Investigators trying to establish cause of collision between two trains that left 13 people needing treatmentRail investigators are urgently trying to establish the cause of a collision between two trains that led to at least 13 people needing hospita…
Ban UK domestic flights and subsidise rail travel, urges transport charity
Exclusive: Campaign for Better Transport calls on government to end ‘climate disaster’ of internal flightsDomestic flights should be banned and long-distance train fares subsidised, transport campaigners have urged, highlighting the relative environmen…
Anti-HS2 protesters face eviction from Wendover camp
Activists, including veteran Swampy, barricade themselves inside tunnel at site in BuckinghamshireA group of environmental activists are facing eviction after barricading themselves inside a tunnel to protest against the HS2 rail project.The protesters…
Euston tunnel HS2 protesters walk free from court
Charges against six protesters dropped as HS2 was not carrying out work on the site at the timeSix environmental protesters who occupied a tunnel close to Euston station in protest against the HS2 high-speed link earlier this year walked free from cour…
Boris Johnson now has the chance to make ‘levelling up’ mean something | Andy Burnham
The pandemic has shone a brutal spotlight on where the places of real need are – and they are largely in the north of EnglandAndy Burnham is the mayor of Greater ManchesterWhen Boris Johnson addresses his party faithful today, I would be happy if he di…
Northern Trains’ solution to leaves on the line: dry ice pellets
Sheffield University engineers say pellet-blasting system removes leaves more efficiently and will reduce delaysDry ice will be blasted on to railway lines in northern England in a trial aimed at removing leaves more efficiently than current methods.Un…
‘Renting the Taj Mahal’: the fight to save Darjeeling’s toy train
India’s tiny train has puffed up the Himalayas since 1881 but now the world heritage site is under threat“Darjeeling ko sano rail, hirna lai abo tyari cha / Guard le shuna bhai siti bajayo” (Darjeeling’s dainty train is all set to chug off / Oh, listen…
The Southeastern train arriving on platform 3 is £25m late
Latest rail franchise to hit the buffers at least arrived at the destination via an unconventional routeGovernment to take over Southeastern State takeover will amplify calls for rail reformThe conventional way for a company to get stripped of a rail f…
Southeastern’s state takeover will amplify calls for rail reform
Analysis: The shock is bigger than the surprise at the arrival of another troubled franchise into public handsNils Pratley: Train arriving on platform 3 is £25m lateGovernment to take over SoutheasternThe manner in which Southeastern joined the ranks o…
Government to take over Southeastern after ‘serious’ breach of franchise
Department for Transport finds rail operator did not declare more than £25m of historical taxpayer fundingThe government is to strip Southeastern railway services from the private operator, Go-Ahead, after uncovering a missing £25m in what it said was …