National Infrastructure Commission

Chancellor George Osborne has announced £100bn of spending in this Parliament for new roads, rail, flood defences and other vital projects. Launching the new National Infrastructure Commission, led by former Cabinet minister, Lord Adonis, the Chancellor said infrastructure will be at the heart of next month’s Spending Review. In his statement, he pledged £100bn in […]

Public Transport for an Ageing Population

Reviewed in this week’s French Connection, a report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has stated the current system of transport subsidy for older people will become unstable unless a review of it is made. Entitled ‘Public Transport for an Ageing Population’, the study claims the changes in UK demographics will greatly increase demand for public transport […]

PolskiBus wins again

Souter Investments’ Polish express bus operator, PolskiBus.com, has been awarded the FDI Poland Investor award for ‘Top UK Investor of the Year’, for the second year in a row. Owned by the Stagecoach founder’s private investment company, the operator has recently launched a regional network of eight new routes to 17 Polish cities and major […]

NatEx wins €1bn German rail contracts

  National Express Group has signed two contracts worth a combined €1bn/£0.72bn to operate the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) service in Germany. The company had previously been named the preferred bidder for the contracts in June. They are two of the three contracts that cover RRX services, which operate between cities including Cologne, Dusseldorf and Dortmund, […]

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