Bank Holiday Monday 27th December | Last Week in Trains
Last week, Transport Secretary Phillip Hammond announced the high speed rail route between London and Birmingham (HS2) would go ahead - but with 50% of the preferred route amended. The…
Last week, Transport Secretary Phillip Hammond announced the high speed rail route between London and Birmingham (HS2) would go ahead - but with 50% of the preferred route amended. The…
Poor Southeastern Trains... I can't help feeling sorry for TOCs (train operating companies) being punished as a result of 'acts of God,' if you'll pardon the expression. This was the…
The Telegraph and Mail had a field day last week when thousands of commuters froze to death on trains across the country. I'm kidding, of course. This was the news…
So the big news last week was the £8bn investment in rail the government has promised over the next decade. I'm not sure 'sorry' is what I felt for Transport…
A train ran away last week. It was on the front page of the Metro and everything. This taught us lots of things - like the BBC can make computer…
As a follow up to my previous Last Week In Trains post - this post brings news that last week High Speed 1 was bought by a consortium comprising Borealis…
(Video REUTERS) Yesterday China launched a high speed link between Shanghai and Hangzhou. The trains travel at well over 200 miles per hour, the fastest in the universe. Last month…
Through trains between London and the Highlands have been spared after ferocious opposition to the idea of their being axed in Scotland. (A nod to the West Lothian question might…