Treasury averts disaster
- Published Mon 15 of Dec, 2014 10:01 GMT - (8286 Reads)This is how Britain’s Treasury saves transport projects from disaster.
Things were so much easier in the old days. One of Sydney's trams in 1960. Photograph by Ian Brady.
Things were so much easier in the old days. One of Sydney's trams in 1960. Photograph by Ian Brady.
Amtrak all the way
- Published Sat 13 of Dec, 2014 12:01 GMT - (3921 Reads)Norfolk jam tomorrow
- Published Thu 04 of Dec, 2014 10:35 GMT - (6524 Reads)Railfuture welcomes the reference in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement to the long overdue upgrade to services on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML), dubbed the ‘heritage line’ due to its 40 year old rolling stock!
Backing for Uckfield-Lewes
- Published Tue 02 of Dec, 2014 17:46 GMT - (4851 Reads)Nus Ghani and Tom Tugendhat, the Conservative parliamentary candidates for Wealden and for Tonbridge and Malling, met with Chris Page and Roger Blake of Railfuture today, after visiting the Thameslink worksite at London Bridge.
Class 800 interior
- Published Mon 01 of Dec, 2014 20:58 GMT - (8795 Reads)Railfuture representatives Keith Dyall and Norman Bradbury visited the Hitachi IEP mockup, which comprises the cab, part of a first class vehicle with universal toilet and part of a second class vehicle with standard toilet, at DCA Design, Warwick.
Northern saviour?
- Published Mon 01 of Dec, 2014 11:36 GMT - (7359 Reads)Northern Rail needs new diesel trains to replace Pacers and increase capacity sooner than lines can be electrified, but manufacturers have been unwilling to supply them - until now.
Scotland Meeting Packed
- Published Thu 27 of Nov, 2014 18:47 GMT - (7836 Reads)Map showing the top 50 stations that Railfuture Scotland wants to see opened (or reopened) in the next few years.
Students back HS rail
- Published Thu 27 of Nov, 2014 16:41 GMT - (4937 Reads)HS2 benefits
- Published Wed 26 of Nov, 2014 19:22 GMT - (4537 Reads)Portishead heats up
- Published Mon 24 of Nov, 2014 11:07 GMT - (4996 Reads)The Portishead Railway Group has published this thermometer to show progress on reopening the line to Portishead as part of the MetroWest programme.
Rail before road
- Published Wed 19 of Nov, 2014 22:54 GMT - (4793 Reads)Dubai light rail
- Published Mon 17 of Nov, 2014 19:13 GMT - (4880 Reads)Europe rail update
- Published Sun 16 of Nov, 2014 15:07 GMT - (5152 Reads)Photo competition
- Published Tue 04 of Nov, 2014 09:41 GMT - (12765 Reads)New class 68 No 68004, seen here at Peterborough, is working from Norwich to Doncaster while 66529 brings an empty stone train from March, bound for Mount Sorrel.
RUG Award winners 2014
- Published Mon 03 of Nov, 2014 13:06 GMT - (7450 Reads)Railfuture President Christian Wolmar presents Peter Marshall, Chairman of Huddersfield Penistone Sheffield Rail Users Association, with the Gold Award for Best Newsletter.
London Bridge
- Published Wed 29 of Oct, 2014 10:05 GMT - (8192 Reads)Work starts on £450M London Bridge station redevelopment
CGI of New London Bridge concourse by Network Rail.
CGI of New London Bridge concourse by Network Rail.
Stations at risk
- Published Sun 19 of Oct, 2014 22:56 BST - (6970 Reads)East West Rail Go
- Published Fri 17 of Oct, 2014 16:58 BST - (25279 Reads)Scotland Moves Forward
- Published Fri 10 of Oct, 2014 12:54 BST - (10997 Reads)Over 500 pupils from 13 primary schools across the Scottish Borders and Midlothian have had the chance to get hands-on engineering experience thanks to the Borders Railway ‘Bridges to Schools’ project, supported by the ICE