Author: Chris Page
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Published Wed 17 of Jun, 2015 07:45 BST
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A new report from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has today found that the case for reopening rural railways in England is becoming irresistible.
Author: Chris Page
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Published Thu 30 of Apr, 2015 22:22 BST
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Trams would benefit the historic heart of Oxford
Transport consultants Dr Nicholas Falk and Reg Harman look to Europe and the US and argue that the
UK city of Oxford should have a transport system more like its ‘twin’, Grenoble.
Photograph: Grenoble, by Reg Harman. Trams on lines A and B mix with people in the heart of the city.
Author: Nick Dibben
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Published Wed 11 of Feb, 2015 21:49 GMT
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The Cambridge Guided Busway scheme opened in 2011 (costing almost twice as much as planned and nearly three years late) uses the former track-bed of two rail routes either side of Cambridge. The photos above, taken from a document produced for Cambs County council by Capita shows the poor state of the busway, after only three years of use, which could cost £30m to repair. Even the bus stops are not cared for (photo Jerry Alderson). Is this really something we want more of?
Author: John Band
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Published Mon 15 of Dec, 2014 10:01 GMT
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This is how Britain’s Treasury saves transport projects from disaster.
Things were so much easier in the old days. One of Sydney's trams in 1960. Photograph by Ian Brady.
Author: Philip Shelton
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Published Sun 03 of Aug, 2014 18:37 BST
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Why reopening Okehampton is the only solution - a purely personal view by Philip Shelton. Photograph of Meldon Viaduct by Martin Cordon, reproduced under GNU Free Documentation License.
Author: Chris Page
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Published Fri 20 of Jun, 2014 09:34 BST
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Network Rail are presenting their proposals for grade separation at Werrington in a local exhibition today and tomorrow. Railfuture have been campaigning for this development which will complete a strategic eastern spine route for freight, relieving the East Coast Main Line.