Commuters face paying up to £55 more a day to travel with new flexible rail tickets

Commuters face paying up to £55 more a day to travel with new flexible rail tickets instead of traditional season passes, Labour says New flexible tickets allow travel in England on any eight days in a 28-day period  Labour found some commuters would pay more per day then with season ticket  It found largest price … Read more

Commuters suffer rush hour hell after Hitachi trains sidelined to check for cracks

Rail commuters will be hit with weeks of disruption because of hairline cracks found in the undercarriages of high-speed trains. Dozens of the Hitachi 800 Class trains remained off the tracks for a third day as inspectors carried out safety checks, leading to huge reduction in customer services. Today Great Western Railway customers on the … Read more

Commuters suffer rush hour hell after Hitachi trains sidelined to check for cracks

Rail commuters were hit by chaotic rush hour disruption this morning as dozens of high-speed trains remained off the tracks for a third day over fears of hairline cracks. Operators Great Western Railway (GWR) and London North Eastern Railway (LNER) were forced to withdraw 182 Hitachi 800 trains from service on Saturday for safety checks … Read more

Commuters face a battering from 55mph gusts this morning after overnight winds brought trees down

Hold onto your lattes! Commuters face a battering from 55mph gusts this morning after overnight winds brought trees and shop signs crashing down – with mix of sun and showers to last all week Met Office chiefs have today issued a yellow weather warning, with high winds sweeping across the south Brighton was the windiest … Read more

Commuters face a battering from 55mph gusts this morning after overnight winds brought trees down

Hold onto your lattes! Commuters face a battering from 55mph gusts this morning after overnight winds brought trees and shop signs crashing down – with mix of sun and showers to last all week Met Office chiefs have today issued a yellow weather warning, with high winds sweeping across the south Brighton was the windiest … Read more

City house prices rise in ‘urban revival’ as commuters head back to office 

House prices in cities and towns are being driven up as workers start to prepare for a return to the office, new research suggests.  Prime postcodes in Winchester, Oxford and Bath saw some of the biggest price rises at 4 per cent, 3.7 per cent and 3.2 per cent respectively in the first three months … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Commuters say it ‘feels really good’ to head back to the office

Britons started to cautiously return to the office on public transport today as the coronavirus lockdown began to be relaxed – with some saying how there was a ‘sudden feel of some kind of normality’ in London.  But there was no suggestion of a sudden rush back to the office, with TomTom traffic data showing … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Commuters squeeze onto Tube in east London

Construction sites in Central London could be closed unless bosses stagger start times, while unions warned stations might have to be shut if overcrowding continues as commuters continue to pile onto Underground trains. Jubilee line trains in East London were very busy yet again this morning and rush-hour traffic congestion hit its joint highest level … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Commuters squeeze onto Tube in east London

London Underground trains were busy again this morning and rush-hour traffic congestion hit its joint highest level since England’s third lockdown began as key workers continued to travel into work. Shocking video footage taken  at West Ham Underground station showed commuters piling onto a Jubilee line train, with concerns mounting over passengers being unable to … Read more