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Strikes on Britain’s railways are reaching the beginning of the end. There is optimism that the industry’s longest-ever dispute could soon be resolved. Representatives of the train drivers’…
Strikes on Britain’s railways are reaching the beginning of the end. There is optimism that the industry’s longest-ever dispute could soon be resolved. Representatives of the train drivers’…
The rail industry in the UK is bracing for a sharp rise in vandalism over the summer. The spike in incidents follows a pattern of the traditional summer…
A new Manchester city and airport service to London has been proposed. The franchised operator London Northwestern Railway has set out plans to extend its existing services between…
The new Labour Party government has announced its team of ministers in charge of transport. The new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has appointed his shadow team to the…
The UK railway industry has expressed high hopes for change in the legislative regime, commensurate with the new government elected last week. The supply chain, represented by the…
Some say endless jobs are “like painting the Forth Bridge”. In the West Country, they may well say it’s more like “track renewals in the Severn Tunnel”. Less…
The British General Election has seen a sweeping change of government in Westminster. The left-wing Labour Party has taken an overall majority. They have won more than 400…
The only off-shore self-contained railway in the British Isles faces a temporary closure. The line on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, requires immediate…
New trains, new timetables and a first for kinship care. The much-maligned British franchise Southeastern has been making something of an effort to redress matters in the past…
The UK Railway Industry Association has not been standing back from the political platform edge. The RIA has spoken up again, as Britain moves into the end game…
A summer of possession is just a month away. What may appear to rail users as the mouth to the tunnel under Hackney Downs is actually a road…
The Railway Industry Association, which champions a dynamic rail supply sector in the UK, has entered the political fray. The RIA has called upon the next Government to…
For train travellers in the UK, it has been an integral part of the railway experience for decades. No, not rail replacement bus services and strikes. It’s the…
A comprehensive long-term strategy to develop the UK’s inter-urban rail network. That, says the industry-wide High Speed Rail Group, is essential for future economic growth and achieving net…
The HS2 high-speed rail project is littered with superlatives. Among them is the Thame Valley Viaduct in Buckinghamshire, England. The low-lying bridge, which crosses a flood plain, is…