Transport Briefing

M6 Toll traffic dip blamed on economy and ATM

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Midland Expressway, the company which holds the concession to operate the M6 Toll, has reported a 10.7% year on year drop in user numbers. Latest figures show on average 34,286 vehicles a day used...

ORR prosecutes Network Rail for Grayrigg derailment

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The Office of Rail Regulation has begun criminal proceedings against Network Rail for a breach of health and safety law which caused a train to derail near Grayrigg in 2007. On 23 February 2007 the...

Villiers outlines new funding for local majors

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Rail enhancement projects, including dualling single line track, will be eligible for money through the new local authority major transport scheme funding process. Transport minister Theresa Villiers...

Virgin linked to HS2 as West Coast use doubles

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson this week hinted that his company could get involved in the High Speed 2 programme as he set out a vision of continuing growth in demand for rail travel. ...

West Coast extension gets Pendolinos working

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Virgin Trains has been granted an eight month extension to its West Coast rail franchise in a deal that will see the Pendolino carriages on order brought into passenger service. After previous...

RGF2: Moorland gets cash for West Coast rail link

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Moorland City Railways' project to create a 30-mile sustainable rail network has been awarded �1.65m in the second round of handouts from the government's Regional Growth Fund. The company says...

RGF2: Todmorden seventies revival bill agreed

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Reinstatement of a stretch of railway that could lop more than half an hour off train journey times between Burnley and Manchester has secured funding from the government's Regional Growth Fund. On...

New rail station opens for Buckshaw development

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Buckshaw Parkway station in Lancashire opened to passengers on Monday (3 October). Situated near Leyland and Chorley on the Manchester to Preston line the �6.8m development uses Network Rail's...

Preferred bidder chosen for Midland-Pennine trains

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Siemens has been named preferred bidder to supply a new fleet of trains for use by London Midland and TransPennine Express. Rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains has been selected to finance the...

Flexity 2 tram debuts at Blackpool depot launch

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The first of Blackpool's 16 next generation trams emerged from a cloud of smoke and to the sound of violins at a launch event on Thursday (8 September). Bombardier's first Flexity 2 tram made its...