West Coast railway shortlist announced
The Department for Transport has this morning announced the shortlist for the new West Coast rail franchise. Virgin Trains and First Group are again competing, joined by MTR.
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Southern viaduct to second Mersey crossing complete
Bridge building machine, MSS Webster, has completed its final concrete pour on the £600m Mersey Gateway’s south approach viaduct. [VIDEOS]
Balfours names new MD
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has announced a new leader for the North as part of a senior management reshuffle.
Brown departs Transport for the North
Transport for the North has announced that chief executive David Brown is to leave the organisation in September. Brown will take up the post of managing director of Arriva Rail North, operator of the Northern rail franchise.
Burnham joins Northern Transport Summit line-up
Newly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, will discuss his plans for transport and infrastructure in the city region at the Northern Transport Summit later this month.
Work starts on £100m Manchester roadworks
Manchester City Council has begun a £100m five-year highways improvement programme, with work set to be carried out across all wards of the city over the next year.
Magnetic levitation route proposal revealed for North
A proposed route across the North has been revealed by Ryder Architecture and Arup for Hyperloop One, a pod-based mode of transport using magnetic levitation to propel passengers and cargo at airline speeds through a tube.
Manchester to pilot bike-share scheme
A six-month pilot of an “Uber for bikes” bike-sharing scheme is to start in Manchester and Salford on 29 June.
Northern Transport Summit agenda announced
The programme for the first Northern Transport Summit, held by Place North West and Transport for the North, has been revealed, including high-profile keynote speeches and panel sessions on local government, rail, multimodal transport, and the private sector outlook.
AECOM picks up cruise terminal work
The global engineering giant has been selected to manage and supervise site investigation works for Liverpool’s proposed £50m permanent cruise liner terminal.
