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Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. More on this story. Rail line re-opens after emergency landslip works. Engineering works to close key Surrey rail ...
Many rail lines in the southern half of Britain were blocked at various points on Friday. Damage to the overhead electric wires between Wolverhampton and Stafford closed a key stretch of the West ...
Caroline Gall - BBC News, West Midlands December 29, 2024 at 2:38 AM Rail passengers are facing disruption to services between Wolverhampton and Stafford after overhead wires were damaged.
On 21 October 2024, the two trains were due to pass at Talerddig. The westbound train to Aberystwyth, 1J25, entered the loop first but failed to stop. [11] It continued beyond the loop, and collided head-on with the eastbound train to Shrewsbury, 1S71, at 19:26 BST (18:26 UTC), approximately 900 m (1 ⁄ 2 mile) west of the loop.
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission, it became an independent statutory corporation in January 1963, when it was formally renamed the British Railways Board.
Tube Strike sign at Paddington. London Underground strikes are an intermittent part of life in the capital of the United Kingdom. Described as "one of Britain's most strike-prone industries", [1] the London Underground has been subject to travel disruption due to industrial action organised by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), ASLEF and other unions, in response ...
The Government just bailed the rail industry out to the tune of £16bn, that is £600 per UK household. In London, 15,000 staff members just got an 8.4% pay rise.
The 2022–2024 United Kingdom railway strikes were an industrial dispute between rail workers and companies, with the latter supported by the UK government. The rail workers are represented by several unions including the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF).