In this general election year, this question needs to be raised. Is rail still regarded favourably?
I was once told by Tim Yeo MP that there are 150 parliamentary constituencies for whom commuting by rail really matters, coming up routinely … Read more › “Is rail still important?”
The political analysts turned out to be wrong. HS2 was not being cut in order to release public sector funding for a tax cut. In place of HS2’s north of England sections, a whole smörgåsbord of transport schemes is being … Read more › “HS2 curtailed”
Searching for an economic strategy to lift the UK’s growth performance (which is half of the average of the 25 richest countries), Torsten Bell, CEO of the Resolution Foundation picks out the UK’s great area of success: the second largest … Read more › “Cross Country……the heart of the nation”
Greengauge 21 welcomes the opportunity to provide evidence on the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) as published in November 2021. Many of the Committee’s lines of enquiry are difficult to address with certainty because IRP outcomes remain the subject of further … Read more › “Submission to Transport Select Committee – implications of the Integrated Rail Plan for the economy, capacity and connectivity”
