trains

Appeal: Trainspotting facility’s rural location is justified, rules inspector

09.10.2020

Plans for a trainspotting facility in rural Lincolnshire offering a viewing platform of the East Coast Main Line and historic train-style camping pods can go ahead, an inspector ruled, rejecting the council’...

Figures reveal how trains take the strain on punctuality

20.09.2019

Huw Morris

Fewer than two-thirds of trains arrived at stations on time in the year ending 2019-20, according to the industry regulator.

HS2 would widen the regional divide, says think tank

20.03.2019

Laura Edgar

The government could improve rail journeys in all regions and nations for the cost of HS2, which will instead ‘deepen’ the regional divide.

Port of Mostyn in Flintshire / Shutterstock_773383981

North Wales port shortlisted for major rail rolling stock development

12.10.2018

Roger Milne

Cymru | Flintshire | Infrastructure - Transport | port of mostyn | trains

The Port of Mostyn in Flintshire, North Wales, has been shortlisted as the location for a major new factory making a new generation of high-speed trains that could employ up to 1,000 workers.

Plans for track changes in Bicester and Beford / Shutterstock_167720543

Plans for second phase of Oxford-to-Cambridge rail link submitted

30.07.2018

Laura Edgar

Network Rail has submitted plans to transport secretary Chris Grayling for the construction of phase 2 of a project to build a rail line between Oxford and Cambridge.

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Appeal: Noise reduction outweighs visual harm of 21ft tall acoustic fence

24.05.2018

Matt Moody

Environmental | Infrastructure - Transport | London | noise impact | trains

An inspector has approved a large acoustic fence near a major railway line in Barnet, north-west London, after ruling that the benefits of reducing noise from the railway would outweigh any visual harm....

Transport Scotland look to make rail improvements / iStock-485762364

New rail investment strategy published in Scotland

19.03.2018

Laura Edgar

Transport Scotland has published its strategy for investment in rail improvements that sees a move to a ‘pipeline-based approach’.

Autumn Budget 2017: North and Mid-Wales growth deals on the table but no Swansea tidal lagoon decision yet

24.11.2017

Roger Milne

The UK Government has committed to begin formal negotiations towards a North Wales growth deal and will also consider proposals for a Mid-Wales growth deal. It has promised to work with local partners and the Welsh Government on this.

Five new train stations for England and Wales

31.07.2017

Laura Edgar

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it will invest more than £16 million in building five new railway stations in England and Wales.

£20m fund for new railway stations announced

30.08.2016

Laura Edgar

Rail minister Paul Maynard has announced funding for new stations to deliver better journeys, boost local economies and link communities in England and Wales.

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