Losing money
- Published Mon 20 of Jan, 2003 16:20 GMT - (2790 Reads)Road building has already been discredited as a way of solving transport problems but there is evidence that it also undermines local economies.
Rail boom
- Published Thu 09 of Jan, 2003 13:35 GMT - (2656 Reads)The number of people travelling on CrossCountry trains has reportedly increased by 40% since the introduction in September 2002 of new trains and a new timetable providing many more trains and more regular departures.
Time for change
- Published Tue 29 of Oct, 2002 16:45 GMT - (2745 Reads)Train companies are being challenged to produce timetables that passengers can understand after research shows that their timetable booklets baffle at least a third of their customers.
Light rail show
- Published Mon 16 of Sep, 2002 11:49 BST - (3107 Reads)The 2002 Light Rail Conference and Exhibition is to be held from 22 to 24 October 2002 in Manchester.
Cash Boost
- Published Tue 25 of Jun, 2002 19:48 BST - (2796 Reads)The Association of Community-Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) has awarded nearly
Ticket check
- Published Mon 17 of Jun, 2002 20:53 BST - (2778 Reads)Central Trains has employed an extra 24 staff to provide permanently staffed barriers at Birmingham New Street station.
Reopening success
- Published Wed 12 of Jun, 2002 10:34 BST - (5785 Reads)A reopened rail line is going from strength to strength, nine years after trains started running again.
Waverley hope
- Published Mon 10 of Jun, 2002 10:08 BST - (2996 Reads)Edinburgh
Misleading busway
- Published Wed 17 of Apr, 2002 15:07 BST - (2804 Reads)The Advertising Standards Authority upheld three complaints on 10 April 2002 against Luton Borough Council, ruling that an advertisement about the guided bus planned for the Luton-Dunstable rail line contained factual inaccuracies that meant it was misleading.
Tilting twins
- Published Thu 11 of Apr, 2002 13:59 BST - (2720 Reads)Restoration work has started on Britain
Strategic thinking
- Published Fri 05 of Apr, 2002 16:05 BST - (3003 Reads)The Strategic Rail Authority has appointed an outsider to a newly created strategic planning post.
Bus con trick
- Published Thu 21 of Mar, 2002 13:52 GMT - (2617 Reads)A transport expert has labelled the guided bus scheme proposed for the Cambridge-S Ives line a
Railcard protest
- Published Wed 20 of Mar, 2002 19:37 GMT - (2613 Reads)Supporters of Transport 2000 and Friends of the Earth plan a protest on Thursday 21 March 2002 aimed at saving the Network Railcard.
Railway review
- Published Sat 16 of Mar, 2002 21:10 GMT - (2580 Reads)A new production of Henry Lewis
Fares shocker
- Published Tue 05 of Mar, 2002 15:39 GMT - (2682 Reads)Train operators are trying to further undermine the value of the network railcard, after attempting unsuccessfully to abolish it completely.
Rail future
- Published Sat 02 of Mar, 2002 17:56 GMT - (2567 Reads)The 21st century promises to be the railway century. Roads are facing increasing congestion in most industrialised countries, as well as continued, and growing, opposition to the use of car and construction of new roads for environmental reasons.
Rail safety
- Published Tue 26 of Feb, 2002 21:02 GMT - (3023 Reads)A global railway day will be held on Tuesday 26 March to highlight the need for safe and successful rail networks.
Mersey first
- Published Tue 12 of Feb, 2002 18:20 GMT - (2832 Reads)The Strategic Rail Authority has handed over responsibility for overseeing the Merseyrail franchise to the local passenger transport authority.
Rail freight revival
- Published Sun 20 of Jan, 2002 20:47 GMT - (2651 Reads)The first commercial freight train for 20 years ran out of Portbury docks, near Bristol, this month carrying 1,200 tons of imported coal along the recently reopened Portishead line.
Way forward
- Published Sat 19 of Jan, 2002 11:25 GMT - (3271 Reads)Railfuture members are helping to draw up lists of small rail improvement projects, in response to a request from Transport Minister John Spellar.