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Virgin Trains

MPs call on Virgin Trains to give up appeal over West Coast Main Line Sep 21 2012

Virgin Trains has been urged by MPs to give up its appeal over the loss of the West Coast Main Line franchise and to accept that it is lost.Read

HS2 High Speed Rail

HS2 consultation slammed as 'shambles' by former Cabinet minister Sep 18 2012

The consultation process around the Government's flagship high-speed rail project, which will run from London to Birmingham, has been questioned by campaigners opposed to the �32 billion scheme after it emerged hundreds of responses were omitted from the original analysis.Read

Virgin Trains

Virgin Trains 'will fail with West Coast bid' predicts Transport Secretary Sep 14 2012

Virgin Trains will fail in its bid to hang on to the West Coast Main Line franchise, the new Transport Secretary has insisted.Read

Virgin Trains

Unions urge Government to re-nationalise West Coast Main Line Sep 06 2012

Rail unions have urged the Government to re-nationalise rail services on the West Coast Main Line after ministers slammed the brakes on the process of transferring the franchise from Virgin Trains to new operators FirstGroup. Read

Michael Fabricant

Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant resigns as Government Whip to fight HS2 Sep 05 2012

LICHFIELD MP Michael Fabricant has branded the current planned route of HS2 as “completely wrong” after resigning as Government Whip.Read

Patrick McLoughlin

HS2 hot potato passes from Justine Greening to Patrick McLoughlin Sep 04 2012

New Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin will be handling political hot potatoes in his new brief.Read

Virgin Trains

Government West Coast Main Line rail decision 'unlawful', claims Virgin Trains Aug 30 2012

Virgin Trains has accused Transport Secretary Justine Greening of acting "unlawfully", "irrationally" and against EU law by awarding the £13.3 billion contract for the West Coast main line to rivals FirstGroup.Read

Richard Parry

FirstGroup boss promises to improve on Virgin West Coast Main Line service Aug 30 2012

FirstGroup’s rail boss, who is set to take over services on the West Coast Main Line following a high-profile battle with Sir Richard Branson, has pledged to deliver a much better service than Virgin.Read

Virgin Trains

Branson offers up Virgin Trains to run West Coast Main Line for free Aug 27 2012

Sir Richard Branson has offered to run the West Coast Main Line for free to allow Parliament time to scrutinise an "outrageous" decision to award the franchise to rival FirstGroup.Read

Virgin Trains

Transport Committee demands delay to West Coast Main Line railway deal Aug 24 2012

Ministers are under pressure to delay plans to strip Virgin Trains of its franchise to run services on the West Coast Main Line as the row over the controversial decision continues.Read

Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP

Birmingham and Solihull LEP transport chief looks to airport and motorways Aug 24 2012

The man heading up transport policy for Birmingham and Solihull LEP has identified three key areas to get things moving in the West Midlands.Read

Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport chief supports campaign for review of air passenger duty Aug 23 2012

Birmingham Airport supremo Paul Kehoe is backing calls for a ‘fair tax on flying’ – after nearly 2,000 West Midlands people joined a campaign to cut Air Passenger Duty (APD).Read

A FirstGroup train

Campaigners predict little change from West Coast Main Line deal Aug 17 2012

The controversial government decision to award the West Coast rail line franchise to FirstGroup over Virgin Trains is unlikely to make much difference to passengers in the short term or speed up journey times according to rail users groups.Read

Virgin Trains

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Trains loses West Coast Main Line franchise Aug 15 2012

Sir Richard Branson has lost the battle to continue running the West Coast Main Line that his Virgin Rail company has been operating since 1997.Read

Virgin Trains

Virgin Trains on brink of losing West Coast Main Line franchise Aug 13 2012

Sir Richard Branson could lose his West Coast rail franchise this week, with a transport union warning that the switch in ownership could mean higher fares, poorer services and job losses.Read

Judicial review of HS2 high speed rail given go-ahead Jul 28 2012

A JUDICIAL review into the controversial HS2 rail line through Warwickshire has been given the go-ahead.Read

Preparation for Metro work in Corporation Street

Birmingham city centre trees make way for Midland Metro extension Jul 26 2012

WORK has begun to uproot nearly 30 trees in central Birmingham to make way for the £125 million Midland Metro extension.Read

Railway track

£9bn railways plan will create nearly 4,000 new journeys to Birmingham Jul 16 2012

A £9 billion investment in Britain’s rail network will create capacity for an extra 3,900 journeys into Birmingham every day.Read

Plane at Birmingham Airport

Airport and business leaders welcome delay to government's aviation strategy Jul 13 2012

Birmingham Airport boss Paul Kehoe has welcomed delays to a crucial Government blueprint for the skies – as it aims to double its nine million passengers.Read

Risk of train disruption during Olympics as union backs workers' dispute Jul 09 2012

Train drivers are backing a fight over the sacking of a Birmingham junior manager for alleged poor timekeeping – increasing the risk of disruption for travellers to the Olympics.Read

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