'Rolling motorway' launched for cross-Channel rail freight
TUESDAY BRIEFING: 'Rolling motorway' launched for cross-Channel rail freight ++
MONDAY BRIEFING: Northern leaders set out plans to 'decide and deliver' transport strategy ++ Northern Line extension to Battersea opens
FRIDAY BRIEFING: Government helps to fund Stratford upgrade ++ Transport for Wales in train toilets row
A report commissioned by the Railway Industry Association says the railway industry is one of the sectors which are poised to lead the economic recovery after the Covid crisis. The study was carried out by Oxford Economics, and it says the industry had been 'powering ahead' before the pandemic caused the first lockdown in March last year.
THURSDAY BRIEFING: Air quality on some diesel trains 'worse than major roads' ++ Community rail partnerships encourage sustainable development, says report ++ Northern Line extension is added to Underground map
WEDNESDAY BRIEFING: RMT and ScotRail start new talks over long-running pay dispute ++
HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson has assured MPs that HS2 'is going full steam ahead', although he made no comment about the future of the eastern leg, which some reports claim is being on the verge of being abandoned. Mr Stephenson was speaking at the end of a debate in Westminster Hall last night, which was prompted by a public petition calling for the complete project to be scrapped, and which was signed by more than 155,000 people.