by the end of the weekend.
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Drivers and companies hit as organised gangs steal deliveries by the trailer load
Criminal gangs are buying up haulage firms to pose as truckers and steal goods by the lorryload, the BBC has learned.
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