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August 21, 2020 | Infrastructure

Britain sets up unit to accelerate transport projects

BRITAIN’s secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Schapps, has announced the creation of a new unit to speed up the delivery of rail and road infrastructure projects.

July 23, 2020 | Infrastructure

British government approves Manchester - Leeds electrification

THE British government has allocated £589m to kickstart electrification and upgrading of the Trans-Pennine main line linking Manchester, Huddersfield and Leeds.

July 10, 2020 | Policy

End in sight for private passenger rail operation in Britain?

BRITAIN’s National Statistics Office (ONS) is conducting a review of the status of passenger rail franchises with a view to reclassifying them as public entities.

June 18, 2020 | Financial

High Court upholds British government decision to disqualify franchise bids

BRITAIN’S High Court has ruled that a Department for Transport (DfT) decision to disqualify bids for three rail franchises was lawful.

June 17, 2020 | Technology

£9.4m awarded to 25 innovative British railway projects

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) and Innovate UK have awarded £9.4m to 25 rail projects as part of the 2020 First of a Kind (FOAK) rail innovation competition.

May 18, 2020 | High-speed

Parliamentary committee issues scathing report on management of HS2

THE British parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published a scathing report on the HS2 high-speed rail project on May 17 accusing the Department for Transport (DfT) of withholding information regarding the project’s cost and schedule.

May 15, 2020 | Financial

British government agrees £1.6bn funding package for Transport for London

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has agreed to a £1.6bn support package for Transport for London (TfL) to maintain rail and bus services and plug a yawning funding gap.

March 30, 2020 | News

Southeastern and Great Western franchisees secure direct award contract extensions

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has issued direct award contracts to Govia, a joint venture of Go Ahead (65%) and Keolis (35%), to continue to operate the Southeastern franchise, and FirstGroup to continue to operate the Great Western Railway franchise from April 1.

February 11, 2020 | High-speed

British government issues HS2 green signal to proceed

FOLLOWING weeks of speculation, the British government has finally reaffirmed its commitment to HS2, the project to build a new 338km dedicated high-speed network between London, Birmingham and the north of England.

January 28, 2020 | Infrastructure

Britain launches line and station reopening initiative

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has allocated an initial £500m to a new scheme to reopen lines and stations, the British government announced on January 28.

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