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Give Birmingham its own high-speed hub
Published: September 2009 by Paul Kehoe
I first visited Birmingham over thirty years ago, and at the time it shared the facets of many great Industrial cities with industry in decline, the financial services revolution still a glimmer in Maggie Thatcher's eye, and the oft-heralded 'White Heat of technology' had become a dull grey. Read full
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Rail is the way forward for Wales
Published: August 2009 by Ieuan Wyn Jones
LAST month I published the National Transport Plan for Wales, which will guide the development of a genuinely integrated transport system for Wales and I see rail as a crucial element in this plan. Read full
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Our £3.6bn blueprint for Scotland's railways
Published: July 2009 by Stewart Stevenso
AS a minister who has used the train over 600 times since coming into Government, I have a real passion and enthusiasm for rail. Commuting to and from work on the train each day has given me a chance to experience the rail network at first-hand and those experiences have given me a clear vision about what I, and this Government, want to achieve in Scotland. Read full
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The Government is pricing people off rail
Published: June 2009 by Cat Hobbs
IN delivering a Sustainable Transport System, Geoff Hoon suggests we should tackle climate change by "preserving freedom of choice, facing people with the true carbon cost of those choices... helping people reduce their need to travel or switch to lower-carbon modes". Read full
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Give us high speed – and a 24/7 railway
Published: May 2009 by Tony Berkeley
Government argues that the start of two years of gauge enhancement work from Southampton to the West Midlands to allow 9ft 6ins containers to be carried on standard flat wagons (W10 gauge) is a major milestone in the creation of a network capable of carrying these containers, not only from major ports to inland destinations, but also within the UK. Read full