Articles...
Nov 12 2007
WHEN it comes to making an excuse for being a few minutes late, it’s one of the text-book classics: My watch must be slow....
Oct 31 2007
THE Government was under fire last night after suggesting any high-speed rail link from London would run only as far Birmingham – not to the North....
Oct 8 2007
EMERGENCY crews were put on standby for an explosion after several gas canisters burst into flames near railway lines last night....
Oct 5 2007
FASTER trains will be brought in to run more regularly between Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle, under Government plans unveiled yesterday....
Sep 19 2007
A DEMAND for 100mph trans-Pennine trains between Liverpool and other key northern cities is critical for the growth of the region’s economy, a report to the Government revealed last night....
Sep 11 2007
The question of how we got from one era to another and arrived at the technological age is answered in a fine new book. Peter Elson reports...
Sep 11 2007
GOVERNMENT ministers have ordered the rail industry to shave nearly 20 minutes off the average train journey between Liverpool and Manchester within the next six years....
Sep 7 2007
MERSEYSIDE’S biggest bus operator, Arriva, yesterday reported a fall in interim profits of 1.5%, saying the figure had been impacted by the cost of bidding for rail franchises and by higher fuel costs....
Aug 31 2007
THE joint venture company running the Merseyrail network faces a race against time to avoid financial penalties for implementing a reduced timetable because of its train maintenance crisis....
Aug 24 2007
EXTRA buses were laid on at peak times for Merseyside commuters on the first full day of Merseyrail operating a drastically reduced service yesterday....
