UK rail passengers may lose patience as problems take years to fix, says minister Lord Hendy says important changes are happening but they follow ‘six years of torpor’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025
Train reliability at record low as more than one in 25 services are axed More than 217,000 services were fully cancelled in the year to February 1, PA news agency analysis found. Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2025
More trains are being cancelled than ever. Here’s why More than one in 25 trains was cancelled over the past year The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025
Trains restart after suspected drink-driver crashes on to tracks in Salford National Rail says incident will continue to cause major disruption to services between Manchester and Liverpool The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025
Liverpool-Manchester train line closed after car plummets onto rail track Affected train services include Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025
Major train line blocked after car crashed on to tracks The vehicle came to a rest upside down on a line in Salford, Greater Manchester, affecting services to Liverpool. The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025
Major train line blocked after 'drunk-driver' crashes car onto tracks The vehicle came to a rest upside down on a line in Salford, Greater Manchester, affecting services to Liverpool Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025
Hundreds of rail fare evasion prosecutions quashed Northern Rail and other operators brought prosecutions against passengers using the single justice procedure, despite not being permitted to do so. Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025
Storm Eowyn transport chaos extends into the weekend with more flights cancelled and railways closed Exclusive: Flight disruption continues on Saturday and ScotRail warns no trains will run until the afternoon The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025
Train operator warns ‘sly vapers’ could be kicked off ‘Give it up or get off the train’ says Northern after vaping complaints The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025
Labour pledges to make Sunday trains as reliable as weekday services Government plans to renationalise railways will establish new public body to improve the network The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2025
UK rail firms urged to issue ‘yellow card’ warnings instead of penalty People should not be punished for honest mistakes, says watchdog, amid concern at fare evasion measures The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025
Calls for yellow card system for train passengers after ticket prosecutions It comes in the wake of cases where passengers were being prosecuted over small amounts of money The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2025
Give ticketless train passengers a ‘yellow card’ for first offences – watchdog Transport Focus urged all operators to introduce the system to ‘make things fairer for everyone’. The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2025
Evening Standard · Jan 7, 2025 Prosthetic leg, ironing board and hamster among lost property on trains Northern said there have been more than 32,690 incidents of lost property recorded since July 2022.
The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025 Hamster among most bizarre lost property found on trains There have been more than 32,690 incidents of lost property recorded since July 2022
The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025 Travel warnings issued as cold snap and icy weather grips the UK Freezing conditions set to last for a week as amber health alerts issued
Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025 Ice warning for parts of UK as temperatures drop following floods The warning indicates there could be some difficult travel conditions across Scotland, Northern Ireland, North Wales stretching down to the Midlands.
Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2024 Cross-border bridge was considered in 1975 at cost of £500,000 Newly released files show that the cost to Northern Ireland of the bridge from Warrenpoint to Omeath would have been £200,000.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2024 Train passengers in Britain still facing record number of cancellations Figure reached 4% in 12 months to 9 November, analysis shows, double the rate recorded in 2015
Evening Standard · Dec 26, 2024 Train reliability hits the buffers as annual cancellations exceed 360,000 Reliability on Britain’s railways has sunk to its joint lowest level in figures dating back to March 2015.
The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2024 Train cancellations top 360,000 for the year as passengers face major disruption Analysis of the latest Office of Rail and Road data found 208,000 services were fully axed in the year to November 9, with a further 161,000 part-cancelled
The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2024 Manchester Victoria named as worst UK train station for cancellations Train crew availability and weather have been cited among reasons for disruptions
Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2024 Tube dust levels treble on London Underground's Victoria line as worst station revealed Victoria line replaces Northern line as having the worst dust levels on the Tube
Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2024 Passengers asked by rail regulator to help in review of train fare prosecutions The Office of Rail and Road is beginning its review looking at train operators’ approach to suspected fare evasion and the impact on passengers.