Storm Bert: Floods disrupt travel across the country26/11/2024 Roads and rail services in England and Wales continued to be hit by disruption caused by flooding from Storm Bert on Monday. |
Chancellor targets local growth with transport spend30/10/2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced extra transport cash for regional mayors alongside incremental extensions to existing rail schemes, but departmental spending remains tight. |
Buckingham jobs go, despite Kier rail rescue08/09/2023 Kier has agreed to acquire the rail business of the collapsed Buckingham Group but administrators have been unable to save the rest of the construction business and nearly 450 people have been made redundant. |
HS2 completes 'world-first' bridge slide over M4204/01/2023 HS2 Ltd and its contractors are claiming a world-first after sliding a 12,600 tonne bridge 165 metres into position across the M42 in Warwickshire. |
Tarmac takes aggregate off the road for new asphalt plant09/01/2020 The first freight trains have delivered aggregate to the site of a new asphalt and aggregates facility under construction by Tarmac in north east Birmingham. |
Over half of ex-Carillion workers now in secure jobs04/04/2018 More than half of the people employed by Carillion before it went into receivership have now been found secure jobs. |
Strikes hit trains across England as drivers back deal08/11/2017 Rail workers on five franchises across England walked out on Wednesday in a series of strikes over the role of guards. |
Bidders revealed in race for £2.75bn HS2 trains contracts03/11/2017 HS2 Ltd has announced a shortlist of five firms bidding for a £2.75bn contract to build trains for the new high speed rail line, after transport secretary Chris Grayling warned the new trains must deliver jobs and skills in Britain. |
National networks policy outlined by DfT04/12/2013 The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a consultation on a draft national policy statement for the national road and rail networks. |
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