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- UK infrastructure needs much more investment, say government advisers Wed, 18 Oct 23, 10:01amNational Infrastructure Commission says public transport, home heating and water networks all in need of renewal
- Labour says Sunak should take blame for soaring HS2 costs as they happened on his ‘direct watch’ – as it happened Thu, 28 Sep 23, 2:25amThis live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here
- All capital spending under review ahead of Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement Sat, 5 Nov 22, 4:32amGrant Shapps hints scaling back of Northern Powerhouse Rail could be among cost-saving measures
- Ryanair boss is the teller of Brexit truths | Brief letters Mon, 15 Aug 22, 3:13amMichael O’Leary | Joined-up thinking | Mythic rail journeys | A rejection from Raymond Briggs | What to call an egg pricker
- Unfinished business: policies that could fail under UK’s ‘lame-duck’ government Sat, 9 Jul 22, 1:10amMuch needed decisions on energy to retail taxes look likely to stall amid political chaos
- End of the line? Vintage train journeys at risk as coal supply fails Sun, 10 Apr 22, 3:30pmHeritage railways, which make millions for UK economy, axe services as mines close and Russian sources are ruled out
- Covid set back attitudes to public transport by two decades, says RAC Mon, 9 Nov 20, 11:01amMost Britons see their car as more important now and would not choose greener alternative
- Hinkley Point C work to carry on but HS2 could be paused Tue, 24 Mar 20, 5:00pmMajor infrastructure projects highlight varying approaches to the coronavirus outbreak
- Canadian police had 'no authority' to search pipeline activists, says watchdog Fri, 21 Feb 20, 8:12amLetter offers scathing criticism of police’s tactics against Wet’suwet’en people amid growing protest over gas pipeline
- Justin Trudeau urges 'dialogue and mutual respect' to end rail blockade Wed, 19 Feb 20, 5:23amCanadian prime minister: ‘I know patience is running short’Indigenous activists are protesting against C$6.6bn gas pipelineJustin Trudeau has called for patience and dialogue as his government seeks a peaceful end to...
- Agincourt ascribed to a mistaken scribe | Brief letters Thu, 12 Sep 19, 3:11amAzincourt | Geoffrey Boycott | Strawberries | Steam trains | Coffee ordersI think Prof Valentine Cunningham might be wrong about Agincourt being a medieval trooper’s mishearing of Azincourt (Letters, 7 September)...
- How safe are savings as Fed rushes in where ECB fears to tread? Sun, 17 Jun 18, 4:00pmWith the base rate in the eurozone still at 0%, funds are flowing back to the US using a myriad of financial instrumentsWhile governments around the world contemplate the fallout from Donald Trump’s trade war with China,...
- World's first fully solar-powered train on track in Byron Bay Sun, 17 Dec 17, 12:50pmA refurbished 70-year-old 'red rattler' is running on a three-kilometre stretch of disused rail line at the popular tourist destination on the NSW North Coast.
- With political will, we could easily solve our transport problems | Letters Sat, 5 Aug 17, 3:22amReaders share their thoughts on electricity generation, cars, cycling, trains and garden citiesGeorge Monbiot makes some useful points in his article bemoaning the influence of the lobbying power of the motor industry (We...
- UK’s rail network suffering from lack of joined-up thinking | Letters Tue, 25 Jul 17, 4:23amReaders respond to news of scrapped rail electrification plans and the folly of HS2The transport secretary’s announcement (Fury as soaring cost halts electrification, 21 July) is disastrous for the UK – on economic,...