FOUND: Transport focus - What They Never Told You

Scottish transport operators take top prizes at UK-wide awards

SCOTTISH transport operators have scooped a string of major prizes at a UK-wide awards ceremony.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2

England’s motorways and major A roads ranked from best to worst

Transport Focus surveyed more than 9,500 drivers in March

The Independent UK · Jul 20

Roadwork-plagued M27 named as worst motorway

The road has seen long-running work for surfacing and junction modifications.

Evening Standard · Jul 20

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

ScotRail to cut opening hours at dozens of ticket offices

SCOTRAIL is to reduce opening hours at more than 50 ticket offices as more travellers buy online.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 31, 2024

UK's worst and best motorways revealed as traffic jams hit record levels

Average hold-ups were 11.0 seconds per vehicle per mile in the year to the end of June - the longest in records dating back to March 2016

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024

M42 named England’s worst motorway – while the M40 ranks top

Among A roads, the A12 from London to Essex is rated worst

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2024

Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup forced to sit on train floor despite buying first class ticket

‘A first class advance ticket buys you a seat on floor outside the toilet in a train,’ she joked

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2024

Lack of toilets on Elizabeth line trains blamed for passengers attempting to force open doors

Seven trains were stranded for several hours in west London in December 2023

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024