Euston railway station is a major central London railway terminus managed by Network Rail in the London Borough of Camden. It is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line,the UK's busiest inter-city railway. Euston is the tenth-busiest station in Britain and the country's busiest inter-city passenger terminal,being the gateway from London to the West Midlands,North West England,North Wales and Scotland.
King's Cross St Pancras is a London Underground station on Euston Road in the Borough of Camden,Central London. It serves King's Cross and St Pancras main line stations in fare zone 1,and is an interchange between six Underground lines. The station was one of the first to open on the network. As of 2022,it is the most used station on the network for passenger entrances and exits combined.
The commissioner of transport for London has management responsibility for Transport for London (TfL) and hence for the transport system throughout the City of London and Greater London in the United Kingdom. TfL is controlled by a board whose members are appointed by the Mayor of London,who also chairs the Board. The commissioner reports to the board and leads a management team with individual functional responsibilities. The commissioner is therefore the most senior transport official in the capital.
The transport system in Scotland is generally well-developed. The Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament has control over most elements of transport policy within Scotland,with the Cabinet Secretary for Transport,Net Zero and Just Transition holding portfolio responsibility within the Scottish Government. Transport Scotland is the Executive Agency responsible for the Scottish transport network.
John Giles Hendy,Baron Hendy,is an English barrister practising in employment and Trade Union law and member of the House of Lords.
Old Oak Common (OOC) is a railway station under construction on the site of the Old Oak Common traction maintenance depot to the west of London in Old Oak Common,approximately 500 m (1,600 ft) south of Willesden Junction station. When built,it is expected to be one of the largest rail hubs in London,at about 800 m (2,600 ft) in length and 20 m (66 ft) below surface level.
The period from 1995 covers the history of rail transport in Great Britain following the privatisation of British Rail. During this period,passenger volumes have grown rapidly,safety has improved,and subsidies per journey have fallen. However,there is debate as to whether this is due to privatisation or to better government regulation. During this period,High Speed 1,the West Coast Main Line upgrade and Crossrail were completed and more construction projects are currently under way. The period also saw the demise of privately-owned Railtrack and its replacement with government-owned Network Rail.
High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed railway which is under construction in England. The line will run between Handsacre,in southern Staffordshire,and London,with a spur to Birmingham. HS2 is to be Britain's second purpose-built high-speed railway after High Speed 1,which connects London to the Channel Tunnel. London and Birmingham will be served directly by new high speed track,and services to Glasgow,Liverpool and Manchester will use a mix of new high speed track and the existing West Coast Main Line. The majority of the project is planned to be completed by 2033.
SYSTRA is a multinational engineering and consulting group in the mobility sector,whose fields of activity include rail and public transport. SYSTRA employs about 10,300 people worldwide,and is a limited company which shareholders include French national railway company SNCF,RATP,and various banks.
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is a combined authority for Greater Manchester,England. It was established on 1 April 2011 and consists of 11 members;10 indirectly elected members,each a directly elected councillor from one of the ten metropolitan boroughs that comprise Greater Manchester,together with the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester. The authority derives most of its powers from the Local Government Act 2000 and Local Democracy,Economic Development and Construction Act 2009,and replaced a range of single-purpose joint boards and quangos to provide a formal administrative authority for Greater Manchester for the first time since the abolition of Greater Manchester County Council in 1986.
Andrew George Stephenson FRSA is a former British politician who most recently served as Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care from November 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendle in Lancashire from 2010 until 2024.
Network Rail Control Periods are the 5-year timespans into which Network Rail,the owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain,works for financial and other planning purposes. Each Control Period begins on 1 April and ends on 31 March to coincide with the financial year. These periods were inherited from Railtrack,so that the earlier ones are retrospective,and not necessarily of 5 years duration.
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) is an organisation established in 2012,replacing the Olympic Park Legacy Company and the planning powers of the Olympic Delivery Authority. It was formed as a mayoral development corporation under the powers of the Localism Act 2011. The mayoral development area covered by the development corporation is the Olympic Park and surrounding areas.
Mark Carne is a British businessman who served as executive vice-president for Shell in the Middle East and North Africa and was chief executive of Network Rail.
Michael William Tuke Brown,is a British transport executive who was the Commissioner of Transport for London from September 2015,upon his appointment by Mayor of London Boris Johnson,until June 2020.
Sir Douglas Edwin Oakervee FHKIE is a British civil engineer who is a past chairman of both High Speed 2 and Crossrail,and was the 139th president of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was awarded the CBE in 2010 for his contributions to civil engineering and appointed Knight bachelor in 2022 for services to transport and infrastructure delivery.
Great British Railways (GBR) is a planned state-owned company that is to oversee rail transport in Great Britain except for Transport for London,Merseytravel,light rail and tram services.
North West England electrification schemes are a series of individual railway lines in North West England that have been,and continue to be electrified and upgraded. It is planned that these schemes will result in a modernised,cleaner,lower carbon and faster railway with improved capacity.
Gareth Aled Dennis is a Scottish-Welsh rail engineer and writer based in York who specialises in transport systems and policy. He also lectures at the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE).
