Council leaders in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield have joined forces to call on the government to fund the entire Northern Hub programme. The leaders of..

Steve Bratt, Group CEO of the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA), has welcomed the Government’s announcement today that Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat MP for..

Network Rail will charter two helicopters during the Olympic Games this summer to help contractors receive maintenance equipment and to ensure cable thieves do not disrupt any..

Contractors have welcomed government backing for the £32.7 billion High Speed Two rail network but have underlined the importance of reform if the project is to avoid..

Transport for London has published figures showing that London Underground carried the highest number of passengers in its history during December 2011. Friday 9 December saw..

Christmas and New Year rail improvement works valued at more than £109m have been completed without any major overruns. A spokesman for Network Rail said that relatively..

Plans for a flagship rail operating and training facility in York have been unveiled by Network Rail. The Rail Operating Centre would be one of 14 proposed centres across..

Sophisticated technology and increasing automation means London Underground is likely to have placed its last order for a fleet of trains requiring the skills of a traditional..

The government will select 40 major infrastructure projects, including schemes like Crossrail and Great Western Electrification, to be given a new priority status to ensure speedy..

Railways in Britain remain among the safest in Europe, according to the annual safety report by the Office of Rail Regulation. Potential high risk train accidents on the..