UK Transport

'Mindless' Train Surfing Caught On CCTV

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK

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

To Put Park Lane Into a Tunnel Should be to Recover the Lost Parkland, Boris, Not for Building Upon

Peter Martindale | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK Politics
Peter Martindale

I read with interest recently, enthusiastic support for London Mayor Boris Johnson as visionary for proposing to sink Park Lane (Mayfair, London) into a tunnel and to build on the land thus freed-up. Oh dear, environmental awareness certainly escapes Boris!

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

PA | Posted 07.04.2012 | UK

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...

Shivering Britain Shuts Schools As Travel Becomes 'Treacherous'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.04.2012 | UK

Freezing weather and thick snow continued to cause travel chaos, as police struggled to cope with a series of accidents in North Yorkshire as a result...

Heathrow Cancels Half Of All Flights On Sunday Due To Snow

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.04.2012 | UK

Half of all flights have been axed at Britain's busiest airport - hours after it stopped snowing. More planes were grounded today at London's Heath...

Passengers Fume As Half Of All Heathrow Flights Grounded

PA | Posted 06.04.2012 | UK

Half of all flights have been axed at Britain's busiest airport - hours after it stopped snowing. More planes were grounded on Sunday at London's H...

Sports Matches Hit By Cold Spells

PA | Posted 06.04.2012 | UK

The cold spell continued to hit sports fixtures today as Derby County's npower Championship match with local rivals Nottingham Forest was postponed on...

Whiplash Claims Pain In The Neck

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 06.04.2012 | UK Politics

A summit of top cabinet ministers is to discuss ways to slash the number of whiplash claims forcing up car insurance premiums in Britain. In Januar...

Network Rail Admits Health And Safety Breaches After Deaths At Level Crossing

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.01.2012 | UK

Network Rail have admitted health and safety breaches after two girls, Olivia Bazlinton, 14, and Charlotte Thompson, 13, were hit by a train at Elsenh...

Tube Workers Reject London Olympics Pay Deal

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.01.2012 | UK

Leaders of London Underground workers, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, have rejected a pay offer for staff working during the London 201...

'Truly Groundbreaking' Olympics Bonus For DLR Staff

PA | Posted 26.03.2012 | UK

A "truly groundbreaking" pay deal was announced today which union leaders said would earn DLR transport staff up to £2,500 for working over the 2012 ...

MPs Call Scrap Metal Dealers 'Weak Link' In Railway Theft Crackdown

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Huxley | Posted 26.01.2012 | UK Politics

MPs exploring ways to curb the explosion in metal theft across the UK have targeted scrap metal dealers, describing them as the "weak link". The Tr...

Foreign Lorry Drivers May Be Charged £10 Per Day To Use UK Roads

PA | Posted 25.01.2012 | UK

All foreign lorry drivers could be charged as much as £10 per day to use Britain's roads, under new Government proposals. The move is designed to ...

Why a New Airport in the Thames Estuary is a Complete Flight of Fantasy

Jean Leston | Posted 19.03.2012 | UK Politics
Jean Leston

The UK government has been talking about building a new airport in the Thames estuary for over 30 years. And every time a new plan is put forward, it's been rejected -- for very good reasons.

Ministerial Tyres Slashed - And Why That's A Good Thing

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.01.2012 | UK Politics

The coalition has slashed the bill for ministerial cars by nearly half since coming to power, it was announced today. The cost of providing chauffe...

From Chaos to Collaboration: How We'll Travel in 2020

Eberhard Haag | Posted 13.03.2012 | UK
Eberhard Haag

Nowhere are changes and advances more obvious than in travel. From the arrival of air-travel to the advent of eco-tourism, each new transformation seems to shift the way we look at - and conduct - travel. So, looking forward to 2020, how will transformative technologies change our travel experiences over the next decade and beyond?

Cameron's New London to Birmingham Route Speaks Volumes

David Schneider | Posted 11.03.2012 | UK Comedy
David Schneider

So the high speed London to Birmingham train will cost £32 billion. I presume that's return. It'll probably be cheaper to buy two singles. Still, I can't help thinking that David Cameron's new compromised route speaks volumes...

HS2 Tunnels - How They Will Affect Where You Live

PA | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK Politics

Various changes to the proposed route of HS2 were announced today in an attempt to appease local residents and to ward off a possible Tory rebellion f...

Reaction To One Of the Biggest Spending Projects In Decades

PA | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK Politics

Train companies welcomed news that the Government is to go ahead with the HS2 high-speed rail project but a taxpayers' group described the scheme as a...

High Speed Rail To 'Transform Travel'

PA | Posted 10.03.2012 | UK Politics

The HS2 high-speed rail project being approved by the government today is seen by ministers as "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the wa...

HS2 To Get Green Light From Justine Greening

PA | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK Politics

The controversial £32 billion HS2 high-speed rail project will be given the green light by the government today. Transport Secretary Justine Green...

HS2 Fight Heats Up

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK Politics

Campaigners have vowed to fight on as the government prepares to give a £32bn HS2 high speed rail project the go-ahead - and MPs continue to question...

Carmageddon? M1-M6 Junction Closed For 36 Hours

PA | Posted 08.03.2012 | UK

One of Britain's busiest motorway intersections has been closed to traffic as part of work to replace a viaduct passing over the M1. The 36-hour cl...

Full Steam Ahead For HS2?

PA | Posted 07.01.2012 | UK Politics

A government-commissioned report has given the clearest indication yet that the proposed £32 billion HS2 high-speed rail project will be given the go...

Something Business Leaders, Unions And Economists Can Agree On

PA | Posted 06.01.2012 | UK Politics

Business leaders, union bosses and economists are urging the government to press ahead with plans for a high-speed rail line between London and Birmin...