Companies which want to run international trains from London are calling for ‘urgent action’ to secure investment in increased depot capacity to allow more Channel Tunnel trains. The Office of Rail and Road has concluded that capacity at the present Temple Mills depot in east London would allow only one additional

Most London Underground lines were not reopening until 08.00 today – some three hours later than usual – as an after-effect of the strikes which have been staged since Sunday in the RMT’s dispute with Transport for London over pay, conditions and working hours. The only Underground lines running before 08.00

London Underground trains are only running on a suburban section of the Piccadilly line on the last day in the present series of RMT strikes. Today is the second day that signallers have walked out, while other staff were on strike on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. The RMT has warned that

A new report from right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange which has been endorsed by Reform UK proposes the scrapping of Northern Powerhouse Rail, triggering a political storm. Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice says companies considering bidding for contracts to build NPR should ‘not bother’, because a Reform government would scrap it. The

Updated 10.30There are almost no Underground trains running in London today, as signallers stage the first of two 24-hour strikes as part of this week’s series of walkouts called by the RMT in its dispute with Transport for London over pay, conditions and working hours. The only Underground lines with any

Underground services are not running in central London on the first day of major strikes in the dispute between Transport for London and the RMT over pay, conditions and the length of the working week, which the union wants to see reduced from 35 to 32 hours. There was some disruption

Transport for London made an eleventh-hour bid to prevent Underground strikes last night, by urging the RMT to suspend the action and restart peace talks. But industrial action over pay and working hours is set to continue with the first walkouts by track access controllers due tomorrow, which TfL is warning

The Scottish Government has announced plans for a £342 million investment in electrification and electric trains for Glasgow, Fife and the Borders Railway, which celebrates its tenth anniversary tomorrow. The new fleet of 69 trains will include hybrid battery units which will be necessary when crossing the Forth Bridge because the

Time is running out for any chance of averting next week’s disruptive London Underground strikes, which have been called by the RMT in its dispute with Transport for London over pay, hours and conditions. Talks to end the dispute failed yesterday, but TfL has remained adamant that it cannot afford to