Britain's Leading Pro-Rail Campaign - Railfuture Ltd - (not for profit) Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England/Wales No.5011634.
Joined February 2011
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Jun 8
The East West 2026 Consultation closes tomorrow - read our submission at railfuture.org.uk/East-West-…
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May 29
Misleading @transportgovuk claim that renationalised GTR will double the number of services between Gatwick Airport and London Victoria every hour railfuture.org.uk/article192…
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Apr 7
The government is to give local powers for tap-and-go contactless travel. However, it must first set national objectives and standards, or this will lead to balkanisation of integrated ticketing, with different systems in each devolved authority area. gov.uk/government/news/bette…
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Feb 3
We had a Parliamentary Reception today to launch ‘A Growth Opportunity for Railways’. Read on at railfuture.org.uk/Social-Med… - and/or read our paper at railfuture.org.uk/display427…
Our thanks to @catkinson80 MP for hosting and our President Christian Woolmar for presiding.
ALT Picture of our Parliamentary Reception
ALT Picture of our Parliamentary Reception
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Jan 14
Railfuture has been campaigning since 2018 for the Northern cities to be combined into a single strategic economic entity linked by a fast, high capacity rail network to realise the economic potential of the region as Britain’s Northern Powerhouse.
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Jan 14
Railfuture welcomes today's government announcement of plans to develop Northern Powerhouse Rail in three phases, building on the TransPennine Route Upgrade between Leeds and Manchester which is in progress. railfuture.org.uk/Northern-p…
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11 Dec 2025
Tap and go payment for rail travellers arrives at 20 stations near London this Sunday - read why using it may be the expensive choice (and what you can do to reduce your costs): railfuture.org.uk/display421…
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26 Nov 2025
Railfuture welcomes the plan in today's budget to introduce Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED), a new mileage charge for electric and plug-in hybrid cars. We are less content with the decision to extend the fuel duty cut. lnkd.in/e3vE7G53
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23 Nov 2025
Railfuture was interviewed by the BBC in connection with today's fare freeze announcement - see that interview and read our "we welcome ... but" commentary at railfuture.org.uk/Media-upda…
ALT Picture of Neil during his BBC interview
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19 Nov 2025
Railfuture welcomes today's news that there will be more passenger services on East West Rail and also the arrival of Cambridge East station.
Read on at railfuture.org.uk/display418…
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13 Nov 2025
The Railways Bill will establish Great British Railways with the tools and authority it needs to make the railway deliver for passengers, freight and taxpayers but it is worrying that many politicians think that the job will be done when the law is passed. railfuture.org.uk/article192…
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13 Nov 2025
House building must be sustainable, by being served by rail. All but one of the first 12 ‘new towns’ is already rail-served or the subject of rail proposals. Strategic planning, integrating land use with transport planning, is necessary to identify more. railfuture.org.uk/article192…
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16 Jul 2025
Register your support for one of Railfuture's campaigns to receive our quarterly Chair's column by email, reviewing our campaigns and the state of the railway. railfuture.org.uk/support
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8 Jul 2025
We were pleased to rail related investment in today's Government announcement. Read on for the detail and what we hope to see in imminent announcements: railfuture.org.uk/article192…
ALT Government's graphic with some over text. Not needed for screen readers.
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27 Jun 2025
The expected U-turn on Personal Independence Payment benefits will cost the government approximately £2Bn per year. The Treasury loses the same amount each year through the 'temporary' 5p cut to fuel duty introduced in March 2022. Fuel duty hits the more affluent not the poorest
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11 Jun 2025
A day of two halves for us, so we have:
1) Thoughts on today's Spending review (...The devil will be in the detail ..): railfuture.org.uk/Media-comm…
2) Commentary on Eurostar's plans for services to Germany and Switzerland: railfuture.org.uk/Press-rele…
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4 Jun 2025
Railfuture on Rachel Reeve's 'Biggest ever investment in city region local transport'
.. Public transport as sustainable and sociable transport - especially rail whether mainline or light rail - is the great economic enabler and lifestyle liberator..
linkedin.com/posts/railfutur…
ALT Integrated public Transport: Tram Train calling at Sheffield National Rail station stop: It’s all about the end to end journey
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22 May 2025
We're expecting the unveiling of the first GBR liveried train today.
Director Mike Southgate commented "On Sunday, all that is going to happen is that SWR will have a new shareholder ...
Read on at: linkedin.com/posts/railfutur…
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9 Apr 2025
And its not just about travel to/from London and the South East - this will be a national destination, indeed international as will be just one change of train from Paris, Brussels et al.
9 Apr 2025
Universal Studios at Bedford – Government Announcement - Neil Middleton, Railfuture Vice Chair commented: “Key to the success of the studios will be a great rail infrastructure to move many of.....
Read on at linkedin.com/posts/railfutur…
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