THE death of a Govia Thameslink Railway staff member from Covid-19 is no longer being linked to an alleged incident at London Victoria on 21 March, in which a man was reported to have spat and coughed at two workers on the concourse. The man was said to have claimed that

THE complete fleet of 58 new Stadler trains for Greater Anglia should be in service by the summer, Stadler has said. All older rolling stock on Greater Anglia’s intercity, regional and rural routes is being displaced by the new fleet, which consists of 38 bi-mode units and 20 electric ones. The

We’ve teamed up with our friends at Mortons Books and you can win one of FIVE copies of By Rail to the Music Halls. Total prize value is £125! Author David Hindle MA takes an in-depth look at the parallels to be drawn between the origins of railways and the nation’s

A BOLD plan costed at £2.7 billion for the area around the HS2 hub in the East Midlands has been published by a group of councils, transport bodies and East Midlands Airport. The core of the scheme is the future East Midlands Hub at Toton, and the plan proposes direct access

Photos: Govia Thameslink Railway Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is using a powerful new virucide on trains, stations and staff areas that kills the coronavirus for up to 30 days. The virucide is being used on all the Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express train fleet, along with the stations and staff

THE new transport commissioner for London has been named as Andy Byford, who will join Transport for London on 29 June. The present commissioner Mike Brown will stay for a handover period until 10 July. Mr Brown will then move on to take up a new posiition overseeing the renovation

THE new transport commissioner for London has been named as Andy Byford, who will join Transport for London on 29 June. The present commissioner Mike Brown will stay for a handover period until 10 July. Mr Brown will then move on to take up a new posiition overseeing the renovation

TRAINS and stations on Govia Thameslink Railway are being treated with a new disinfectant which should give protection from Covid-19 for up to 30 days. Staff are using an app which will tell them when an individual vehicle was last cleaned, while GTR has also ordered 1,000 no-touch hand sanitisers for

BOMBARDIER is reported to be asking for ‘contractual charges’ to be suspended because the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted production for a while at Litchurch Lane in Derby, where 2,000 people are employed. The charges, which are normally levied for late delivery of new trains, amount to some £20 million a month.

TRANSPORT SECRETARY Grant Shapps has responded to calls from city mayors and promised another £29 million to support trams and light rail outside London. His announcement also included a further £254 million to keep bus services running. The Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham had warned that without a further injection