Train services in north west England have been badly disrupted after a car crashed on to the railway in a cutting at Salford. A man is reported to have been injured, although not critically, and he has been arrested on suspicion of driving under …

Chancellor's rail plans welcomed by industry. The Chancellor’s plans for long-term economic growth have been welcomed by rail industry observers, because they include substantial investment in railways, The Chancellor’s plans for long-term economic growth have been welcomed by rail industry observers, because they include substantial investment in railways, but one transport campaigning ...

Dec 4, 2024 · South Western Railway will be the first private passenger operator to be renationalised under the new Passenger Railway Services Act, the Government has confirmed.. The former franchise, which is currently a National Rail Contract, was to have expired on 28 May 2023 but was extended by a Notice of Variation to 25 May 2025 and will end then.

HS2 has awarded the contract to build the substructure foundations at Birmingham Curzon Street station to civil engineering specialist MPB Structures. The contract is the first in a series of major awards at the site. Review launched of winter disruption on …

Jan 6, 2025 · The immediate outlook for companies supplying the railway has remained ‘strained’ since the Labour government was elected in July, according to the Railway Industry Association.. In an open letter to new transport secretary Heidi Alexander RIA has welcomed signs of progress, including the government’s support for East West Rail, the Transpennine Route Upgrade and HS2 to Euston, but it ...

Dec 17, 2024 · The charity Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed the Government’s plans to devolve more responsibility for train services to the English regions.. A new White Paper says: ‘Mayors will be given a statutory role in governing, managing, planning and developing the rail network. In addition to partnerships with Great British Railways, Mayors of Established Mayoral Strategic Authorities ...

Jul 17, 2024 · HM the King has confirmed that Great British Railways will be created and private sector passenger operators nationalised. ‘Shadow’ Great British Railways to be set up straight away to start industry collaboration Three railway bills planned to allow public ownership, create full GBR, and look again at rail projects north of the West Midlands

Aug 16, 2024 · Negotiations over pay are set to restart with the RMT, following ASLEF’s provisional acceptance of the government’s pay offer to drivers, which will now be put to ASLEF members with a recommendation to accept.. Transport secretary Louise Haigh said the new deal for drivers will be ‘better value’ for taxpayers than allowing strikes to continue.

Sep 18, 2024 · Arriva has published a series of proposals which it says are designed to improve the railways in the shorter term.. Its report ‘Accelerating the Government’s Ambition to Fix Britain’s Railways’ includes recommendations such as making more effective use of the existing network, rolling stock and other assets, making timetabling more …

Jul 17, 2024 · His Majesty the King is expected to give contracted private passenger train operators their notice today, as he presents the government’s legislative programme in the House of Lords following the Labour landslide in the general election on 4 July.. It has been reported that the King’s Speech will include 35 bills, one of which will create the new ‘directing mind’, Great British Railways.