Man who was haranguing rail staff for not wearing face masks at busy London station is knocked unconscious by pram-pushing passerby – who was also bare-faced A passenger was knocked unconscious at Clapham Junction railway station Footage shows him arguing with staff before another passenger attacks him The attacker had a child with him and … Read more
Well that won’t encourage them back to the office! Rail commuters face 1.6% RISE in season ticket cost despite calls for it to be paused to coax staff back to their desks to save the economy Rail commuters face an increase in season ticket prices of 1.6% despite crisis Rise in most regulated fares is … Read more
Next year’s rail fare increases should be scrapped and more flexible season tickets introduced says transport watchdog Transport Focus is demanding a radical shake-up of the ticketing system The watchdog has proposed a Head Out to Help Out scheme to drive footfall It also called for an overhaul of season tickets, which it described as … Read more
Investigators will probe how Britain’s worst rail tragedy for a decade went unnoticed for a ‘significant’ period of time due to poor mobile phone signal. Passenger Chris Stuchbury, 62, train driver Brett McCullough, 45, and conductor Donald Dinnie, 58, were killed after a ScotRail 6.38am service from Aberdeen to Glasgow derailed and slid down an … Read more
Ministers face calls to freeze rail fares amid fears people will stay working from home if prices increase Campaigners argue annual rise in rail fares will deter people from using them Critics argue fares should be frozen to encourage staff to get back to the office Although this would be the lowest rise for five … Read more
Night train to Nice? Rail body calls for sleeper trains to use Channel Tunnel due to rise in post-Covid eco-tourism Night trains, including from Brussels to Stockholm and Vienna, are being revived Rail industry has proposed to run sleeper trains through Channel tunnel It is in order to cater for growing demand for environmentally-friendly travel … Read more
Horde of travellers turn rail station car park into a TRAILER park by ‘taking over’ site with 50 caravans – with passengers warned to avoid area A member of the public took to social media, warning others avoid Spital station Rows after row of caravans were seen today parked on either side of the car … Read more
The Prime Minister has announced a series of changes to the lockdown in England from July 4. Here is how the alterations will affect people’s lives: Do we have to keep to being two metres apart? No. For people not from the same household it is now ‘one metre-plus’. The ‘plus’ element is what the … Read more
A rail union leader is warning of a national strike unless the Government gives ‘unequivocal assurances’ that the social distancing rules across the transport network will remain at two metres. The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) said the Government’s own review into the social distancing guidance clearly states that public transport presents a high risk … Read more
Trainer firm Vans scrap ad campaign showing teenager on rail tracks after complaint from heartbroken driver who saw youngster killed by her train Vans ad shows young woman holding a camera as she clambers onto platform Heather Waugh, a freight train driver for Network Rail Scotland, saw a 15-year-old boy die after he lay down … Read more