Transport and Logistics Network
HS2 this week completed the last section of earthworks that will carry East West Rail (EWR) services between Oxford and Cambridge over the new high-speed line, near the village of Calvert in Buckinghamshire.
To reduce disruption for the community and s…
A new map that shows how East West Rail will connect Cambridge to other cities across the UK has been published. The East West Rail (EWR) route intersects with other key railway arteries which carry passengers to cities across the UK.
EWR is intended t…
Richard Clinnick witnesses the arrival of the first Class 93 and provides all there is to know about the new tri-mode locomotive.
No. 93001 stands at Worksop on July 1, having just been unloadedfrom the road transport that had brought the locomotive f…
East West Rail is no longer considered to be “unachievable”, but there are still “significant issues” a government body has said. The Infrastructure and Projects Authority has rated the project as ‘amber’ in its annual report, after rating it ‘red’ las…
Nuclear fusion propulsion technology has the potential to revolutionize space travel in terms of speed and fuel use. The same kinds of interactions that power the Sun could cut travel time to Mars in half, or make a trip to Saturn and its moons take o…
A train was ‘close to overturning’ after an incident at a Cambridgeshire[1] railway junction that left passengers injured – a report has found. A number of passengers were thrown from their seats and hit by luggage after a Lumo train passed over Spital…
Space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion[1] has started construction on a large nuclear fusion chamber in England, as it races to become the first firm to fire a nuclear fusion-powered propulsion system in space.
Nuclear fusion propulsion tech, arguably …
Contactless rail travel will finally be available to Hemel Hempstead, St Albans Abbey and Tring passengers, the Government has announced. Passengers can soon touch in with their bank cards to travel from the stations – without the need for paper or e-t…
The full list of Kent stations that are to become pay as you go has been announced. The Department for Transport announced a rollout of tap-in tap-out to 53 stations
The scheme is part of a £20 million Government roll out to extend pay as you go to fur…
These pictures from the Oxford Mail archives recall the 1960s when diesel trains were ushering in a new era of travel.
The photograph above shows tank engine No 3653 in the bay platform at Oxford having hauled a passenger train from Carterton through W…