http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/News, data and business intelligence on public transport projects, developments and investment in the UK.en-ushttp://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/rss/rss4.xmlhttp://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6965Deutsche Bahn will run a high speed ICE3 train through the Channel Tunnel to London this autumn as Germany's state-owned rail operator steps up plans to compete with Eurostar and SNCF. Speaking on...Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6965http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6955A High Speed 2 Exceptional Hardship Scheme will accept applications from property owners from 20 August. Transport secretary Philip Hammond this week set out the findings of a consultation on the EHS...Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6955http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6953Transport secretary Philip Hammond has outlined plans to create a UK domestic supply chain that would support the development of a high speed rail network over a period of decades. Appearing in front...Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6953http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6946Transport secretary Philip Hammond has been told that routing High Speed 2 via Heathrow Airport would add between £2bn and £4bn to the cost of building the new railway. A report on high speed rail...Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6946http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6881The government has put rights to operate High Speed 1 - the 68-mile Channel Tunnel Rail Link - up for sale in a move designed to raise at least £1.5bn. Ministers intend to sell a 30 year concession...Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6881http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6879Plans to simplify the management of Eurostar have received the backing of the European Commission which has approved restructuring proposals put forward by the British, French and Belgian governments....Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6879http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6789High Speed 2, the company set up by government to develop detailed routes for new high speed rail lines in Britain, is seeking consultants to firm up options for the network beyond Birmingham. In...Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6789http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6732Eurostar's shareholders, London Continental Railways, SNCF and SNCB, have signed a framework to restructure the cross-Channel train operator as a single company. The deal would end the complex...Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6732http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6688Proceeds from the sale of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link will be ploughed into setting up a new Green Investment Bank to take forward low-carbon transport and energy projects. Chancellor of the...Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6688http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6663Construction of a new high speed rail line would be taken forward by a single hybrid bill under the government's plans to implement the route from London to the West Midlands recommended by High Speed...Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6663http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6662Extending Euston station west has emerged as the government's favoured option for creating a new high speed rail station in London. Transport secretary Andrew Adonis on Thursday (11 March) endorsed a...Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6662http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6661High Speed 2 Ltd, the government backed organisation charged by the transport secretary to recommend a new rail alignment between London and the West Midlands, has settled on Euston as the southern...Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6661