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  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    UK infrastructure
    HS2 protests set to cost high-speed UK rail line up to £200mn

    Project heads to seek injunctions to control demos along entire length of route, MPs told

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Go-Ahead Group PLC
    Go-Ahead hastens renewal of audit contract after Deloitte probe announced

    Running tender three years early comes in wake of regulators starting investigation of firm’s work for bus and rail operator

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    The Big Read
    How Russia’s war in Ukraine upended the breadbasket of Europe

    Disruption to Ukraine’s agriculture industry poses a serious threat to global food security

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    FT live news
    Live news updates from April 25: Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover offer, US pledges further military funding to Ukraine
  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Britain threatened with summer of rail chaos as RMT calls strike ballot

    Backdrop of growing industrial unrest, as inflation erodes pay while many employers struggle to fill vacancies

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    Deloitte LLP
    Deloitte under investigation by UK accounting regulator over Go-Ahead audits

    Transport group’s shares were temporarily suspended in January after it missed deadline for filing results

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    Go-Ahead Group PLC
    Go-Ahead chief to bring back dividend as he seeks to ‘reinstall trust’

    Public transport operator hopes to move on after being stripped of Southeastern rail franchise

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Sebastian Payne
    London shouldn’t be levelled down as the UK is levelled up

    The capital’s new railway highlights woes elsewhere and is a provocation to some

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Transport
    ​Rising petrol prices drive Americans on to public transport

    Use of trains and buses rebounds in large cities but remains lower than before pandemic

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    Go-Ahead Group PLC
    Go-Ahead sets aside £30mn for Southeastern rail penalty

    UK public transport group was stripped of franchise last year over ‘serious failings’

  • Monday, 21 February, 2022
    Hyperloop One
    Virgin Hyperloop axes half its staff to focus on freight

    Pandemic prompted strategic shift for superfast transport system, says company

  • Monday, 21 February, 2022
    News in-depthUK infrastructure
    Crossrail opening heralds era of uncertainty for UK public transport

    Passenger numbers on trains and buses have failed to recover to pre-pandemic levels, hitting finances

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    LexAlstom SA
    Alstom: staying on the rails despite tricky acquisition Premium content

    The French train maker should benefit from infrastructure stimulus packages and green spending

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    Go-Ahead Group PLC
    Go-Ahead suffers vote miscount in latest embarrassing blunder

    Audit committee chair steps down after wrongly tallied shareholder proxies mistakenly gave him majority support

  • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
    Covid forces Southern Railway to suspend services at London Victoria

    Key operator halts trains to capital’s second busiest station for 12 days due to staff absences linked to virus

  • Monday, 27 December, 2021
    Climate change
    Climate change’s challenge to UK’s ageing railways

    Victorian legacy of network means remedial work is needed to counter extreme weather

  • Monday, 20 December, 2021
    Germany
    German industry berates Deutsche Bahn over rail freight problems

    Manufacturers say they are ditching trains for lorries because of unreliable services

  • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
    LexStagecoach Group PLC
    Stagecoach/National Express: defensive bus deal needs more axle grease Premium content

    British bus companies are banding together for safety but shareholders should think hard before accepting the first offer

  • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
    National Express Group PLC
    National Express to buy Stagecoach for £470m

    Deal will bring together two of UK’s largest public transport operators

  • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
    HS2
    Hitachi and Alstom win £2.8bn trains contract for UK’s high-speed railway

    German manufacturer Siemens to take legal action against decision

  • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
    Go-Ahead Group PLC
    Go-Ahead shares slide after stock suspension warning

    Transport operator stripped of Southeastern franchise admits to ‘serious’ failings in railway business

  • Monday, 6 December, 2021
    Special ReportEnergy Efficiency
    Electric and hybrid trains power ahead to cut emissions

    ‘Bi-mode’ capability and other advances reduce fossil fuel use in rail transport

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    Belt and Road Initiative
    Laos to open Chinese-built railway amid fears of Beijing’s influence

    Project in one of Asia’s poorest countries stokes concerns over financial and political risks

  • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
    Deutsche Bahn AG
    German government to quiz Deutsche Bahn over fraud allegations

    Berlin will ‘critically challenge’ state-owned rail group about whistleblower complaints

  • Friday, 26 November, 2021
    UK infrastructure
    Boris Johnson’s bridge to Northern Ireland ‘impossible to justify’

    Link to strengthen ties within the union would cost £330bn and take 30 years to build, report finds

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