Mega lorry battle
- Published Wed 30 of Jul, 2014 15:05 BST - (9371 Reads)Electric shock
- Published Wed 30 of Jul, 2014 13:36 BST - (9793 Reads)Tube Staffing
- Published Sat 19 of Jul, 2014 17:31 BST - (11385 Reads)Vienna's modern underground system relies upon far fewer customer-facing staff than London Underground but is enormously popular and well-run. It has plenty of space for passengers to move around without the need for staff to prevent overcrowding. If only London had this luxury.
Restored station open
- Published Sat 12 of Jul, 2014 21:34 BST - (6749 Reads)Tavistock step closer
- Published Fri 11 of Jul, 2014 09:39 BST - (7154 Reads)Trains came a step closer to passing over Shillamill viaduct again on Wednesday as Devon County Council agreed to progress plans to reopen the railway to Tavistock.
Polluted Britain
- Published Fri 11 of Jul, 2014 09:23 BST - (5456 Reads)Wisbech funded
- Published Fri 11 of Jul, 2014 08:51 BST - (6416 Reads)The Government has funded the all important engineering study for the re-opening of the mothballed Wisbech to March line. The railway looks almost ready to use in this photograph, but this study will establish how much work is required to bring it back into passenger use. Photo by Paul Hollinghurst for Railfuture.
Labour gets it wrong
- Published Wed 09 of Jul, 2014 13:04 BST - (5939 Reads)Green party challenge
- Published Tue 08 of Jul, 2014 21:56 BST - (5679 Reads)Public rail campaign
- Published Sun 06 of Jul, 2014 19:48 BST - (6382 Reads)Fireworks Flyer
- Published Sat 28 of Jun, 2014 21:16 BST - (5315 Reads)National Express keep c2c
- Published Fri 27 of Jun, 2014 21:00 BST - (4436 Reads)The Department for Transport announced today that National Express has won the Essex Thameside franchise competition, retaining c2c and so avoiding an unseemly exit from the British rail industry.
Peterborough bypass
- Published Fri 20 of Jun, 2014 09:34 BST - (8784 Reads)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.
Haverhill campaign
- Published Thu 19 of Jun, 2014 16:45 BST - (4686 Reads)The East Anglia branch of Railfuture will fund a local leaflet drop later this year to win public support for reopening the railway line between Cambridge and Colchester via Haverhill.
New inter-city train
- Published Wed 18 of Jun, 2014 10:35 BST - (5093 Reads)Privately funded railway
- Published Wed 11 of Jun, 2014 12:21 BST - (4019 Reads)By the end of 2014 the Windsor Link Railway expects to raise the £10m it needs to gain transport and works approval for the first wholly privately promoted and funded railway project for over 100 years.
Todmorden first
- Published Tue 10 of Jun, 2014 09:15 BST - (7132 Reads)The first passenger carrying train to use the reinstated Todmorden curve was a rail tour called the 'Topper Chopper', run by Pathfinder Tours, on 31 May 2014. Photograph by David Evans.
Tube future in doubt
- Published Mon 09 of Jun, 2014 20:44 BST - (4762 Reads)Skipton-Colne boost
- Published Sat 07 of Jun, 2014 22:11 BST - (5769 Reads)Edinburgh tram inquiry
- Published Fri 06 of Jun, 2014 21:51 BST - (5974 Reads)Railfuture’s campaigns, opinions and successes are often reported by the press and media, see Railfuture in the news.