On Monday, April 22, a Panorama episode aired, giving insight into the safety fears which led to a ban on building more Smart Motorway.
The roads, which have no hard shoulder, stretch over 250 miles of the network and have faced heavy scrutiny.
The gov…
Transport UK (TUK) becomes the largest rail replacement operator in the UK today, providing Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) with both planned and emergency rail replacement services.
GTR is the largest Train Operating Company (TOC) in the country …
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…
Monday 15 Jan 2024
East Coast Digital Programme improvements completed but further work will close rail line for a weekend and two working days in February
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Network Rail teams have completed two weeken…
Monday 15 Jan 2024
Engineers complete East Coast Digital Programme upgrades as further work planned for February
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Eastern[1]
| Eastern: East Coast[2]
Network Rail teams have completed two weekends of upgrade work as part of the billion-p…
A Northampton car retailer is delighted to announce that its newest model has been named Carwow’s Car of the Year.
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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…
Storm Henk: Heavy rainfall leads to flooding across England and Wales
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsCommuters [1]travelling to the South We…
A quirky getaway just off the north coast has been named as one of the UK’s ‘best remote stays’.
The new list generated by The Times rounds up some of the best places offering “seclusion in style” for those wanting a trip away from the hustle and bustl…
1 January: Regulator Blames Hike On Rising Wholesale Prices
Today sees the scheduled increase in the price cap maintained by the energy market regulator, Ofgem. Average bills will rise by 5%, with a typical household on a dual fuel tariff paying in ar…
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discountsGet Simon Calder’s Travel emailPassengers have had their New Year’s Eve[1] plans thrown into disarray after hundreds of trains were cancelled across the country [2]…
Eurostar trains have resumed after “unprecedented” flooding in a tunnel brought travel chaos for thousands of people – as new weather warnings and flood alerts are in place in parts of the UK on New Year’s Eve.Eurostar said all services would run to Pa…
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