England railway business news – Page 2
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Rail Business UKFirstGroup applies to run Hereford – London open access service
UK: FirstGroup has submitted the first phase of an application to launch an open access passenger service between Hereford, Bristol Parkway and London under its Lumo brand.
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Rail Business UKBristol light rail ‘on the table’ as WECA gets £750m in transport funding
UK: The West of England Combined Authority is assessing tram and light rail options in Bristol and is seeking more frequent suburban rail services around the city after it received £752m of government transport funding.
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Rail Business UKGovernment confirms more than £15bn of city region local transport funding
UK: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced five-year funding agreements totalling £15·6bn which will enable England’s mayoral combined authorities to progress local transport projects within city regions and surrounding towns.
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Rail Business UKWest Yorkshire unveils Weaver Network brand
UK: Weaver Network has been launched as a unified multimodal branding for public transport in West Yorkshire.
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Rail Business UKAccelerating accessibility at Greater Manchester stations
UK: ‘We’ve got to move more quickly’, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham tells Rail Business UK .
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Rail Business UKMayor makes another bid for station devolution
UK: Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has called for powers to take over and regenerate disused railway land and derelict station buildings.
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Rail Business UKPhased integration of Manchester rail services into Bee Network confirmed
UK: Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has set out a phased approach to bring rail into the Bee Network of public transport services which is now being rolled out across the conurbation. Burnham said on January 21 that he expected eight commuter rail lines covering ...
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Rail Business UKQuestions remain for the rail sector in English devolution plans
UK: The rail sector has welcomed the outline plans for local politicians to have greater control of passenger rail services which are set out in the government’s white paper on devolution in England, but questions remain about the future scope and structure.
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Rail Business UKTransPennine Express Newcastle – Edinburgh local services to continue
UK: The Newcastle – Edinburgh service operated by TransPennine Express under contract to Transport Scotland will continue after December 2024, despite the end of Scottish government funding. The service introduced in December 2021 comprises five Newcastle – Edinburgh trains per day, plus two additional trains between ...
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Rail Business UKBurnham bullish on Liverpool – Manchester fast line prospects
UK: Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham remains confident that funding remains available for the development of a new Liverpool – Manchester railway serving Manchester Airport and a new underground station in Manchester following the recent change of government. ‘As far as I know there’s no ...
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Rail Business UKRail and tram-train in Manchester’s Bee Network expansion plans
UK: Local rail services around Manchester are to be brought into the region’s expanding Bee Network by 2028 as part of a public transport development strategy unveiled by Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham on July 10.
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Rail Business UKArmitt criticises ‘blurred picture’ for rail development in wake of HS2 axe
UK: ‘It hasn’t been a great six months for rail’, suggested Sir John Armitt, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, in his keynote address to the Northern Transport Summit on March 21. Armitt was among a raft of policymakers and transport officials at the event who ...
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Rail Business UKBurnham urges rail sector to accelerate integration into Manchester’s Bee Network
UK: Greater Manchester Metro Mayor Andy Burnham has pledged to accelerate integration of local rail services into the nascent Bee Network of public transport provision if he is re-elected on May 2. The Bee Network is a locally developed brand already being applied to Manchester Metrolink light ...
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Rail Business UKEnglish public transport in a ‘precarious position’ says UTG
UK: Public transport in English city regions is in a ‘precarious position’, the Urban Transport Group said when it published its Inside Track: The state of transport 2024 report into trends over the last decade. The number of trips made per person in 2022 was 862, ...
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Rail Business UKMidlands Rail Hub planning funding confirmed
UK: The government has confirmed an initial £123m of funding for the £1·75bn Midlands Rail Hub programme to enhance east-west connections in the Midlands.
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Rail Business UKHigh Speed 2 funding ‘reallocated’ to roads
UK: The government has announced a £4·7bn Local Transport Fund to support projects in smaller cities, towns and rural areas England’s north and Midlands using what it describes as ‘reallocated HS2 funding’. The fund is for communities which do not benefit from City Region Sustainable Transport ...
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Rail Business UKThree West Midlands station proposals to be developed
UK: The West Midlands Rail Executive has allocated £1m to develop proposals for new stations at Castle Bromwich, Coventry East and a location near Tettenhall. The locations shortlisted following a feasibility study are on existing lines in areas with poor transport access and with some high ...
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Rail Business UKWest Midlands – Manchester rail plan is not a HS2 revival, mayors say
UK: Metro Mayor for the West Midlands Andy Street and his Greater Manchester counterpart Andy Burnham report that they have held constructive talks with the Secretary of State for Transport, Rail Minister and senior officials from the Department for Transport regarding their work to assess how ...
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Rail Business UKCapacity increase future-proofs Birmingham’s University station
UK: A three-year project to increase passenger capacity at University station on Birmingham’s Cross City Line was completed with the opening of two buildings on January 28. The station was designed for 500 000 passengers/year when it opened in 1978, but expansion of the university and ...
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Rail Business UKTees Valley station plans announced
UK: Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has announced plans to build a £150m rail and bus interchange to serve the Teesside Park retail site in Stockton, as well as for a £20m replacement of Teesside Airport station and improvements at Thornaby. ‘Teesside Park is one of ...
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