Mar. 17 2025
Source Page: WMCA: CRSTS annual report 2023 to 2024Found: We will also deliver innovative and transformational projects such as Coventry Very Light Rail, Bus
Oct. 23 2008
Source Page: Rail accident report: derailment at Grayrigg, 23 February 2007. 255 p.Found: also be referred to as rail and a common crossing splice rail.
Mentions:
1: Martin Vickers (Con - Brigg and Immingham) I beg to move,That this House has considered open access operators for rail services.It is a pleasure - Speech Link
2: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Friend is speaking very well about the usefulness and benefit of having a good rail system. - Speech Link
3: Alison Hume (Lab - Scarborough and Whitby) Time is of the essence as we strive to deliver better rail services. - Speech Link
4: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield and Rothwell) The Office of Rail and Road recognises this through its “not primarily abstractive” test. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) There are 11 light rail systems in the UK. - Speech Link
2: Lord Ranger of Northwood (Con - Life peer) , the Rail Safety and Standards Board and even the Department for Transport. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Randerson (LD - Life peer) The Welsh Government do not have powers over rail infrastructure. - Speech Link
Apr. 01 2025
Source Page: Safety digest 02/2025: Morton JunctionFound: Rail Accident Investigation Branch Safety digest 02/2025: Morton Junction Near miss with track workers
Written Evidence Mar. 04 2025
Inquiry: Rail investment pipelines: ending boom and bustFound: or light rail infrastructure or busways along any disused railway formation.
Mentions:
1: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) My constituents have endured years of poor rail services from Northern Rail, with just one overcrowded - Speech Link
2: Heidi Alexander (Lab - Swindon South) I will happily ask the Rail Minister to meet the right hon. - Speech Link
3: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) What steps she is taking to reduce the cost of rail services. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) What steps she is taking to reduce the cost of rail services. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) The British people pay some of the highest rail fares in Europe. - Speech Link
6: Heidi Alexander (Lab - Swindon South) I will ask the Rail Minister for a meeting. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Ken Skates (Welsh Labour - None) transform the borderlands railway line, with integrated bus services and the end goal of a direct rail - Speech Link
2: Janet Finch-Saunders (Welsh Conservative Party - None) Improved rail links are essential for boosting tourism, business and our local communities, yet north - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Heidi Alexander (Lab - Swindon South) I know that the Rail Minister is seized of this issue. - Speech Link
2: Will Stone (Lab - Swindon North) Over the past decade, we have seen uncertainty in the rail sector. - Speech Link
3: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) The Department is working with the rail industry to improve the performance of rail services in Gloucestershire - Speech Link
4: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) The Rail Minister in the other place is very much focused on how we decarbonise our rail sector. - Speech Link
5: Heidi Alexander (Lab - Swindon South) Lady, given that she was Rail Minister for a number of years. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) I have chosen to use it to address the future of our great nation’s connectivity by air, rail, sea and - Speech Link
2: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) The Glasgow airport rail link should be more than an aspiration; it is a necessity. - Speech Link
3: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) The member makes a good point.Meanwhile, the west Fife rail link has the potential to revitalise local - Speech Link
4: Simpson, Graham (Con - Central Scotland) Talk of a light rail link to the airport has gone on for too long. - Speech Link