Rail fares in England and Wales will rise by 4.9% on Sunday, adding hundreds of pounds to annual travel costs for many commuters. Campaigners said…
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Campaigners call for end to ‘peak fare rip off’ on trains in England and Wales
Campaigners are calling for an end to the “peak fare rip off”, where commuters in some parts of the country face far higher mark-ups to…
View More Campaigners call for end to ‘peak fare rip off’ on trains in England and WalesReturn train tickets expected to be scrapped in UK rail shake-up
Return tickets will be scrapped and new digital ticketing introduced under reforms of the British rail system expected to be announced this week. The two-way…
View More Return train tickets expected to be scrapped in UK rail shake-up‘People had to urinate in Pringles pots’: passengers on Avanti travel trauma
It would take a lot to make Arran Kent ditch the train to drive across the country for gigs. The musician, 32, has persisted with…
View More ‘People had to urinate in Pringles pots’: passengers on Avanti travel traumaBiggest UK rail strikes in decades to go ahead after last-ditch talks fail
The biggest rail strikes in three decades will start on Tuesday after late talks failed to break the impasse, with the RMT union leadership warning…
View More Biggest UK rail strikes in decades to go ahead after last-ditch talks failTicket to Roman Britain: HS2’s route to ancient history
The green fields and woods of rural Northamptonshire look as apparently immutable as much of the British countryside. Next to the remote farm of Blackgrounds,…
View More Ticket to Roman Britain: HS2’s route to ancient historyRoman town’s remains found below Northamptonshire field on HS2 route
A wealthy Roman trading town, whose inhabitants adorned themselves with jewellery and ate from fine pottery, has been discovered half a metre below the surface…
View More Roman town’s remains found below Northamptonshire field on HS2 routeRail fares to increase by 3.8% in March
Rail fares in England are to rise by 3.8% in March, the government has confirmed, in line with July’s RPI inflation rate and the biggest…
View More Rail fares to increase by 3.8% in MarchSouth Western left my 16-year-old son stranded at a locked, unstaffed station
A storm was raging when South Western Railway ordered all passengers to alight. The delayed 18.27 London to Exeter service was an hour from its…
View More South Western left my 16-year-old son stranded at a locked, unstaffed stationDormouse bridge across railway line could save endangered species
Measuring 12 metres long and just 30cm wide, it’s a bridge of miniature proportions. But it is hoped that the square metal tube – set…
View More Dormouse bridge across railway line could save endangered species