Transport - Page 13

Campaigners are celebrating news that the Government has intervened to put the brakes on rail companies' plans to close station ticket offices. 

A partnership between two manufacturers has seen them create a new type of trailer which is expected to bring significant efficiencies to the commercial vehicle industry. 

A £250,000 resurfacing and improvements scheme starts today on a busy road and roundabout in Uttoxeter. 

Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce is developing a proposal to open a new railway station in Stoke-on-Trent, which it says could be a “game-changer” for businesses in the area.

A logistics firm has opened its first site in Staffordshire to look after one of its biggest-ever contracts.

A Stoke-on-Trent MP has said work could begin to re-open the Stoke to Leek railway line within the next 18 months. 

Newcastle-under-Lyme MP Aaron Bell has voiced his support of lobbying against plans for a bus gate on Basford Bank.

Council leaders have joined forces and are urging the Government to divert money that was due to be spent on the now axed HS2 route through Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire to a key rail and road corridor and local transport improvements instead.

A special launch has been held to mark the official start of works for the West Midlands Interchange. 

Council bosses are calling on the Government for more details about the decision to re-open the Stoke to Leek railway line – as well asking for a funding plan and time scale to be shared.