The Office of Rail Regulation has faced down demands from the Department for Transport to reverse its draft decision to allow new open access... continue

Grand Central Railway has announced a new web-based service that allows customers to book hotel accommodation and tickets to attractions across the... continue

Grand Central Railway this week confirmed that it has signed a lease with Angel Trains for two Class 180 Adelante units. This complements last... continue

The Office of Rail Regulation has approved the introduction of new services to the East Coast Main Line, giving a green light to Grand Central's... continue

Councillors in Darlington have agreed to continue the policy of allowing cycling through the pedestrianised town centre – the ‘Pedestrian... continue

National Express East Coast has responded furiously to the Office of Rail Regulation’s draft decision on new East Coast Main Line access... continue

National Express managing director David Franks has claimed that, if confirmed, the Office of Rail Regulation’s draft decision on East Coast... continue

Go North East has launched a new express coach service between Ashington and Newcastle that is branded as ‘Bargain Express’. The Go Ahead... continue

Nexus, the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive, has appointed Helen Mathews to the new post of head of strategic planning. She was previously... continue

The Conservatives are inviting local authorities and other transport stakeholders in the north of England to set out their priorities to a new... continue

Nexus has shortlisted four bidders for the right to operate the Tyne and Wear Metro system. DB Regio Tyne and Wear, MTR Corporation, an in-house bid... continue

Northern Rail has appointed three three new directors. Lee Wasnidge has joined as the operator’s as area director west, covering Greater... continue

MORE THAN 2,200 members of the RMT union at Northern Rail are to be balloted for industrial action over a “comprehensive breakdown” in... continue

By Meera Rambissoon
Rail companies from Germany, Hong Kong and the Netherlands will have been shortlisted by Nexus to bid for the contract to operate the Tyne & Wear... continue

Go North East and Tyne & Wear PTE Nexus have partnered to produce a comprehensive guide to using the bus, aimed at a local community where car... continue

National Express East Coast has topped a customer satisfaction league table of long distance train providers in the latest National Passenger Survey.... continue

MVA has forecast that National Express East Coast could lose money from its plans to introduce an extra 25 services per day. The analysis,... continue

By James Dark
The Office of Rail Regulation has approved an expansion in open access competition in its draft decision on competing proposals for new services on... continue

Meera Rambissoon
Tyne & Wear PTE Nexus has named four bidders shortlisted to operate its Metro light rail system - the DB Regio Tyne & Wear, MTR Corporation,... continue

Bus operators in the North East of England are refusing to support Nexus’s suggestion that they should cross-subsidise services as part of the... continue