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Article thumbnail: File photo dated 20/6/2022 of passengers wait to board a train at Hunts Cross Station, Liverpool. Legislation to overhaul Britain's railways and England's buses was included in the King's Speech. Bills to bring train operators into public ownership, create new public body Great British Railways (GBR) to oversee the rail network, and give all English councils new powers to franchise local bus services will be introduced. Issue date: Wednesday July 17, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS ElectionTransport. Photo credit should read: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Politics

Avanti one of several rail firms at risk of nationalisation due to poor service, minister says

As i revealed on Wednesday, Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has instructed lawyers to examine the new Avanti contract.

Politics

Avanti first rail firm at risk of nationalisation under Labour train plans

Politics

HS2 northern leg definitely dead - but new east-west links to go ahead

Article thumbnail: Empty platforms at King's Cross railway station where trains are cancelled due to the heat in London, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. London's Kings Cross Station, one of the country's busiest rail hubs, was empty on Tuesday, with no trains on the busy east coast line connecting the capital to the north and Scotland. Millions of people in Britain woke from the country's warmest-ever night on Tuesday and braced for a day when temperatures could break records, as a heat wave scorching Europe walloped a country not built for such extremes. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Politics

HS2 tunnel to Euston 'to be funded with £1bn of taxpayer cash' despite Sunak vow

Travel

I took my kids to Austria by rail – it was easy, fun and cheaper than flying

Article thumbnail: AYCLIFFE, ENGLAND - APRIL 25: Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party and Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh (L) speak to a member of staff as they visit Hitachi Rail on April 25, 2024 in Aycliffe, England. Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party and Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh visited Hitachi Rail to present their detailed roadmap to establish Great British Railways and revitalise Britain's transport system. Yesterday, Labour unveiled plans to deliver a 'unified and publicly owned' rail network aimed at reducing taxpayer costs and improving passenger standards. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: AYCLIFFE, ENGLAND - APRIL 25: Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party and Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh (L) speak to a member of staff as they visit Hitachi Rail on April 25, 2024 in Aycliffe, England. Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party and Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh visited Hitachi Rail to present their detailed roadmap to establish Great British Railways and revitalise Britain's transport system. Yesterday, Labour unveiled plans to deliver a 'unified and publicly owned' rail network aimed at reducing taxpayer costs and improving passenger standards. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: A hand-written sign stuck to a ticket machine alerts potential travellers to a lack of trains at Paddock Wood railway station in south east England on April 8, 2024, as train drivers strike over pay. Rail services were hit to large parts of the UK, including key tourist routes, as train drivers launched a new strike amid cost-of-living pressures and decades-high inflation. Members of the Aslef union representing train drivers are taking part in a three-day rolling strike which will also affect express services to London's Gatwick, Stansted and Heathrow airports. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: A hand-written sign stuck to a ticket machine alerts potential travellers to a lack of trains at Paddock Wood railway station in south east England on April 8, 2024, as train drivers strike over pay. Rail services were hit to large parts of the UK, including key tourist routes, as train drivers launched a new strike amid cost-of-living pressures and decades-high inflation. Members of the Aslef union representing train drivers are taking part in a three-day rolling strike which will also affect express services to London's Gatwick, Stansted and Heathrow airports. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 03: A view of a train station as rail workers set to stage strike over dispute between unions and train companies which have been ongoing for more than 18 months in London, United Kingdom on April 03, 2024. Rail workers will walk off the job on April 5, 6 and 8 to protest low pay and working conditions. (Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 03: A view of a train station as rail workers set to stage strike over dispute between unions and train companies which have been ongoing for more than 18 months in London, United Kingdom on April 03, 2024. Rail workers will walk off the job on April 5, 6 and 8 to protest low pay and working conditions. (Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: DERBY, ENGLAND - APRIL 16: An Alston company sign stands outside the train manufacturing facility and factory on April 16, 2024 in Derby, England. French manufacturer Alstom recently announced that the nation's biggest train factory, in operation for 185 years, is in danger of closing due to insufficient orders over the past year and a half. The factory was supposed to build trains for HS2 at the Litchurch Lane site starting in 2024, but has suffered the consequences of delays to the project, leading to the potential redundancy of 1,300 workers. In 2023, Derby was chosen as the home of Great British Railways, and a temporary headquarters is set to open this month. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: DERBY, ENGLAND - APRIL 16: An Alston company sign stands outside the train manufacturing facility and factory on April 16, 2024 in Derby, England. French manufacturer Alstom recently announced that the nation's biggest train factory, in operation for 185 years, is in danger of closing due to insufficient orders over the past year and a half. The factory was supposed to build trains for HS2 at the Litchurch Lane site starting in 2024, but has suffered the consequences of delays to the project, leading to the potential redundancy of 1,300 workers. In 2023, Derby was chosen as the home of Great British Railways, and a temporary headquarters is set to open this month. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)