Amanda White, a former head of rail with Transport for Greater Manchester, has joined the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) as interim programme director to work on the development of five new stations in Birmingham […]
Network Rail is planning to restore 80 to 90 per cent of rail services by 18 May, according to Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA). Information that has reached him […]
In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, Transport for London is to place 7,000 staff on furlough to help safeguard its vital transport services. Since London entered lockdown on 23 March, Tube journeys have fallen […]
Transport for London (TfL) is set to furlough a large number of its staff, either until 31 May or for the minimum three weeks. The government is reported to be refusing to help shore up […]
The cost of repairing a railway bridge hit by a skip lorry on 20 March has been put at £200,000. Emergency repairs were needed after the lorry hit the bridge at Warwick Road in Kenilworth, […]
Hard on the announcement that the government will take financial risk off train operators to keep the trains running, Network Rail has confirmed that it will endeavour to keep vital supplies and key workers moving […]
Network Rail has recruited Charlene Wallace to be its new director for national passenger & customer experience in the Network Services Directorate. Charlene, who brings over 20 years’ experience in the public transport sector, joins […]
The measures announced in Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s first budget were naturally overshadowed by the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. He announced a series of measures to protect workers, jobs, employers and the general […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it is working on an integrated rail plan for the Midlands and the North – High Speed North. The Oakervee Review into HS2, published on 11 February […]
On the same day that government released the report of the Oakervee Review into HS2, Prime Minister Boris Johnson stood in the House of Commons and announced: “The Cabinet has given high speed rail the […]
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