Birmingham’s failing transport system is to be tackled head on with a ten-year vision for roads, rail, bus, cycle and tram development in the city.Read
Plans for a £34 billion high speed rail line linking Birmingham with London, Manchester and Leeds have been thrown into turmoil after the official public spending watchdog concluded the HS2 business case does not make sense.
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The company behind the construction of the High Speed Two rail line through the Midlands has announced plans to build a 2.6km tunnel beneath Birmingham.Read
West Midland drivers must be persuaded to leave their cars at home to make vital inroads into the £2 billion plus cost of congestion on the region’s roads, says Lord Snape of Wednesbury.Read
Most people back the HS2 high-speed rail project between London and Birmingham but few think the £33 billion scheme will be completed on time and within budget, according to a survey.Read
Business leaders have welcomed the decision to award the West Coast Main Line contract to Virgin until 2017 – a full five years after Sir Richard Branson was set to lose it.Read
The planned 225mph HS2 rail line between London, Birmingham and the North should go ahead - despite a court ruling that a Government consultation about the new high speed route was “unlawful”, MPs have said.Read
The Department for Transport has insisted the planned high speed rail line from Birmingham to London and the North of England is on track to be completed on time and within budget, after it emerged £250 million has already been spent.Read
Birmingham-based National Express has landed £1.5bn in contracts for rail and coach services in Germany after an 80-year-old Nazi ban on foreign ownership was lifted.Read
Closed and neglected urban rail stations in Birmingham could be transformed under proposals being drawn up by Midland councils and business leaders.Read
The Government’s transport spokesman in the House of Lords has admitted that he was unable to travel to an event in Birmingham – because he couldn’t afford the train fare.Read
