UK Transport

Drug Driving Could Be Made Illegal

PA | Posted 04.03.2012 | UK Politics

The government is setting up an expert panel to consider the technical aspects of introducing a new offence of driving with an illegal drug in your bo...

Tube Strike Causes Boxing Day Travel Misery

PA | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK

A walkout by Tube drivers is causing Boxing Day travel misery in the capital as strike action cripples London Underground (LU). Underground drivers...

Rail Service Failure 'Hypocrisy'

PA | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK Politics

Labour accused the coalition Government today of "hypocrisy" for failing to ensure a rail service on Boxing Day. Transport spokesman John Woodcock ...

How Can the UK Beat the Congestion Conundrum?

John Miles | Posted 22.02.2012 | UK
John Miles

This Christmas, it's not just the turkey that's stuffed to capacity. The roads, trains and buses will be jam-packed with travellers. The causes of congestion are numerous: bad weather, accidents, last-minute shoppers or tourists, but the underlying reality is that the UK's infrastructure is struggling to cope with demand.

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

Sophie Allain | Posted 21.02.2012 | UK
Sophie Allain

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.

Europe Presses Ahead With Green Tax On Planes Despite US Objections

Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.12.2011 | UK

The US has had its attempts to block an EU emissions tax expected to cost passengers £21 per flight thrown out by the European Court of Justice. T...

Renewed Plea For Public To Identify Ticket Inspector Attackers

Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.02.2012 | UK

Police have renewed their plea for members of the public to come forward and help identify the two youths who are thought to have stabbed a train insp...

M5 Pile-Up Leaves Lorry Driver Dead

PA | Posted 12.02.2012 | UK

One carriageway of the M5 remains closed after a pile-up that left a lorry driver dead. The northbound carriageway was closed last night after t...

DVLA 'Serious Errors' Led To Two Deaths, Government Admits

Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.12.2011 | UK Politics

The government has admitted to "serious errors" which led to two people dying after a number of convicted drink drivers were wrongly given their licen...

A Sham: Airline Chiefs On Tax Duty Consultation

PA | Posted 06.12.2011 | UK Politics

Government consultation on the air passenger duty (APD) airport departure tax was "a sham and a waste of taxpayers' money", airline chiefs have said. ...

£16m To Combat Frozen Rail Way Problem

PA | Posted 06.12.2011 | UK Politics

A £16 million plan to combat the "third rail problem" that contributed to train delays last winter has been announced by the Government. The mo...

Airports 'Near Normal' Amid Strike

PA | Posted 30.11.2011 | UK

Plane arrivals and take-offs at Britain's two biggest airports have been largely unaffected by Wednesday's strike. However the RMT transport uni...

Ministers To Tackle National Epidemic' Of Metal Theft

www.independent.co.uk | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK Politics

Ministers are to expected to launch an assault this week on "crooked" scrapyards in an attempt to curb the "full-blown national epidemic" of metal the...

Would You Pay To Drive Down A Motorway?

PA | Posted 24.11.2011 | UK Politics

The Government should consider making any new motorways toll roads, a Whitehall-commissioned report has said. Calling for a reform of management...

London Underground Hell in a Nutshell: Don't Look at Me, Don't Touch Me and Definitely Don't Push Me

Olivia Rose | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK
Olivia Rose

I commute to work every day, making me officially just one of the approximately 2.95 million people a day who use the Tube. No wonder the entire London Underground is, at all times, covered in a thick layer of skank. 

Going Here Is Cheaper Than A London Travel Card

Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.11.2011 | UK Politics

It's cheaper to buy a round-the-world plane ticket or a two week holiday than an annual travel card in London, according to research by the Labour par...

British Rail Workers 'Told To Learn German'

PA | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK

Rail workers are being told to take German lessons as part of their training course for operating new track equipment, it has been revealed. Staff...

PICTURES: Jenny Agutter Hands In Petition For Fairer Rail Fares At Downing Street

Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.01.2012 | UK Politics

Railway children actress Jenny Agutter handed in a 10,000 strong petition calling for fair rail fares to Downing Street on Monday morning, as part of ...

Reports Of Escaped Lion Cause Delays For Train Passengers In Yorkshire

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 06.01.2012 | UK

Rail passengers are used to being given all sorts of reasons for delays - but 'lion on the line' doesn't tend to be one of them. Travellers hoping ...

M5 Final Casualty Figures Confirmed As Investigations Into Pile-Up Continues

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.01.2012 | UK

Avon and Somerset Police have confirmed the final casualty figures from Friday night's pile-up on the M5, with seven people killed and 51 people injur...

James Dyson Backs Thames Estuary Airport Project

PA | Posted 05.01.2012 | UK Politics

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Take-Off Hopes For Britons Stranded By Qantas

PA | Posted 30.12.2011 | UK

Frustrated Britons whose travel plans were hit by an industrial row could take to the air after Qantas was cleared to resume flights following the gro...

Expecting the Government to Abandon HS2 is Unrealistic

Paul Maynard | Posted 23.12.2011 | UK Politics
Paul Maynard

This is a historic opportunity, the type which this country too often foregoes through lack of self-confidence. If there is one thing I do not want to see, it is this House debating the issue of inter-city capacity in 10 years time because we averted our eyes from the strategic challenge now.

Justine Greening Named As Transport Secretary

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 14.12.2011 | UK Politics

Justine Greening has been announced as the new transport secretary, after Philip Hammond stepped in to fill the void at the Ministry of Defence follow...

Is HS2 the Coalition's Next U-Turn?

Jerry Marshall | Posted 12.12.2011 | UK Politics
Jerry Marshall

When it comes to managing the public finances, one would think that avoiding making commitments to spend £32 billion on a capital project with dubious and unproven economic and social benefits would rank quite highly in the current climate.