Steve Allen, the current managing director of finance at Transport for London, has been appointed the chief financial officer of the project to build the new High Speed 2 rail link.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has scaled back the government’s £38bn rail investment programme, suspending electrification work in the North and Midlands.
Regulators have launched an investigation into the performance of government-owned Network Rail after finding it had failed to meet a series of targets in its multi-billion pound upgrade programme.
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.
A new transport strategy for the north of England has been set out by government and councils today, including options for a £65bn upgraded network of high-speed lines to boost connectivity across...
Costly failures such as the government’s botched award of the West Coast mainline franchise will continue unless there is an ‘honest appraisal’ of the skills gaps in the civil...
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said today that he was ‘ending the war’ on motorists by giving drivers a 10-minute grace period for being late back to their vehicle.
Billions of pounds should be devolved to the North of England to rebalance the economy and revitalise the region’s creaking transport network, according to IPPR North.
Political uncertainty over infrastructure is hindering the private investment needed to upgrade vital economic links like transport, energy and broadband, it has been claimed today.
Ministers have gone ahead with plans to replace the Pacer trains on the key rail franchise in the north of England by the end of the decade despite concerns from civil servants over value for money,...
Audit Scotland has endorsed the Scottish Government’s emergency takeover of the troubled Prestwick Airport, but warned ministers that they urgently need a clear and robust business plan for the...
A £500m infrastructure fund being created by two local government pension schemes could expand to form a multi- billion pound investment vehicle across the sector, a key figure in its formation has...
Major government investment decisions on rail infrastructure are being taken without a clear strategy for national transport networks, a committee of MPs has warned, which could hinder value for...
Local funding for bus services has been cut in half of authorities in the current financial year, a report by the Campaign for Better Transport group has found.
Chancellor George Osborne has set out government plans to boost economic growth in the North West of England to the wider UK rate, which would generate an extra £18bn and put another 100,000 people...
A decision by the Department for Transport to centrally procure trains for the East Coast, Great Western and Thameslink lines has left taxpayers bearing all the risk of a £10.5bn programme, the...
The Sheffield city region has agreed a devolution deal with Whitehall that will give the combined authority more power over economic development, transport, skills and housing, Deputy Prime Minister...
The government has published details of a £15bn road investment plan to fund more than 100 improvement schemes as part of a tripling of spending on highway upgrades to 2020.
