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Full speed ahead for train builders as minister pulls plug on electrification

Chris Grayling has axed promised upgrades, but in other areas the industry looks healthy. What’s going on?The bright, electric future of the railway has been dimmed: trains will now continue to run on diesel west of Cardiff to Swansea, as they will on the Midland mainline to Nottingham and Sheffield.An announcement sneaked out on the last day before parliament went into summer recess has sparked howls of betrayal, in Wales in particular. Rail electrification, the government had once boasted, would bring quicker, greener, more reliable services, jumpstarting the economy and creating jobs with i...

Glasgow’s tram-train link firmly on track [Subscription]

There is growing optimism that a direct “tram-train” link between Glasgow airport and the city centre will get the go-ahead, according to Scottish government sources.

Electric Range Rover plot [Subscription]

Jaguar Land Rover is developing an all-electric Range Rover as a new crackdown on emissions looms, writes John Collingridge.

Undercover police officers on bikes deployed on London's roads to catch motorists endangering cyclists

Undercover police officers will be deployed on London's roads to catch motorists who endanger cyclists.