The Department for Transport aims to accelerate the roll-out of digital signalling and control technologies on three major routes in England. Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has announced £1.2 million of funding for studies into the […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) is considering increasing the maximum laden weight of articulated lorries operating on British roads from 44 tonnes to 48 tonnes to support rail freight operations. Currently, the standard maximum laden […]
Network Rail has been given permission to close or modify 16 level crossings across Cambridgeshire. Over 1,250 level crossings have been closed nationally since 2009. Another 250 have been repositioned so as to be safer […]
Transport for London (TfL) and the UK Government have reached an agreement that covers further support for the remainder of the financial year, to address its forecast funding shortfall arising from the loss of passenger […]
Although Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stated that making London Underground ‘driverless’ should be a condition for government increasing its funding of Transport for London, a leaked internal TfL document has shown that this is […]
The Welsh Government has moved to take train services in the Principality into public ownership, although it will retain its close relationship with Keolis and Amey. In England, the Department for Transport has ended rail […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released the compensation paid to passengers by train operating companies (TOCs) in the financial year 2019/2020. A total of £89.4 million was paid out in England and Wales to […]
Transport for London (TfL) and the UK Government are continuing their talks on additional funding, which has now been extended for two weeks until the end of October. As TfL’s actual funding shortfall to 17 […]
One year ago, on 16 October 2019, the Department for Transport (DfT) published the government’s Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP). This listed the 58 projects that were then under review at the DfT. It did […]
CrossCountry Trains has signed a new agreement with government to continue to operate the franchise until October 2023. This new contract between the Department for Transport and Arriva CrossCountry, which has run the franchise since […]
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