Northern pays around £50 million a year for diesel, and so in theory the state-owned operator could save £3 million or more ...

Better value claim The lobby group Rail Partners is claiming that private rail operators are better value for taxpayers. In its latest newsletter, RP highlights payments to the Treasury from operators ...

The chancellor should freeze rail fares next year, and make the announcement in the Autumn Budget at the end of this month, ...

HSRG chair Dyan Perry is quoted by the Guardian as saying: ‘Short-term decisions to cut investment into infrastructure would ...