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

Rail chaos will last all week as probe continues into cracks on long-distance trains

Rail chaos will last all week as probe continues into cracks on long-distance trains, passengers are warned  Hundreds of long-distance services were partially or fully cancelled over the weekend after cracks were discovered under some trains The issue with the Hitachi Class 800 trains has hit Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railways worst … Read more

Rail chaos will last all week as probe continues into cracks on long-distance trains

Rail chaos will last all week as probe continues into cracks on long-distance trains, passengers are warned  Hundreds of long-distance services were partially or fully cancelled over the weekend after cracks were discovered under some trains The issue with the Hitachi Class 800 trains has hit Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railways worst … Read more

High-speed rail services are cancelled across UK after hairline cracks are found in Hitachi trains

High-speed rail services have been cancelled across the UK after hairline cracks were found in Hitachi trains. Hitachi 800 trains used by London North East Railway (LNER), Great Western Railway and Hull Trains have been found with the issue. Hull Trains said by 1.30pm its normal services had resumed but Great Western Railway, which operates 93 … Read more

High-speed rail services are cancelled across UK after hairline cracks are found in Hitachi trains

High-speed rail services have been cancelled across the UK after hairline cracks were found in Hitachi trains. Hitachi 800 trains used by London North East Railway (LNER), Great Western Railway and Hull Trains have been found with the issue. Hull Trains said by 1.30pm its normal services had resumed but Great Western Railway, which operates 93 … Read more

TSA will require masks on planes, buses and trains through September 13

Americans will have to keep wearing masks on all public transit including planes, trains and buses, the federal Transportation Security Authority (TSA) announced Friday.  The prior mandate, which applies to all public transportation, was set to expire in May.  Last week, officials said they were debating whether or not to reinstate a mask mandate on … Read more

Good boy! YouTuber trains AI to recognize dogs walking by and shouts compliments at the canine

A YouTuber feeling blue during lockdown decided to give get a rush of serotonin by looking at some cute dogs.  Ryder, host of Ryder Calm Down, connected his computer to an AI-enabled camera module and uploaded a popular object-detection algorithm set to recognize when a dog came into view. When his camera identifies a pooch, … Read more

32 people are killed and more than 60 injured after two trains collide in Egypt

BREAKING: 32 people are killed and more than 60 injured after two trains collide in Egypt Two passenger trains crashed into each other in the province of Sohag, 285 miles south of the capital Cairo 49 ambulances rushed to the scene and a ‘state of emergency’ declared among hospitals Three train carriages came off the … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Public transport users are returning to buses faster than trains

Bus travel is returning to pre-pandemic levels much faster than rail in Britain, bosses revealed today as people go back to using buses for their ‘everyday jobs’ such as shopping and going to school. Passenger numbers on buses in Newcastle are now at 45 per cent of levels before March 2020 despite the country still … Read more