Prime Minister pledges Northern Powerhouse, but no mention of HS2 Boris Johnson has told his party's conference that the cities of the midlands and north will be 'linked up', and that 'we will do' Northern Powerhouse Rail, but he did not mention the fate of the eastern leg of HS2. He

Scottish Government hopes 'fair pay increase' can be agreed for ScotRail staffThe Scottish Government has signalled a possible end to the long running industrial disputes over pay which have been disrupting ScotRail services since March. Transport minister Graeme Dey told the BBC that ScotRail management, the RMT and Unite were

Formal GBR Transition Team launched alongside HQ contest The next step towards creating the railway's new 'guiding mind' has been taken, with the formal launch of a Great British Railways Transition Team. It is being led by Andrew Haines, who as CEO of Network Rail has already been working behind the

Shapps talks of HS2 eastern leg 'rethink' Reports this morning claim that transport secretary Grant Shapps could be on the verge of delaying or cancelling the 'eastern leg' of HS2, which would serve the East Midlands and Yorkshire and terminate at Leeds. There has been a debate about this part of

£25m plan to save weather-battered railway Details have been published of a £25 million plan to rescue a railway on the Welsh borders which has been blocked by five major landslips in the past two years alone. The line between Newport and Gloucester via Lydney runs alongside the Severn Estuary. Extreme

£25m plan to save weather-battered railway Details have been published of a £25 million plan to rescue a railway on the Welsh borders which has been blocked by five major landslips in the past two years alone. The line between Newport and Gloucester via Lydney runs alongside the Severn Estuary. Extreme

RMT calls new strike ballot on ScotRail The RMT has served notice of an industrial action ballot on ScotRail as the latest development in its long-running pay dispute. The union said that the schedule for the ballot would permit action to take place during COP26 if, as expected, its members voted yes.

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into a near miss with a member of staff at Rowlands Castle station in December last year. At 19:14 hrs on December 19, 2020, a Network Rail Mobile Operations Manager (MOM) came close to being struck by a passenger train at