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TPE faces uncertain future

Current service levels at TransPennine Express “are unacceptable” and “all options remain on the table”, says Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper. 

FEATURE: Reversing Beeching: Portishead prepares

GREG MORSE presents the history of a Beeching closure that’s due to reopen

Investment could bring billions for the North

A transformed economy in the North could unlock £118 billion a year by 2050 and produce an extra one million jobs. 

FEATURE: Back to the future on the East Lancs?

How do you ‘reverse Beeching’ on a railway that already runs heritage tourist trains? NICK BRODRICK lifts the lid on a stewing Lancashire hotpot

FEATURE: Fatal blows delivered under Labour

CONRAD LANDIN tells of archives discovering how following Labour government implemented many of the closures recommended in The Reshaping of British Railways

Euston HS2 terminus delayed until 2041?

JUST weeks after the Government confirmed that London Euston remained High Speed 2’s southern terminus SoS for Transport delayed Euston’s arrival

Nationalised Sleeper separate from ScotRail

CALEDONIAN Sleeper will remain a separate operation to ScotRail under public ownership plans announced by the Scottish Government

Why cheap PPE isn’t a smart choice

By Jonas Andersson, GORE-TEX Professional Sales Associate 

Manchester Bee Network to offer integrated public transport

Greater Manchester will get new responsibilities for transport as part of the city region’s latest devolution deal with the Government

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