‘Clear communication is key to managing rail challenges’ say Northern leaders
Crystal clear communications with rail passengers and staff will be the single most important factor in keeping people safe as we move into the...
Plans could see the whole of Deansgate turned into a car free zone
Plans are being drawn up to completely pedestrianise the length of Deansgate if its temporary closure is successful.
A report by ‘Streets For All’ showed...
Passengers urged to face away from each other on crowded public transport
Public transport users should face away from each other when they cannot keep a two-metre gap, the Government has said.
New guidance issued by the...
Morrisons cuts petrol nationwide below £1 per litre
Morrisons is bringing the price of its unleaded down to a maximum of 99.7p per litre, and diesel down to £104.7p per litre, at...
Greater Manchester reveals its bold active travel plans
Greater Manchester’s council leaders have committed to creating enhanced space for pedestrians and people on bikes across the city-region, to enable people to keep...
Stagecoach calls for strategy to secure bus networks post lockdown
Britain's biggest bus and coach operator had called for a joint strategy between industry and government to secure vital public transport networks out of...
Accelerate plans for a northern Britain transport revolution to kickstart the post Covid-19 economy...
The report, Revisiting High Speed North’ argues that although major rail schemes, including the second phase of HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), are...
Rail Unions-This is not the right time to run more trains
Britain's three rail unions - ASLEF, RMT and TSSA - have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland,...
Metrolink gets £11.6m to keep it running for the next three months
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has agreed twelve weeks of funding for Manchester’s Metrolink network enabling key routes to remain open for people travelling to...
Social distancing at airports and on public transport is impossible says Heathrow chief
John Holland-Kaye, Heathrow's Chief Executive has described social distancing at airports as “impossible”.
He also called for passengers to be screened in a bid to...