The RMT has accepted a three-year pay agreement for London Underground staff, following ‘sustained negotiations’ with Transport for London. There will be a 3.4 per cent increase from 1 April 2025, an RPI-equivalent increase of at least 3 per cent in February 2026 and a third increase on 1 April 2027

Trains are running between Preston and Carlisle again after a derailment early on Monday morning closed the line. The front wheels of an Avanti West Coast Pendolino travelling south from Glasgow left the rails and four people were slightly hurt, but none needed hospital treatment. The passengers on the train were

The normal hourly train service will return west of Salisbury on 29 November after being reduced to two-hourly as the result of excessively dry weather, which caused the foundations of the track to sink and speed restrictions to be imposed. The extremely dry conditions caused clay embankments between Gillingham and Axminster

The LNER staff member who was seriously hurt in the knife attacks on board his train on Saturday night has been named. LNER said: ‘Samir Zitouni, who is 48 and known to many as Sam, has been a valued member of the LNER team for over 20 years, working on board

The West Coast Main Line is still closed between Preston and Carlisle after a train became derailed near Shap early yesterday. The leading power car of an Avanti West Coast Pendolino from Glasgow to London came to rest blocking the parallel down line. Network Rail has now confirmed that the accident was

The man accused of attacking and injuring passengers with a knife on board an LNER train on Saturday night may be connected with other incidents less than two days earlier. Anthony Williams, 32, has been remanded in custody on 11 counts of attempted murder, ten of which are in connection with

The derailment of part of a London-bound Avanti West Coast train near Shap in Cumbria, in which four people were slightly hurt, is suspected to have been caused by a landslip. The derailment of the leading power car early yesterday also blocked the down line, and all services will remain suspended

Anthony Williams, the man accused on 10 counts of attempted murder, one count of actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article after a stabbing attack on an LNER train on Saturday, has been remanded in custody. Williams was in handcuffs, a grey sweatshirt and trousers, and

Update 11.05A 32-year old man from Peterborough will appear before the town’s magistrates this morning to face 10 counts of attempted murder in connection with the stabbings on board an LNER train from York to London on Saturday evening. Anthony Williams, of Langford Road in Peterborough, is charged with ten counts

Tributes have been paid to the train manager who was seriously injured in Saturday night’s stabbing attacks on an LNER train. The train manager tried to stop the attacks, and is in hospital with ‘life-threatening’ injuries. The driver of the train from York, Andrew Johnson (pictured), has also been praised for his