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Green MSPs have vowed to press the SNP government to reverse its decision to bring back peak rail fares.

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has indicated when the first train operators will have services transferred to the government, and when she expected all ten to be taken over

Louise Haigh has commissioned the Office of Rail and Road to look into the way train operating companies tackle suspected fare evasion

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has announced a major review into the spiralling costs of the HS2. The move comes after years of failed delivery and escalating expenses.

In a bid to revitalise the UK's infrastructure systems, the government has announced the establishment of a new National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA).

Eventual rail nationalisation moved one step closer to reality as the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill cleared its first hurdle as MP’s voted 351 to 84 to give the bill a second reading on 30 July.

The King has just delivered his speech at the State Opening of Parliament, setting out the coming year’s parliamentary agenda included laws to deliver the new Labour government’s railway policies.

The Department for Transport now has a full complement of ministers as Sir Keir Starmer puts his new government in place.

The rail industry has reacted to Labour’s landslide general election victory with many keen to see the plan the party laid out in its manifesto change enacted quickly.

Freight operators are ready to invest in new trains, facilities and in skills, providing the Government offers support to help the market grow.