West Coast passenger numbers to stay secret – for now. In a private court hearing held yesterday (1st November 2012) in the build up to the Judicial Reviews which...
McLoughlin has his fingers in his ears about HS2. In an interview with The Independent, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has said he wants to ‘fast track’...
McLoughlin ignores WCML warnings about HS2 and forgets to mention planned £7.7bn service cuts. After the recent disaster with the West Coast Mainline Franchise, Transport Secretary Patrick McLouglin said today (Monday) he will...
Public Accounts Committee said Franchising Civil Servant’s HS2 thinking was ‘Bonkers’ & ‘Shocking’. According to the DfT business plan, Steve Gooding the civil servant in charge of HS2 for the...
“Significant technical flaws” on West Coast Mainline franchise will be dwarfed by HS2. Campaigners against HS2 feel vindicated today by the shambles of the WCML bidding process which has revealed “significant technical...