Alstom has been chosen to provide maintenance support for the Class 92 locomotives that pull the carriages of the Class 92 Caledonian Sleeper service. The locomotives will be maintained at the Alstom Wembley Depot for the next twelve years starting this year, in a contract worth around £15 million.

Groupe des Partenaires pour la Mobilité des Montréalais (PMM), the Alstom-led consortium with SNC-Lavalin, has signed a contract with CDPQ Infra to deliver a complete automatic and driverless light metro system, including rolling stock and signalling, as well as operation and maintenance services, for the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) project in Montreal, Canada. 

Labour would offer free bus travel to all those under 25 in areas where services are at least partly run by the public sector, Jeremy Corbyn will say.

In response to the Channel 4 programme ‘Dispatches – Britain’s Diesel Scandal’, the Road Haulage Association unreservedly condemns any attempts by road haulage firms to break the law or to cheat emissions standards.

Aviation minister Baroness Sugg has announced plans to make the sector ‘greener’ by cutting down on plastic used on flights.

Technical Director for intelligent mobility with SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business Dr Wolfgang Schuster writes about the rapid advances in electric vehicle (EVs) technology.

Shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald writes for PoliticsHome, saying Chris Grayling uses "a web of untruths and falsehoods" to explain away decisions he has made that are "damaging to capital, business and industry."

Shadow Minister for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy & Southampton Test MP Dr Alan Whitehead writes in advance of his adjournment debate on 'Air quality and shore to ship charging'. 

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed the Mayor of London’s Transport Strategy for London, including positive references to rail and water freight.

The Road Haulage Association is dismayed by Transport Minister Jesse Norman’s latest announcement that in less than twelve months’ time, the majority of haulage operators will have to pay an additional 20% towards the HGV Road User Levy.

The Road Haulage Association welcomes the news that Government is to make a further £100 million available to councils across the UK to repair potholes and other damage caused by recent extreme weather conditions.

Asphalt Industry Alliance'S Rick Green response to DfT’s Pothole Action Fund figures saying local authorities must be given the resources they need to maintain our roads.

The Government’s focus on demanding the early retirement of Euro V lorries is misguided says the Road Haulage Association. Currently, no retro-fit is available for lorries until 2019 – if ever.

Brexiteers were left outraged last night after it was revealed that Britain’s new blue passport will be made in France.

The Road Haulage Association is concerned about reports that criminals are ‘gassing’ lorry drivers before stealing goods from their trucks.

Twenty percent of carriageways in England and Wales are five years away from being unusable according to a study by the Asphalt Industry Alliance. 

You could drive almost around the world on the length of roads in England and Wales that could fail if they are not fixed in the next 12 months, reports this year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey, published today (20 March 2018).   

The Road Haulage Association welcomes the announcement that the UK and EU have provisionally agreed terms for a Brexit transition deal.

Lorries carrying goods from Europe will not be checked when they enter the UK at Dover, Chris Grayling has revealed.

Four House of Commons committees have joined forces to demand the Government addresses the “national health emergency” of poor air quality.

Tricia Nelson, EY’s Head of Transport, comments on funding for transport in English cities:

Labour has torn into the Government after its website offering a flagship ‘millennial railcard’ crashed on its first day of nationwide sales.

The worrying fact is that many of our roads are in such a poor state that they present a genuine threat to the safety of all road users, says Julie Cooper MP.