Business
Selecting face masks
As calls increase on the government to relax its current lockdown that it has imposed due the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, so that businesses can get back to work and the economy can get moving again, […]
Governance
Business
West Midland Interchange receives Development Consent Order approval
The proposed West Midlands strategic rail freight interchange, which developers wish to build at Four Ashes in Staffordshire, close to the M6/M54/M6 Toll junctions north of Wolverhampton, is likely to go ahead after the Secretary […]
Business
West Midlands Mayor presses PM to bring forward promised transport funding
Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, has urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to accelerate critical transport funding to help re-boot the region’s economy after the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. A £4.2 billion devolved transport fund […]
Business
Updated details of HS2 Independent Design Panel released
The Department for Transport has released updated details of the HS2 Independent Design Panel, created in 2015 to use the framework of the Design Vision to advise and hold to account HS2’s leadership, project teams […]
Governance
Poor showing by rail in DfT’s list of Nationally Significant Transport Infrastructure Projects
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released both a definition of what a ‘nationally significant infrastructure project’ actually is and a list transport projects where application decisions are available. The definition of a nationally significant […]
Business
Poor showing by rail in DfT’s list of Nationally Significant Transport Infrastructure Projects
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released both a definition of what a ‘nationally significant infrastructure project’ actually is and a list transport projects where application decisions are available. The definition of a nationally significant […]
Accident Investigation
Investigation launched into fatal accident at Eden Park station
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has launched an investigation into a fatal accident that took place at Eden Park station, Bromley, southeast London on Wednesday 26 February 2020. At about 19:05, a man fell […]
Accident Investigation
Train passes signal at danger near Loughborough, Leicestershire
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is investigating how a train passed a signal at danger just south of Loughborough station. The train was a brand-new four-car Bombardier Class 710, destined for London Overground, that […]
Business
HS2 given permission to start construction
HS2 has formally begun the construction phase of the project as it has issued Notices to Proceed to the four main works civils contractors working on the project – SCS Railways, Align JV, EKFB JV, […]
Accident Investigation
Near miss in Scotland caused by confusion between lookouts – RAIB
RAIB – the Rail Accident Investigation Branch – has released its Safety Digest on a near miss between a Virgin train and track workers that took place near Kirtlebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, on 14 November […]