Nationalisation is when something - such as a service, company or an entire industry - is brought under the control and ...
Barely a day goes by without railways making the headlines in Britain. Industrial unrest, crumbling infrastructure, rising costs, a wildly unpopular government plan to close station ticket offices, ...
Michael Portillo will celebrate the 200th anniversary of British railways with a special programme on the BBC. The opening of ...
Britain is building one of the world’s most expensive railways. Many people now think it’s pointless
Building new railways is an expensive business. Even in ideal circumstances, carving a new route through the landscape costs millions of dollars per mile and can take decades to complete. If you want ...
A new Great British Railways logo that will “restore pride” in the British train network is set to be unveiled in May on the first trains to be nationalised under the Labour government. Government ...
Britain’s railways are “not fit for purpose” and “financially unsustainable”, the transport secretary has said. In the annual George Bradshaw Address in London on Tuesday, Mark Harper described the ...
The UK Government is failing to meet its own targets to decarbonise rail in the country, according to a new report published by the Railway Industry Association (RIA). The progress report, released on ...
The new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will formally announce his cabinet soon. Credit: Ricky Vigil / Getty Images After a long night of vote counting and speeches, the UK has woken up to a new ...
Fears over dangerous crumbling concrete have spread to Britain’s railways, with Network Rail carrying out a review of the train estate, a minister has confirmed. Transport secretary Huw Merriman has ...
Last month’s announcement that the government will scrap phase two of the HS2 rail project, set to run from the West Midlands to Manchester, felt like another nail in the coffin for Britain’s ...
To understand Britain’s relationship with its railways you can read learned reports and lengthy histories. But it is better to read “Thomas the Tank Engine”. The stories are set on the fictional ...
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