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The new Stadler FLIRT. Picture by Transport for Wales. Lee Waters picture by the Welsh Government.
Martin Shipton
Deputy Transport Minister Lee Waters has made an emotional speech to 400 rail executives in whi…
Samuel Lithgow Youth Centre (SLYC), located in the Regents Park Estate in Camden, has received a £45,920 HS2 grant to support the Women’s Fitness Project (WFP). The grant means that the WFP can continue to operate for the next three years.
Starting in …
A further 4.7 million seats per year are on offer to Standard Class passengers on London Northwestern Railway (LNR) from next month to the benefit of Watford residents, it has been announced. LNR – one of the UK’s rammed commuter and mid-distance servi…
Bill Clinton said it is “time to get the show on the road” as he piled the pressure on the DUP to return to powersharing at Stormont. The former US president said the Good Friday Agreement was “never supposed to be an engine of obstruction” as he …
Transport Secretary Mark Harper has admitted that delays to the arrival of HS2 in the North[1] will not save money[2].
Ministers sparked fury last month by confirming a two-year hold-up in building key sections of the high speed rail line in a bid to c…
Acton Play Projects and Leisure Events (A.P.P.L.E.), a charity based in East Acton, Ealing, has received a £10,000 grant from HS2 to deliver a series of art sessions for young people across the year.
A.P.P.L.E. has worked with young people to provide a…
Dr Rosalind Todhunter, a retired chartered geologist who worked in mining, quarrying, and mineral extraction, told members of the High Speed Rail (Crewe to Manchester) Bill Select Committee the proposed HS2 phase 2b route runs over the most hazardous p…
HS2 has confirmed that its planned London section between Old Oak Common and Euston has been delayed as the Government prioritises the high-speed rail network’s construction to the Midlands. Officials say works have been put on hold due to ‘impacts to …
A Lancashire trucking company has been fined £30,000 after a mechanic died while repairing a forklift truck.
Joseph Robinson, a mechanic at E. Jackson (Chatburn) Limited, was working with a new employee as they attempted to fix a steering fault on a fo…
Hull looks set to play a part in the delivery of HS2[1] with a £10 million investment planned.
European steel giant Voestalpine has identified a former container terminal site in the city as ideal for a new logistics facility, having won a major contra…