Britain’s ageing road network could become far more reliable if new technology is adopted according to Cambridge University Professor Robert Mair who is also a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. Victorian structures such as bridges, tunnels and viaducts will benefit from the new technology which use...
Airports are increasingly using unmanned air traffic control towers – relying on technology rather than humans to do a highly specialised job. A remote system has just been rolled out in Leesburg Executive Airport in Virginia. Sweden’s Ornskoldsvik airport has had the same system – whi...
It wants the public’s views on proposals to upgrade the railway between Bicester and Bedford, and Milton Keynes and Princes Risborough. It is part of the project to link Oxford to Bedford and Milton Keynes, via Aylesbury and Princes Risborough, to London Marylebone. Phase one from Oxford to Maryle...
The Nottingham South MP has represented the seat since 2010. She has been promoted from shadow rail minister under Ed Miliband’s leadership. Policy focus: Ms Greenwood has been a strong critic of the government’s rail policy, and now has a more prominent platform from which to push for refor...
The recent opening of Britain’s newest railway by the Queen has been a remarkable PR coup for not just the Scottish government but also the railway industry north of the border. The re-opening of part of the borders railway line is a significant milestone, a re-birth of Scotland’s railway system after y...
