Go Ahead The form horse having won the last three franchise contests it entered in the Govia partnership with Keolis - and Greater Anglia and Essex... continue

Serco and Abellio, the joint owners of train operator Northern Rail, today (Monday) announced the appointment of Ian Bevan as interim managing... continue

Grand Central has announced the appointment of Paul Salveson as its new external relations manager. He joined the open access operator, after four... continue

Outsourced service specialist Serco has announced the appointment of Jeroen Weimar as managing director of its UK?transport business. The move... continue

A number of figures within the transport industry have received gongs in the New Year’s Honours List. Stuart Baker, deputy director, national... continue

Why is he on the list? Brown is responsible for Serco’s UK transport interests, which include the Docklands Light Railway and a 50% share of... continue

James Dark
National Express was awarded the East Coast franchise despite its bid being £150m lower than one of its rivals for the contract, data obtained... continue

Robert Jack
Globalisation is a key feature of our time. Borders are being broken down as commerce takes advantage of the liberalisation of markets, and public... continue

After years of procrastination, passenger transport operations in Europe and elsewhere have been steadily opening up to competition, giving UK... continue

Andrew Garnett
Transport for London has announced that a consortium made up of Serco and BIXI, the publicly-owned operator of Montreal’s public cycle rental... continue

Meera Rambissoon
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive is in talks with the Department for Transport, as concerns mount that the number of additional... continue

There are hundreds of thousands of people working in the UK passenger transport sector. Many of them are unsung heroes, giving a lifetime of service... continue

Despite attracting four powerful bidders, the competition for the new South Central franchise was as notable for the companies which decided not to... continue

James Dark
The past year’s economic mayhem has been wreaking havoc with the business plans and expectations of many industries. Banks have gone bust, long... continue

Meera Rambissoon
Northern Rail will be the first rail operator to issue BlackBerries to all of its conductors - over 1,000 - so that they can give customers faster... continue

James Dark
Like many other senior transport professionals of his generation, Nick Brown started his working life as a BR management trainee. But the way his... continue

Robert Jack
Neil Scales likes to describe himself as a “simple Geordie engineer”, but there’s nothing simple about the range of activities in... continue

PROFITS fell at train operator Northern Rail back by 9% in the 52 weeks ended January 5 2008, according to the company’s annual accounts. The... continue

Greater Manchester ITA has invested Transport Infrastructure Fund money in new customer information screens, CCTV and public address systems at... continue

Virgin Trains has made cuts of 20-30% on shorter distance season tickets and walk-up fares, on routes where it faces competition from London Midland,... continue