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The Beeching cuts were a reduction in the size of the British railway network, along with a restructuring of British Rail, in the 1960s.Since the mid-1990s there has been significant growth in passenger numbers on the railways and renewed government interest in the role of rail in UK transport.
Thousands of trains have been cancelled across the region at short notice in recent months.
Sunak announced plans Wednesday to curtail High Speed Rail 2, known as HS2, the government’s flagship transport project intended to boost railway capacity and cut journey times between London ...
A “do not travel” alert has been issued after a freight train derailed on a major route between England and Scotland.. Services are being cancelled and delayed because of the incident on the ...
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.
A consultation ran from October 2016 until February 2017 to officially close Norton Bridge and end the rail replacement bus service. [6] Norton Bridge officially closed on 10 December 2017 when the London Midland franchise ended and the replacement bus, part funded by the Department for Transport ended in March 2019.
Passengers were stuck on a Eurostar train in the Channel Tunnel for two-and-a-half hours after an apparent breakdown of the London to Paris service.. On one of the busiest travel days of the ...
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).