***Steve Norris, former London Mayoral candidate and Jarvis Executive Chairman is being touted as the new Chairman of Cross London Rail Link...

National Express loathes Open Access Operators and would do almost anything to stop Hull Trains and Grand Central services running on the Ea...

The Fact Compiler has been supplied with these two remarkable images. One shows someone surrounded by a diminishing band of supporters, abou...

A metaphorical bouquet goes to SWT following the retirement after forty three years of ‘Nobby’ (Alan Haynes) - an Area Route Controller base...

***CORRECTION: Sources indicate that Network Rail has determined that there are no additional paths available on the East Coast Mainline for...

The Fact Compiler has received an agitated email from a gentleman endeavouring to reduce endemic overcrowding on the bus and railway network...

Parliamentary Written Answer given on 10th July "Tom Harris (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport; Glasgow South, L...

The brave Aslef boys and girls would never do anything to compromise safety. It is only right, therefore, that they hold an extra-ordinary b...

***There was a significant failure of TfL's Oyster ticketing system this morning with readers on both buses and Tube stations unable to ...

Good news from the Department for Transport which, rather than doing what it says on the tin and worrying about how to get us from A to B, i...

From our man at 222 Marylebone Road If DafT reckons it can spend £1.4bn on 1100 vehicles to a specification no current design can meet... ....

More mutterings about the PassengerFocus National Passenger Survey. Regular readers will recollect that publication of the survey was delaye...

With an incredibly tight timetable for introduction of the new Thameslink fleet the smart money must be on Bombardier. The first units are d...

It is an established fact that the Department for Transport does not micro-manage the railway. As is well known DafT would rather set broad ...

***DfT Press Release*** Bidders announced for new fleet of Thameslink trains The Department for Transport today announced shortlisted applic...

The European Parliament approved an agreement reached with the Council on the EU-wide approval of different types of railway rolling stock. ...

***Over on Tom Harris' blog there is an announcement about the formation of a new Labour Transport Group who are "organising to pr...

From our International Correspondent The Atkins sponsored "Case for Electrification" supplement in the July issue of Modern Railw...

Whilst DafT occupies itself with moving the deckchairs around it is instructive to see how our continental cousins are meeting the challenge...

More mutterings following the late publication yesterday of the National Passenger Survey. InterCity operator National Express East Coast is...