Bus blues
Published Wed 05 of Sep, 2001 20:12 BST - (2759 Reads) -The Strategic Rail Authority is being urged to step in after Arriva was reported to be cutting 80 trains a day in the North-east and replacing them with buses.
Car-free day
Published Tue 04 of Sep, 2001 09:34 BST - (2626 Reads) -Even Britain is taking an active part in car-free day this year after the success of the days in other parts of Europe.
Living Streets
Published Mon 03 of Sep, 2001 12:47 BST - (2996 Reads) -The Pedestrians' Association which has for years campaigned against the allocation of too much road space to cars and lorries is to change its name to Living Streets.
People first
Published Sat 14 of Apr, 2001 14:40 BST - (2846 Reads) -Transport planners are being told by the Government they should in future give priority to people instead of trying to improve the flow of traffic.
Fares must come down
Published Mon 09 of Apr, 2001 11:44 BST - (2595 Reads) -Transport Minister Lord Macdonald, who has made a series of concessions to the road lobby - allowing bigger lorries and building more roads - is now telling rail users to go by road or air instead.
Making freight fairer
Published Fri 06 of Apr, 2001 09:08 BST - (3216 Reads) -Railfuture congratulates the Rail Regulator for halving the cost that freight train operators pay Railtrack to use the tracks. This is part of a raft of measures announced yesterday to encourage more freight to be carried by rail.
Passengers shouldn’t pay for rail’s mistakes
Published Thu 05 of Apr, 2001 20:51 BST - (3271 Reads) -Railfuture is very disappointed that today Virgin announced fares increases of nearly 10%. Virgin state that Railtrack’s compensation package is not enough to cover their revenue loss of
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Published Tue 03 of Apr, 2001 11:53 BST - (3430 Reads) -20 years for Stagecoach passengers
Published Mon 02 of Apr, 2001 23:02 BST - (2879 Reads) -New rail freight player
Published Sat 31 of Mar, 2001 22:13 BST - (4806 Reads) -A new rail freight operator emerged last week and already it has an eight-year contract to help Railtrack maintain and renew the track.
Anglo-Scottish threat
Published Wed 28 of Mar, 2001 15:18 BST - (4022 Reads) -The proposed construction of a DIY store on the trackbed of the former Carlisle avoiding lines would block expansion of both freight and passenger services between England and Scotland.
Rail victims remembered
Published Wed 28 of Mar, 2001 13:47 BST - (3309 Reads) -Rail union leaders will plant a tree tomorrow in memory of everyone who has died or been injured in rail accidents.
"Wreckers" on the line
Published Sat 24 of Mar, 2001 17:03 GMT - (3463 Reads) -A small section of the Luton-Dunstable rail line was ripped up on Tuesday 13 March 2001 to make sure that trains cannot run.
Bring back BR
Published Wed 21 of Mar, 2001 18:29 GMT - (3142 Reads) -Options for change
Published Wed 14 of Mar, 2001 13:26 GMT - (2980 Reads) -Transport 2000 has tried to stimulate the argument over what the future of the railways with its report The Railways: Where do we go from here?
March-Wisbech rail reopening hope
Published Sun 11 of Mar, 2001 23:24 GMT - (3212 Reads) -Virgin Trains is considering reinstating the March-Wisbech rail line if it is awarded the East Coast main line franchise.
Keswick reopening project
Published Sat 03 of Mar, 2001 23:37 GMT - (3055 Reads) -Over 1,500 prospectuses for the project to reopen the railway to Keswick have been despatched and applications are still steadily flowing in. After a lull for Christmas and the New Year, good progress is being made again with over 350 applications received to date. Certificates are being issued in batches twice each month.
Chiltern Metro
Published Sat 03 of Mar, 2001 23:09 GMT - (4437 Reads) -Save Our Railways has launched a new campaign for a fast, environment-lly friendly Chiltern Metro rail service.
from plane to train at European airports
Published Tue 27 of Feb, 2001 17:11 GMT - (3503 Reads) -Railfuture congratulates Lufthansa, the German airline, for initiating a switch of passengers from plane to train. In March the airline will take some passengers booked on short haul flights by train from Stuttgart via Frankfurt airport.
Take back the track
Published Mon 26 of Feb, 2001 13:18 GMT - (3021 Reads) -The three rail unions launched a national campaign in January to persuade the Government to take Railtrack back into public ownership in the wake of the "industry’s post-Hatfield chaos".
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