Settle-Carlisle cuts
- Published Sat 04 of Mar, 2006 12:07 GMT - (3248 Reads)The only though trains between West Yorkshire and Glasgow are being withdrawn on the orders of the Strategic Rail Authority with the flimsiest excuse.
Art on the line
- Published Mon 27 of Feb, 2006 10:44 GMT - (2898 Reads)Under the station platform canopy at Barnsley Interchange there now lurk various dogs, cats and other animal characters, waiting to surprise and amuse the unwitting passenger.
Alloa progress
- Published Sun 26 of Feb, 2006 17:42 GMT - (2941 Reads)An ambitious plan to reopen 13 miles of railway in Scotland took a major step forward on 26 February 2003 in the Scottish Parliament.
Ticket 'disgrace'
- Published Fri 24 of Feb, 2006 16:21 GMT - (5217 Reads)MP backs bikes
- Published Mon 20 of Feb, 2006 22:37 GMT - (4896 Reads)Labour MP Emily Thornberry
Rail for future
- Published Mon 13 of Feb, 2006 10:54 GMT - (6338 Reads)Amtrak's City of New Orleans train at Kenner, Louisiana, in the 1980s
Picture by John Sita
Picture by John Sita
Fast link
- Published Sun 12 of Feb, 2006 20:56 GMT - (2797 Reads)One of the most exciting construction projects in Europe is quietly going ahead in Britain.
Road to disaster
- Published Fri 10 of Feb, 2006 03:42 GMT - (5881 Reads)Thameslink boost
- Published Wed 08 of Feb, 2006 13:49 GMT - (6103 Reads)Elaine Holt is the new managing director of First Capital Connect which takes over Thameslink on 1 April
What a waste
- Published Tue 07 of Feb, 2006 11:18 GMT - (3309 Reads)The Strategic Rail Authority agreed yesterday to pay £50million for hundreds of new trains to be stored in army depots for up to four years, because power supplies in southern England need to be upgraded to cope with them.
Lives at risk
- Published Sun 05 of Feb, 2006 12:11 GMT - (2768 Reads)The Strategic Rail Authority is being urged to change its mind and reinstate freight grants which encourage traffic to switch from road to rail.
Rail slowdown
- Published Mon 30 of Jan, 2006 18:17 GMT - (2767 Reads)Timetables were re-drawn on the Mid Wales rail network after Railtrack failed to upgrade the line from 75mph to 90mph.
Co-op travel
- Published Mon 30 of Jan, 2006 18:05 GMT - (2965 Reads)Co-op chief executive Pauline Green has called for the Government to turn Railtrack into a “com-munity-owned, multi-stakeholder co-operative business”.
Docklands goes east
- Published Mon 30 of Jan, 2006 15:29 GMT - (2756 Reads)Docklands Light Railway is planning a further extension to Dagenham Dock via Barking Reach at a cost of £150million.
New dawn
- Published Sun 29 of Jan, 2006 09:50 GMT - (2669 Reads)The first of Britain's new breed of tilting trains entered service on 27 January 2003.
Danger signal
- Published Thu 26 of Jan, 2006 11:27 GMT - (5783 Reads)Fast track
- Published Wed 18 of Jan, 2006 10:41 GMT - (2802 Reads)News that the Strategic Rail Authority is to consider a new high speed line between London, the North of England and Scotland is exciting.
Graduate opportunities
- Published Tue 17 of Jan, 2006 16:17 GMT - (3093 Reads)Building on its established graduate recruitment programme, Porterbrook Leasing is looking for applicants to join its 2003 programme.
Bushwhacked
- Published Mon 09 of Jan, 2006 20:59 GMT - (5771 Reads)Fares row
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