As the government revises its major scheme business case guidance, Campaign for Better Transport and PTEG have called for an end to what they have... continue

Bombardier Transportation has won a £33m order to supply 16 new Flexity 2 trams for the upgrade at Blackpool. The trams are to be funded by... continue

Go Ahead North East is introducing a double bonus with earlier start times on bus and Metro in July and August for over-60s and eligible... continue

The RMT has said that one of the four approved bidders for the privatisation of Tyne and Wear Metro – MTR Rail from Hong Kong... continue

London Underground makes new offer to avert tube strikes Under the proposed deal, more than 25,000 staff would receive a 1.5% rise this year and RPI... continue

Meera Rambissoon
New transport minister Sadiq Khan has said that light rail schemes will not be approved at any cost, and has pointed to the role of the Regional... continue

Meera Rambissoon
Britain is the first country in Europe offering bus and train travellers an online ‘one-stop-shop’ for purchase of integrated journey... continue

Service announcements on the London Underground are to include the words of great thinkers such as Gandhi, Albert Einstein and Jean-Paul Sartre. ... continue

Simon Johnson, associate editor of Tramways and Urban Transit
“It can be done”: that was the message delegates to the Fourth Annual Light Rapid Transit Forum conference in late May from the... continue

Robert Jack
The next phase of the journey has begun. Welcome aboard! This is the launch issue of New Transit, the new fresh, modern and forward-looking magazine... continue

Andrew Garnett
The Department for Transport has published statistics relating to bus and light rail patronage and bus passenger satisfaction for the first quarter... continue

Andrew Garnett
Rumours are linking French utilities giant Veolia Environnement with both Arriva and National Express as potential merger alternatives to rival... continue

THE four largest private sector firms in Edinburgh have pledged just over £1 million between them to the cost of the city's £545m tram... continue

Peter Stonham
To succeed and flourish, public transport needs to win friends and influence people – and a more diverse range of third parties you... continue

Recently I was in Gothenburg for a transport conference. I had been there 16 years ago (in connection with the then looming rail privatisation), but... continue

The impact of the current economic downturn on Stagecoach, one the country’s largest bus and train operators, will be revealed. The Perth-based... continue

METRO bosses are paying up to £1m in a bid to run the railway they already own. As competition to run trains... continue

One of Greater Manchester's Metrolink trams has been renamed in honour of a tourist steam railway line.