Long-standing issues on the railway remain, despite the Department for Transport (DfT) having identified ‘key problems’, according to the government spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO).
In its report Rail reform: the rail transformation programme, the NAO assessed – whether the DfT has a clear rationale for reform of the…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has responded to the Transport Committee’s inquiry of the revised National Networks National Policy Statement (NNNPS) for building road, rail and freight networks.
In March last year, the DfT revised the NNNPS to bring it inline with recent decarbonisation and environment policies. The NNNPS sets out…
Aecom has won two big contracts to support the development and design of vital rail infrastructure in both the UK and US.
The first contract win concerns a £29M tender to take the planned Mid Cornwall Metro through to the detailed design stage of the project. The new coast to coast…
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promised investments in advancing the UK's net zero efforts with nuclear and green energy in today's Spring Budget but future funding for transport and other vital infrastructure went amiss.
While the industry is pleased to hear investment is being made in aiding the decarbonisation of the UK’s grid…
Camden Council has urged ministers to let it lead the overhaul of Euston and unlock the final leg of High Speed 2 (HS2) into central London.
The local authority set out a plan it claimed could bring £41bn into the UK economy over the next 30 years as well as providing…
Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) has launched the final tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the West Midlands leg of High Speed 2.
The contractor started 1,600-tonne Elizabeth on its mission to dig the second bore of the Bromford Tunnel for the rapid rail link. Named by local schoolchildren after activist Dame Elizabeth…
A landslip has hit railway services at Merstham, Surrey, which follows a landslip repaired in Kent on Monday 4 March and two other landslips in the Midlands and North of England in February.
GTR said it was unable to serve customers Merstham, Earlswood and Coulsdon South railway stations on the afternoon…
A train derailed after it struck “an object” on the line between Surbiton and Woking and led to disruption across the entire South Western Railway network.
The incident led to four tracks between Woking and Surbiton being closed and the wider network across London, Exeter St David’s, Portsmouth Harbour and Weymouth.…
The Independent Transport Commission (ITC) has examined lasting outcomes from the pandemic that have significant and wide-ranging implications for how transport policy and projects should be evaluated.
A 106-page report produced by the ITC entitled The longer-term impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on Transport and Land Use in Britain has highlighted…
Visually impaired passengers will benefit from accessibility works carried out at Cardonald station in Glasgow following feedback from a regular commuter.
Network Rail said Linda Mooney, who uses a cane to identify obstacles in her path, raised concerns about her safety. The government-owned company said it made changes to the station…
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