Rail
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Latest news 10 May 2022
Rail reforms and e-scooter legislation to be part of new transport bill
The Queen's Speech unveiled plans for a transport bill that will create the new Great British Railways body designed to replace Network Rail.
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Latest news 19 Apr 2022
Government announce ‘Great British Rail Sale’
The Government and rail industry are cutting the price of more than one million train tickets for journeys made this spring.
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Latest news 13 Apr 2022
Government launches £7.6m competition for rail innovation
The Government is inviting bids from the rail sector to compete for a share of £7.6m to help improve cost efficiency, network performance and rail freight.
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Latest news 23 Mar 2022
Tier Mobility partners with Zipabout to link rail and micromobility
Tier Mobility has partnered with Zipabout to link e-scooter and e-bike journeys with rail in London and York.
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UK 10 Mar 2022
Rail freight: how to get it back on track
After years of paying lip service to the concept that freight carried by rail will result in fewer lorries on the road, the Government seems ready to act
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Latest news 8 Mar 2022
Smart tickets could entice Gen Z back to railways
Smart tickets could hold the key to boosting ridership with Gen Z passengers (16-24-year olds), according to new research by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR).
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Latest news 2 Feb 2022
Government unveils 'system change' to devolve more transport powers
The Government has set out its mission to transport public transport connectivity as part of its new Levelling Up White Paper.
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Latest news 25 Jan 2022
Next stage of HS2 rail “wrong plan", says Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, has said the Government's HS2 strategy is the "wrong plan, both for Greater Manchester and for the North as a whole."
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Latest news 25 Jan 2022
Focus on sustainability, accessibility and collaboration needed for Northern rail
Northern rail is entering a new era of focus on collaboration, sustainability and accessibility, according to Transport for the North (TfN).
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Latest news 20 Dec 2021
Update: Government extends TfL emergency funding again
Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that the Government has again extended its emergency funding support until February 4, 2022.
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Latest news 15 Dec 2021
Journeo technologies added to Crown Commercial Service framework
21st Century Passenger Systems, part of Journeo, has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s transport technology framework.
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Opinion 18 Nov 2021
Integrated Rail Plan 'woefully inadequate'
Cllr Louise Gittins, interim chair of Transport for the North, describes the the DfT's Integrated Rail Plan as "woefully inadequate".
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Latest news 27 Oct 2021
Budget 2021: City regions to get £5.7bn public transport settlement
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed £5.7 billion of investment to help England’s city regions to boost rail, bus, tram and cycling projects.
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Latest news 17 Sep 2021
Air quality on diesel trains worse than central London roads
On-train concentrations of nitrogen dioxide can be higher than next to major central London roads, according to new research.
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Air quality 15 Sep 2021
Decarbonising transport: Resetting how people and goods travel
Major change is needed to decarbonise transport. Jonathan Manning looks at the next steps following the publication of the Government’s plan
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Mass transit systems 7 Sep 2021
New rail business model: Working with GBR
As works start to shape the planned new public body, Great British Railways, what space will there be for innovation outside the nationalised publicly-owned core? Where will private sector entrepreneurs and devolved regional authorities with local agendas fit into the new jigsaw?
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Latest news 1 Sep 2021
£78m investment to electrify rail infrastructure in the north
The Government have approved £78m investment to electrify rail infrastructure in the north.
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Latest news 3 Jul 2021
DfT announces winners of £9m rail technology competition
The Department for Transport (DfT) has revealed the 30 projects which will share £9 million investment to launch rail technology ideas.
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Latest news 30 Jun 2021
Government launches £5m fund for rail data revolution
Rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris has announced a £5 million fund to develop a platform to open up rail data through a single-access platform.
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Latest news 21 Jun 2021
National flexible rail season tickets launch
New national flexible rail tickets will be available to commuters across England next week.