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Chancellor's rail plans welcomed by industry. The Chancellor’s plans for long-term economic growth have been welcomed by rail industry observers, because they include substantial investment in railways, The Chancellor’s plans for long-term economic growth have been welcomed by rail industry observers, because they include substantial investment in railways, but one transport campaigning ...

2 days ago · Plans to reopen the railway to Portishead near Bristol are going ahead. The scheme had been included in the Restoring Your Railway programme, but this was scrapped by the government in July 2024 on economic grounds. West of England Combined Authority Mayor Dan Norris held new talks wtih rail ...

1 day ago · The RMT has criticised closures of Southeastern ticket offices, which it says were closed for about 70,000 hours or 2900 days more than they should have been between June last year and last month.. The union obtained its figures from the state-owned operator through a Freedom of Information request. At five stations, ticket offices were open for only 1 per cent or fewer of their advertised ...

Jan 6, 2025 · The immediate outlook for companies supplying the railway has remained ‘strained’ since the Labour government was elected in July, according to the Railway Industry Association.. In an open letter to new transport secretary Heidi Alexander RIA has welcomed signs of progress, including the government’s support for East West Rail, the Transpennine Route Upgrade and HS2 to Euston, but it ...

Jan 8, 2025 · A group which lobbies on behalf of the private sector is urging the government to make the future prospects for open access passenger services clear, after transport secretary Heidi Alexander warned on Monday that she is advising the Office of Rail and Road to ‘ensure that the benefits provided by open access operators outweigh …

Jul 17, 2024 · His Majesty the King is expected to give contracted private passenger train operators their notice today, as he presents the government’s legislative programme in the House of Lords following the Labour landslide in the general election on 4 July.. It has been reported that the King’s Speech will include 35 bills, one of which will create the new ‘directing mind’, Great British Railways.

Dec 4, 2024 · South Western Railway will be the first private passenger operator to be renationalised under the new Passenger Railway Services Act, the Government has confirmed.. The former franchise, which is currently a National Rail Contract, was to have expired on 28 May 2023 but was extended by a Notice of Variation to 25 May 2025 and will end then.

Dec 17, 2024 · The charity Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed the Government’s plans to devolve more responsibility for train services to the English regions.. A new White Paper says: ‘Mayors will be given a statutory role in governing, managing, planning and developing the rail network. In addition to partnerships with Great British Railways, Mayors of Established Mayoral Strategic Authorities ...

HS2 has awarded the contract to build the substructure foundations at Birmingham Curzon Street station to civil engineering specialist MPB Structures. The contract is the first in a series of major awards at the site. Review launched of winter disruption on …