As we move into 2025, LTT starts a discussion about how transport should sit in the wider scheme of things as society continues on a path of rapid technological, cultural and social change. We want to publish new ‘deep... continue
The future relationship between Great British Railways and elected leaders is starting to come into focus, with devolved administrations to be consulted soon. Senior figures in the Department for Transport have indicated that GBR will determine how the rail network operates and evolves but will... continue
All of Greater Manchester’s bus services have now come under local public control following the 5th January completion of the combined authority’s three-phase implementation of a franchising system. It is the first area outside London to have a publicly- determined bus network for the... continue
The Department for Transport has published a final consolidated table of bus funding allocations to English local transport authorities for 2025 to 2026. This comprises the £670 million now being provided on a formula basis to enable Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) to deliver their Bus... continue
The new 2024 edition of Transport Statistics Great Britain (TSGB) has been published, presenting a summary of statistics for transport activity, mostly relating to the calendar year 2023. For domestic travel in 2023 people travelled a total of 799 billion passenger kilometres, 8% higher than... continue
New mobility services have become a small yet growing, important and... continue
A new Department for Transport Appraisal and Modelling Strategy is set to... continue
The DfT has said it could future-proof Euston station in case future governments decided to extend the scope of the HS2 network. In October 2023, Rishi Sunak announced that Euston would have just six high-speed platforms instead of 10 or 11 after he axed the northern leg. The director general of... continue
Speaking at the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee hearing just before Christmas, new CEO Mark Wild said HS2 had “systemic and enduring problems”, including contracts that passed the risk on to HS2 Ltd rather than the supply chain, and were still working to plans from 2019,... continue
The bill for building the HS2 high- speed railway could pass £80bn at... continue
The Transport Committee has added an examination of investment pipelines for the railway industry to its work plan for the current Parliamentary session. The committee says its inquiry, titled Rail investment pipelines: ending boom and bust will look at how a planned, steady pipeline of projects... continue
Co-operative train company Go-op has launched a crowd funding appeal after its planned open access services between Taunton, Weston-Super-Mare and Swindon were approved by the Office of Rail and Road in November (LTT904). The appeal was launched on 18 December on the Crowdfunder website. By 2... continue
Open access entrepreneur Ian Yeowart has shown that he is not ready to retire, following FirstGroup’s purchase of two of his companies, by drawing up ambitious proposals for an open access service which would include reopening a Hampshire branch line. Yeowart, a former British Rail manager,... continue
Improved rail services and Mobility as a Service feature in a “Refined Package” for the A96 Inverness to Aberdeen corridor which is now the subject of a public consultation, although the Scottish Government remains committed to fully dualling the A96. Full dualling was announced in the... continue
Transport for Wales has shed light on some of the cost savings it has made from choosing discontinuous electrification on the Core Valley Lines. Interest in the concept is growing, and DfT Rail Minister Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill voiced enthusiasm last month. The launch of electric trains on the... continue
The Government must ensure that local transport authorities are... continue
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