Stagecoach share price falls after ratings downgradeTHE imminent exit of Stagecoach from rail operation has depressed the group’s shares and market rating. Stagecoach has already handed over East Midlands to Abellio, and its partnership with Virgin Rail Group on the West Coast Main Line ends in December, when FirstGroup and

WORK to upgrade Bank Tube station passed a milestone in early September when the roof over the new entrance on Cannon Street was topped out.  This entrance will provide direct access to the Northern Line and connect to the Central Line via a moving walkway. The major

KEITH Williams has confirmed that the creation of a new national railway body is to be recommended in his forthcoming Review, and that he is looking at removing the profit motive from passenger train operating contracts, which could become ‘passenger service contracts’ instead.Giving evidence to the House of Commons Transport

WEST Midlands Metro (WMM) conducted the first tram test-run over its Birmingham Westside extension towards Centenary Square in the early hours of August 30.  ‘Urbos 3’ tram No. 28 was running on battery power for the test as this section through the city centre west of Grand Central (New Street station)

More hints about Williams Review expected todayTHE author of the forthcoming Williams Review into railway industry reforms is to be questioned by MPs in public today. The Commons Transport Committee will be quizzing Keith Williams about how his review has worked, what conclusions are emerging and how his recommendations should

A SIGNAL cabin in use at London Underground’s (LU) Edgware Road station since 1926 closed for good on August 31 when it was replaced by a new signalling system.  An extension to the Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling, which is being rolled out across all of the sub-surface lines, meant

HITACHI is no longer in the running to build the next generation of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro, according to reports in various national media, including the BBC.  How the new Tyne & Wear Metro fleet could look. Nexus However, Hitachi has offered no comment, while Nexus, which

WORK to reinforce a 173-year-old railway viaduct is helping to protect endangered crayfish in Cumbria.  The Grade-II listed Docker Garths Viaduct, on the West Coast Main Line at Lambrigg, is currently being reinforced to repair damage from water erosion, at a cost of £750,000.  Work includes the

FORMER Blackpool Corporation ‘Standard’ car No. 143 was expected to be launchedinto traffic in Blackpool on September 23 following a complete restoration by Blackpool Transport at Rigby Road depot. The 1924-built open-top balcony car has been owned by the Fylde Transport Trust (FTT) since 2002, and is on a 25-year loan

THE ‘make or break’ review into the future of HS2 being carried out by Douglas Oakervee and Lord (Tony) Berkeley may have been delayed by wider political uncertainties, including the possibility of a General Election, according to the Government’s critics.There were clashes in the House of Commons on 24 October