SHOCKING: 4 - What They Never Told You

Eurostar rivals say 'green signal' has been given to run trains through Channel Tunnel

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group says there are ‘no more major hurdles to overcome’ for it to launch services rivalling Eurostar

Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2025

Virgin aims to raise £700m to rival Eurostar on cross-Channel trains

Richard Branson’s group plans rail routes linking London to Paris and Brussels, and maybe Amsterdam

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025

Network Rail fined £3.41m over track worker death

Tyler Byrne, from Aldershot, Hampshire, was working on tracks for Network Rail in Surbiton in February 2021 when he was struck and killed by a train.

Evening Standard · Feb 27, 2025

HS1 told to reduce charges to train companies using line in bid to boost passengers

The ORR has demanded a 10 per cent lowering from current prices

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2025

Eurostar urged to cut ticket prices from London to Paris and Brussels after rail regulator ruling

But the train operator signalled that instead it wanted to invest savings in improving St Pancras International

Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025

‘Savings for passengers’ as lower fees charged to train firms using HS1 line

The Office of Rail and Road announced that the amount paid by operators to use the High Speed 1 line for the five years from April should be cut.

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025

Regulator forces HS1 rail line to cut charges in push to open up route to Eurostar rivals

ORR hopes £5m cut in fees will attract new operators on line from St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2025

From dream to reality: Go-op, Britain’s first cooperative railway

With approval to run trains between Swindon, Taunton and Weston-super-Mare, services could start in 2026

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 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.

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2024

‘Harm to children was part of the point’: a harrowing film on US family separations

Errol Morris’s bleak documentary Separated has gained in relevance since it premiered with more ‘state-created orphans’ to come under a second Trump administration

The Guardian - US · Dec 3, 2024