The hyperloop train is leaving the station – and the UK must be on it November 7, 2018 Britain can reasonably claim to have invented the railway. Stephenson’s Rocket represented the pinnacle of British industrial-era innovation. The ability to move products and people by steam locomotion had a transformative effect on society. British ingenuity saw railways knit communities together across the country, and eventually the globe. And for the next couple of centuries, [...]
Passengers warned not to travel to Waterloo station after major signal failure October 24, 2018 Rail passengers have been urged not to travel to Waterloo station this morning after a major signalling failure. South Western Railway advised passengers not to travel to Waterloo and to seek alternative arrangements. Read more: Revealed: London's worst train station Network Rail said in a statement: "There is a major signalling failure which is affecting [...]
Paddington disruption to continue into tomorrow as Network Rail carries out overnight repairs October 17, 2018 Extensive disruption at Paddington station today caused by damage to overhead cables will continue into tomorrow as Network Rail carries out vital repairs. Commuters faced a travel nightmare this morning when Paddington station was plunged into chaos after a Hitachi train caused damage to 500m of electrical power lines during a test last night. The [...]
Paddington travel chaos: Commuters told to avoid station as power line failure leaves train services suspended October 17, 2018 Commuters faced a travel nightmare this morning, with Paddington station plunged into chaos after a Hitachi train reportedly caused damage to 500m of electrical power lines during a test last night. The Heathrow Express service from Paddington and trains to and from Reading are not running due to faults with the overhead power lines near [...]
Bereft of new ideas, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party is dead set on sticking its head in the sand October 3, 2018 One of the most dispiriting aspects of the Labour Party conference, which ended last week, is how deeply conservative the political left has become. Its remedies for Britain’s problems look to the past and not the future. Far from embracing new technology, the left is hostile to it. This was not always the case. Labour [...]
John McDonnell: Labour will nationalise railways within five years September 22, 2018 Britain's railways could be taken back into public hands within five years if Labour wins the next general election, according to shadow chancellor John McDonnell. Ahead of Labour’s party conference which starts tomorrow, John McDonnell told the BBC he was looking at the possibility of breaking clauses in contracts to allow rail franchises to be [...]
Sadiq Khan calls for rail re-nationalisation in wake of timetable chaos September 20, 2018 London mayor Sadiq Khan has joined calls for the railways to be re-nationalised following a damning review into industry's timetable chaos in May. Today the rail regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), published the review that transport secretary Chris Grayling ordered in the summer when the full scale of the damage caused by the timetable overhaul became [...]
Network Rail spends millions fixing water leaks at revamped London Bridge station September 20, 2018 Network Rail is having to spend millions of pounds digging up parts of the recently revamped London Bridge station after discovering a number of water leaks. New Civil Engineer first reported that retrofit waterproofings are now being carried out at the station despite the £1bn upgrade that was officially unveiled by the Duke of Cambridge in May. [...]
Transport secretary Chris Grayling: Re-nationalising UK rail network won’t solve problems September 20, 2018 Transport secretary Chris Grayling today denied that re-nationalising the UK’s railways would solve transport problems that have plagued commuters this year. Calling for an overhaul of the UK’s rail network, Grayling outlined a number of possible routes after the publication of a damning report into the health of the system, but said re-nationalisation would not [...]
All aboard the blame train: Government, regulator and train firms all failed in rail chaos September 20, 2018 The government, regulators and the owner of the rail network were all part of a comedy of errors which led to chaos on Britain’s railways earlier this year, according to a review of the disruption published today. The report by Office of Rail and Road (ORR) boss Stephen Glaister into the chaotic timetable change which [...]