Government backs Wi-Fi
- Published Wed 11 of Feb, 2015 22:16 GMT - (4785 Reads)Paving over tracks
- Published Wed 11 of Feb, 2015 21:49 GMT - (7986 Reads)The Cambridge Guided Busway scheme opened in 2011 (costing almost twice as much as planned and nearly three years late) uses the former track-bed of two rail routes either side of Cambridge. The photos above, taken from a document produced for Cambs County council by Capita shows the poor state of the busway, after only three years of use, which could cost £30m to repair. Even the bus stops are not cared for (photo Jerry Alderson). Is this really something we want more of?
First Hastings Javelin
- Published Mon 02 of Feb, 2015 19:11 GMT - (10153 Reads)Railfuture travelled on the first Javelin, glimpsed at Hastings on Friday with Amber Rudd and Rail Minister Claire Perry, to celebrate progress towards electrification of Marshlink and a high speed service between Bexhill, Hastings, Rye, Ashford and London St Pancras.
Crossrail on show
- Published Thu 29 of Jan, 2015 15:21 GMT - (5352 Reads)Cambrian Express
- Published Tue 27 of Jan, 2015 20:23 GMT - (5894 Reads)Oxford's new station
- Published Tue 27 of Jan, 2015 18:27 GMT - (7086 Reads)Sleeper relaunch
- Published Sun 25 of Jan, 2015 21:33 GMT - (7412 Reads)Wealden Rail Rally
- Published Tue 13 of Jan, 2015 18:37 GMT - (6142 Reads)On the last day of the consultation period for the Network Rail Sussex Route Study Railfuture joined with local parliamentary candidates, councillors and rail campaigners in a Rail Rally at Crowborough station to press for better services and more investment for the Uckfield line.
Cheapest fares by law?
- Published Tue 06 of Jan, 2015 23:04 GMT - (8046 Reads)Rail men bid to be MPs
- Published Tue 06 of Jan, 2015 14:56 GMT - (2564 Reads)Public v private
- Published Sun 04 of Jan, 2015 22:42 GMT - (2634 Reads)Bring Back BR?
- Published Sat 03 of Jan, 2015 16:30 GMT - (4856 Reads)Boost for Beattock
- Published Sat 03 of Jan, 2015 16:24 GMT - (6688 Reads)Back to the Borders
- Published Fri 02 of Jan, 2015 22:21 GMT - (4563 Reads)Cut the cost of rail travel
- Published Fri 19 of Dec, 2014 10:08 GMT - (10700 Reads)If you spend more than £36 per month* on off-peak rail travel in the West Midlands, East Anglia, London or the South East then a Gold Card will save you money. Fares will be increasing on 2nd January but yours will go down if you get a Gold Card for Christmas!
* £27 per month if you buy in 2014.
* £27 per month if you buy in 2014.
Boxing Day trains
- Published Mon 15 of Dec, 2014 18:44 GMT - (6035 Reads)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.
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