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Jubilee Weekend: London passengers advised to allow extra time
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Thameslink and Great Northern are advising people travelling to events by train over the Platinum Jubilee Weekend to plan their journey in advance.
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Passenger trains could be blocked to prioritise freight during strikes
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Passenger trains could be blocked from station platforms by parked freight services during strikes, an industry leader has warned. John Smith, chief executive of firm GB Railfreight, told the PA news agency the measure may be required if a skeleton timetable is implemented during industrial action. Fears have been raised that staff walkouts could lead…
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British Transport Police to arm volunteer officers with Tasers
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The British Transport Police have become the first force in the UK to arm volunteer officers with Tasers. It comes after the Home Secretary last week unveiled plans to give special constables powers to use the weapons, which temporarily incapacitate a person by delivering an electric current through two small-barbed darts. From Friday, some British…
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Pathfinder cancels Mazey Day special
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PATHFINDER Tours’ annual ‘Mazey Day Cornishman’ special from Solihull to Penzance via Oxford on June 25 has been cancelled. The tour operator made the decision today (May 27) to pull the train from its schedules due to the uncertainty around possible national rail strike during June. Only a few days before the decision, 40,000 RMT union members voted overwhelmingly…
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Crisis talks to keep trains running amid fears of ‘historic’ rail strike
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Contingency plans are being drawn up to try and keep passenger and freight trains running in the event of industrial action after unions warned of “potentially the biggest rail strike in modern history”.
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Elizabeth line: Delayed £18bn Crossrail opens to passengers
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Around 130,000 people travelled on London’s £18.9 billion Elizabeth line railway in the first few hours of operation on Tuesday morning.
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Royals on Rails at the National Railway Museum to mark the Platinum Jubilee
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The National Railway Museum is inviting visitors to share in the luxury of royal travel with a season of royal-themed activities and a new exhibition to coincide with Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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First Tube map with Elizabeth line published
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Transport for London (TfL) has released a new Tube map with the Elizabeth line included for the first time.
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Enforce train ticket checks to crackdown on pay dodgers: MPs urge
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Train operators have been warned to implement proper ticket checks to crackdown on passengers travelling without paying a fare.
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Passengers thrown from seats on train driven ’50mph above speed limit’
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Passengers were thrown from their seats and hit by falling luggage on a train being driven at 50mph above the speed limit, investigators said.
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