The RMT has called a further 24-hour strike on 8 October, as the deadlock over railway pay continues. The new transport secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has been in discussions with the leaders of the RMT, ASLEF and TSSA, which was something her predecessor Grant Shapps had refused to do, but there are

London transport commissioner Andy Byford has resigned and is returning to the United States. Current chief operating officer Andy Lord will become Commissioner for the time being. TfL said Mr Byford had achieved his priorities since he joined TfL in June 2020, which were to complete the Elizabeth Line and to resolve

London transport commissioner Andy Byford has resigned and is returning to the United States. Current chief operating officer Andy Lord will become Commissioner for the time being. TfL said Mr Byford had achieved his priorities since he joined TfL in June 2020, which were to complete the Elizabeth Line and to resolve

London transport commissioner Andy Byford is poised to resign, it has been reported. Mr Byford has just completed the lengthy process of procuring a financial settlement for Transport for London from the government, and was also responsible for providing transport for hundreds of thousands of people who were in London

The High Court has granted an ‘extensive’ injunction to HS2 Ltd, which will make disrupting construction work or entering HS2 sites without permission a potential contempt of court. Jail sentences can be given in contempt cases. Mr Justice Julian Knowles, sitting in Birmingham, said the terms of the injunction struck ‘a

Update: The RMT has also announced a strike of its members at 14 operators on 1 October. Train operators have urged the drivers’ union ASLEF not to go ahead with two more strikes at 12 train operators on 1 and 5 October. The Rail Delivery Group said: ‘These strikes will once again

13.45 updateTrains have started to depart from London Paddington once again for south Wales and south west England after services had been halted by damage to the overhead wires at Hayes. National Rail said some lines through Hayes & Harlington had reopened after more than 24 hours of repairs, but that

Damage to the overhead wires at Hayes & Harlington is likely to keep the Great Western Main Line closed between Ealing Broadway and Reading until around midday, according to Network Rail. Engineers went to the scene early yesterday, after the incident apparently occurred at about 06.30. All four lines are closed at

More overnight trains have been arranged as the day of Her Majesty’s State Funeral approaches. Avanti West Coast has also added four daytime services from Manchester to London using locomotives and rolling stock hired from a charter company. Southeastern has said it will be running night services on main line routes, and

Millions of people are due in London for the Queen’s Lying in State and her funeral on Monday, and the first overnight trains to carry some of the visitors to London during the mourning for the Queen are reported to have started to run. More are due over the following