Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The UK’s two busiest railway stations, Liverpool Street and Paddington in London, are closed
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 ...
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), Aslef, Unite and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) will stage a co-ordinated walkout, with further action planned.
The UK was ranked eighth among national European rail systems in the 2017 European Railway Performance Index for intensity of use, quality of service and safety performance. [9] To cope with increasing passenger numbers, there is a large programme of upgrades to the network, including Thameslink , Crossrail , electrification of lines , in-cab ...
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 were 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).
Railnews, in the early days spelt 'Rail News', was originally the house newspaper of British Railways, published by the British Railways Board. It first appeared in 1963 under the editorship of Keith Horrox with a price of 6 d , replacing the former magazines which had been produced for each railway Region, although Regional 'slip' pages ...
Railway electrification in the UK has been a stop-start or boom-bust cycle since electrification began. The initial boom was under the 1955 modernisation plan. There was a flurry of activity in the 1980s and early 1990s but this came to a halt in the run up to privatisation and then continued in the 2000s, and also the Great Recession intervened.
Proposed railway lines in London (3 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Proposed railway lines in England" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.