Passengers using the Tyne and Wear Metro must continue to wear face coverings when travelling on the system, unless they are exempt. Nexus said that wearing a face covering throughout journeys, on stations and trains, is a condition of carriage unless exempt. Passengers may be refused travel if they do not. North

THE Transport Decarbonisation Plan unveiled by the government has been welcomed by the railfreight industry. The plan sets out a programme of decarbonising transport completely by 2050, and is being described by the government as a 'greenprint'. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said: 'It’s not about stopping people doing things: it’s about doing

Photos: PA Media Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has supported a decision to make masks compulsory on the London Underground, despite his own Government scrapping the mandatory wearing of face coverings. Shapps said the move is in line with what ministers want to happen, despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to lift legal

THE Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has asked Transport for London to keep face coverings compulsory on all its services, even though the law will change on Monday in England so that the use of masks in crowded areas will be recommended but no longer compulsory. In the case of TfL

Photo: PA Media Face masks must be worn on London’s transport network, even after the legal restrictions have been lifted on July 19. Sadiq Khan has asked Transport for London (TfL) to enforce the use of mask wearing on buses and trains as a condition of carriage. The London mayor said he was

Photo: Rail Delivery Group No domestic train operators will require passengers to wear face coverings on services in England from July 19, according to industry bodies. Transport companies have the power to turn away customers who refuse to cover their noses and mouths even when the legal requirement is lifted on July

Photo: Rail Delivery Group No domestic train operators will require passengers to wear face coverings on services in England from July 19, according to industry bodies. Transport companies have the power to turn away customers who refuse to cover their noses and mouths even when the legal requirement is lifted on July

T9 30120 Harmans Cross Swanage Railway. Photo: Andrew PM Wright Swanage Railway volunteers are staging a steam rally next to Norden station near Corfe Castle to raise funds Featuring up to 20 traction engines, steam rollers and showman’s engines, the four-day Roads to Rail gathering takes place during the August Bank Holiday,

PLANS to let rail and bus operators choose whether to enforce the wearing of facemasks from next Monday have left transport campaigners 'disappointed'. The Prime Minister said last night that 'We expect and recommend that people wear a face covering in crowded and enclosed spaces where you come into contact with

Passengers Once More is a series of books charting reinstated or new stations and lines on Britain’s rail network since nationalisation in 1948. Arranged in line and geographical order, each book in the series is copiously illustrated with photographs of all the locations featured. Data provided for each location include: Opening, closing and