Travel
Trains, roads, airports and the rules that affect a journey, from operators' notices, regulators and transport departments.
Bus fare cap outside London: £3 to end of 2026, then £2
Companies choose whether to join the scheme, so a route can be outside the cap.
UK warns against all but essential travel to Saudi Arabia
Travel insurance could be invalidated for anyone who travels against the advice, the government page says.
UK ETA costs £20 and lasts up to two years
GOV.UK says an ETA does not guarantee entry, and warns that other websites may charge more or imitate the official service.
UK passport fees: £102 online, £239.50 for 1-day premium
For an adult passport, the two urgent services add £90 and £137.50 to the online price, and GOV.UK says anyone who has already applied should not pay for them.
Heathrow third runway may not open until 2039
Heathrow’s timetable leaves up to 10 years between planning permission and opening, against six in the government’s plan.
Air traffic fault at Prestwick delays Scotland flights
The UK’s air traffic control provider said the Prestwick fault had nothing to do with the failure on 8 September, which a preliminary report traced to a software defect.
Stranded rail passengers can now use another operator’s trains
A ticket is valid on another operator’s train leaving within two hours of the cancelled service, and there is no need to buy a new one, the Department for Transport said.
Millisecond software fault caused UK flight chaos, NATS says
NATS said a preliminary report found the defect took about one millisecond to trigger, disrupting more than 2,000 flights and affecting hundreds of thousands of…
Chiltern Railways moves into public ownership in England
Rail Minister Lord Hendy said the transfer, the sixth since the government’s public ownership programme began, will add 25 extra daily services and almost 10,000 more…
