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The Transport Strategy covers all modes of transport but plenty about rail in the capital. The 'final version' is published today : https://www.london.gov.uk/moderngov/documents/b16916/Draft%20Transport%20Strategy%20Thursday%2008-Mar-2018%2010.00%20London%20Assembly%20Plenary.pdf?T=9 It...

Recent East Coast problems with overhead power lines is being compounded by today's problem near Morpeth, between Newcastle and Berwick. There have been multiple cable thefts, disabling signalling. The culprits were probably unaware that they were stealing fibre optic cables. East Coast...

After weeks of staff training, DORIS is now in service, and she looks good! Slim, bright, light weight, made by Samsung and recharged on a mini USB. Selling tickets and taking on-line payments on East Coast trains. [DORIS is the replacement for Avantix]

A female Cross-Country driver in Newcastle was unsuccessful in challenging the Employment Tribunal's decision that the lack of available turns during 'family-friendly' hours discriminated aganist women, but she was successful in her challenge that the Company had failed to recognise her needs...

I've never been greatly impressed by his songs or music, but in recognition of the huge public interest in him over the last 45 years, and its enthusiasm for his songs and his music, I thought I'd start a thread to gather any opinions on here. We have to recognise that his public profile has...

My friend and BBC producer Sue Wilkinson has made this interactive video for a BBC programme called "On Stage". View here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34657999 Additional thanks to Andy Dobson, Roger Keech and Touchcast's John Lawrence who worked on this with her. The TV shows...

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) published its findings on Friday 16th Oct from its investigation into Network Rail's performance after multiple deadlines were missed in the ambition programme of capacity improvements in the current control period. Full media summary ...

Those who are interested in the amount charged under the "Penalty Fares" schemes, (including Northern Rail's "Failure to Pay" scheme) might be interested in this judgement from the Court of Appeal last week, concerning the amount of £85 charged by a private operator of a car park when a car was...

This is not really correct. The Courts are bound to apply the Sentencing Guidelines to the cases they try. A quick glance of them seems to tell us that: A Speeding Offence which carries 3 'points' (i.e. up to 10mph in excess at 30mph, 15 in excess at 50mph, or 20 in excess at 70mph)...

From the Standard 18th Dec 2014:

On Friday (31st October), the Supreme Court decided to refuse an Appeal by two passenger airlines, Jet2 and Thomson Airways, which followed two judgements of the Court of Appeal earlier in the year, in which those airlines were refused their Appeal against the decision of a lower Court that...

There has been a lot of activity recently in bringing forward claims against employers for hearing loss attributable to noise in the workplace. A judgement in the Court of Appeal yesterday, concerning a Railway employee at Crewe locomotive works for 35 years, may establish an important limit...

Not a good day for Anglo-Scottish travel! Today, the East Coast manline is closed between Berwick and Edinburgh, and while Cross Country have provided bus replacement services, East Coast are diverting via Carlisle. However, a landslip near Brampton (east of Carlisle) has now closed the line...

I'm grateful to Private Eye for bringing this story to my attention, and hope that the publication doesn"t mind me repeating some of its comments here. York City Council implemented a "bus lane" on Lendal Bridge in the city centre. The implementation was successfully challenged, and a few...

The Guardian (Friday 29th Aug) reports that Network Rail, which moves to the public sector tomorrow (Sept 1st 2014), will probably remain exempt from Freedom of Information requests. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/aug/28/network-rail-piublic-sector-dont-call-it-nationalisation...

Mr Alexander has lived in Barons Court in Hammersmith and Fulham for many years, and drives his car in and out of his road onto the busy dual carriageway nearby. He was issued with a Fixed Penalty notice after being photographed performing the same manoever he's undertaken for years- a 3-point...

The "Cafe Bar" is no more. We now have the "Food Bar". More 'new' stock and of course no mention of the items which are no longer available. The coffee is no longer by Starbucks but now by that established brand of blandness - Nescafe. Apparently passengers have expressed their opinions. No...

[I don't think anyone posted this year's Awards (that's the 2013 Awards)] Link here:- http://nrha.org.uk/loyd-grossman-the-writer-and-television-personality-presents-the-2013-awards/ These were presented by Loyd Grossman in an event last December. They were: Those winning projects...

"As part of our Passenger Power! work, aimed at boosting the passenger voice in rail services, we are asking East Coast passengers for their feedback. Passengers are invited to provide personal, local experiences of stations, trains and customer experience." In today's email-bulletin from...

Last night (Fri 29th Nov at 22:25pm) a Police helicopter flying over Glasgow city centre fell onto the roof on the Clutha Vaults, a pub and music venue near the River Clyde, whose roof swiftly collapsed on top of those inside. Between 100 and 150 people were in the pub while band Esperanza were...