Intercity rail operator East Coast has announced the appointment of Danny Williams as operations director, following the decision of Mike Hogg to... continue

Managing Director, Northern Rail Ian Bevan joined Northern Rail as finance director when the franchise began in December 2004, having previously... continue

Chief Operating Officer and Deputy MD, Northern Rail Steve Butcher joined Northern Rail in 2005 as area director north, with responsibility for... continue

The Northern Rail Review commissioned by the Strategic Rail Authority in 2005 was designed to examine the potential for reducing the... continue

Northern Rail was considered to be a ‘no growth’ franchise when it was let in December 2004 by the Strategic Rail Authority. However,... continue

Neil Scales has a phrase that he uses to explain his approach to tackling car dependency in Merseyside - “not car free, but not car... continue

Rob Jack
Welcome to our ‘North of England’ special issue. This month we are paying particular attention to the public transport in this region of... continue

Nexus has awarded two framework contracts to upgrade infrastructure on the Tyne and Wear Metro. May Gurney, Serco and Morgan Ashurst have been... continue

Roads minister Mike Penning has announced plans to designate the A1 between Newcastle and the Scottish border as a road of national importance. The... continue

The refurbished Sunderland station was officially completed this week.  New escalators have been installed between the concourse and the... continue

Sunderland City Council is continuing with development work on the ‘core elements’ of the Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor Phase 2... continue

A cross-party group of MPs have come together to establish a new all parliamentary group to promote investment in rail in the North of England that... continue

There are many people holding a range of high management positions in Stagecoach’s Uk bus business who started their careers as trainee drivers... continue

Northumberland County Council’s executive has deferred a decision on introducing car parking charges for staff and members at its premises. The... continue

Serco and Abellio have announced the appointment of Ian Bevan as managing director of their Northern Rail train operating company. He joined Northern... continue

Milne graduated in 2001 with a degree in French, German and marketing at Salford University. Her first job was in a marketing and sales role at a... continue

Hughes joined Nexus, the Tyne & Wear PTE, two years ago as director of strategy. He had previously been employed by Leyland and then British... continue

Bus operator Go?North East has introduced a trial of smartcard technology as a prelude to the nationwide roll out of ‘The Key’, parent... continue

There was little mention of transport in today's (Tuesday) emergency budget, but chancellor George Osbourne said that the coalition government would... continue

Bus operator Go North East has launched the first bus-based smartcard ticket in the region. Passengers on the Sunderland-Durham service will be the... continue