A station in ‘PTE-land’: this is The Hawthorns, between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, where Midland Metro platforms (out of sight, left) run parallel to the National Rail station
A matter of Law
Devolution is one of the industry’s favourite words at the moment. Local authorities in the Midlands and North of England are setting up new organisations which, it is hoped, will assume responsibility for transport planning. But our railway lawyer David Moore, of Clyde and Co., wonders whether such a reform can work.