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10/03/10Luton-Dunstable guided busway gets green light

Transport minister Sadiq Khan has announced Full Approval for the Luton-Dunstable guided busway, confirming £80...

10/03/10Sub-surface Tube upgrade set for 2018 finish

A major upgrade of signalling on London Underground's sub-surface Tube lines can be delivered by 2018, according to...

10/03/10TfL threatens PPP Arbiter with legal action

Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Transport for London have said they are considering legal action against PPP...

10/03/10Arbiter tells TfL to pay Tube Lines more money

Chris Bolt, the Arbiter for the London Underground Public Private Partnership contracts, has increased the funding...

09/03/10Busway report identifies BAM Nuttall failings

Cambridgeshire's guided busway is expected to cost more than £160m and may not open until next year, according to...

09/03/10TfL restructures Tramlink leasing arrangements

Plans to simplify the governance of Croydon's Tramlink system have been presented to Transport for London's finance...

09/03/10Metrolink airport line design funds released

Funding has been approved to pay for the design work needed to extend the Metrolink tram network to Manchester...

08/03/10Balfour Beatty starts Airdrie-Bathgate track laying

Track laying for the 15-mile Airdrie-Bathgate rail link began on Monday (8 March) as Network Rail prepares to open...

free preview08/03/10Metrolink secures cash for line extensions

Construction work on new Metrolink extensions in Tameside and south Manchester has been given the green light by...

08/03/10King's Cross solar panel roof contract awarded

Kier Construction has ordered one of the largest solar panel systems in the UK to be fitted on top of the new roof...

08/03/10Arriva and SNCF end Keolis merger discussions

Arriva has ended talks with Keolis that could have seen French-state owned train operator SNCF taking a major stake...

08/03/10Leeds station entrance gets planning consent

Leeds City Council has granted planning permission for construction of a new entrance to Leeds railway station. ...

08/03/09Atkins signed up for Piccadilly Circus rethink

Following the transformation of London's Oxford Circus junction, Westminster City Council has set out plans to...

05/03/10Transport for London extends newspaper deal

05/03/10Panel calls for fewer transport secretaries

05/03/10Managed motorway project starts construction

04/03/10Borders rail enabling works get underway

04/03/10Grand Central parks Chinese train procurement

04/03/10ORR raises rail restructure safety concerns

04/03/10Goggin picked to deliver station redevelopments

04/03/10Scottish Government trims bus operators grant

04/03/10Gourock station main works contract awarded

03/03/10Crossrail starts procurement for station piling

03/03/10Urban Challenge Fund widens transport remit

03/03/10Government scraps Transport Innovation Fund

03/03/10Arriva Wales-Marylebone rail bid thrown out

02/03/10Carillion awarded Thameslink stations contract

02/03/10Haymarket lifts fast-tracked for new rail line

02/03/10DfT blasted for ignoring Metronet warning

02/03/10Stratford Parkway station due to open in 2012