The company that owns Britain's rail network yesterday edged towards accepting a tough...years.Iain Coucher, chief executive of Network Rail, said his company was "minded to accept" the Office of Rail Regulation's ruling on its funding. The ruling...

...criss-crossed by railway lines, the heart of the district lacks a rail hub and the nearby Vauxhall Underground and overground stations...reaching capacity. Talks about how best to improve provision of rail and bus services are under way between Transport for London...

Rail passengers face the largest single fares increase since privatisation...department. The DfT is seeking to reduce its contribution to the rail network from around 50 per cent of total costs now to 25...increases are bound to spark complaints about the level of rail fares in the UK, which for some headline fares are Europe's...

Network Rail on Thursday edged towards accepting its regulator's...However, the company that owns Britain's rail network said it was seeking clarification...it could accept the ruling.The Office of Rail Regulation published it ruling on funding...

A stand-off is looming between the owner of Britain's rail infrastructure and its regulator after the Office of Rail Regulation ruled that Network Rail would receive less income over the next five years than it has demanded.In...

...invented mass transportation by ruling that rail traffic should be exclusively in the hands...London could be handled by 12 parallel "rail-ways".Our forebears opted against that...Where London is the hub of just one, radial rail network, the German railway connects 11...

A stand-off is looming between the owner of Britain's rail infrastructure and its regulator after the Office of Rail Regulation ruled that Network Rail would receive less income over the next five years than it has demanded.In...

...consumer spending - though he predicts this will still rise by 15 per cent in 2009.Certain shares are expected to do well, such as rail companies, concrete businesses and banks that will be the initial beneficiaries of the government funds. Bank of America this...

...capital offers stellar culture, excellent leisure facilities, affordable housing, skilled professional labour, as well as good rail, road and air connections, particularly to eastern Europe.Vienna regularly vies with Zurich and Geneva for the top slot in the...

...nightspots in the 1930s. But it took the launch of the Eurostar high-speed trains to London from Gare du Nord in 1994 and subsequent rail network improvements, which have boosted annual station user numbers to 180m, for the area to finally become an attractive destination...