The car-sharing platform hiyacar has appointed Jason Frank as its chairman and chief financial... continue
Great Northern and Thameslink commuters who cycle to London’s New Southgate station will find their bike parking facilities transformed when they return to rail... continue
The Highland Council’s planning committee has unanimously approved proposals that will see a new railway station built at Inverness Airport. The plans... continue
Plans for a new car park serving a business park in Sunderland have been cancelled. Sunderland City Council had formally submitted proposals for a new facility with space for up to 520 vehicles near the site at Doxford International Business Park in July last year. However, the scheme has been... continue
A Swedish public transport operator has solved the problem of tracking Global Position Satellite (GPS) signals in an underground... continue
Portugal is to be removed from the UK’s ‘green list’ of international travel destinations... continue
Patronage of national rail services in May were less than half pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest Great Britain ‘use of transport modes’ statistics from the DfT. The data includes the week starting 17 May, when the easing of lockdown restrictions began across the UK. Usage on... continue
Guidance issued to Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) by the DfT has revealed tight deadlines for the delivery of the first stage of the National Bus Strategy (NBS). The NBS, announced in March, aims to transform bus services and encourage the return of passengers including by promoting modal shift... continue
The DfT has offered Transport for London (TfL) a third emergency package worth around £1.08bn to support the capital’s transport network until 11 December 2021. The agreement between the DfT and TfL follows two previous emergency packages, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, in April... continue
Regional transport body Midlands Connect has released reports on... continue
The UK Government’s plan for Great British Railways to “run and plan the rail network” will have no effect on the renationalisation of ScotRail, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament last week. The decision not to extend Abellio’s ScotRail contract... continue
Control of rail infrastructure and train services will... continue
The government has announced that £400m will be spent on improving passenger and freight rail services across the North, Midlands and the South. There will be an investment of £317m into the Transpennine route upgrade, which the DfT said will improve punctuality, reliability and... continue
A new national flexible rail ticket, matching modern working habits and potentially saving passengers hundreds of pounds, will be available to commuters across England once travel restrictions are lifted, said the Government. The new approach forms part of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail. The... continue
The Williams-Shapps Plan’s proposals fall short of renationalisation. Privately owned train operating companies will still run services, with franchises replaced by contracts that will incentivise the private firms on punctuality and efficiency rather than raising revenue. GBR will contract... continue
Although there have been mixed views on some aspects of... continue
Organisation campaigning for better passenger transport gave the Williams-Shapps plan a guarded welcome. The Campaign for Better Transport wants to see more detail on fare changes. Paul Tuohy, the campaign’s chief executive, said: “We welcome this plan with its focus on the needs of... continue
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