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Prosecutions launched over Croydon tram crash

Prosecutions have been launched over alleged health and safety failings relating to the Croydon tram crash. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said it is prosecuting Transport for London, FirstGroup-owned Tram Operations Limited and driver Alfred ...

24 Mar 2022 at 09:25

Scotland

New Edinburgh tram line on track to open in spring 2023, council says

The new Edinburgh tram line is on track to open in spring 2023 despite the completion dates for some sections of construction work being pushed back, the council says. More than 1.8 miles (3km) of track, about 70% of the total which needs to be ...

25 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Scotland

Family of man killed by Edinburgh tram demand answers three years on

The family of a man who was killed by a tram in Edinburgh have said they are “at their wits’ end” after waiting more than three years for answers. Carlos Palacio, 53, was struck as he crossed tram tracks in the city’s Saughton area on ...

07 Jan 2022 at 12:55

Edinburgh tram inquiry costs to reach more than £13m, document shows

The official investigation into the Edinburgh tram project is set to exceed £13 million, it has been revealed. The latest financial figures showed the inquiry will cost the public purse £13,100,812 by the end of this financial year. ...

30 Aug 2022 at 23:00

Tram operators fined £14 million over Croydon disaster that claimed seven lives

Tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the Croydon derailment which claimed the lives of seven passengers. Many more people were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the Sandilands stop on the ...

27 Jul 2023 at 13:06

Survivor tells of horror of Croydon tram crash that ‘should never have happened’

The last survivor to be brought out of the wreckage of the Croydon tram crash has given a harrowing account of the disaster which victims’ families say “should never have happened”. Seven passengers were killed and 21 more ...

24 Jul 2023 at 13:55

Tram operators fined £14m over Croydon disaster that claimed seven lives

Tansport operators were fined a total of £14 million after a senior judge said the Croydon tram disaster was an “accident waiting to happen”. Seven people were killed and many more injured when a tram carrying 69 people ...

27 Jul 2023 at 17:41

Tram operators ordered to pay nearly £500,000 in costs over Croydon disaster

Tram operators have been told to pay costs totalling nearly £500,000 ahead of their sentencing over the fatal Croydon crash. Seven passengers were killed and many more were injured when a tram carrying 69 people ...

26 Jul 2023 at 14:10

Man fatally stabbed on tram yet to be identified, say police

A man who was stabbed to death on a tram in Nottingham has yet to be identified, police have said. The 32-year-old was murdered on a tram approaching the Highbury Vale tram stop in Basford, in the north of the ...

27 Jun 2023 at 11:39

Man fatally stabbed on board Nottingham tram

A man has died after being stabbed on board a tram. The victim, in his 30s, was attacked near the Highbury Vale tram stop in Basford, in the north of Nottingham, at around 11.10am on Monday. A man has been ...

26 Jun 2023 at 15:33

Transport operators facing large fines over Croydon tram disaster

Transport operators are facing large fines over the Croydon tram disaster in which seven passengers died and 21 more were seriously hurt. Tram 2551 was going three times the speed limit when it derailed ...

21 Jun 2023 at 13:23

Edinburgh tram scheme had ‘litany of avoidable failures’, inquiry finds

The delayed and over-budget Edinburgh tram project had a “litany of avoidable failures”, the chairman of an inquiry has said as its long-awaited report into the transport system was released. The ...

19 Sept 2023 at 13:54

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