rail

26/11/2024

Roads and rail services in England and Wales continued to be hit by disruption caused by flooding from Storm Bert on Monday.

30/10/2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced extra transport cash for regional mayors alongside incremental extensions to existing rail schemes, but departmental spending remains tight.

08/09/2023

Kier has agreed to acquire the rail business of the collapsed Buckingham Group but administrators have been unable to save the rest of the construction business and nearly 450 people have been made redundant.

04/01/2023

HS2 Ltd and its contractors are claiming a world-first after sliding a 12,600 tonne bridge 165 metres into position across the M42 in Warwickshire.

09/01/2020

The first freight trains have delivered aggregate to the site of a new asphalt and aggregates facility under construction by Tarmac in north east Birmingham.

04/04/2018

More than half of the people employed by Carillion before it went into receivership have now been found secure jobs.

08/11/2017

Rail workers on five franchises across England walked out on Wednesday in a series of strikes over the role of guards.

03/11/2017

HS2 Ltd has announced a shortlist of five firms bidding for a £2.75bn contract to build trains for the new high speed rail line, after transport secretary Chris Grayling warned the new trains must deliver jobs and skills in Britain.

04/12/2013

The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a consultation on a draft national policy statement for the national road and rail networks.