Rail freight rebirth
- Published Fri 19 of Sep, 2014 22:21 BST - (7720 Reads)Climate special
- Published Tue 16 of Sep, 2014 22:15 BST - (9037 Reads)Electrify Uckfield!
- Published Tue 02 of Sep, 2014 12:55 BST - (15486 Reads)Hard-pressed commuters across northern England would get 44 modern Southern diesel carriages to relieve crowding as soon as two short routes in Kent and East Sussex are electrified. Photo from Twitter.
Northern double whammy
- Published Tue 26 of Aug, 2014 19:30 BST - (11415 Reads)It could be argued that the subsidy quoted by the Department for Transport for passengers on Northern Rail services is helping to pay for infrastructure development such as Reading station, recently opened by the Queen but shown here under construction.
Fare Increase Viewpoint
- Published Mon 25 of Aug, 2014 16:29 BST - (14439 Reads)Graphic from the BBC web-site on day that RPI figures were published showing the relationship between rail fare increases in Britain (although actually the England-only increases for the last couple of years) and UK inflation over the last 26 years. The negative RPI on 2009 was caused by a huge drop in mortgage interest rates (which are excluded from CPI calculations).
UK Rail Industry Forum
- Published Mon 11 of Aug, 2014 22:13 BST - (12239 Reads)The UK Rail Industry Forum will be held on 11th September from 09:45 until 17:50 at Dentons in London.
Tring welcomes Crossrail
- Published Thu 07 of Aug, 2014 22:41 BST - (13055 Reads)Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin today announced a feasibility study into the extension of Crossrail to Tring.
The case for Okehampton
- Published Sun 03 of Aug, 2014 18:37 BST - (21982 Reads)Why reopening Okehampton is the only solution - a purely personal view by Philip Shelton.
Photograph of Meldon Viaduct by Martin Cordon, reproduced under GNU Free Documentation License.
Photograph of Meldon Viaduct by Martin Cordon, reproduced under GNU Free Documentation License.
Election fares fight
- Published Sat 02 of Aug, 2014 20:54 BST - (10491 Reads)High speed Turkey
- Published Fri 01 of Aug, 2014 09:59 BST - (10054 Reads)Mega lorry battle
- Published Wed 30 of Jul, 2014 15:05 BST - (9371 Reads)Electric shock
- Published Wed 30 of Jul, 2014 13:36 BST - (9793 Reads)Tube Staffing
- Published Sat 19 of Jul, 2014 17:31 BST - (11385 Reads)Vienna's modern underground system relies upon far fewer customer-facing staff than London Underground but is enormously popular and well-run. It has plenty of space for passengers to move around without the need for staff to prevent overcrowding. If only London had this luxury.
Restored station open
- Published Sat 12 of Jul, 2014 21:34 BST - (6749 Reads)Tavistock step closer
- Published Fri 11 of Jul, 2014 09:39 BST - (7154 Reads)Trains came a step closer to passing over Shillamill viaduct again on Wednesday as Devon County Council agreed to progress plans to reopen the railway to Tavistock.
Polluted Britain
- Published Fri 11 of Jul, 2014 09:23 BST - (5456 Reads)Wisbech funded
- Published Fri 11 of Jul, 2014 08:51 BST - (6416 Reads)The Government has funded the all important engineering study for the re-opening of the mothballed Wisbech to March line. The railway looks almost ready to use in this photograph, but this study will establish how much work is required to bring it back into passenger use. Photo by Paul Hollinghurst for Railfuture.
Labour gets it wrong
- Published Wed 09 of Jul, 2014 13:04 BST - (5939 Reads)Green party challenge
- Published Tue 08 of Jul, 2014 21:56 BST - (5679 Reads)Public rail campaign
- Published Sun 06 of Jul, 2014 19:48 BST - (6382 Reads)Railfuture’s campaigns, opinions and successes are often reported by the press and media, see Railfuture in the news.