Following months of consultation with passengers, businesses and communities, the Rail Delivery Group has submitted proposals to the Williams Review that would create...
Speaking at the Treasury Committee, Chancellor Philip Hammond indicated his support for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR). He said that improving productivity “must be the...
Train overcrowding and complex ticketing could be abolished, customer experience improved, and fares cut under radical ideas from Virgin Trains to overhaul the UK’s...
The Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, has today (12 April 2019) strengthened the board of High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd with the appointments of Dame Judith Hackitt...
RSSB has announced the winners of the £1 million Intelligent Power Solutions to Decarbonise Rail competition.
The six feasibility studies funded through the RSSB competition...
The new rail station at Kenilworth has been ‘highly commended’ in a regional award highlighting major transport projects in the West Midlands.
The Chartered Institute...
Virgin Trains has today issued the following statement in response to the news its bid for the West Coast Partnership has been disqualified.
A Virgin...
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Abellio has today (10 April 2019) been announced as the successful bidder to operate the East Midlands Railway franchise, responsible for delivering new trains,...
A nationally-significant scheme to improve transport in the region has received over £31m funding from the Department for Transport (DfT).
The funding announcement for MetroWest...
Alstom has been voted a Green Champion by Agoria, the Belgian federation of technology companies.
At its annual event, Agoria decided to showcase several...
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) has confirmed the full line-up of locomotives for its ‘Somerset & Dorset Remembered’-themed Cotswold Festival of Steam, taking...
Northern is delighted to confirm that it has been awarded the Gold standard to the internationally recognised Investors in People scheme.
The north of England...