The government has launched a study to look at options for running HS2 trains to Leeds and committed to reassessing evidence to improve rail connections in Bradford. The ‘Leeds Study’ will consider a number of […]
Transport Secretary Mark Harper visited the site of HS2’s new Curzon Street station on 17 July, accompanied by Australian Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Catherine King. The two ministers took a walk on […]
As part of the Railway Industry Association (RIA) Rail Fellowship Programme, Miriam Cates, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, recently visited Linbrooke Rail, a leading contractor providing advanced signalling, power, and communications solutions across the UK […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that Anit Chandarana will be the interim director general of its new Rail Infrastructure Group. Anit will join on secondment from Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) where […]
The Department for Transport has announced that passengers across the South East from Shepperton to Shoeburyness will benefit from simpler, more flexible and better value train travel as the next 53 stations set to introduce […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released a report into the initial benefits of the Great Western Route Modernisation programme. The DfT commissioned SYSTRA and subconsultants Tavistock Institute of Human Relations to undertake a first […]
In a move organised by the Railway Industry Association (RIA), more than 60 rail business leaders have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urging him not to delay in bringing forward legislation to enact the […]
A number of railway industry people have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list, published on 30 December 2020. Amongst them were GWR managing director Mark Hopwood CBE and three Network Rail employees – […]
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish Government is to provide a further £8 million of emergency funding for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams. This will bring the government’s emergency support up to £21 […]
Laurent Bonnaud, a long-time student of the Channel Tunnel and its place as the only land border between the UK and mainland Europe, considers the history of this border and how it is changing with […]
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