Transport and Logistics Network
Accident ‘was in lane four’
We now have an update from traffic monitoring service Inrix on this incident. At 5:26pm, it posted: “Long delays, one lane closed and queueing traffic for six miles due to recovery work and accident, three cars involved on M…
Construction Work on the HS2 site just outside Euston station (Mark Thomas / Alamy Stock Photo)
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HS2 is in danger of becoming a national humiliation. Writer and consultant John Oxley argues that it is part of a growing trend of blocke…
Stadler ‘777s’ have begun entering traffic with Merseyrail. Richard Clinnick asks Merseytravel rolling stock programme director David Powell about the roll-out and the possibility of even more new trains.
Merseyrail No. 777049 arrives at Kirkdale on …
(Credit: Louise Haywood-Schiefer)
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Raised in a trade union household, Huw Merriman surprised his parents by working for a Conservative Party MP in his gap year. As minister for rail and HS2, he has a unique perspective on the challeng…
In 2021-2022, the Government spent more than £5bn on HS2: about the same as it spends on the national road network. Critics often argue that the money would be far better used to fund much-needed improvements to existing railways.
Rail passengers in th…