Transport authorities from England’s city regions have told the prime minister that new transport laws must be highlighted as a parliamentary priority in next week’s King’s Speech.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has approved the Outline Business Case (OBC) for reopening Beeston and Tarporley after efforts from a local campaign group.
Historic England has denounced plans for a £1.5bn regeneration of London Liverpool Street station, calling the proposals for tall buildings “grossly disproportionate” in scale and saying the rail upgrades would “sacrifice much of the character” of the building.
An extra £8bn-plus could be pumped into the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) project, bringing the fund to £20bn, the Manchester mayor has said.
Network Rail is uncertain whether the funding agreed with the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for Control Period 7 (CP7), 2024 to 2029, will be enough to manage the risk in its structures portfolio.
Transport minister Huw Merriman has said “funding is there” for reopening the disused Leamside line in the North East, despite the government removing it from its Network North pledges.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has accepted Network Rail’s £43.1bn plan for Control Period 7 (CP7), April 2024-March 2029, which will focus on building network resilience and increasing rail freight.
High Speed 2 (HS2) engineers have lifted the first 90t beams into place for the Thame Valley Viaduct, the first major rail viaduct in the UK to have been manufactured off-site.
Network Rail has published plans for a £30M civils framework covering signalling and level crossings in the East of England.
Transport for London (TfL) has provided an update on its plan to build a new London Overground station in between Deptford, New Cross and Bermondsey.
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