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Driver killed by passing train ‘may have left cab to urinate or smoke cigarette’

A train driver struck and killed by a passing train may have left his cab to urinate or smoke a cigarette, an investigation has found. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said Michal Olesiak died on February 1 last year while the Southern ...

16 Feb 2023 at 16:00

Cut-price train tickets to lure commuters back on Mondays and Fridays

Britain’s biggest train company is offering cheaper tickets to encourage more commuters to return to offices on Mondays and Fridays. Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) said it has started selling Advance tickets for travel on some of its Southern ...

16 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Train drivers at 16 operators to refuse to work overtime

Train drivers at 16 rail operators will refuse to work overtime for six days next month in the long running dispute over pay. Aslef said its members will withdraw non-contractual overtime – known as rest day working – from Monday July 3 to ...

19 Jun 2023 at 12:28

Govia wins Thameslink contract despite £24m Southeastern fine

Rail company Govia will continue to run the Thameslink franchise for the next three years despite being handed a multi-million pound fine for how it ran a separate franchise. The business will pocket a management fee of £8.8 million per ...

25 Mar 2022 at 09:25

Train drivers at 16 rail companies to stage fresh strikes over bank holiday week

Train drivers at 16 rail companies are to stage a fresh series of strikes in their long-running pay dispute, disrupting travel in the week of the May bank holiday. Members of Aslef will walk out on May 7, 8 and 9 at different operators ...

22 Apr 2024 at 19:55

Train drivers plan rolling one-day strikes across rail companies in December

Train drivers are to stage a series of one-day strikes and a nine-day ban on overtime next month in their long-running dispute over pay. The Aslef union said the new walkouts will “ratchet up the pressure” on train companies and the ...

16 Nov 2023 at 12:50

Firms pledge to create thousands of new apprenticeships

Firms are marking National Apprenticeship Week by offering thousands of placements in jobs ranging from engineers to technicians. Some of the country’s biggest companies are announcing how many apprentices they plan to take on. The ...

07 Feb 2022 at 08:25

Most rail journeys under public ownership by middle of next year, says minister

Most rail journeys in Great Britain will be under public ownership by the middle of next year, the Transport Secretary is expected to announce. Speaking at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool, Heidi Alexander is set to ...

26 Sept 2025 at 23:12

Rail services to be crippled for a week as train drivers announce fresh strike

Train drivers are to stage a fresh strike early in the new year, threatening travel chaos as people return to work after the festive break. Members of the drivers’ union Aslef at 15 train companies will walk out on Thursday ...

20 Dec 2022 at 15:12

How latest strike by train drivers affects rail services

Trains on some of the busiest commuter routes in the country will not run on Tuesday and stations will be closed because of a fresh strike by drivers in a long-running pay dispute. This is how operators will be affected: – ...

07 May 2024 at 00:01

Rail fares cap will save passengers up to £124 a week, says train firm

Britain’s largest train company has launched automatic weekly fares capping, claiming the move will save some passengers up to £124 a week. Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) said it has introduced the measure for the 30,000 ...

23 May 2024 at 14:58

Christmas engineering work problems cause misery for passengers

Problems with two Christmas rail engineering work projects are causing major disruption on Wednesday. Services at the southern end of the Midland Main Line between St Albans and London St Pancras are affected by a fault ...

27 Dec 2023 at 11:24

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