Road To Rail

January 2024 newsletter

Hello and welcome to the January newsletter. 
The weather and Christmas getaway brought challenges for both our strategic roads network and the railway. The performance teams I lead across highways and rail have been monitoring things carefully, includ…

Bluebell Railway Road to Rail event set to return this May

The Road meets Rail event will return to the Bluebell Railway’s Horsted Keynes Station near Haywards Heath on May 18 and 19.
The two-day event has with steam-powered displays and vintage fairground delights, as well as trips on various passenger trains…

Network Rail delays removal of Oxford bridge in Botley Road

The rail authority is carrying out a £161m upgrade of the rail station.
The road was closed in April last year and will reopen in October, according to Network Rail.

Project managers had planned this weekend to remove the pedestrian footbridge, which …

Traffic and travel latest news

Essex Live is the place to find up-to-the-minute traffic and travel information for the Essex region, including rail, public transport and across major road routes including the M25, M11, A12, A13, and the Dartford Crossing. Get updates on Greater Angl…

East West Rail Bicester road bridge plans discussed

Conducted as part of the Oxford[1] to Cambridge line project, findings indicate that the London Road level crossing will not be viable once the line is operational.
Banbury[2] MP Victoria Prenits said: “Further studies have concluded that signalling im…