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Rob Wilson, a non-executive member of Transport Focus, is under investigation for alleged double claims of travelling expenses and falsely claiming a railcard discount. He is also Chair of the Consumer Council for Water (CCW) and Deputy Chair of the Social Mobility Commission. His CCW expenses...

Lord Peter Hendy today (17/11/25) launched a two month trial of enhanced wifi on a GWR IET. It switches between 5G mobile and satellite connections, to provide the fastest speed possible. (There's no mention of the connection problems posed by tunnels!) He said the DfT would be awaiting the...

A 54 year-old man repeatedly made train journeys over a seven year period without a ticket and incurred £30k in fines, costs and fares owed. He has only paid £2,100 of the £30,012.90 fines, fares and costs incurred since April 2017. Exeter Magistrates Court have now cut the amount owed to...

An Evening Standard journalist (Tristan Kirk) has written an article which covers the willingness of certain TOCs to favour Magistrates Court proceedings He highlights Northern Rail as one of those who readily turned to the Single Justice Procedure (SJP) for alleged fare evasion and how they...