Transport Briefing

Chelmsford station planning application revised

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

A planning application to build a new station in north east Chelmsford, Essex has been revised to reflect changes to house-building proposals for the surrounding area. Countryside Properties and its...

Mott signed up to design Stratford Parkway

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Warwickshire County Council has appointed Mott MacDonald to produce outline designs for the new �8.8m Stratford Parkway railway station. Mott, which has previously designed the Warwick and Coleshill...

AS11: Green light for 20 rail, tram and bus projects

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Road, rail and tram schemes across England are to go ahead after the government gave the green light to nearly half the 45 major local transport schemes in the Department for Transport's Development...

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...

Extra cash identified for Bermuda Park station

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

A major package of rail enhancements in the Midlands is poised to go ahead after Warwickshire County Council allocated additional funding to phase one of the NUCKLE project. The NUCKLE (NUneaton,...

Stratford Parkway station funding package sealed

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

Warwickshire County Council has agreed to provide the remaining money required to deliver a new station near Stratford Upon Avon by the end of 2013. In July 2011 the Department for Transport's Local...

�12m Southend Airport railway station opens

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Southend Airport railway station opened to passengers this morning (18 July). Located between Prittlewell and Rochford stations on the railway line linking London Liverpool Street and Southend...

Stratford Parkway rail station now 55% funded

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A �9m scheme to build a new railway station and increase train services on the Birmingham to Stratford line has taken a major step forward after securing a �5m grant. The money, awarded as part of...

Porterbrook buys old Metro train carriages

Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

West Yorkshire passenger transport executive Metro has completed the sale of 17 train carriages to rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook. The ROSCO has bought Metro’s seven Class 155 units and...

Kenilworth station partners terminate DBFO deal

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A public-private partnership to build a new railway station in Kenilworth has collapsed following a shake-up in funding for regional transport projects. In 2009 Warwickshire County Council awarded...