[ad_1] Hull and the UK are seeing an upswing in strike action amid spiralling living costs, with workers from a range of sectors walking out as inflation squeezes pay. Barristers were the latest workers to walk out today (Monday, June 27) after 81.5 per cent of the 2,055 Criminal Bar Association (CBA) members balloted voted…
[ad_1] Work on demolishing a huge Royal Mail delivery office next to East Croydon Station is well underway. It was bought by Network Rail in 2019 as part of its plans to tackle the Croydon bottleneck. The rail operator wants to build more platforms and tracks around East Croydon Station to allow trains to run…
[ad_1] But Mr Brown said: “We are operating a service that the Government wants us to operate to allow key workers to get to places … and keep industry going. And we are being paid a management fee for running that contract. “If you were talking to [waste management company] Veolia … they would be…
[ad_1] Commuters on the Brighton Main Line and throughout South London’s rail network have been suffering for years. Lines passing through East Croydon go through the busiest railway junction in the United Kingdom and as a result are plagued with delays on a daily basis. On an average workday, more than 1,700 trains, carrying more…
[ad_1] The current system of rail franchising isn’t working, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has admitted. Mr Shapps made it clear that he plans major changes to the way our rail industry works, as he announced that private sector operator Arriva was to be stripped of the Northern rail franchise, which will instead be handed to…
[ad_1] Remember ‘Failing Grayling’? The former Transport Secretary will go down as one of the most unpopular cabinet ministers of all time. Among other things, he took the blame for bungled timetable changes which led to cancelled trains and general chaos on rail services across much of the country. After three years in charge at…
[ad_1] Proposals for a new bridge south of Crewe station aimed at easing congestion in Nantwich Road have been adopted by Cheshire East Council. Cabinet members approved a preferred route for the new Southern Link Road Bridge at Tuesday’s meeting, following consultation held over the summer. The new bridge would be built from Gresty Road…
[ad_1] When Bristol University’s brand new £300 million campus is built behind Temple Meads, it is hoped it will include a new entrance to the city’s historic railway station. The station has already seen a number of upgrades in the last year, including the electrification project and two new sets of ticket gates to improve…
[ad_1] A new entrance to Newton Abbot Railway Station from the Brunel Industrial Estate is set to be built. Devon County Council has given the go ahead for the new entrance and station building to be built on land currently used as parking by International Dance Supplies and Royal Mail. The existing footbridge across the platforms…
[ad_1] On 9 October 1990, just weeks before the downfall of Margaret Thatcher, the then transport secretary Cecil Parkinson addressed the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth. On the future of British Rail, he was unequivocal. “The question now is not about whether we should privatise it, but how and when,” he said. The “when” would be addressed by…