Midlands Connect urges local businesses to have say on rail route
Midlands Connect has urged local businesses to provide their views about improvements on the Shrewsbury-Black Country-Birmingham rail route.
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Midlands Connect has urged local businesses to provide their views about improvements on the Shrewsbury-Black Country-Birmingham rail route.
Romford station has been given an internal upgrade and refurbishment, including an improved entrance hall, ticket office and lift access to Elizabeth line platforms.
Thanks to a joint initiative between Network Rail, the Welsh Government and Breedon, Welsh slate aggregate is being transported from Llandudno to Luton via rail freight for the first time ever.
Network Rail has installed 450 new electric vehicle (EV) charging points at several railway station car parks to encourage more EVs onto the road and "help promote healthier air in and around our stations".
Cutting-edge live monitoring technology is being installed across Great Western Railway’s high-speed fleet of 93 intercity trains, set to boost fleet availability by over 100 days per year.
HS2 will trial a new building method that could harness enough carbon-free energy to supply 80 per cent of heating and hot water in the stations on Britain’s new high-speed rail network.
Network Rail has released a report which outlines the challenges posed by climate change to Britain’s railway and the measures required to improve resilience.
Train operator, Northern, is celebrating a landmark milestone as its 100th newly refurbished and improved digital train is now up and running across the rail network.
Now that work from home restrictions in the UK have been lifted, a new rewards website has been launched to entice customers back to rail and to encourage commuters to make the most of their journey.
To support the UK’s transport industry to build back better, HS2 has established new measures to enhance the visibility of supply chain opportunities for its rail systems contracts.
The interior and exterior refresh work of 27 Coradia trains is part of Transport for Wales' £40 million investment in its current fleet.
Passengers across the North West of England are one step closer to faster, greener and more reliable train services as the Bill for the next phase of HS2 is handed to Parliament.
Quieter train journeys are set to become the norm after the UK government has announced it will identify and remove repetitive and unnecessary on-board announcements on trains in England.
A new report has highlighted that modal shift matters to transport decarbonisation, with HS2 at the very core of the UK being able to achieve net zero by 2050.
Transport for London (TfL) anticipates for the Elizabeth line to open within the first half of 2022, as it comes to the end of the first phase of trial operations and looks ahead to next stages.