West Midlands Rail Franchise Awarded to Abellio JVRail
Yesterday, 10th August, 2017, it was announced that the West Midlands Rail Franchise was awarded to Abellio JVRail, a joint […]
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Lib Dem Leader Vince Cable Speaks to Packed Hall in Cambridge
At a packed hall in the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, West Road, Cambridge, last week the new Liberal […]
Read more →As One Island leaves Europe – Another is to be built in the North Sea.
Britain is on its way out of Europe – but as the Eurozone and other countries in EU27 continue make […]
Read more →Could this be a First? Recycling London Underground Trains.
Actually not. There’s a well developed second-hand trade in refurbished or adapted locomotives and occasionally multiple unit sets. For example, […]
Read more →Beggars Lane, Tring – Safety Improvements Nearly Complete
After nearly six years of designs, redesigns, schemes introduced, schemes withdrawn, protests, objections, sabotage (at one point) and legal obstructions, […]
Read more →Electric Motoring: Tring to Cambridge and Back on a Single Charge Proves Practicality
Tring’s Hertfordshire County Councillor, Nick Hollinghurst, remains very pleased with electric motoring and very satisfied with the performance of his […]
Read more →Lib Dem Vince Cable Calls for Better Health and Education and a Return to Rational Economics in Address to London Meeting
Speaking at the Social & Liberal Forum Conference last week in the Resource for London Centre in the Holloway Road […]
Read more →Tories betray Wales and the Regions with their Crisis Cancellation of Rail Electrification as Brexit starts to Shred UK Economy.
Faced with a growing trade deficit, a government deficit that is increasing again, a weak pound and lamentable productivity the […]
Read more →UK Recycling Companies must Improve Quality – The Chinese think UK Waste is Rubbish!
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UK must do better in separating paper grades and types of plastic. For many years now the Chinese government has […]
Greener Transport for Third-Rail Commuter Routes – Imperial College Looks at Solar Power
Slowly but surely UK’s railways are being electrified, but although switching from diesel to electricity increases energy efficiency considerably we […]
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