ORR cuts third-party rail investment fees in bid to lower barriers to projects

Third parties investing in Britain's rail network will face lower fees from November after the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) concluded that a...

Not invented here!

Insight from Richard Lungmuss The British can be pretty parochial when it comes to taking advice, technology, processes and equipment from outside the UK, and...

GBR strategy opens door to public ownership of new trains as leasing default ends

New passenger trains could be bought and publicly owned rather than automatically leased from rolling stock companies under a new government strategy that promises...

£25m North Wales Coast railway blockade to deliver years of renewals in four weeks

More than £25m is to be invested in the North Wales Coast railway during an intensive four-week engineering programme designed to improve the reliability,...

Rail industry launches shared framework to measure and maximise social value

The rail industry has launched a new Social Value Framework designed to create a more consistent approach to measuring and demonstrating the wider economic,...

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