All UK policy articles – Page 2
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Rail Business UKElectrification and five new stations in Oxfordshire’s 15-year rail strategy
UK: Oxfordshire County Council is seeking feedback from residents, businesses and visitors to support the development of its OxRail 2040 strategy.
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Rail Business UKBee Network pipeline confirms Manchester’s tram-train and underground rail ambitions
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester has approved £6m to develop plans for significant expansion of the Metrolink network, including new tram-train services and potential underground routes in the city centre.
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Rail Business UKMidlands Rail Hub alliance partners selected
UK: Network Rail has selected its preferred alliance partners to develop the planned Midlands Rail Hub around Birmingham.
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NewsTransport Secretary accepts recommendations of revenue protection review
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander has written to train operators saying that she has accepted in full the recommendations of the Office of Rail & Road’s review of revenue protection practices.
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Rail Business UKASLEF flushed with success after rail industry agrees to five-point plan on toilet access
UK: Five actions have been agreed to improve railway workers’ access to safe, clean, accessible and dignified toilets, with a Welfare Charter to be adopted by World Toilet Day on November 19 2025.
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Rail Business UKLocal Railways devolution model paves the way for Great British Railways
UK: A Somerset & Gloucestershire Local Railway team has been formed as the latest step in an initiative to provide single management teams for regional infrastructure and local train operations in defined areas of southwest England and Wales.
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Rail Business UKWest Midlands Trains nationalisation date confirmed
UK: West Midlands Trains is to transfer to the public sector on February 1 2026, the Department for Transport has confirmed.
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Rail Business UKRail supply chain welcomes investment clarity from Infrastructure Pipeline
UK: A total of 29 rail projects are included in the pipeline of major capital infrastructure schemes published by National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority.
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Rail Business UKMPs launch inquiry into UK transport manufacturing
UK: The House of Commons Transport Select Committee has launched an inquiry into how the government can support transport manufacturing in the UK.
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NewsTaskforce to study launch of direct UK – Germany trains
EUROPE: The British and German governments are to establish a joint taskforce to study the requirements for the launch of direct passenger trains services between the countries within the next 10 years.
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Rail Business UKElectrification pause shows a lack of whole system thinking, rail industry groups say
UK: Rail industry groups have expressed disappointment at the decision to pause the Midland Main Line electrification programme.
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Rail Business UKNext stage of Midland Main Line electrification ‘paused’
UK: The next phase of electrification of the Midland Main Line has been ‘paused’, the government has announced.
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Rail Business UKBristol – Portishead railway reopening funding in place
UK: The government has confirmed it will provide the remaining funding needed to enable the reinstatement of passenger services between Bristol and Portishead.
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Rail Business UKGovernment backs Midlands Rail Hub
UK: The government is to provide capital funding for the Midlands Rail Hub programme, which the Department for Transport said would be the region’s ‘biggest and most ambitious rail improvement scheme to date’.
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Rail Business UKMixed news for rail as government backs transport infrastucture projects
UK: The government has confirmed funding for a series of rail and projects following the Spending Review, but some major schemes have been paused.
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Rail Business UKThree stations get the go-ahead
UK: Government funding has been confirmed for planned stations at Wellington and Cullompton in the southwest and at Haxby near York.
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Rail Business UKRail sector spearheads campaign to help ex-prisoners secure careers
UK: Merseyrail, Angel Trains and the Go-Ahead Group have signed up to support an initiative aimed at helping ex-prisoners find work in the transport sector.
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Rail Business UKOpen access must genuinely add value, says DfT
UK: The Department for Transport has written to the Office of Rail & Road to stress the ‘critical importance’ of considering the cumulative financial and performance impact when deciding whether to approve applications to run open access passenger services.
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Rail Business UKSouth Eastern Railway brings operations and infrastructure together as Hendy dismisses alliance model
UK: Train operator Southeastern and Network Rail’s Kent Route have been brought together under a unified management team branded South Eastern Railway.
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Rail Business UKCompetition & Markets Authority launches rail civil engineering review
UK: The Competition & Markets Authority has launched a market study into opportunities to improve public procurement to make the design, planning and delivery of rail and road infrastructure more cost-effective.