Third day of rail disruption at Paddington as cable issues persist Rail disruption at Paddington has continued today as engineers tackle the cable damage that prevented thousands from attending the Queen’s funeral on Monday. National Rail said that a few lines between Paddington and Hayes & Harlington were blocked because of the damage from the previous days, with services to Reading risking cancellation and delays. Disruption [...]
Services resume at Paddington following 27-hour halt TRAVEL UPDATE Services to and from Paddington station have finally resumed following a 27-hour halt which disrupted thousands of people mourning Her Majesty the Queen. Network Rail – whose services between Paddington and Reading stopped working early on Monday morning due to faulty electric wires – said trains resumed around 9.30am. The station closed again at 10 [...]
Rail strikes set to resume on 1 and 5 October STRIKE Train drivers at 12 companies are set to resume their strike on 1 and 5 October in a long-standing dispute over pay. Initially announced at the end of last month, the walkout was postponed following Her Majesty the Queen’s death last week. The train drivers’ union Aslef will not make any public comments until after [...]
Congestion to hit London as mourners flock in their thousands September 13, 2022 Congestion is expected to hit London as hundreds of thousands of mourners flock to the capital to pay their respects to the Queen. There are currently up to 750,000 people lining the streets of Westminster queuing to see the Queen’s coffin, in contrast with Westminster Hall’s capacity to process 350,000. Network Rail stations across London [...]
Britons stuck in hour-long bottlenecks at Calais September 4, 2022 Hundreds of Britons returning home from abroad have been stuck in hour-long queues at the Port of Calais. Ferry operators P&O and DFDS have apologised for the bottlenecks at the border, telling travellers to arrive at least 90 minutes ahead of their expected departure. “Please be advised there are currently wait times of 90-120 minutes [...]
Bank Holiday weekend: Motorists urged to plan ahead as 12.5m trips expected August 26, 2022 Bank Holiday weekend traffic warnings have been issued with motorists urged to plan ahead as 12.5 million trips are set to take place. According to figures published today by the RAC, Friday will be the be the busiest day, with 4.3 million trips planned, followed by Saturday’s 2.3 million and then Sunday and Monday’s 1.3m [...]
Travel and tourism vacancies threaten UK economic recovery August 1, 2022 The UK’s economic recovery is being threatened by significant vacancies in the travel and tourism sector. According to a report published today by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), 128,000 industry jobs go unfulfilled in Britain, with one in 14 jobs remaining vacant. Figures revealed that the UK’s hotel industry was the worst hit [...]
Air traffic boss gets £1.2m bonus as industry battles with travel chaos July 31, 2022 Martin Rolfe, boss of government-backed air traffic control operator NATS, has received a £1.2m bonus as aviation continues to battle travel delays and disruption. The payment is part of a five-year bonus dated back to 2015, which was due to be paid in June 2020, the Sunday Telegraph reported first. But following the pandemic’s impact [...]
Travellers warned of two-hour queues at Dover ahead of ‘extremely busy’ weekend July 28, 2022 Travellers were warned of hour-long bottlenecks at Dover as thousands head to the port ahead of an “extremely busy” weekend. Ferry operators told customers to allow plenty of time for check-in, urging passengers to have all travel documents ready following last weekend’s “48 hours of hell.” “Please allow 120 minutes to complete Border control and [...]
Easyjet mulls over compensation following airports’ caps July 26, 2022 Easyjet is mulling over compensation after airports around Europe introduced daily passenger caps to cope with the ongoing travel chaos. Chief executive Johan Lundgren told journalists it was “clearly something that we will be discussing individually with our partner operators” but refused to lay out further details. Airports where Easyjet operates such as Gatwick and [...]