Balfour team creates rail connection for logistics mega-hub
Other News Sources - A Balfour Beatty led team has completed intensive works to connect the West Coast Main Line with a huge under-construction logistics hub in Northampton.
Other News Sources - A Balfour Beatty led team has completed intensive works to connect the West Coast Main Line with a huge under-construction logistics hub in Northampton.
Other News Sources - UK transport is low down on the list of political priorities warned political commentator Steve Richards, but he believes the High Speed 2 rail project is unlikely to be scrapped.
Other News Sources - Parents living in the Telford borough have raised concerns over public bus services which have replaced dedicated school transport.
Other News Sources - PLANS by Hampshire County Council to cut £800,000 funding for community transport will have a devastating impact on vulnerable people, says a charity.
Other News Sources - The planning inspectorate are asking for members of the public to tell them what they think of plans for a second working runway
Other News Sources - The Southern Rail Scheme has been backed by the Mayor of London
Transportxtra - A new park mp; ride rail station has opened on the Severn Beach railway line, which runs between Bristol Temple Meads and Severn Beach. Portway Park mp; Ride is the first new railway station delivered as part of the MetroWest programme, and the first station to open in Bristol since Parson Street station in 1927.
Transportxtra - Parking operator asks former minister to be non-executive director
Transport for London - High-speed mobile coverage now available in ticket halls and Central line between Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road, with further sections of the Northern and Central line getting coverage in coming months
The Business Desk - Following the news that the Government is working urgently with train manufacturer Alstom to secure the jobs of its staff and suppliers at its Derby factory, due to recent stop-start decisions on rolling stock orders, key industry figures have reacted.
Route One (Bus and Coach) - First Bus has commenced operation of what it says is the first zero-emission full-size autonomous bus in the UK as part of an ongoing project in Didcot. It is a 10.8m Switch Mobility Metrocity EV that has been put to work on a route between Didcot Parkway railway station and the Milton Park science, technology and business campus nearby.
Railway Gazette - FRANCE: Aspiring open access operator Le Train has raised a further 8m to support its plans to launch passenger services from Bordeaux to Angoulme, Poitiers, Tours, Nantes and Rennes.
Railway Gazette - UK: The use of hydrogen to provide power for staff welfare compounds and to recharge battery tools and electric vehicles has been tested by Colas Rail UKs signalling team during a project in the Gloucester area.
Railway Gazette - AUSTRIA: Faced with the need to source replacements for obsolete components which are used to reduce vibration and prevent dust and moisture ingress on multiple-units, Austrian Federal Railways rolling stock maintenance business BB Train Tech approached Chromatic to discuss the possibility of using 3D printed parts.
Rail Technology Magazine - TransPennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is continuing work on a stretch of the TransPennine line between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds, and York over multiple weekends in September and October.
New Civil Engineer - The TRU East Alliance, working together with Active Tunnelling, has completed three new drainage tunnels beneath the railway line at Ulleskelf Mires in North Yorkshire.
Other Regional Press - Rail commuters could face punishing increases if fares rise by up to 8 next year. The massive increase that will hit travellers hard would happen if the Government uses the same formula as this year, new figures show.
Other Regional Press - Rail operators have been summoned to explain the issue as campaigners fight to save the service
Other Regional Press - Transport leaders have said Harrogate passengers can look forward to bus and rail improvements as public transport bounces back strongly in the district but warned the outlook for funding remains challenging.
Other Regional Press - A bus route in Shrewsbury that was due to move to an on-demand service has been saved.
Other Regional Press - PLANS to create a new £1.3bn railway line will provide a direct link from Basingstoke to Heathrow Airport, cutting the journey time.
Yorkshire Post - West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin says the Labour Partys General Election manifesto must include a promise to build a mass transit network in her region.
The York Press - THE price of a York to Leeds annual rail season ticket could rise by as much as £221 next year, new figures show.
Manchester Evening News - After chaotic scenes in summer 2022, bosses hailed 'one of the best summers ever for our passengers'
London Evening Standard - The Department for Transport (DfT) aligned this years cap on train fare increases with Britains average earnings growth