More than £10bn of investment in rail infrastructure in the Spending Review will help rebalance the economy away from London and the South-East, experts have said.
Proposals have been set out for a new Liverpool-Manchester Railway that regional leaders argue would deliver jobs, growth and regeneration across the North West.
Extra GP appointments, a “cost of living guarantee” and the scrapping of peak rail fares have been given top priority in the Scottish Government’s legislative programme for the next year.
Council staff will be unable to make public transport accessible to disabled people without new funding, training and other support, writes Clive Gilbert, head of accessible transport at the Policy...
Bus provision was cut between 2011 and 2023 at a rate 10 times higher in the most deprived areas of England compared with the least deprived, according to the IPPR North think-tank.
The government has claimed that all regions in England, but in particular "historically underserved" rural areas and small towns, will benefit from the money.
The bus sector is worth more than £11bn a year to the British economy, while bus services contribute almost £40bn every year to local economies, according to a research report.
Northern leaders have voted to request that Avanti West Coast should have its contract to run the rail line terminated “at the earliest possible opportunity” to be replaced by the Operator of Last...
The removal of rural bus routes has forced authorities to provide unsustainable ‘demand-responsive’ services and prompted the County Councils Network to call for additional money.
Sustained public investment and devolution of local transport powers will reduce car use, improve road and rail connections and help meet climate change goals, the National Infrastructure Commission...
Recovering passenger levels and a real-terms reduction in running costs will help Transport for London reach an operating surplus a year after it agreed funding settlement with the government.
Poor governance led to a tramline exceeding its budget and saddling the City of Edinburgh Council with almost £250m of extra debt, an independent inquiry has found.
Keir Starmer has reportedly abandoned Labour’s suggestion of introducing clean air zones like London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone following his party’s by-election defeat in Uxbridge and Ruislip.
