Train company said winning entry would receive £5,000 but cancelled prize due to ‘poor quality entries’A train company breached advertising rules by cancelling a competition because of “poor quality entries”, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) h…
British Rail logo designer appalled by green makeover ‘mess’
Gerry Barney says updated branding, to be used by Great British Railways, uses too many coloursThe designer of the familiar British Rail logo has warned against government plans to revamp the symbol and dismissed an attempt to give it a green makeover…
To mask or not to mask? Opinion split on London underground
Commuters explain their reasons for not covering upCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe “do as I say, not as I do” approach to political messaging was again displayed last week when Boris Johnson urged people to wear masks in…
Man jailed for driving a car half a mile on railway track in Birmingham
Aaron O’Halloran’s ‘idiotic actions’ resulted in a 15-month sentence and delays on the line of up to eight hoursA man has been jailed for 15 months after driving a car half a mile down a railway track, causing passenger delays of up to eight hours.Aaro…
FirstGroup to launch budget London to Edinburgh rail service next month
The service, branded Lumo, says 60% of seats will cost £30 or less with a max fare of £69 one-wayFirstGroup is to launch a budget direct London-Edinburgh rail service next month, which it hopes will lure air passengers to the train as a cheaper and gre…
‘I’m utterly sick of it’: UK workers on returning to the commute
Seven people talk about how the Covid pandemic has affected their perspective on travelling to workOffices and schools about to reopen – but will commuters return?Six ways to improve your train journey to workAs September approaches, employers are incr…
Offices and schools about to reopen – but will commuters return?
Service levels and jobs as risk as ministers, rail firms and health officials fret over passenger numbers on the railwaysIn all the change and loss during the pandemic, few have mourned the disappearance of the daily commute. Many rail passengers, batt…
A better commute? Six ways to improve your train journey to work
From studying to chatting more to fellow passengers, there are ways to make travel more enjoyableOnline lessons, audio materials and improved connectivity have made studying on the move ever more practical. The Open University, which has offered distan…
Rail workers threaten to strike over legionella toilet outbreak
RMT union calls for urgent meeting after ‘potentially lethal’ bacteria found in Thameslink trainsA union has declared a dispute with a rail operator, claiming there has been a “potentially lethal” legionella outbreak on its trains.The National Union of…
HS2 eastern leg to Leeds may be scrapped, new leak claims
Tory MPs celebrate demise of a ‘hugely expensive white elephant’ while other northern leaders dismayedNorthern leaders have reacted with dismay to further claims that HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds may be scrapped, while some “red wall” Tory MPs celebrated…