Could Germany be on the brink of war, facing invasion by Britain, Poland and France? We’re talking coaches, and it’s an intriguing... continue

A group of individuals hold significant power in their role defining regulatory frameworks and supervising transport industry activities. Following... continue

European Commission vice president for transport Siim Kallas has been forced by France and Germany to accept a watered down version of his long... continue

Major urban areas in Britain could see transport networks more like those common in mainland Europe if UK MPs get their way. The UK... continue

The Chair of Tyne and Wear Integrated Transport Authority, Cllr David Wood, has been elected as Chair of the group of six UK transport authorities... continue

West Yorkshire’s Integrated Transport Authority (ITA) members have voted to support the introduction of England’s first Quality Contract... continue

Movement towards a new competitive model for European railways continues to proceed at a sedate pace, but inexorably steps are being made. In some... continue

Paul Salveson
The elections in May were significant in so many ways. For me, they were particularly notable  as I was elected onto Kirklees Council to... continue

Merseytravel chairman Mark Dowd has issued a statement denouncing local newspaper reports claiming that the district auditor had questioned... continue

John Austin
When I was doing management training some years ago a frequent theme in college lectures was the difference between supplier-led and consumer-led... continue

A group of individuals hold significant power in their role defining regulatory frameworks and supervising transport industry activities.  UK... continue

James Dark
The early ‘Wild West’ days following UK bus industry deregulation are most often characterised as a period of destructive bus wars and... continue

The UK bus industry has scored a victory in its bid to fend off greater regulation with the Competition Commission dropping bus franchising from the... continue

The UK Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has appointed three new non-executive directors — Mark Fairbairn, Stephen Nelson and Ray... continue

The sole service to have so far taken advantage of EU law to open the market for cross border rail services is a joint venture between Deutsche Bahn,... continue

There is a need to remove the inconsistencies and to have a symmetrical market operating across the 27 countries, ”Johann Metzner DB’s... continue

James Dark
This summer, a series of announcements by Deutsche Bahn, Eurostar and SNCF underlined the fact  that the major European rail  operators are... continue

The next two to four years will prove a telling period in determining how  fast and in what way competition in European rail services will... continue

The Office of Rail Regulation has warned Network Rail to improve punctuality across several areas of the rail network. The warning came as... continue

Metro, the West Yorkshire PTE, has rejected suggestions that bus Quality Contracts, a policy that it is pursuing, will stifle innovation in the bus... continue