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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

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 year ...

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 and ...

22 Apr 2024 at 19:55

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 Co-op ...

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 reveal the ...

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 January 5 ...

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: – No ...

07 May 2024 at 00:01

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 with ...

27 Dec 2023 at 11:24

Fresh train drivers’ strike leaves many areas with no services

Fresh train drivers’ strike means no services in many areas

Large parts of the country have no train services because of a fresh strike by drivers in a long-running pay dispute. Members of Aslef at Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, West Midlands Railway and ...

05 Apr 2024 at 12:39

Sadiq Khan opens first new London mainline train station in 10 years

The Mayor of London has opened the first new mainline station in the capital in a decade. Services from Brent Cross West will run to St Pancras, with journeys taking as little as 12 minutes. The £419 million project ...

10 Dec 2023 at 16:04

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Transport company Go-Ahead suffers cyber attack

One of the UK’s biggest bus companies has fallen victim to a cyber attack. Go-Ahead Group announced that it is “managing a cyber security incident” after “unauthorised activity” was detected on its network on ...

06 Sept 2022 at 09:35

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