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 […]
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Nick Hollinghurst
Working for social democracy and a greener world through the Liberal Democrats
Category: Rail
Rail and Railfreight
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 […]
Read more →Rail Link Restored to Enable Railfreight Traffic to Access Sunderland Docks
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin was in the Port of Sunderland on 5th February 2015 to see its rail line being […]
Read more →Tring’s Voice Heard at County Hall as Bus Petition Handed In
On Tuesday morning, 4th November, 2014, Nick Hollinghurst, County Councillor Tring & the Villages, presented a petition on behalf of […]
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