London law firm, Bircham Dyson Bell has been appointed by Metro, the West Yorkshire PTE as legal advisor on the  NGT scheme, the New Generation... continue

South Yorkshire PTE is understood to be investigating options for the introduction of greater bus service regulation following the introduction of... continue

By James Dark
The impact of the recession on the rail industry is likely to be so severe that City analyst JP Morgan has predicted National Express could opt to... continue

By Alastair Morrison, Tollerton, North Yorkshire
With reference to your article (Transit December 19) regarding the decline in passengers on First York buses, could this perhaps be due to the... continue

National Express East Coast has revamped its on-train dining service in a bid to stem catering losses understood to amount to around £25m a... continue

National Express East Coast has launched a new carnet ticket, aimed at the business market, offering customers a block of 10 first or standard class... continue

Passengers are to be encouraged to recycle on board National Express East Coast trains to help the company halve the amount of waste it generates.... continue

First Group has installed Alan Pilbeam as managing director of its Eastern Counties bus business following the departure of former boss Peter... continue

On the face of it, the National Express East Coast franchise looks in deep trouble. For the first 40 weeks of the year the franchise had been ticking... continue

A new report by the City of York Council has revealed that patronage on bus services in the city has slipped in the past year. The council’s... continue

Northern Rail has begun a new hourly service linking Nottingham and Leeds for the first time in 25 years - launched by transport secretary Geoff Hoon... continue

The West Coast Main Line between London and Scotland suffered delays  on the first day of its new timetable, following a £9bn... continue

By Meera Rambissoon
One time motor fitter in the bus industry at Sheffield Transport, John Clayton worked his way up the ladder to become engineering director for First... continue

South Yorkshire PTE is looking at the case for providing more trams on its Sheffield Supertram network, as part of its draft tram strategy for the... continue

First Group is merging its bus operations in West Yorkshire in an effort to cut costs. The new 1,143-vehicle company will be headed by Dave... continue

First Group has announced a restructuring of its bus operations in Yorkshire that will see its operations combined under a single management... continue

East Midlands Trains has appointed Arthur Pretorius as its new head of stations. He will be responsible for overall management of all 87 of the... continue

By Paul Salveson
Northern has 471 stations across its network and most of them are unstaffed. Many are in urban areas and face the sort of problems of anti-social... continue

By Ian Yeowart, Managing Director, Grand Central
I write in response to the item in ‘inbrief’ regarding National Express East Coast expansion plans. Perhaps the headline ‘NXEC... continue

South yorkshire PTE has approved plans for further Statutory Quality Partnerships  in Barnsley and Doncaster. SYPTE is aiming to implement two... continue