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HS2 High Speed Rail

MPs report backing HS2 dubbed a sham by opponents to rail scheme

Only the planned high speed rail line with Birmingham at its heart will be able to meet growing demand for rail travel in future decades, MPs have warned.Read

M6 Toll

Call for change of direction after huge M6 Toll losses

Business leaders have called for a renewed strategy for the Midlands motorway network after the operator of the M6 Toll made a £41.6 million loss.Read

Denys Shortt

Power struggle was behind Coventry & Warwickshire LEP chairman's resignation

A row between the public and private sectors over transport policy is behind the unexpected resignation of Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s chairman.Read

Council considers overhaul of Birmingham's A38 Queensway and St Chad's tunnels

Birmingham’s St Chad’s Tunnel could be filled in and the neighbouring Queensway overhauled in an ambitious £85 million scheme being considered by the council’s transport department.Read

MPs report backing HS2 dubbed a sham by opponents to rail scheme

Only the planned high speed rail line with Birmingham at its heart will be able to meet growing demand for rail travel in future decades, MPs have warned.Read

London Midland

Ticket office closures 'will make £1.25m profit for London Midland'

A rail company has been accused of planning to make £1.25 million a year profit from closing ticket offices and cutting jobs.Read

HS2 High Speed Rail

HS2 'will still go ahead' despite Queen's Speech omission, insists DfT

A planned high speed rail network with Birmingham at its heart will go ahead as planned despite reports that the project has been delayed, the Department for Transport has insisted.Read

metro

£40 million Midland Metro deal for 25 new trams signed off

Spanish manufacturer CAF has signed a deal worth £40 million to build 25 new trams for the Midland Metro.Read

Railways

Forty-nine West Midlands railway ticket offices under threat

Ministers have denied secretly approving plans to close rail ticket offices across the West Midlands, after a leaked e-mail from government officials stated the closures were going ahead.Read

toptubemap cycle map of Birmingham

Birmingham cycle map adopts Tube style to show best routes around city

A Birmingham cyclist has taken inspiration from London Underground map creator Harry Beck in a bid to get people on their bikes.Read

How the finished New Street Station will look

Landmark stage reached in development of Birmingham New Street station

A crucial development phase at Birmingham’s New Street Station has been reached. Brett Gibbons takes a look at progress at the busiest transport hub outside LondonRead

HS2 High Speed Rail

HS2 opponents seeking court action to halt high speed rail scheme

A group campaigning against the Government's HS2 high-speed rail project between London and Birmingham is to go ahead with court action to try to halt the £32 billion scheme.Read

HS2 High Speed Rail

HS2 must not repeat the mistakes of HS1, insist engineers

Engineers have warned that a planned high speed rail network with Birmingham at its heart must not repeat the mistakes of Britain’s first high speed railway line, which connects London and the Channel Tunnel.Read

HS2 High Speed Rail

HS2 second phase plans will be announced in Autumn - Minister

The Government will publish its plans for the second phase of the HS2 high-speed rail project in the autumn.Read

Plane at Birmingham Airport

HS2 could see Birmingham Airport renamed as London-Birmingham, claims chief engineer

High speed rail will lead to the creation of an entire new city based around “London-Birmingham Airport”, the chief engineer of the new line has predicted.Read

Birmingham Airport

Transport secretary pledges to 'remove barriers' to Birmingham Airport expansion

Birmingham Airport’s campaign to expand has received a major boost after Transport Secretary Justine Greening said she wanted to “remove barriers” which prevented it growing.Read

Petrol

Budget 2012: Motorists face 3p rise in fuel duty

Drivers have had their hopes of avoiding another petrol pump increase later this year dashed by Chancellor George Osborne.Read

M6 motorway

Midland motorways M6 and M42 to be used for 80mph speed limit trial

Plans to introduce 80mph limits on motorways around Birmingham could be phased in as early as next year.Read

M6 Toll

Opponents to road privatisation plans point to M6 Toll failings

Opponents of David Cameron’s plan to “privatise” some major roads in England will cite the distinct lack of success of the UK’s only existing motorway toll road in the West Midlands.Read

HS2 High Speed Rail

Birmingham Chamber of Commerce in demand for movement on HS2 scheme

Birmingham business leaders have voiced concerns that local commuter services will be forced off the rails if the High Speed Rail (HS2) plans don’t go ahead soon.Read