UK Trains

Train Disruptions To Continue As Strike Talks End Without Resolution

PA | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Pensions, UK Business, Trains, Train Drivers, Public Sector, Pension Rows, UK Transport, UK News

Talks aimed at resolving a row over pensions which has led to strikes by train drivers ended without agreement on Thursday. Members of the drivers'...

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Travel Innovations Throughout History

Posted 10.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Helicopter, UK-Innovation, Aeroplanes, Car, Online Check-In, Hovercraft, Trains, Cars, GPS Tracking, Atm, Slideexpand, Jumbo Jet, UK Tech News

From jumbo jets to bullet trains, travel has come a long way in a short space of time. Technology now means that we can fly around the globe in less t...

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Potters Bar Train Crash 'Will Reoccur' If Cost-Cutting Measures Go Ahead

PA | Posted 06.05.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Trains, Infrastructure, UK News, UK Transport, Railways, National Rail, Rmt, Trains, Unions, Potters Bar, UK News

Tragedies like the Potters Bar train crash will reoccur if proposed cost-cutting measures are introduced on the railways, unions warned before the 10t...

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Rail Travel in the UK: Why So Many First Class Carriages?

Adnan Al-Daini | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Standard Class Rail Travel, Trains, Association of Train Operating Companies, First Class Rail Travel, Office of Rail Regulation, Commuters, Railways, UK Politics News

My wife and I arrived at Paddington railway station on Sunday lunchtime after a wet cold weekend in London. We were at the head of the queue entering the platform to board the train to Exeter. As I walked along the platform I counted three first class carriages out of a total of eight.

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UK Weather: Lightning Strikes On Train Network Create Travel Chaos

PA | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK

Read More: London, UK Travel, London Trains, Victoria Station, National Rail, UK Commuters, UK News, UK Lightning, UK Trains, UK Weather, UK News

Rush-hour commuters faced widespread travel disruption on Thursday after lightning struck an electrical substation, causing many trains to be cancelle...

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Spontaneity - A Cautionary Tale

Imogen Clements | Posted 04.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Bristol, Taunton, Exeter, Newport, Bath, Trains, Cardiff, Spontaneity, UK Travel, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News

This is a long story, but needs telling for personal therapeutic reasons and, I believe, altruistic ones. There are others that may learn from my mistakes.

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Northern Railway Funding Far From First Class, Claims Report

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 16.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK Trains, Ippr, UK News, North of England, 2012 Budget, UK Economy, UK Railways, UK Business, Eric Ollerenshaw, IPPR North, UK Politics News

George Osborne is being urged to pump money into northern railway lines, as a way of stimulating the economy of the north of England. The think-ta...

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Network Rail Boss: We're In Catch-Up Mode

The Huffington Post UK | Asa Bennett | Posted 13.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK Trains, UK News, Margaret Hodge, Public Transportation, UK Railways, UK Politics, Trains, Network Rail, Transport Select Committee, UK Politics News

Britain's railways are on course to miss their targets for improvement, the head of Network Rail admitted to MPs on Tuesday morning. David Higgins...

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Rail Fares Review: Have Your Say

Sophie Allain | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Justine Greening, Fair Fares Now, Farefail, Department for Transport, Fares Review, Trains, Rail, Rail Fares, Campaign for Better Transport, UK News

So the government has finally launched its rail fares review, which has the potential to be the biggest shake-up of our fares system for decades.

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Train Fares Set To Rise After Government Cut In Railways Subsidy

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 08.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK Trains, UK Parliament, UK News, UK Issues, UK Transport, UK Economy, Trains, Hs2, High Speed Rail, UK Business, Justine Greening, UK Politics News

The government will reduce taxpayer contributions to the railways in Britain by £3.6bn a year before 2019, in a move which rail groups and unions fea...

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Eurostar Hit By Delays During Paris Fashion Week

PA | Posted 05.05.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Transport, Trains, Channel Tunnel, Eurostar, Paris Fashion Week, UK News, UK Train Delays, UK News

Thousands of passengers face travel chaos after Eurostar cancelled services following an overhead power cable fault in France during Paris Fashion Wee...

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'Mindless' Train Surfing Caught On CCTV

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK

Read More: Transport, Trainsurfing, Train Surfing, Daredevils, UK News, UK Transport, British Transport Police, Cctv, Trains, UK News

Police have condemned "mindless" offenders who "trainsurfed" along a rail platform. Officers from the British Transport Police (BTP) released CCTV ...

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Fatal Crash As Roads Turn Icy In Winter Weather Freeze

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Weather, UK News, Freezing, Transport Havoc, Met Office, Snow, Trains, Travel, Winter, Slidewide, Buses, Ice, News, UK News

A young man died after his car collided with a lorry in icy conditions early today. The collision happened on the A470 in Powys near the Storey Arm...

