The Chancellor confirmed existing plans for significant investment in key rail, road and local transport projects, including pressing on with the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), the completion of HS2 to Euston, East West Rail, and the Transpennine Route Upgrade and the additional funding for local... continue
The East West Rail delivery company has confirmed the next phase of construction plans for the new , Oxford-Cambridge link, with more frequent trains, seven new stations and support to the new housing developments and economic growth expected to be triggered from the scheme. It includes a new... continue
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has ruled out Government funding for any public transport improvements required to underpin expansion of airports. Previous Governments have taken a co-funding approach, with the DfT contributing £200m for the recently completed £250m... continue
Heidi Alexander was challenged on the level of DfT’s spending resources, and how performance was measured , and how to improve the finances of the railways. Olly Glover MP pointed out that following the spending review, the Resolution Foundation calculated that real-terms per-person... continue
Committee members expressed disappointment at the Department’s failure to embrace a number of suggestions made in its recent report on buses, in particular to consider adopting an ambition for local transport authorities to provide a minimum level of public transport connectivity based on... continue
Bus franchising contracts should provide clarity while also avoiding over-management and allowing for continuous engagement with operators and the market, international experts have told the Wales Centre for Public Policy. The Welsh Government and Transport for Wales asked the WCPP to provide... continue
The number of anti-social incidents on ScotRail is rising, suggest figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives. A Freedom of Information response to the party by the Scottish Government-controlled train operator showed that incidents had reached 1,760 by July 21 - nearly nine a day - compared... continue
Transport Scotland has published a new train fleet strategy which places a... continue
New local bus statistics for Great Britain, including passengers, mileage, and vehicle fleet, have been released by the DfT for the year ending March 2025. The number of bus passenger journeys increased by 1% in England as a whole to a total of 3,661 million, comprising a growth of4%... continue
National Express owner Mobico is making back-office jobs reductions to cut costs and address business performance challenges cautioning that annual profits will come in at the lower end of the £180 million to £195 million expected range. The group said a “large-scale cost... continue
A huge funding gap in the West Midlands transport budget has been mostly closed through a range of measures including a 3% rise in the Transport Levy, which each of the region’s seven local authorities has to pay, along with an increase in metro fares. Earlier this year West Midlands... continue
First Bus is to withdraw all its bus services in Cornwall with the closure of its five depots in the county on 14 February The operator currently runs 14 services with 85 buses its Camborne, Falmouth, Penzance, Summercourt and Truro garages. It blames “financial challenges” for the... continue
The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has appointed Joshua Fisher as its new Chief Operating Officer. He steps up having spent five years as the Board's Chief Digital Officer.... continue
Access to home charging does not influence confidence in using... continue
If the Government is to meet its targets to build more homes it will have to... continue
Haringey, Lewisham and Southwark councils have been awarded up to £10m each by Transport for London (TfL) to improve bus infrastructure and operations. The councils will receive up to £10m over an expected four-year period, with funding released in stages. The selected schemes aim to... continue
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