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Reconnecting communities to the national rail network by restoring closed branch railway lines is popular, with many applications to the Department for Transport’s Restore Your Railway fund. Government announced the first go-ahead on 19 March 2021 which should lead to … Read more › “Missing Main Lines”
This submission has been made to the Union Connectivity Review following publication of the Interim Report in March 2021. It focusses on just one of the areas of interest for the Commission – the Irish Sea fixed link.
Overview
There … Read more › “Union Connectivity Review: A short follow-up submission on the Irish Sea fixed link”
In June 2014, in Manchester, the leaders of six northern cities pitched their aspirations for better rail inter-connections to the wider world. The Chancellor of Exchequer was on hand to say: “the money will be found”. The new buzzword, courtesy … Read more › “Greengauge 21 welcomes the National Infrastructure Commissions’ Report on Rail Needs for the North and Midlands”
In the closing days of 2020, Dr Nicola Forsdike reminded us, in a paper written for the Rail Reform Group, (see ref 1) of an important thesis set out by Mark Casson (see ref 2). His conclusion was that Britain’s … Read more › “Transport’s number one climate change resilience project”
