HS2 could become Low Speed Too
Euston, Crewe, and Manchester could all be back on the railway agenda. A U-turn, that most unlikely of railway manoeuvres, is on the tracks, over the future of…
Rail roundup: Siemens’ new UK plant, Rail Baltica’s big tender, Swiss tunnel sees light
Press release averted; it’s your daily rail roundup from RailTech! All eyes are on Yorkshire in the UK’s north, as Siemens officially opened its new rolling stock plant…
HS “New” to replace HS2
HS2 Birmingham to Manchester is dead. Long live HS New Birmingham to Manchester. Civic leaders in the Midlands and North West of England are getting behind a study…
Salford Crescent Station at the heart of city-wide regeneration
Opened in the 1980s and is set to expand in the 2020s. Salford Crescent station in Greater Manchester is not the biggest station in the region, but it…
New Manchester and London service proposal
A new Manchester city and airport service to London has been proposed. The franchised operator London Northwestern Railway has set out plans to extend its existing services between…
Lumo plans London to Manchester and Rochdale
There is a big blue success story coming to Manchester. It’s not another Premiership title for City. The open access passenger train operator Lumo has revealed plans to…
Manchester Metrolink gets further investment
Metrolink, the branding of the familiar yellow trams in Manchester, is to see a further 21.4 million pounds (just over 25 million euro) investment. The local authority has…
Manchester Oxford Road revamp but Castlefield Corridor still a pinch point
Britain’s infrastructure agency, Network Rail, is promising smoother journeys for passengers at Manchester Oxford Road station. However, the work at the nationally recognised building may not do anything…
HS2 cost projections and controversies still raise questions
Britain’s ambitious plans for a high-speed railway network have hit the buffers before even getting out of the station. The project has been savagely cut back from the…
HS2 to Manchester officially cancelled: a “betrayal of the North”
It was probably the worst kept secret in British political history. Prime Minister Richi Sunak stood up at his party’s annual conference this Wednesday, and told the nation…
HS2 surgery is the wrong choice say leading academics
A paper, credited to several university professors specialising in the rail industry, has warned of the unforeseen consequences of abandoning the HS2 high speed rail project between Birmingham…
HS2 decision clock ticking for UK Prime Minister at political conference
Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the British government, has a decision to make. It’s one he has been studiously avoiding in a barrage of media interviews. Might…
UK Government faces backlash over HS2 uncertainty
The High Speed Rail Group (HSRG), a consortium of industry stakeholders, has issued a stern response amidst growing speculation surrounding the fate of phase two of Britain’s High-Speed…
Sheffield, the tram system with a little bit of train, compared
As essential track replacement works are underway on the Sheffield Supertram network, the city’s public transportation system stands out as a unique example in the UK. Unlike other…
UK parliament says HS2 for Manchester remains on the agenda
Will Britain’s high speed railway come to Manchester? There is still a massive cloud over the prospect of HS2 ever reaching the North West of England, but the…