Milton Keynes Council is exploring whether demand responsive transport minibuses can deliver a better service to its citizens than tendered bus routes. From next week the council will reimburse DRT operator ViaVan for carrying English National Concessionary Travel Scheme passengers in the Emerson... continue
Motoring and freight bodies this week demanded Government... continue
The National Audit Office this week censured the DfT and HS2 Ltd for their poor management of the HS2 project. The NAO’s report, released as LTT closed for press, says the project is over budget and behind schedule because the DfT, HS2 Ltd and wider government have underestimated the... continue
The consultant who was instrumental in putting HS2 on the... continue
Connecting Northern Ireland’s railways up to a tunnel to Scotland presents extra challenges because Ireland’s railways are laid to a different track gauge to those in Britain – 5ft 3in versus 4ft 81⁄2in. “There are gauge-changing systems available for through... continue
Milton Keynes Council has voiced alarm about deteriorating bus service performance in the area. There has been a “considerable deterioration of service punctuality and reliability over recent months”, head of transport Steve Hayes and strategic lead for passenger transport Adele... continue
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is to spend £100,000 developing plans for regional arms of the... continue
The boss of FirstGroup’s bus operations in the Bristol area has written an open letter apologising for the dreadful service on two of the Metrobus bus rapid transit routes since the start of the year. James Freeman, managing director of First West of England, said congestion,... continue
A bus-based mass rapid transit (MRT) system could support the future growth of Milton Keynes, according to a 30-year spatial strategy published for consultation by the council. Milton Keynes Council’s draft 2050 strategy envisages the area’s population almost doubling from 268,600... continue
Warrington Borough Council is pressing for a Northern... continue
Cancelling HS2 will push up the cost of all future major Government infrastructure projects because contractors will build in additional risk premiums to their tender prices, the rail industry warned this week. The message comes in a letter to the Prime Minister ahead of the Government making... continue
Local authorities in northeast England are calling for no change to the way track capacity between Newcastle and Northallerton in North Yorkshire is allocated when a new timetable is introduced in December 2021. The two-track line between Newcastle and Northallerton, north of York, currently... continue
London Waterloo retained top spot as Britain’s busiest rail station in 2018/19, according to statistics compiled by consultant Steer for the Office of Rail and Road. The total number of passenger entries and exits at Waterloo was estimated to be 94.2 million. Birmingham New Street is the only... continue
Local authorities in Greater Manchester want additional bus... continue
Bus services in South Yorkshire could deteriorate as FirstGroup prepares its UK bus businesses for possible sale, the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority has said. In a report to the combined authority transport board, senior finance manager Mike Thomas said South Yorkshire Passenger... continue
The Vantage busway routes connecting Leigh/Atherton with central Manchester are continuing to show strong patronage figures, Transport for Greater Manchester has reported. “In the first year of operation, 217,508 passengers were carried during the month of November,” Alison Chew,... continue
FirstGroup has introduced two fully electric single deck buses into its Glasgow operations. The vehicles are being used on the M3 route connecting Milton and Springburn with Stobhill Hospital and the city centre. Manufactured by Alexander Dennis, the vehicles have been funded by SP Energy... continue
Stagecoach is consulting on plans for its South West bus network in 2020. The route consultation plan proposes earlier and later journeys to meet shift patterns of work, and changes to various routes in Exeter, including frequency improvements. ... continue
Leeds City Council has ruled out trying to dissuade its citizens from flying as part of its response to declaring a climate emergency. “If we are asking people to stop taking internal flights, or flights to nearby European cities, there need to be reliable alternatives for people to... continue
The report by Steer and Jacobs is the latest in a long line to rule out reintroducing passenger services over Edinburgh’s South Suburban railway, a double track line that only carries about 20 trains each weekday, a mix of freight and empty stock workings. “There are fundamental... continue
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