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New train stations project is derailed by winter freeze

Rail passengers are being forced to take replacement buses a month after the official opening of a £300 million route, due to problems completing three stations.

Ferrovial in move to cut its stake in BAA

SPANISH infrastructure group Ferrovial is in talks with investors to offload 10 per cent of UK airport operator BAA in a move to slash €20.5 billion (£17.3bn) of debt.

RMT union blasts TfL after Bombadier and Invensys shortlisted for Tube contract

Two companies who were paid an estimated £110m to walk away from a signalling contract following the collapse of Metronet have been shortlisted for the same work by Transport for London (TfL).

Cost of air travel could rise by a fifth under VAT proposal

VAT could be imposed on all flights under proposals being considered by the European Commission.

Bus and train operator FirstGroup vows to drive up shareholder payouts

DECEMBER’S bad weather cost bus and train operator FirstGroup £7m, it revealed in a trading update today.

Transition Evesham Vale respond to transport plans

A LOCAL focus group has outlined ambitious plans for low carbon transport throughout the Vale in response to the county council’s own review of local transport. Transition Evesham Vale (TEV), which was established two years ago to support local solutions to the global problems of peak oil and climate change, has released a 14-page response to the county council’s BOLD public transport proposals in which it calls for improved bus services for rural communities, not route cuts.