Trains in central and southern Scotland will stop running by 16.00 today, because winds of up to 130km/h are predicted. Trains in the Highlands and Far North are unlikely to be affected by Storm Dudley, but the winds will be worst in the central belt and as far north as

THE Office of Rail and Road has revealed that train operators have been charging up to twice their actual costs when levying a fee for refunding unused tickets. The ORR said the average fee, when charged, has been estimated at £6.96, but the real average cost of handling a claim has

FARES on Transport for London services will rise by almost 5 per cent on 1 March, as TfL continues to struggle with its finances. Temporary funding support from the government was extended on 4 February for another two weeks, but there are still no signs of a long-term settlement. The Mayor

Conductors on TransPennine Express have staged their first Sunday strike, in a dispute over pay. Unless there is a breakthrough in the meantime, strikes have also been called for the next three Sundays. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: 'Our members refuse to be treated unfairly and will be continuing

Work is now underway to build a station at East Linton, near Dunbar on the East Coast Main Line, where engineers building the £15 million station are about to begin piling to create the foundations for the platforms. The station will also offer 125 parking spaces and have a fully

A HYBRID diesel-battery train is now carrying passengers on Chiltern Railways. The HybridFLEX, a converted two-car Class 168 unit fitted with a Rolls Royce MTU hybrid drive, is the product of a four-year partnership between Chiltern Railways, Porterbrook and Rolls-Royce. The train is the first battery-diesel in Britain which is capable

Reward offered after train driver was injured by brick A reward of £1,000 has been offered by Northern to achieve a conviction after a brick was thrown at a train travelling on the Manchester-Bolton line near Clifton at 22.00 on Friday night. Broken glass from the windscreen hit the driver's face.

Train and station cleaners to strike Hundreds of cleaners employed by Churchill Group on four railway contracts in south east England are set to strike on 23 February. Their union the RMT has declared a dispute over pay. The companies affected are Govia Thameslink Railway, Southeastern, Eurostar and HS1. The cleaners

GBR headquarters competition heats up The contest to be the host town or city for the future headquarters of Great British Railways is warming up, after the competition was formally launched just before the weekend. A new candidate has emerged, with Barrow now joining Derby, Doncaster, Milton Keynes and York. A

RMT calls Underground strikes The RMT has called two 24-hour strikes on London Underground. The walkouts on 1 and 3 March are being staged in protest at the continuing financial crisis at TfL, which the RMT alleges has been 'engineered by the government'. General secretary Mick Lynch said: 'A financial crisis