A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly attempted to pull a woman on to the London Underground tracks at King’s Cross, which carry Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City Line trains. The woman is said to be ‘shaken’ but unharmed, but the man was

Drivers belonging to ASLEF at three more train operating companies have voted for strikes in the continuing dispute over pay. The votes were held at Chiltern Railways (majority in favour 92.1 per cent), Northern (96.6 per cent) and TransPennine Express (97.1 per cent). Turnouts were all over 80 per cent. ASLEF has

The number of passengers on National Rail reached 95 per cent of the pre-Covid level on one day earlier this month, and figures on other days were also above 90 per cent, according to the Department for Transport. The latest official statistics show that the peak was reached on 10 August,

Dutch transport operator Abellio is leaving Britain, after running trains and buses in this country for almost 20 years. Abellio is the overseas division of Netherlands Railways, which said the withdrawal would allow it to focus on domestic and international train services in the Netherlands. Abellio’s current contracts with the Department for

Transport for London has announced that Elizabeth Line trains from Reading, Heathrow Airport and Shenfield will start running through central London on 6 November. Reading trains will continue to Abbey Wood, and Shenfield trains will terminate at Paddington. Bond Street station will also open by November, said TfL, which pointed out that

Network Rail has reminded passengers that the ‘vast majority’ of the rail network will be open for business as usual this August Bank Holiday weekend. However, upgrades costing a total of £90 million are being carried out, which means some routes will be affected by engineering possessions. Network Rail added

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has urged RMT general secretary Mick Lynch to put the latest pay offer to the RMT membership. Mr Lynch had pointed out to the transport secretary that more than £120 million has been paid to the privately-owned train operators. He continued: ‘Using taxpayers’ money to satisfy the

Transport for London Underground services are being seriously disrupted by another RMT strike today, in a dispute over job security and pensions. Other TfL trains and trams are running, but London Overground started later than usual, DLR services to Bank will not run after 18.30 and Elizabeth Line trains are also

The RMT has accused the government of preventing agreement in the long running rail disputes because of its political agenda. Staff are walking out again today at Network Rail and most train operators, and only one in five trains are expected to run, with many lines closed entirely. Operators have been

London Bridge station was closed for a time this morning after a fire broke out in a railway arch. More than 70 firefighters went to the scene, and London Fire Brigade said the ‘entire arch’ was ablaze, although the fire is now under control. The fire in Union Street, Southwark, broke out