Whenever a newsdesk is short of a story, one tried and tested method is to use the results of a survey to fill a page or a minute or two of airtime. Surveys come in various forms: some are expected and respected, such as the National Rail Passenger Survey from

THE government has confirmed that it will provide funding to support the tram and light rail systems in Sheffield, Manchester, the West Midlands, Nottingham and Tyne & Wear, and says it is ‘working with local authorities to identify what support is needed to allow essential services to continue’. The news comes

REPORTS that the number of trains on National Rail could be increased to Saturday levels next month have raised concerns that staff may not be protected adequately. The government announced last night that up to 10 million key workers and their households, including rail staff, can now book a coronavirus test

West Midlands Metro service cut from Monday HEADWAYS on West Midands Metro will be widened slightly from Monday, with trams running four times an hour. However, evening and Sunday services will be continued so that essential workers can still travel. West Midlands Metro is one of several tram and light rail

The president of the East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society, Peter Waterman is urgently appealing for the public to donate to the East Lancashire Railway Support Fund. The support fund will allow the railway, and its 800 volunteers, to reopen after COVID-19 forced the charity to close its doors.  A music mogul and famous

Photo: HS2 Ltd The search for contractors to design, build and maintain almost 300 state-of-the-art lifts and escalators for HS2’s four major new stations has begun. 168 lifts and 128 escalators will need be fitted in the high speed rail project, providing easy access to hundreds of thousands of people who will

NOW: One of the new Mail Rail passenger trains in the boarding area. All pictures: KEITH FENDER Heritage Railway visited the latest and most unusual tourist attraction to open in the capital.  The Post Office Railway (named Mail Rail in 1987) was a 6½-mile (10.5km) long,  2ft- (610mm) gauge automated electric railway

The story of London’s little-known narrow gauge underground line Keith Fender visits the latest and most unusual tourist attraction to open in the capital.  THE Post Office Railway (named Mail Rail in 1987) was a 6½-mile (10.5km) long,  2ft- (610mm) gauge automated electric railway that opened in 1927 to move mail between

Covid 19 dents Eurotunnel revenues THE coronavirus crisis started to affect Eurotunnel’s earnings last month, and new figures for the first quarter of this year show that its revenues dropped back to €200 million. Earnings from Eurostar and rail freight fell by 8 per cent, and Shuttle income was down by

METRO Mayors in the north west of England are urging the Government to provide emergency funding to local transport systems within ‘days, not weeks’. The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has warned that Metrolink trams in his city are losing more than £5 million a month. Although services have been