A freight operator with a substantial presence in Nottingham has told TheBusinessDesk.com that it has “won from Brexit” after returning to offering guaranteed pre-Brexit delivery times across Europe.
Europa Road is the European road freight division of…
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Engineers complete East Coast Digital Programme upgrades as further work planned for February
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Network Rail teams have completed two weekends of upgrade work as part of the billion-p…
Plans for a new direct Sheffield to London rail service which passes through Nottinghamshire have been hailed as a “great start to the New Year”.[1]
Rail operator FirstGroup would run two return services each day, calling at Retford, Worksop, Woodhouse…
FirstGroup has applied to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to operate a new open-access rail service between London and Sheffield, expanding the company’s award-winning Hull Trains business.
The proposed service is expected to consist of two daily ret…
FirstGroup plc, the leading private sector transport operator, is today submitting the first phase of an application for a new open access rail service between London and Sheffield to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
FirstGroup plans to expand its op…
Journeys between Sheffield[1] and London[2] are set to get speedier. Right now, it takes around two hours to get from the capital up to Sheff if you’re travelling by train. But FirstGroup is on a mission to hurry things up.
The parent company of the l…
FirstGroup has applied to run trains on a route between Sheffield and London (Image credit: Pixabay)
FirstGroup has revealed plans for a new rail service between Sheffield and London, including direct trains from Nottinghamshire.
The operator has subm…
Hull Trains, which is run by FirstGroup
By Jamie Waller, Local Democracy Reporter
Plans for a new direct Sheffield to London rail service which passes through Nottinghamshire have been hailed as a “great start to the New Year”.
Rail operator FirstGro…
Emergency crews work to restore service on the East Coast main line between Peterborough and Grantham – Twitter/@RiggeMortiss
Rail passengers have been left stranded by overhead power cable chaos for the fourth time in a week[1].
Hundreds of people…
Drivers are avoiding one of the East Midlands’ major roads and businesses are spending hundreds of pounds on vehicle maintenance due to its poor condition, according to a new survey of the A1 by Transport for the East Midlands (TfEM).
Congestion, poor …
The mum of a Derbyshire footballer[1], who died after being punched on a night out, has died after battling cancer. Melanie Tait passed away nearly four years after her son’s death.
Jordan Sinnott, 25, was assaulted by three men and killed while on a n…
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR)[1] has named Hull Trains[2] the most reliable UK rail operator, based on data for the four-week period to 16 September.
The ORR is the government department responsible for regulating and monitoring the performance of …
An ORR report has found that Hull Trains is the UK’s most reliable rail operator (Image credit: Hull Trains)
Hull Trains has been named as the best performing rail operator in the UK in a report from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
The ORR is a non…
Hull Trains has been recognised as the most reliable operator in the UK in the latest published statistics.
As other operators across the UK have struggled with cancellations resulting from wide-ranging circumstances, the FirstGroup-owned open access o…