Green party challenge
- Published Tue 08 of Jul, 2014 21:56 BST - (5679 Reads)Public rail campaign
- Published Sun 06 of Jul, 2014 19:48 BST - (6382 Reads)Fireworks Flyer
- Published Sat 28 of Jun, 2014 21:16 BST - (5315 Reads)National Express keep c2c
- Published Fri 27 of Jun, 2014 21:00 BST - (4436 Reads)The Department for Transport announced today that National Express has won the Essex Thameside franchise competition, retaining c2c and so avoiding an unseemly exit from the British rail industry.
Peterborough bypass
- Published Fri 20 of Jun, 2014 09:34 BST - (8784 Reads)Network Rail are presenting their proposals for grade separation at Werrington in a local exhibition today and tomorrow. Railfuture have been campaigning for this development which will complete a strategic eastern spine route for freight, relieving the East Coast Main Line.
Haverhill campaign
- Published Thu 19 of Jun, 2014 16:45 BST - (4686 Reads)The East Anglia branch of Railfuture will fund a local leaflet drop later this year to win public support for reopening the railway line between Cambridge and Colchester via Haverhill.
New inter-city train
- Published Wed 18 of Jun, 2014 10:35 BST - (5093 Reads)Privately funded railway
- Published Wed 11 of Jun, 2014 12:21 BST - (4019 Reads)By the end of 2014 the Windsor Link Railway expects to raise the £10m it needs to gain transport and works approval for the first wholly privately promoted and funded railway project for over 100 years.
Todmorden first
- Published Tue 10 of Jun, 2014 09:15 BST - (7132 Reads)The first passenger carrying train to use the reinstated Todmorden curve was a rail tour called the 'Topper Chopper', run by Pathfinder Tours, on 31 May 2014. Photograph by David Evans.
Tube future in doubt
- Published Mon 09 of Jun, 2014 20:44 BST - (4762 Reads)Skipton-Colne boost
- Published Sat 07 of Jun, 2014 22:11 BST - (5769 Reads)Edinburgh tram inquiry
- Published Fri 06 of Jun, 2014 21:51 BST - (5974 Reads)Solar sparks effect
- Published Fri 06 of Jun, 2014 10:12 BST - (5510 Reads)The South Tynedale Railway plans to be the first railway in the world to offer a solar-powered public transport service, using battery-electric locomotives like these. (Photograph: Clayton)
Back to the Future
- Published Thu 05 of Jun, 2014 16:48 BST - (4801 Reads)Goods delivery vans return to Euston once more as TNT Express tests combined use of rail and road for inner London deliveries. (Photo TNT)
Inter-city mock-up
- Published Sat 31 of May, 2014 20:58 BST - (4416 Reads)A mock-up of the inter-city express driver’s cab at the DCA workshop in Warwick. Photo by DCA Design International.
Heritage link-up
- Published Wed 28 of May, 2014 20:10 BST - (4474 Reads)Serco sleepers
- Published Wed 28 of May, 2014 17:14 BST - (6666 Reads)Inverurie celebration
- Published Wed 28 of May, 2014 16:02 BST - (6035 Reads)Business hears Railfuture
- Published Fri 23 of May, 2014 12:54 BST - (4651 Reads)Chris Austin of Railfuture addressed the Essex Institute of Directors at Marks Tey yesterday morning alongside Chris Dulake, the Engineering Director of Crossrail, raising the status of Railfuture in their eyes. (Artist impression: L & Q and Countryside properties plan for new Chelmsford neighbourhood Beaulieu Park station.)