http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/ News, data and business intelligence on public transport projects, developments and investment in the UK. en-us http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/rss/rss22.xml http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=13602 The Scottish Government has awarded 40.5m through a second round of the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme. This is the largest investment to date through the SULEBS programme and will... Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=13602 http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=13256 West Yorkshire councillors have backed a package of transport schemes that could change the way people travel across the region. West Yorkshire Combined Authority's Investment Committee heard how the... Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=13256 http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=13254 Transport for London has confirmed that work on construction projects paused as a result of Covid-19 is now restarting. Construction at around 300 TfL sites was halted in late March to help prevent... Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=13254 http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=13165 A local passenger train has travelled along the route of a railway line in south Birmingham for the first time in nearly 80 years. The Camp Hill line has been closed to passengers since 1941 but... Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=13165 http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12926 Plans to upgrade the A1 Newcastle-Gateshead Western bypass have been accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate. The submission, by Highways England, seeks a development consent order to... Thu, 12 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12926 http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12897 First poised again to push Virgin off West Coast First Group is once again poised to take over the running of trains on the West Coast Main Line, ending the Virgin/Stagecoach partnership that has... Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12897 http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12839 Transport for London has pledged to spend more than 2.5m over the next year to increase the number of cycle parking spaces in the capital. The investment comes after half of Londoners said a... Thu, 11 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12839 http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12801 Buckingham Group has been appointed to complete a package of traffic improvement schemes in Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire including the completion of Chipping Warden relief road. The A361, which... Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12801 http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12498 An application to build one of the UK's largest and most controversial road schemes has been received by the Planning Inspectorate. The government-backed A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme proposes... Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12498 http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12402 More than 90% of respondents to a public consultation have backed plans for a new Doncaster-Sheffield Airport station on the East Coast Main Line. Publishing summary results of the consultation on... Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=12402