Congestion on Britain’s Rail Routes needs to be Unblocked!
Once a rail route has been identified as being “congested”, then Network Rail is obliged to provide a solution to […]
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Nick Hollinghurst
Working for social democracy and a greener world through the Liberal Democrats
Category: Public Transport
“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.
“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.
A €37 billion joint […]
East West Rail Nears Completion of Phase 1
East West Rail Nears Completion of Phase 1.
The project to reinstate rail services between Oxford and Cambridge is now only […]
Making British Railways Great Again!
Elected on July 5, 2024, UK’s new government wasted little time in publishing proposals on July 18, 2024 to take […]
Read more →Some Thoughts on Britain’s Railways
Some thoughts on Rail Services in the UK
1. To set the scene…
In France and Germany company law is framed in […]
Clearer Air, a Quieter Environment, less Pollution and less Carbon Dioxide emitted – a local Lib Dem Activist calls for Electric Buses
“Clearer Air, a Quieter Environment, less Pollution and less Carbon Dioxide emitted – just some of the benefits from converting […]
Read more →Fresh Hope for Hope Valley Rail Passenger Services as Modernisation nears Completion.
Passenger services in the Hope Valley have had a history of unreliability. One reason has been the conflict between the […]
Read more →HS2 Infrastructure Maintenance Depot to be built near Calvert, Buckinghamshire, north of Aylesbury
It has been announced that an Infrastructure Maintenance Depot for HS2 is to be built between Steeple Claydon and Calvert […]
Read more →Scotland’s Plan to Decarbonise its Rail Network – Moving Forward in Fife
Work is now well underway at Thornton Junction on the reinstatement of the Branch Line to Levenmouth with freight carrying […]
Read more →Down Memory Lane – Despite 12,000 Residents Petitioning in 2014 for Better Bus Services, the Tories responded with a £1.5m Budget Cut!
Despite over twelve thousand Herts residents petitioning in 2014 for bus services to be improved the Tories in County Hall […]
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