Flexible season tickets will be offered to commuters by June as part of Government plans to get workers rushing back to their desks. The tickets can be used for two or three days per week to fit with a phased return to full time office working – and are set to save save commuters several hundreds … Read more
Network Rail boss vows to scrap weekend engineering works this summer if leisure trips soar after Covid lockdown Weekend rail closures could be scrapped if leisure travel surges after lockdown Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy predicts weekend demand could surge To avoid disruption maintenance and upgrade work could move to weekdays By Milly Vincent For … Read more
Network Rail boss vows to scrap weekend engineering works this summer if leisure trips soar after Covid lockdown Weekend rail closures could be scrapped if leisure travel surges after lockdown Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy predicts weekend demand could surge To avoid disruption maintenance and upgrade work could move to weekdays By Milly Vincent For … Read more
As a boy, Simon George loved watching the trains rumble past at the busy railway junction in a hamlet near his home. He spent long days during his school holidays in the early 1980s, from the age of 12 to 15, sitting on embankments or perched on footbridges over the tracks at Heaton Lodge Junction, … Read more
Two rail lines shut in 1960s will reopen as transport officials put £800million towards Bicester-Bletchley and Newcastle-Ashington projects Department for Transport said £760m will support next phase of East West Rail Reinstates services between Bicester, Oxfordshire and Bletchley shut in 1968 £34m boost is also going to old line between Newcastle and Ashington By Daily Mail … Read more
Half of all rail services may be cut due to ‘ghost trains’: Routes could be slashed again amid predicted slump in passengers during third lockdown An emergency timetable would be introduced in a bid to cut service levels Aim is to reduce number of so-called ‘ghost trains’ which carry no passengers Expected number of services … Read more
Train fares will be frozen until March… before soaring by 2.6%: Passengers will bear the brunt of Government’s bailout of rail companies during pandemic Fares usually rise in January and are linked to the retail prices index (RPI) The cost of an average annual season ticket will go up from £3,064 to £3,144 Fare rise … Read more
Most of British rail network will be shut on Boxing Day – adding pressure to chaotic December 27 when millions will travel to beat Christmas Covid bubble deadline Families get a five-day reprieve from coronavirus restrictions over festive period But many are likely to leave the rush back home until the last day of that … Read more
Bus and rail firm Go-Ahead ups its outlook despite the coronavirus lockdown hitting demand By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:21 GMT, 3 December 2020 | Updated: 21:21 GMT, 3 December 2020 Go-Ahead has improved its outlook Go-Ahead has improved its outlook despite the month-long England-wide lockdown hitting demand. The bus … Read more
Labour demands higher rail fares are axed over Christmas to stop off-peak trains being packed Travel restrictions lifted from December 23 to 27 sparking fears of virus spread Labour calls to suspend higher fares over the five days to reduce overcrowding Two million people travel by rail each year between Christmas and New Year By … Read more