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Wintry Weather Wreaks Havoc On Rail And Roads

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.02.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Weather, Slidewide, Freezing, UK News, Transport Havoc, Met Office, Snow, Trains, Winter, Travel, Buses, Ice, News, UK News

Wintry weather is set to cause widespread disruption across transport routes in England and Wales following significant overnight snowfall and sub-zer...

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New East Anglia Trains Operator Hit By Cancellations, Delays And Faults

PA | Posted 07.04.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Weather, UK Trains, Abellio-Greater-Anglia, UK News, UK Transport, UK Travel, Abellio Trains, Network Rail, UK News

Rail passengers bound for East Anglia faced disruption tonight on the second day of a new operator taking over the running of the region's train servi...

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Bonuses For Train Chiefs Despite UK Having Worst Rail Service in Europe

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Trains, Sir David Higgins, Transports Secretary, Britain's Trains, UK News, Train Services, European Trains, Justine Greening, Network Rail, Europe Trains, Sir David Higgins Bonus, UK News

The transport minister has said she will vote against £20m bonuses expected to be handed out to Network Rail's bosses, as Britain's trains are voted ...

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Uncomfortable, Slow And Expensive - Britain's Dreadful Railways

PA | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK

Read More: Bob Crow, Trains, RMT Union, UK News, Department for Transport, Railways, Southern Trains, UK News

Britain's railways are at the bottom of the league for fares, efficiency and comfort compared with other European countries, according to a union-comm...

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The Making of a Monster

James Emtage | Posted 18.03.2012 | UK Comedy

Read More: Taxis, Trains, Air Travel Headaches, Travel, Monster, Mood, Air Travel, Travel Blogs, Bad Mood, UK Comedy News

I'm not sure what it is about the motion of travelling, but I've recently come to realise that when I am in the process of getting myself from A to B, I turn in to a bit of a monster. And I think a lot of other people do too.

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Network Rail To Be Prosecuted For Fatal 2007 Grayrigg Train Crash

PA | Posted 13.03.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Trains, UK News, Office of Rail Regulation, Grayrigg, Rail, Trains, Network Rail, Grayrigg Train Crash, UK Train Crash, Train Crash, UK News

Network Rail (NR) is to be prosecuted over the 2007 Grayrigg train crash in Cumbria in which one passenger died, it was announced today. The Office...

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HS2 is Socially Regressive, Environmentally Damaging and Bafflingly Irrational

John Whitelegg | Posted 11.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK Travel, Trains, Hs2, John Whitelegg, Public Transport, High Speed Rail, UK Green Party, UK Politics News

I challenge all those politicians who support HS2 to go out onto the streets and ask real people to choose between spending £17 billion on reducing the journey time for wealthy rail passengers between London and Birmingham by 23 minutes and all the other things we could do for that pot of money.

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Woman Killed Retrieving Mobile Phone From Train Tracks

PA | Posted 10.03.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Trains, South West Trains, Walton-on-Thames, UK News, Train Death, Wimbledon, Trains, Woman Killed by Train, UK News

The boyfriend of a young mother who was struck and killed by an express train after apparently jumping on to the tracks to retrieve her dropped phone ...

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Fares Are Mean And Weather's Foul: Travel Chaos Greets Commuters

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 03.01.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Weather, UK News, Commuting Prices, Met Office, National Rail, Forecast, Winds, Trains, Commute, Weather, News, Fare Rises, UK News

Commuters faced a grim start to the new year, as the first full working day of 2012 was marked by fare rises, union protests, driving rain and stormy ...

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Commuter Protest Bubbles up as Train Fares Rise Above Inflation for Yet Another Year

Sophie Allain | Posted 21.02.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Business, UK Trains, UK, Transport, Train Fares Inflation, Household Costs, National Rail, UK Economy, UK Commuting, Campaign for Better Transport, UK News

It's never nice to find out that a household bill has gone up, but for many rail commuters finding out just before Christmas that their season ticket will cost hundreds of pounds more next year is all the more galling. The average wage is certainly not going up, the rising cost of living is hitting many families hard and the increase in rail fares will do nothing to help.

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The Importance of High Speed Rail to the UK's Future

Alistair Dormer | Posted 19.02.2012 | UK

Read More: Infrastructure, High Speed Rail, Trains, UK, Hs2, UK Politics, Rail Transport, UK News

There is a clear need for extra capacity in the future. Rail passenger numbers continue to grow against a benign economic backdrop and it has been demonstrated numerous times that economic growth and passenger travel are linked.

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Hunt Continues For Stabbed Train Inspector

PA | Posted 18.12.2011 | UK

Read More: UK Crime, UK News, British Transport Police, C2c, Cctv, Transport Staff, Trains, Train Tickets, Police Appeal, CCTV Images, Knife Crime, UK News

Police are continuing to search for two people whose CCTV images they released after a train inspector was stabbed in the back for challenging two you...

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