The Gateshead Mine Water Scheme, currently the largest heat recovery project in the UK, is transforming heat energy from coal mines into a sustainable solution. Click to read more.
The strategy – developed by Transport North East and Nexus (the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive) on behalf of the North East Joint Transport
The last ever Inter City 125 on the East Coast Mainline stopped off in Durham station in 2019. Picture by Tom Banks CONTROL of trains and track will be brought under a new public sector body named Great British Railways (GBR) as part of sweeping reforms, the Department for Transport has announced in a move praised by North-East leaders. The organisation will own and manage rail infrastructure, issue contracts to private firms to run trains, set most fares and timetables, and sell tickets. It will absorb Network Rail in a bid to end the current “blame-game system” between train and track operations when disruption occurs.