Thameslink winner
- Published Fri 23 of May, 2014 09:45 BST - (5080 Reads)The Department for Transport today announced its intention to award the new Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise to Govia Thameslink Railway Limited.
Belfast airport rail link
- Published Wed 21 of May, 2014 10:38 BST - (5267 Reads)Rail investment plans for Northern Ireland published this week could mean the first new rail lines since the closures of the 1960s will be built in the province, including a link to Belfast International Airport.
Botanic station Belfast. Photo by Rossographer, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Botanic station Belfast. Photo by Rossographer, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Annual Draw Results
- Published Wed 07 of May, 2014 11:52 BST - (4218 Reads)The Railfuture Annual Draw is open to members, supporters and the public alike. Tickets are distributed each year with Railwatch. Proceeds are used to boost the Railfuture Fighting Fund.
Future freight
- Published Wed 07 of May, 2014 10:41 BST - (5045 Reads)The 22nd Annual Rail Freight Group Conference will be held on 4th June from 9:30 until 17:50 at Dentons in London.
Cheaper freight rates
- Published Mon 28 of Apr, 2014 18:40 BST - (4774 Reads)The European Commission and the Rail Freight Group both welcome Eurotunnel's plan to reduce freight charges by up to 50%. (Photograph: Launch of intermodal freight service on Channel Tunnel rail link in 2011, by Ray King.)
Bridge to the future
- Published Mon 28 of Apr, 2014 16:22 BST - (5085 Reads)London's new station
- Published Sun 27 of Apr, 2014 17:44 BST - (5035 Reads)On song for rail
- Published Sat 26 of Apr, 2014 18:32 BST - (6447 Reads)Right answer for Wisbech
- Published Wed 09 of Apr, 2014 16:43 BST - (5799 Reads)Mott McDonald have completed a wider cost benefits study showing a benefit/cost ratio of 3.0 for Wisbech reopening, overturining the previous study by Atkins. North East Cambridgeshire MP Steve Barclay (right, with Patrick McLoughlin) described the new report as a game-changer.
East Coast challenge
- Published Mon 07 of Apr, 2014 14:58 BST - (5859 Reads)High Speed Hastings
- Published Mon 31 of Mar, 2014 16:15 BST - (18892 Reads)Journey times between Hastings and London will be slashed when new trains capable of 140 mph are introduced in little more than five years time. Railfuture member Roger Blake presented Amber Rudd MP with a model of a Javelin train at the Hastings Rail Summit today to celebrate the announcement by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin.
Airport rail campaign
- Published Wed 26 of Mar, 2014 13:59 GMT - (8445 Reads)Strike a chord
- Published Mon 24 of Mar, 2014 18:04 GMT - (6763 Reads)First train on Ipswich freight chord, due to open 31st March. Photo by Phil Smart for Railfuture.
Shock and Ore
- Published Wed 19 of Mar, 2014 10:49 GMT - (10759 Reads)Amber Rudd is spearheading the campaign to upgrade rail services for Hastings. The MP for Hastings and Rye has arranged a Rail Summit in Hastings on Monday 31st March, which will be attended by The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin, Secretary of State for Transport. There she will present him with this picture to highlight the need for faster more frequent rail services to spark economic growth.
Railfuture lobbies MPs
- Published Wed 19 of Mar, 2014 10:16 GMT - (6998 Reads)Shadow Rail Minister Lilian Greenwood MP talks with Railfuture Vice Presidents Barry Doe (centre) and Ian Brown CBE at the reception held by Railfuture in the Houses of Parliament on 12th March.
Wisbech shows the way
- Published Fri 14 of Mar, 2014 10:34 GMT - (9609 Reads)Railfuture campaigning for Wisbech is beginning to pay off with the Wisbech Rail Summit organised by Steve Barclay MP.
Roads scandal
- Published Wed 12 of Mar, 2014 12:09 GMT - (7947 Reads)Reopening petition
- Published Tue 11 of Mar, 2014 17:57 GMT - (15624 Reads)Have Your Say: Results
- Published Mon 10 of Mar, 2014 22:14 GMT - (9438 Reads)What should Railfuture stand for?
Railcard welcome
- Published Mon 10 of Mar, 2014 20:40 GMT - (6877 Reads)Railfuture’s campaigns, opinions and successes are often reported by the press and media, see Railfuture in the news.