The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has released an ambitious blueprint titled “Delivering a Lower Cost, Higher Performing Net Zero Railway by 2050”. The Association, which mainly represents the interests of supply chain members, says it...Read more
It has been something of the poor cousin to Manchester’s famously successful tram network. Traditional heavy rail in the region has lagged behind in popularity and reliability. However, now, with radical changes promised in the...Read more
In an announcement to everyone awaiting the arrival of the Rail Reform Bill, the UK Government apologises for the late arrival of their service. This is due to the late running of several other preceding...Read more
INTERVIEWAndrew Haines, the chief executive of Network Rail, has called for unity in the rail industry in order to prosper. The appeal comes in the wake of the UK Government’s announcement that it will cancel...Read more
The UK’s ambitious HS2 high-speed rail project has for a long time been emphasising its credentials as a capacity enhancement for the British railway network. Now, HS2 Limited, the company formed by the government to...Read more
The railway sector is concerned that the transition of Network Rail to the new overarching Great British Railways agency will be delayed indefinitely. Over sixty rail business leaders, including representatives from the rail freight sector,...Read more
There was added impetus to this week’s conference of stakeholders in Britain’s high-speed rail industry. There was much talk of the recent revelations that the London to Birmingham HS2 high-speed railway project would be subject...Read more
Mark Harper, the UK transport secretary, has affirmed his commitment to the rail sector and has outlined plans to modernise the industry. That message has met with mixed responses. The freight industry has given it...Read more
The Rail Freight Group, the representative body for the industry in the UK, has called for an ambitious target to be set for Great British Railways (GBR) to drive rail freight growth. However, with the...Read more
Last week, the UK transport minister, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, admitted that the legislation to introduce the new over-arching railway management agency, Great British Railways, would be delayed. She told the formidable cross-party Transport Select Committee that...Read more
Never mind the prime ministerial resignation. GBR could be scrapped. Strikes could be outlawed. Such is the febrile level of disarray in the UK government that not one, but two major transport policies, both worthy...Read more
The British infrastructure management agency has launched a promotional drive to highlight its environmental greening of the railway. Network Rail has put its weight behind an awareness campaign, informing the nation of the social and...Read more
A nationwide consultation, mounted by the incoming management agency Great British Railways, has been told that freight growth is the key to unlocking a revival of fortunes in the UK rail sector. The Rail Freight...Read more
The Office of Rail and Road expects very much more of the same. The switch over of responsibilities from the outgoing Network Rail to the incoming Great British Railways should be seamless and not interrupt...Read more
Around forty communities stepped up and put their hats in the ring to become the new headquarters of the Great British Railways. Now the remaining six finalists have been announced. Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Doncaster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne...Read more
The transition team for the new over-arching body for network and operations management in the UK – Great British Railways – has launched a consultation seeking nationwide views on how to grow freight to reduce...Read more
Railway industry leaders are waiting expectantly for the financial policy announcements in the UK. Against a backdrop of inflation heading into territory not visited since the 1970s and mounting multiple pressures on the economy, there...Read more
An astonishing response has been received to the first round of open competition to select the community that will host the headquarters of Great British Railways – the new overarching body that will administer the...Read more
Another week, another new aggregates terminal in the UK. This time, it’s far out. Far out east – as far out east as it is possible to go on the British mainland and still be...Read more
With the closing date for bids tomorrow (16 March) there is intense competition among communities aspiring to become the headquarters for the new overarching management body, Great British Railways. Despite initial derision, the competition has...Read more
The rail supply sector, represented by the Railway Industry Association, has set out what it calls five ‘tests’ for Great British Railways, the new overarching body, expected to take over the management of the railway...Read more
