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CBT urges fares freeze to encourage rail travel
The Campaign for Better Transport is arguing for a rail fares freeze “to help get people back on board trains and put the brakes on the car-led recovery”
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Drones survey Metro network
Drones have been introduced to the Tyne & Wear Metro, to carry out infrastructure monitoring.
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HS2 concrete segments contract goes to North East
The North East is celebrating a significant ‘Levelling Up’ success, with the awarding of a contract to cast up to 36,000 concrete segments for HS2
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HS2 launches its Learning Legacy
HS2 Ltd is sharing with the wider UK construction industry the lessons it has learned so far from planning and construction of the new high-speed railway.
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Station ‘visits’ can be made online
Passengers will be able to get to know Northern’s main stations before they even get there, thanks to new 3-D maps that can be viewed online.
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Intervention needed to avoid public transport decline
Increased public transport funding and road charging mechanisms form part of a future outlined by the Independent Transport Commission
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Regulator to review Light Rail safety body
The Office of Rail and Road is reviewing the work of the Light Rail Safety and Standards Board.
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RIA warning over slow progress of electrification
Britain is electrifying its network at less than half the rate needed to decarbonise by 2050, claims the Railway Industry Association.
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Metro extension closer to opening
West Midlands Metro’s new extension to Edgbaston is now only a few weeks away from opening,
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Light rail ‘vital’ but stable policies would give ‘greater confidence’
Light rail “plays a vital role” in supporting the shift from cars to public transport, and the case for it is “stronger than ever”, according to a new report.
Top Stories
London Underground night services to restart
London Underground ‘Night Tube’ services are to return from November 27 - but initially only on the Central and Victoria lines.
Weymouth-Bristol to shut for 16 days
A 16-day closure will be required for what Network Rail describes as “major surgery” for the Weymouth-Bristol line.
DfT revises East Mids Direct Award plans
The Department for Transport has modified its plans for a Direct Award of the contract to run the East Midlands franchise.
