A rare sight greeted residents in Doncaster today as a refurbished Eurostar power car – previously used to carry more than 160 million passengers between the UK and mainland Europe – became the latest arrival at the town’s new world-class further education institution, the National College for High Speed Rail. 

As Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan announced £4.5 million of funding to install electric charging points across the city.

The travel chaos on the continent could be "subterfuge" from member states trying to give Britain a "warning" after the Brexit vote, a minister has reportedly said.

Labour has accused the Government of “running bus services into the ground” after new analysis suggested fares will be 60% higher than in 2010 by the time of the next election.

Labour has renewed its attack on the Government over “disgraceful” cancelled rail electrification projects. 

Alstom has delivered the first of 60 Citadis X05 light rail vehicles (LRVs) to Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) in Sydney, Australia, as part of the CBD and South East Light Rail project. Sydney is the first city in the world to receive the Citadis X05 LRV, which will provide a world class, modern transport solution to meet the needs of the growing city. 

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has been accused of hiding details of the budgets and timescales for the delivery of HS2 after his department heavily redacted a report on the project.

 

Speculating on the imminent government report into air quality, RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said: “We need to understand the detail before we can make a comprehensive comment. However, we are concerned that once again, the devil will be in the detail.

The Road Haulage Association is alarmed at the news that an HGV and its driver were targeted in a hi-jack attack by migrants at Calais in an attempt to cross the Channel.

The initial reaction of the Road Haulage Association to the news that the tolls on the Severn Crossings will end in 2018 is one of guarded optimism.

Ministers have been accused of "betraying" commuters after scrapping plans for the electrification of rail lines across the country.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced an eight-week extension to the current London Midland franchise, from 15 October to 10 December 2017, under the existing franchise terms. A further eight-week extension on the same terms may be granted, to 4 February 2018, should the DfT choose to exercise this option by 18 August 2017.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has found himself at the centre of a sexism row for reportedly saying that driving a train is so easy that even a woman can do it.

The vote on Heathrow expansion has been delayed because of the general election, the Transport Secretary has revealed.

The Go-Ahead Group plc (Go-Ahead) today announces that agreement has been reached with the Department for Transport (DfT) regarding the contractual variations and claims on the GTR franchise which relate to the impact of industrial action on train performance over the past 18 months.

Mayor of London's new Transport Strategy includes no recognition of the benefits of rail freight, says MPA.

Safety measures around taxi licencing set up in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal are being circumvented by rogue drivers, a cross-party group of MPs has said.

Labour MP Wes Streeting calls upon the Government to take ‘long overdue’ action to regulate the taxi industry. 

The Shadow Business Secretary has said she does not feel that using Uber is “morally acceptable” because of the way it treats its drivers. 

The RHA is again calling on the UK Government and EU authorities to focus on doing all they can during Brexit negotiations to ensure that fluidity for lorry movements across UK/EU borders is maintained.

Alstom is working with Eurostar to support the donation of two Eurostar power cars to the National College for High Speed Rail.

The UK is ranked as the 4th most congested developed country in the world and the 3rd most congested in Europe.

The Government has announced that local councils will be able to access a multi-billion pound fund to improve roads in their area. 

On Friday June 23, the Bicester to Oxford Collaboration was named winner of the prestigious Cross Industry Partnership Award for the delivery of the Chiltern Railways’ Oxford to London service and the first phase of the East West Rail programme at the Rail Industry Innovation Awards 2017.