A £530m investment package to transform rail travel in the north of England through better stations and quicker, more frequent services was... continue

The Office of Fair Trading has today exercised its discretion not to refer to the Competition Commission two acquisitions by Go Ahead and Arriva in... continue

The £7m project to refurbish Sunderland Station moves to a new phase from Monday, with the main entrance re-opening to passengers. From Monday... continue

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

Transport minister Sadiq Khan this week approved a £580m plan  to modernise and operate the Tyne and Wear Metro. Modernisation of the... continue

Prospective train operators will have to include plans for station travel plans in their bids for three franchises under draft plans published by the... continue

The government has confirmed today it will award Tyne & Wear PTE Nexus around £580m to modernise and operate the Tyne & Wear Metro... continue

Hundreds of bus passengers at North Tyneside’s Cobalt Business Park have signed-up to the North East’s first fare free zone which allows... 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

The British are, of course, known for their love of a good cuppa and it would seem that Grand Central managing director Tom Clift liked the packet of... continue

Directly Operated Railways’s East Coast company will pay £333m less in premiums to the government than NXEC would have done. The... continue

Two business parks in Tyne and Wear reveal a lot about which kind of partnership delivers the most when working with a private sector bus company. Go... continue

The north-east of England has appointed consultants to undertake its regional Delivering a sustainable transport system (DaSTS) studies. The... continue

Northumberland County Council is to change the way it reimburses bus operators for concessionary fares to prevent a possible legal... continue

Walking and cycling charity Sustrans has pledged to work with Stockton-on-Tees Council to try and find a way to deliver new cycle links after the... continue

Catering Good news for those in First Class on state-owned train operator East Coast - fresh milk is back on the menu! Over the last year we heard... continue

Nexus inks a deal that will allow it to retain ownership and unlock £300m in funding Nexus, the Tyne &?Wear PTE, has surprised the... continue

German state rail operator DB looks set to increase its presence in the UK after being named preferred bidder for the contract to operate the Tyne... continue

Chris Bell has been appointed the Highways Agency’s assistant network manager for the North East. He was previously a project officer for the... continue

Nexus, the Tyne & Wear PTE, yesterday evening announced the name of a preferred bidder for a contract to operate trains and stations on the Tyne... continue