Channel Tunnel infrastructure manager Getlink is pushing forward with a plan to upgrade a route from the tunnel to Wembley to a more modern freight loading gauge.
Getlink wants to convert the route from Dollands Moor, the Channel Tunnel’s freight depot, to Wembley via Maidstone to the gauge of W12, which…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed to NCE that Great British Railways (GBR) is going ahead despite numerous reports in the national media suggesting otherwise.
The Times cited sources within the DfT that are said to have claimed GBR is not a priority for the current government and will not…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has spent a total of £52.3M setting up Great British Railways (GBR) to absorb power from Network Rail so far, a Freedom of Information request by NCE has revealed.
GBR will be a new government body that will also undertake an organisational role with the operation…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has today confirmed that Derby is to be the location for the planned Great British Railways (GBR) headquarters.
GBR will be a new government body which will absorb Network Rail and also undertake an organisational role with the operation of train services too. It was a…
Transport secretary Mark Harper has committed to Great British Railways (GBR) in this year's George Bradshaw address, delivered at the Institution of Civil Engineers.
GBR was a key outcome of the William-Shapps Plan for Rail, published in May 2021, with the purpose of ending fragmentation and integrating the country’s railways. The intention is…
Transport secretary Mark Harper is expected to commit to the government’s proposed reform of the UK’s railways under the new public body Great British Railways (GBR) this week.
GBR was a key outcome of the William-Shapps Plan for Rail, published in May 2021, with the purpose of ending fragmentation and integrating the…
Transport secretary Mark Harper will “take some time to listen to alternative views” about how to accomplish the intention behind the government’s proposed reform of the UK’s railways under the new public body Great British Railways (GBR).
The decision to establish GBR was a key outcome of the William-Shapps Plan for…
This month's NCE News Wrap is out now, bringing you recent key stories in a quick five-minute roundup.
In November's News Wrap video, NCE takes a look at the latest HS2 and Crossrail developments, along with the news that the creation of Great British Railways has been delayed. In Crossrail news,…
The creation of Great British Railways (GBR) has been delayed, new transport secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has said.
Speaking to the transport committee today, Trevelyan admitted the new public body to operate Britain's railways will not be established by early 2024 as previously promised. The decision to establish GBR was a key…
With rumours circulating that Great British Railways (GBR) is set to be shelved, NCE takes a look at what exactly the new organisation involves and what has happened so far in its development.
Insiders have this week told the i newspaper that the project and its proposed changes may be scrapped,…
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