Archive: Rail

Above-inflation rail fare hikes to end

Train companies set to benefit from rail shakeup

Annual rail fare increases above inflation are to end, the coalition has announced, even as it moves to achieve efficiency savings of £3.5 billion.

Above-inflation rail fare increase criticised

Rail passengers face fare hikes and overcrowding

Labour: MPs right to back high-speed rail

Network Rail chiefs abandon bonuses

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Network Rail's bosses have decided to waive their bonuses this year, ahead of what would have been a damaging board meeting on Friday.

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Rail passengers face pricy 2012

Average rail fare rising by 5.9% in 2012

Train fares are to rise by an average of 5.9% in 2012, figures out today show.

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MPs: High speed rail could boost growth

Transport committee chair Louise Ellman outlines the findings of her committee's report on high speed rail:

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Stop HS2: High speed rail report is scathing

Stop HS2 campaign coordinator Joe Rukin responds to the Commons' transport committee's report on high speed rail:

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DfT: UK needs a high speed rail network

A Department for Transport spokesperson responds to the Commons' transport committee's report on high speed rail:

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Labour: MPs right to back high-speed rail

Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle responds to the Commons' transport committee's report on high speed rail:

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Rail passengers face 8% hike in ticket prices

Train fares will rise by eight per cent from next January

Inflation figures out this morning have confirmed that rail ticket fares will increase by eight per cent from January next year.

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Rail passengers face long wait for lower fares

Rail fares will rocket upwards in the next three years

Campaigners have called for swifter action on cutting rail fares, but a major report out today says passengers will have to wait.

Lack of information hinders scrutiny of Network Rail

Network Rail is less efficient than its European counterparts.

Network Rail must provide more information on costs to improve its efficiency, a report has said.

Green signal for high-speed rail route debate

New high speed rail coming to Britain - by 2026

The government has launched its consultation on its high-speed rail proposals.

Snow chaos: Report defends govt preparedness

The government response to the snow has been heavily criticised in some quarters

The government's preparations for winter have been praised by an official audit, but lessons 'still need to be learned'.

Government 'complacency' triggered snow chaos

Traffic struggles on Britain's motorways despite the weather

The transport secretary's "complacency" is responsible for the chaos which greeted nationwide snowfall today, Labour has argued.

Rail over-crowding to be 'ever more intolerable'

Commuters are set for more misery, according to MPs

Train companies are set to miss their targets for providing passenger spaces, leading to yet more over-crowding, an influential committee of MPs has found.

Comment: Public ownership is the only way to a better railway

Katy Clark is Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire and Arran

The spending review demands value for money from the railway industry. To achieve this the government must consider a move to public ownership.

Spending review: Transport investment takes 11% hit

Rail price cap raised to inflation plus three per cent

Most threatened major infrastructure projects have got the go-ahead in the spending review, but the Department for Transport is still facing capital spending cuts of 11% in real terms.

High-speed rail compensation launched

Uncertain future for residents living near High Speed 2

An independent panel assessing compensation claims for those affected by the government's high-speed rail plans is being launched today.

Train carriage expansion in doubt

Plans to increase capacity in Britain's railway network have been thrown into doubt as spending cuts trigger a review of train carriage purchases.

Rail Strike will not go ahead

A planned rail strike for next Tuesday will not go ahead.

High-speed rail plans unveiled

Route ahead not straightforward for high-speed rail

Britain's plans for a high-speed rail link have been unveiled by transport secretary Andrew Adonis, with the fastest trains between London and the West Midlands taking just 30 minutes.

Easter travel disruption threat

Fears that Britain's railways could grind to a halt over the Easter break grew today as Rail and Maritime Union (RMT) members backed strike action.

Analysis: On the right track

Environment and economy will benefit from high-speed rail

The announcement that construction of a new 250mph high-speed railway will get underway by 2017 is good news for both the environment and the economy of Britain.

Rail consensus crashes as Tories back out of Midlands plan

Lord Adonis, transport secretary, hoped for a cross party consensus

The cross-party consensus on a high-speed rail network appears to have fallen apart today after the Tories withdrew their support for a 200mph London-to-Birmingham route.