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 […]
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Nick Hollinghurst
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Rail and Railfreight
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 […]
‘A Bridge Too Far’ or ‘Vandalism Vanquished’ – National Highways Forced to Abandon Historic Tunnel, Rail & Canal Bridges Infill Plans
Sometime in 2020 someone in Highways England (as it then was), the government roads authority which manages more than 3,200 […]
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 →Climate Change is Here. We must Mitigate its Affects by Boosting Public Transport (among many other things)
One way to mitigate the carbon dioxide emissions from transport is by a switch to electric traction, another is to […]
Read more →“Rail Infrastructure Development must be Correctly Specified, Accurately Costed and Implemented Network-wide – not for Isolated Localities,” says Local Liberal Democrat.
While welcoming the two-year flurry of announcements from Transport Minister Grant Shapps for rail rebuild proposals, local Liberal Democrat Councillor […]
Read more →“Public Transport should be viewed as a Public Service, not a profit-making industry,” says Lib Dem councillor.
A local Liberal Democrat Councillor has called for a new way of looking at Basic Public Transport – we should […]
Read more →Responses to the Recent Department for Transport Public Questionnaire
The Department for Transport recently ran a consultation exercise starting on 8th July and closing on 31st August, 2020. This […]
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