UK-maintained Hitachi Nova trains could call at a new Bradford station
Hitachi Rail, the UK arm of the Japanese multi-national engineering giants, has won an eight-year contract to maintain the TransPennine Express fleet of 19 ‘Nova 1’ intercity trains. They were well placed to win the...Read more
Bid to extend England’s Tyne and Wear Metro to Washington
The metro rail network that serves the neighbouring cities of Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland, in the north east of England, is currently undergoing a much needed modernisation. Future plans are also being made for a...Read more
A high-speed Northern UK can drive a high-speed recovery
Speed, capacity and connectivity issues are all holding back the economic fortunes of the North of England. The North is still in the slow lane for rail-based interconnectivity, said Tim Wood, the Northern Powerhouse rail...Read more
HS2 to Yorkshire could be axed
The UK high speed rail network may never reach the north of England. A widely-reported leak from a source close to the UK government says that the HS2 project may never get beyond Manchester, and...Read more