The people of Plumpton will see their train service extended this December to provide an hourly service throughout the day.
The village and its MP Norman Baker have long campaigned for additional stops at Plumpton to fill in the current gaps in the timetable. Now train operator Southern has agreed to stop additional [...]
Transport Minister Norman Baker has re-opened Southern’s Gipsy Hill station following a £800,000 programme of improvements under the Department for Transport’s National Stations Improvement Programme (NSIP).
The objective of the NSIP scheme is to provide noticeable and lasting improvements for rail passengers at approximately 150 medium-sized stations throughout England and Wales. At [...]
North Berwick in Bloom has been shortlisted for two prestigious national awards.
The group – which plants and maintains floral displays at North Berwick Station – has been named as a finalist in the Community Rail Awards’ categories, Best Station Garden or Floral Display and Local Station Environment.
Its work is carried out under [...]
By 2015, 40 percent of the network will have air-conditioned trains.
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson today joined Tube passengers in welcoming the Tube’s first new air-conditioned train.
First air-conditioned train
The train, which will start serving the Metropolitan line, is the first of a 191-fleet of brand new, walk-through trains, that will serve 40 per [...]
ScotRail was named Rail Operator of the Year at the prestigious National Transport Awards last night – for the second year in a row.
The UK accolade follows ScotRail achieving record highs in punctuality and reliability – and customer satisfaction – over the past year.
The judges also recognised significant increases in train services and [...]
Passenger Focus’s latest research shows passengers familiar with ticket machines are not always confident when making complex or less-familiar journeys and need help from staff. Often this is because ticket restrictions are not displayed clearly on ticket machines. Passengers may avoid the machines or give up, queue at the ticket office [...]
Northern Rail and its partners continued their award success when they picked-up two accolades at the recent National Transport Awards.
The train operator and its partners won a second award for the way they responded to the Cumbrian floods last autumn, winning the ‘Transport Team/Partnership of the Year’ award at the National [...]
No planned closures on the Tube, Docklands Light Railway (DLR), London Overground, Tramlink or National Rail for 10 days before the Olympics until the end of the Paralympics, with closures also minimised in the weeks before.
Two years out from the biggest event that the Capital has ever staged, Transport for London [...]
Drivers advised to avoid the area if at all possible.
Southbound traffic to be diverted from 21.00 Friday to 05.00 Monday on 16-19 July
Rotherhithe Tunnel to be southbound only during closures to provide additional southbound capacity
The Blackwall Tunnel will be closed to southbound traffic this weekend as part of the ongoing refurbishment and [...]
London Underground (LU) today revealed the winner of a public competition to design a brand new Tube seating fabric.
A London-based company called WallaceSewell, famous for their patterned woven scarves, beat over 350 entries from around the world to win.
Their bold design was chosen because it captured the spirit of London as well [...]
