The Department for Transport (DfT) is responsible for the English transport network, including the railways. Led by the Transport Secretary, it provides the strategic funding and direction to the rail industry.
Regional leaders across East Anglia have put more pressure on the Department for Transport to not forget about the Ely Junction Upgrade after it was overlooked in the last spending review and infrastructure announcements made last month.
A new company, Platform4, has been launched to manage sales and developments of the land.
Rail operators West Midlands Railways (WMR) and sister company London Northwestern Railway (LNWR) will enter back into public ownership on February 1, 2026
Ravensthorpe railway station will close for nearly three years as part of TransPennine Route Upgrade.
Safeguarding protections for the land surrounding the eastern leg of HS2 will be sold off, the Government has confirmed.
Director General for Rail Services, Alex Hynes, says there's "no sense" for each operator to have own replacements.
Third line designed to increase capacity not on list of upcoming rail projects being funded by government.
RAIL goes through each project in the government's Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.
Rail minister Lord Hendy and Director General for Rail Services at the Department for Transport Alex Hynes came under fire for the Government’s decision to pause several rail projects in last weeks Rail Enhancements Project Pipeline announcement.
Rail Minister says work will continue to work out the appropriate solution after Phase 5 of resilience project is paused.
Siemens Mobility’s Rob Morris has welcomed the recent government Spending Review with what he terms “cautious confidence”
Rail Forum and Railway Industry Association have jointly criticised the government’s decision to pause the Midland Main Line electrification scheme.
FirstGroup rejects Department for Transport claims about impact of open access.
Both schemes are on a list of four which are on hold for now.
Office of Rail and Road writes back to DfT warning of the impact changing the analysis process at such a late stage.
Another letter to the Office of Rail and Road highlights concerns over conflict of interest and cumulative revenue abstraction.
Tunnel to be installed near Calvert in Buckinghamshire is costing approximately £100m.
Scathing report details years of chronic mismanagement and failures at all levels of HS2.
A litany of mistakes by HS2 Ltd. and the previous government were made, a new report by the Government has found, with Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander saying the project will be delayed by a further 2 years
A major five-year contract worth £500 million between Network Rail and British Steel has been signed, securing more than 337,000 tonnes of rail track supply and safeguarding thousands of UK manufacturing jobs.
