The Government has plans for a Green Transport Recovery and Restart programme over the coming months. It aims to appoint a national walking and cycling... continue
The Government’s push to electrify road transport is based on naivety, the undue influence of the Committee on Climate Change, and a lack of engineering expertise within Government, an academic has said. Professor Michael Kelly, the former chief scientific adviser to the Department for... continue
The Government should replace many of the existing rail projects proposed for the Midlands and North of England with projects that... continue
A three-phase plan to connect the HS2 station at Toton, between Derby and Nottingham, into local and regional transport networks has been published by councils and business leaders. The access strategy for Toton station – now dubbed the HS2 East Midlands Hub – envisages... continue
A committee of MPs has accused the Government of hiding the problems afflicting HS2 from Parliament and the public in order to ensure the project was not scrapped. “The Department and HS2 Ltd seemed to believe that a lack of transparency with Parliament and the public on the problems... continue
The House of Commons transport committee has asked HS2 minister Andrew Stevenson to explain why the Government is sceptical about cutting the number of trains on the London to West Midlands leg of HS2 from 18 to 14 an hour. The reduction was recommended by Doug Oakervee in his review of the... continue
A rapid review of major transport plans is needed to reassess priorities in the aftermath of Covid-19, the Institution of Civil Engineers has said. “It would be prudent to conduct a rapid review of the phasing of major programmes, particularly within transport, to ascertain what should... continue
The planning application for the Old Oak Common HS2 station has been approved by the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation OPDC). The station, promoted by HS2 Ltd, will have 14 platforms: six for HS2 services and eight for Crossrail, Heathrow Express and Great Western... continue
Wiltshire Council is creating an officer team to take... continue
Ten rail reopening proposals have been awarded a share of £500,000 from the Ideas Fund stream of the DfT’s Restoring Your Railway fund. The projects are: reopening Meir Railway station between Stoke-On-Trent and North Staffordshire passenger services on the Barrow Hill line... continue
Westminster City Council has granted planning permission to convert the former London Transport headquarters at 55 Broadway into a luxury hotel. The building was built in 1929 in an art-deco style as the headquarters of the Underground Electric Railways of London Ltd, which became London Transport... continue
England’s Economic Heartland is sifting a shortlist of transport corridors to determine which should be the subject of studies to inform investment planning. An initial long list of corridors was drawn up... continue
The Go-Ahead Group is undertaking a “comprehensive” review of its loss-making German rail contracts. In Baden-Württemberg the company reports a shortage of drivers and problems with the late delivery of trains. “In light of ongoing challenges, a comprehensive review of... continue
Prospective open access train operator Grand Union Trains has revised its proposed South Wales to London service, extending them to Carmarthen. Grand Union has applied to the Office of Rail and Road for a 15-year track access contract commencing in December 2021. Services would initially... continue
North Lincolnshire Council has awarded Go-Ahead subsidiary East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) a contract to provide a “transformational” demand responsive transport service. The council, headquartered in Scunthorpe, already has a DRT service, CallConnect, which is delivered in... continue
Swedish E-scooter firm Voi has recruited the UK head of rival firm Bird oversee the company’s launch of services in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands. Richard Corbett joins from Bird UK, a subsidiary of rival US Bird. Voi said Corbett had been “responsible for leading... continue
Bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis is urging the UK Government and devolved administrations to commit to a programme to build up to 10,000 ultra-low and zero emission buses over the next four years. The company says many would be battery electric but others could by hydrogen powered for routes where... continue
The parent company of Shearings, one of Britain’s best known coach operators, has gone into administration because of Covid-19. Specialist Leisure Group offered tours, cruises, holidays and hotel breaks. Graham Vidler, chief executive of the Confederation of Passenger Transport, said:... continue
Grant Shapps’ transport announcements this weekend about upgrading the A66 and the new Covid-19 bus grant was overshadowed by the brouhaha over the lockdown travel diaries of the PM’s top aide, Dominic Cummings. So when Shapps appeared on the Sunday’s political talk shows, he... continue
Covid-19 has been a real shock to our way of lives. But it has also provided us with a real-life demonstration of living within a net zero carbon based economy. It has: improved air quality; lifted light pollution; halved carbon dioxide emissions; reduced travel, particularly by public transport... continue
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