The specification has emerged for the new longer franchises at Great Western (currently operated by First) and East Coast (currently operated by... continue

Relatively short connections in the transport network can have a disproportionate significance in both addressing end-to-end journey requirements,... continue

More significant transfers of responsibility for European public transport services have been taking place this summer as the competitive marketplace... continue

Closer working between British train operators and infrastructure provider Network Rail is delivering new projects that benefit train operations and... continue

The future of public transport in Britain will be more electric, the UK government has decided, as it begins the process of catching up with mainland... continue

Only three months after taking over as the head of Keolis, the subsidiary of SNCF, David Azéma has resigned to lead the French government... continue

Sir Brian Souter is to take over as chairman of Stagecoach next  May when Sir George Mathewson retires, despite concern that the UK corporate... continue

Passengers using the UK’s rail network face inconsistent treatment when travelling without a ‘valid’ ticket, according to rail... continue

More than 1,000 additional car parking spaces are to be provided at six rail stations in England via the third and final wave of the £100m... continue

Network Rail is increasing parking provision at Manchester Piccadilly railway station. An extension to the existing multi-storey car park will see an... continue

Stefan Roseanu has been appointed general manager of the Romanian railway passenger transport operator, CFR Calatori. Roseanu was co-founder of Club... continue

Virgin Trains’ chief operating officer, Chris Gibb, has been seconded to Network Rail for the remainder of this year to work with the Network... continue

Network Rail has promoted Jerry England to the role of group asset management director. He was formerly the group director of signalling and power... continue

Users of London direct airport rail service Heathrow Express can now buy tickets via their smartphones. The company has added new functions to its... continue

Los Angeles-headquartered Boingo Wireless has signed an agreement with US East Coast company Transit Wireless to manage and operate wi-fi internet... continue

Trueform Engineering, designers, manufacturers and installers of public transport  system infrastructure, have been acquired by UK based private... continue

The Government of Euzkadi (the Basque region of Spain) has launched the Moveuzkadi project for automatically collating and disseminating public... continue

US on-line grocer Peapod has turned a busy Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) L station at State and Lake Streets into a virtual supermarket aisle,... continue

Libor Lochman
Energy  use in transport is currently far from being sustainable. Across Europe, energy consumption for passenger and freight transport has... continue

A range of innovative concepts have been emerging to provide rail based transport solutions for areas of low demand over short distances. The fruits... continue