THE RMT has launched the next phase of its campaign opposing Network Rail plans which it claims would result in ‘thousands of job losses by this September and a wholescale dilution of safety standards, including halving the frequency of safety critical maintenance work’. Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines has responded

NEW reports are claiming that Eurostar’s lenders have agreed a deal to continue loans said to be worth at least £400 million beyond their original repayment dates this summer. Eurostar has been struggling against the impact of Covid-related restrictions on international travel, and its service has been cut back to just

PROPOSALS to take a southerly route for East West Rail from Cambourne into Cambridge have sparked opposition from campaigners, who are calling for a judicial review. East West Rail Co considered five possible alignments to take the railway back into Cambridge, but an EWR report published earlier this year says that

WORK has begun on building a new station on the southern outskirts of Exeter. The two-platform station at Marsh Barton is part of the Devon Metro plan. It will be on the main line south of Exeter St Thomas, and will serve a major employment area. The new station will also include

The National Railway Museum and the Science Museum Group have set targets to achieve Net Zero by 2033. The museum says it is committed to changing the way it works to achieve a balance between the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced and the amount removed from the atmosphere. Related articles Small but

HIGHWAYS ENGLAND has come under more pressure over its proposals to demolish or infill more around 130 old railway bridges and cuttings to reduce maintenance costs. HE is responsible for the Historical Railways Estate (previously dubbed the ‘Burdensome Estate’) in England, Wales and Scotland, which it inherited when the British Railways

Photo: Victoria Jones/PA Wire Railway workers have accepted a deal to end a long-running dispute over guards on trains. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) on South Western Railway (SWR) voted to back an agreement, which draws to a close one of the longest-running industrial disputes in decades. Related

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MEMBERS of the Unite union at ScotRail have voted in favour of strikes by 75 per cent, while 90 per cent of the members who voted were in favour of action ‘short of strike’. As in two recent RMT votes for strikes, the dispute is over pay. RMT conductors are preparing

THE Campaign for Better Transport is predicting that few longer-term changes to travel patterns are likely after the pandemic, quoting a survey of transport users carried out in March. If the survey is right, public transport will continue to provide almost half the journeys, with cars in a narrowly dominant position,