Midlands Connect, a sub-national transport body in the UK, has released a £3.5bn plan to improve the region’s rail network. Dubbed Midlands Engine Rail, the programme comprises seven projects, which ...

A transport body says it hopes to upgrade a critical junction on the A5 in Leicestershire. Midlands Connect, which works to improve transport infrastructure across the region, wants feedback from ...

For too long Metro mayors have been unwilling to invest in transport links along commuter routes in East Shropshire and South ...

The body has announced plans to improve rail journey times between major cities A plan to improve journey times between major cities in the Midlands has been announced. Regional transport body ...

Ahead of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond’s speech to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham today (1 October), transport body Midlands Connect has written to the Treasury with ...

Midlands Connect has signed a new collaboration agreement with the government in a bid to cement its position as the sub-national transport body for the region. As part of the agreement, Midlands ...

Midlands Connect, the partnership tasked with developing a transport blueprint to unlock economic growth across the region, has welcomed the call by Chancellor George Osborne for it to have formal ...

Midlands Connect has unveiled a roadmap detailing its priorities and plans for improving freight and logistics in the region. The transport body's Freight Routemap highlights the links to major ...

As the Bill for the western leg of phase 2b of HS2 was be laid in Parliament, Maria Machancoses, chief executive of Midlands Connect said it was a watershed moment in the future of the high-speed ...

Among the engineering upgrades are plans to improve access to Birmingham Moor Street station, Midlands Connect said Detailed plans have been submitted to the government as transport bosses in the ...

A plan to improve journey times between major cities in the Midlands has been announced. Regional transport body Midlands Connect said the strategy formed part of its Strategic Transport Plan. The ...