STRIKES have been called by the RMT on London's Night Tube lines later this month and during December, stalling the planned relaunch which had been timed to coincide with the run-up to Christmas. The dispute will mainly affect overnight trains on the Central and Victoria Lines on Friday and Saturday nights,

THE first daily trains to carry the public between Exeter and Okehampton for almost 50 years started running on Saturday. Invited guests had been given rides on a shuttle service between Okehampton and the former station at Bow on the previous Wednesday. Special summer Sunday services had been operated since

THE £96 billion Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands has been greeted with bitter criticism in the north of England. Transport secretary Grant Shapps has decided to cut back the eastern leg of HS2 to terminate at East Midlands Parkway, but a new line will be built from

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed a budget of £96 billion for the new Integrated Rail Plan, saying that the plans for HS2 had been designed 'in isolation from the rest of the transport network'.He has announced that the eastern leg of HS2 will stop at East Midlands Parkway, but

Transport secretary Grant Shapps confirms a budget of £96 billion for the new IRP, saying that the plans for HS2 had been designed 'in isolation from the rest of the transport network'.____________________________________________________ Key points: The eastern leg of HS2 will stop at East Midlands Parkway but the DfT will remain 'open to

HS2 eastern leg set to be cut back The eastern leg of HS2 is set to be cut back and may be built only between Birmingham and East Midlands Parkway. In a preview announcement ahead of today's formal launch of the Integrated Rail Plan, the Department for Transport stopped short of

Inaugural train runs from OkehamptonThe first train to carry passengers from Okehampton as a curtain raiser to a full service being restored to Exeter ran today, with politicians, local schoolchildren and other invited guests on board. A two-hourly public service will start on Saturday. and the frequency will be doubled

Inaugural train runs to OkehamptonThe first train to carry passengers between Exeter and Okehampton as a curtain raiser to a full service being restored is running today, with politicians, local schoolchildren and other invited guests on board. A two-hourly public service will start on Saturday. and the frequency will be

More strikes called on East Midlands Railway (updated 09.02) The RMT has called on its East Midlands Railway train manager and senior conductor members to strike again for 48 hours in two separate disputes, after negotiations failed. One of the disputes concerns train managers on board Class 360 trains running between London

Delayed rail plan set to axe HS2 eastern leg Reports are claiming that the Department of Transport's long-delayed Integrated Rail Plan is set to be published this week, and it is said to confirm speculation that the government will abandon the eastern leg of HS2 to the West Midlands, South Yorkshire