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  • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
    FT Magazine
    First Brexit, then Covid: can Eurostar get back on track?

    The great cross-Channel rail project is fighting for survival as passenger numbers plunge

  • Saturday, 13 February, 2021
    Travel
    Postcard from . . . Bangkok: goodbye to a grand old station

    As a giant new rail hub shunts the much-loved Hua Lamphong aside, will Thai rail travel retain its romance?

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    HS2
    US contractor seeking £100m from HS2 over lost tender

    Bechtel says Balfour Beatty-led consortium was awarded £1.3bn contract despite ‘lacking understanding of requirements’

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Lex
    Eurostar: meeting its Waterloo Premium

    Boris Johnson should steer clear of a bailout for beleaguered rail service

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Transport for London
    Transport for London sets out £15.8bn long-term funding demands

    Capital seeks £3.1bn package for 2021/22, £1.5bn for following year and £1.6bn annually for 2023-30

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    UK regional policy
    Pledge to level-up UK questioned after northern transport budget cuts

    TfN’s budget slashed by 40% by government and more than £100m funding for contactless tickets cancelled

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    HS2
    HS2 spur to Leeds should be delayed, infrastructure commission advises

    Advisory body says routes between cities in the north and midlands should be prioritised

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    FirstGroup PLC
    Losses narrow at FirstGroup as demand in US rises

    British transport company remains in talks to sell North American business to pay down debt

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Budget to upgrade Britain’s railways cut by £1bn

    Executives say it is unclear which projects will now be cancelled

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Crossrail Ltd
    London’s Crossrail project boosted by £825m government loan

    New east-west rail line in the capital is running £4bn overbudget and almost four years late

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    UK rail industry in talks to boost Christmas services

    Relaxation of coronavirus rules over festive period expected to lead to surge in people moving around the country

  • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
    Crossrail Ltd
    TfL boss warns Crossrail faces mothballing without government bailout

    Commissioner Andy Byford says project needs £80m of immediate support to avoid a ‘Doomsday scenario’

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    New York and the crisis in mass transit systems

    Public transport revenues in leading cities have been hit hard by coronavirus, and some passengers may never return

  • Saturday, 7 November, 2020
    Travel
    Across America without leaving my bedroom

    Amtrak says its private sleeper cabins are ‘coming into their own’ during the pandemic

  • Monday, 2 November, 2020
    LexJapanese business & finance
    Japanese railways: bullet point Premium

    Until last year passenger miles on the bullet train network were growing, but everything has now changed

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    News in-depth
    UK railway rescue spells end of franchising system

    Government wants to move towards a contracts-based system in biggest shake-up in 25 years

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    UK infrastructure
    UK government on standby to nationalise more rail lines

    DfT negotiates with train companies as six-month Emergency Measures Agreements set to end

  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
    FirstGroup PLC
    FirstGroup predicts swing back into profit

    Forecast comes as passengers slowly return and state support bolsters the business

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    Activist hedge fund urges European shift to rail from flights and ferries

    Oceanwood writes to ministers in UK, France, Netherlands and Belgium arguing move would cut emissions

  • Sunday, 30 August, 2020
    UK business & economy
    Train companies to receive fresh rescue to keep services running

    Ministers likely to agree £3bn package over six months to help return to workplace

  • Friday, 21 August, 2020
    Crossrail Ltd
    Crossrail costs soar to £19bn and opening is pushed back to mid-2022

    Pandemic intensifies engineering problems at one of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects

  • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
    Deutsche Bahn AG
    Deutsche Bahn criticised for withholding data during pandemic

    Travel booking sites say German state-owned railway is refusing to share information that predicts train crowding

  • Wednesday, 19 August, 2020
    UK business & economy
    Rail fare freeze considered to tempt back passengers

    Ministers consider scrapping annual ticket price rises in effort to tempt people back on trains

  • Thursday, 13 August, 2020
    Train companies seek bailout for station retail tenants

    Landlords including the government accused of not helping as pandemic hits revenues

  • Wednesday, 12 August, 2020
    Scotland
    Three die after train derails in north-east Scotland

    Incident near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire is UK’s first fatal rail crash in more than a decade

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