Rail companies forced to cut services as pingdemic hits public transport

Rail companies forced to cut services as pingdemic hits public transport with large numbers of staff self-isolating as TFL has to close Circle and Hammersmith and City lines over the weekend Workers in the transport sector are among vast number of those being pinged  Reduced timetables have been introduced on railways across England recently  Passengers … Read more

As airlines cut fares, rail trips will cost staycationers up to three times more than flying

Great train fare robbery: As airlines cut fares, rail trips will cost staycationers up to three times more than flying Four in five long journeys in the UK cost considerably more by train than by plane Which? found that the average mark-up for taking the train was 49 per cent CO2 emission from planes are … Read more

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

Grant Shapps says rail overhaul WON’T ‘instantly’ reduce ticket prices

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today admitted there would be ‘no instant changes’ to the price of train tickets as the biggest overhaul of Britain’s railways since privatisation almost three decades ago begins. Rail union leaders and politicians today attacked plans to reform the system, accusing the Government of merely ‘papering over the cracks’, while Labour … Read more

Grant Shapps says rail overhaul WON’T ‘instantly’ reduce ticket prices

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today admitted there would be ‘no instant changes’ to the price of train tickets as the biggest overhaul of Britain’s railways since privatisation almost three decades ago begins. Rail union leaders and politicians today attacked plans to reform the system, accusing the Government of merely ‘papering over the cracks’, while Labour … Read more

British Rail is back… almost: Biggest shake-up of train network for three decades

A new public body to oversee key areas of the railways will be set up as part of the biggest overhaul of the industry since privatisation almost three decades ago. Great British Railways (GBR) will replace Network Rail to operate 20,000 miles of track, signals and tunnels. And under plans revealed in a White Paper … Read more

British Rail is back… almost: Biggest shake-up of train network for three decades

A new public body to oversee key areas of the railways will be set up as part of the biggest overhaul of the industry since privatisation almost three decades ago. Great British Railways (GBR) will replace Network Rail to operate 20,000 miles of track, signals and tunnels. And under plans revealed in a White Paper … Read more