Industrial
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Train named to honour rail guard who helped end racist recruitment policy
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Avanti West Coast has named one of its trains after a railway worker who overturned a racist recruitment policy.
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Rail supply firm workers start four-day strike action
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Engineers, clerical and production staff at a railway supply company will start a four-day strike on Tuesday in a dispute over pay.
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More than 460,000 respond to consultation on rail ticket office closures
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More than 460,000 people have responded to a consultation on controversial plans to close most railway ticket offices in England, it has been revealed.
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HS2 ‘unachievable’ according to major projects body
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The HS2 programme has received an “unachievable” rating by the official infrastructure watchdog.
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Boost train competition to ‘revitalise’ railways, report urges
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More competition on rail routes should be encouraged to “revitalise” Britain’s railways, an industry body has said.
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Government must set out expectations for ‘floundering’ HS2 Euston project, MPs told
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Pausing HS2 work at Euston shows the Government “does not know what it is trying to achieve” with the station despite more than eight years of planning, MPs warned.
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Plans for mass closure of railway ticket offices revealed
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Plans for a mass closure of railway station ticket offices in England have been announced.
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“Total lack of interest” from the private sector a “flashing red beacon” against HS2, says MP
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Future Government-backed infrastructure projects must pass a sniff test with businesses to prevent another “financial catastrophe” like HS2, ministers have heard.
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Key rail route reopens after 10-week closure to repair viaduct
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One of Britain’s most important railway lines has reopened after being closed for 10 weeks due to an unsafe viaduct.
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Watchdog rules rail infrastructure deal could leave passengers worse off
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The UK’s competition watchdog has provisionally ruled that Hitachi’s proposed purchase of Thales’s rail infrastructure could drive up prices and reduce service quality for passengers.
