Transportinfo.org.uk - today's transport news in the uk, hand picked for you each morning

Breaking News

Chris Grayling tells Japan: some of our trains are superior to yours

Transport minister urges counterparts from Japan to buy trains made in Derby for their suburban rolling stockTransport secretary Chris Grayling is lobbying Japan, the country that pioneered modern high-speed trains, to buy rolling stock from Derby as part of the government’s post-Brexit trade push.In a counter-intuitive move, Grayling has urged Japanese ministers to purchase trains from the UK. Japan’s bullet trains are among the best in the world, but Grayling believes slower suburban rolling stock is better manufactured in Britain.

Double decker trains ‘could ease Edinburgh to Glasgow travel crisis’

Using double decker trains to transport passengers between Edinburgh and Glasgow could help solve the country’s rail crisis, according to Scotland’s former transport minister.