Chris Grayling

COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R872 - Stakes could not be higher

"I wish Andrew Haines well. Government cannot succeed unless NR succeeds and the rest of the industry cannot succeed if Haines fails."

COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R870 - Long fare freezes don’t work ...but passengers deserved to pay no more in 2019

“Raise fares reasonably, then improve services - this is the only sensible way forward.”

COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R869 - Williams Review is critical

“This review is something the industry desperately needs. 2018 was a disaster for the railway.”

FROM THE ARCHIVES: ‘Industry fails the passengers’ as Northern suffers

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Grayling casts doubts on GTR's and Northern's futures

Grayling advises successor on transport ‘minefield’

Grayling on transport - "it affects more people, in more of their lives, than any other area of government”

Shapps take top Transport post

Grant Shapps replaces Chris Grayling as Secretary of State for Transport

EXCLUSIVE: Grayling: next PM will commit to “essential” HS2

Grayling tells Rail Live: “My view is very straightforward. HS2 has already started, there are already 9,000 people working on the project"

Grayling: East Midlands bi-mode testing in 2021

New East Midlands trains due for testing in 2021 says Grayling - but no contracts yet awarded.

Grayling confirmed as Rail Live headline speaker

Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling is to speak at Rail Live.

Eurostar expects to maintain services post-Brexit

Eurostar having "constructive conversations" with Government regarding impact of Brexit

Years of turbulence led to decline in SWR performance

Sir Michael Holden makes 28 recommendations in performance review of SWR

Grayling launches “no stone unturned” review into Britain’s railway

CrossCountry franchise competition suspended as Government launches review into future of UK rail

RMT motion seeks Grayling resignation

RMT tables motion for Transport Secretary to leave role

Trans-Pennine upgrade to include electrification

Proposed route upgrade will include wires - a year after extensions to Swansea, the Lake District and northern section of the Midland Main Line were cancelled

Business case requested for Middlewich reopening

Government requests strategic business case to reopen Middlewich line to passengers

“Hard review” to precede decision on GTR’s future

Johnson: "The Secretary of State has set in train a hard review of GTR."

More and faster journeys planned via Midlands Rail Hub

A 20-year strategy is launched to create a Midlands Rail Hub that is expected to be worth up to £649 million a year to the region’s economy by 2037.

Grayling and Johnson discuss timetable issues with MPs

Secretary of State for Transport and Rail Minister meet MPs over timetable chaos

Government launches Northern/GTR timetable inquiry

A Government inquiry has been launched to investigate what has caused the failure of the new timetables on Govia Thameslink Railway and Northern.