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
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
Grant Shapps’ app: Transport minister reveals personal journey planner to help rail passengers socially distance during coronavirus outbreak by avoiding busy services The National Rail service aims to help commuters avoid over-crowded trains It will stagger journey times and give disruption or over-crowding warnings Government pledged to pump £283million to roads, railways, buses and trams … Read more
Robert Tchenguiz is embroiled in a vicious spat with powerful City stockbrokers after his multi-million pound bet on the transport giant FirstGroup turned sour. City sources said that at least one of the brokers had threatened legal proceedings, claiming the flamboyant tycoon owes them millions of pounds. But Tchenguiz is understood to be furious with … Read more
Commuting by rail is healthier than driving and can cut the risk of an early death by 10%, new study finds Findings came after a 25-year study of more than 300,000 commuters Benefits likely because rail users walk to and from station at each end of journey Cambridge University researchers also found giving up car … Read more
Police question man, 57, over death of rail worker Belly Mujinga who passed away with coronavirus after being spat on by train passenger Belly Mujinga, 47, worked in the ticket office at London Victoria railway station Mujinga and a female colleague were spat and coughed over by a man in March Both fell ill afterwards … Read more
As the Government urges people to drive to work rather than use public transport in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, savvy commuters can get their hands on second-hand motors for less than the price of a rail season ticket. Travelling by train isn’t cheap, with the cost of a season ticket into London from … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says building new hospitals in weeks during coronavirus crisis shows it should not take ’20 years to build a road’ as he pledges to ‘rapidly improve’ UK infrastructure Grant Shapps pointed to building of NHS Nightingale hospitals during crisis He said if hospitals can be built quickly there is no reason … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says building new hospitals in weeks during coronavirus crisis shows it should not take ’20 years to build a road’ as he pledges to ‘rapidly improve’ UK infrastructure Grant Shapps pointed to building of NHS Nightingale hospitals during crisis He said if hospitals can be built quickly there is no reason … Read more