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22 Sep 21
Risks remain over whether the High Speed 2 rail line can be finished within its revised £98bn budget, according to MPs.
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22 Mar 21
The government has confirmed hundreds of millions of extra pounds in emergency Covid-19 support for Transport for London and tram services suffering due to reduced passenger numbers.
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19 Feb 21
Transport for the North has scrapped its proposed contactless payment scheme after a reduction in central government funding.
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1 Dec 20
The Department for Transport paid out £309m more to railway operators than it received from income in 2019-2020, according to the National Audit Office.
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30 Jul 20
Tramlink, a Private Finance Initiative which runs Nottingham City Council’s tram network is losing £404,000 a week as a result of Covid-19, the authority has revealed.
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18 May 20
The HS2 high-speed rail project has gone “badly off course” and the government needs regular, accurate and open updates on the problems the project is facing, according to a report from the Public...
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9 Nov 16
The Department for Transport’s bungled modernisation of the Great Western railway offers “a case study in how not to manage a major programme”, the head of the National Audit Office has said.
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15 Aug 16
Local authorities are demanding extra powers to charge utility companies for digging up roads in order to tackle the “traffic chaos” caused by these works across the country.
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23 Mar 15
The government is to receive £68m in payments from transport firm First Group to operate the Great Western rail franchise for three-and-half years to April 2019.
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28 Oct 14
Roads minister John Hayes today confirmed that the Office of Rail Regulation will be given an expanded remit to hold the Highways Agency to account once the roads quango is given greater freedom from...
22 Sep 21Risks remain over whether the High Speed 2 rail line can be finished within its revised £98bn budget, according to MPs.
22 Mar 21The government has confirmed hundreds of millions of extra pounds in emergency Covid-19 support for Transport for London and tram services suffering due to reduced passenger numbers.
19 Feb 21Transport for the North has scrapped its proposed contactless payment scheme after a reduction in central government funding.
30 Jul 20Tramlink, a Private Finance Initiative which runs Nottingham City Council’s tram network is losing £404,000 a week as a result of Covid-19, the authority has revealed.
18 May 20The HS2 high-speed rail project has gone “badly off course” and the government needs regular, accurate and open updates on the problems the project is facing, according to a report from the Public...
9 Nov 16The Department for Transport’s bungled modernisation of the Great Western railway offers “a case study in how not to manage a major programme”, the head of the National Audit Office has said.
15 Aug 16Local authorities are demanding extra powers to charge utility companies for digging up roads in order to tackle the “traffic chaos” caused by these works across the country.
23 Mar 15The government is to receive £68m in payments from transport firm First Group to operate the Great Western rail franchise for three-and-half years to April 2019.
28 Oct 14Roads minister John Hayes today confirmed that the Office of Rail Regulation will be given an expanded remit to hold the Highways Agency to account once the roads quango is given greater freedom from...
