D espite having historically one of the most comprehensive of the world’s urban and commuter rail systems, London has been playing catch up to... continue

Dan Wright
Biting the bullet on expensive, transformational, railway schemes is something that mainland European governments have been good at, as exemplified... continue

Though Paris and London have attracted attention by developing their regional heavy rail networks to supplement existing tube/metro lines through new... continue

Plans for strategic rail network development in London and Paris tell a tale of two cities facing similar challenges. Both have realised that radial... continue

Peter Stonham and Dan Wright
The majority of the world’s population now live in urban areas. That point was reached in 2008, according to official UN statistics, as the... continue

T There’s little disagreement that electrification is the best power system for most railways. But what should be done about branch lines where... continue

More confidence and experience in  using social media within the passenger transport sector is leading to more sophisticated approaches. A... continue

A new model for rail service provision in China is being put in place to address a financial overhang at the now-defunct Railways Ministry. A newely... continue

The UK government has made a priority of putting back the East Coast rail franchise into the private sector in 2015, and has also revealed plans to... continue

The quest for seamless multimodal travel has been set out again in the UK Department for Transport’s new ‘door-to-door’ transport... continue

Although positioned to be part of the development of the major Grand Paris Express plans for a driverless express metro system in and around the... continue

It’s 50 years since the publication in 1963 of two pivotal reports on British transport: The Reshaping of British Railways by Dr Richard... continue

Peter Stonham
Passenger transport does not operate in isolation. People travel for reasons, and transport systems provide a vital ingredient to economic and social... continue

The city of Bristol’s newly elected mayor George Ferguson (pictured) has named a panel to advise him on transport matters. Ferguson, an... continue

MTR, the Hong-Kong based rail company that runs the London Overground and is bidding for the Essex Thameside and Thameslink franchises in the UK, has... continue

François-Xavier Perin (pictured) has been appointed Chief Executive of RATP Dev. He previously served as a member of the supervisory board and... continue

London’s transport commissioner Peter Hendy has been knighted for services to transport and the community in the Queen’s New Year’s... continue

Mike Cooper, currently an Executive Director at Deutsche Bahn owned Arriva, and who has successfully led the Arriva UK Bus division since 2005, has... continue

Finnish contactless supplier Confidex has won the £400,000 job to supply contactless paper tickets on the Glasgow Subway for the Strathclyde... continue

The UK’s major rail companies are set to be included in a new “GDS for rail” being developed by technology giant Amadeus this... continue