Britain’s changing pattern of rail travel
When Great British Railways eventually succeeds Network Rail as the infrastructure and management agency for the UK network, it will inherit a much-changed railway. In terms of passenger usage, and the reasons customers give for...Read more
UK train factories at risk of closure
With manufacturing jobs threatened and train factories at risk of closure, there have been calls for the UK government to make immediate decisions on the building and upgrading of rolling stock. Leading the chorus has...Read more
UK government splashes over fifty million on Network Rail replacement
There has been a predictably critical response to the revelation that the UK government has already spent over fifty million pounds (around 60 million euro) on its plan to replace Network Rail with a new...Read more
Great British Railways – implications of Derby as HQ
The East Midlands city of Derby has fulfilled the betting predictions. The favourite has been announced as the headquarters of Great British Railways, the future and overarching management agency that will, eventually, take over from...Read more
New day, new UK transport secretary Mark Harper
With astonishing inevitability, the appointment of a new prime minister has meant the appointment of a new transport secretary. Step up to the platform edge, Mark Harper, who returns to a ministerial post after an...Read more
UK railway industry calls on Government to reduce uncertainty
The Railway Industry Association, which represents the supply chain the UK, has kept up the pressure on the reshuffled Conservative party administration in the UK government. The RIA has told Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the new Transport...Read more
Great British Railways must be ambitious, says association
Great British Railways (GBR), the new overarching management body in the UK, must be ambitious for the future of rail. That is the message from the Railway Industry Association (RIA), making an early response to...Read more
Great British Railways Bill formally introduced to UK Parliament
Prince Charles, the next in line to the British Throne, earlier on Monday delivered the “Queen’s Speech”, the formal reading to the British Parliament of the forthcoming agenda of legislation to be debated and introduced...Read more
Looking behind Britain’s cut price tickets deal
The UK government has surprised the travel market with the announcement of a snap sale of passenger train tickets, claiming to cut the cost of rail travel in half. Ministers say it will re-invigorate the...Read more
RIA sets out ‘tests’ to make Great British Railways a success
The rail supply sector, represented by the Railway Industry Association (RIA), has set out what it calls five ‘tests’ for Great British Railways (GBR), the new overarching body, expected to take over the management of...Read more
Planning for Great British Railways begins
The UK regulator, the Office of Rail and Road, has launched the process for determining the funding needed for Britain’s rail network between 2024-2029. Critical decisions affecting freight and passenger capacity depend on the forecasting....Read more