Train journeys into Blackfriars, Paddington and Fenchurch street suffer most overcrowding September 10, 2014 120,000 passengers on London trains are forced to spend the rush hour commute to work standing- a fifth of the 545,000 passengers coming through the capital every morning. New figures reveal 60 per cent of peak train services had passengers standing and 24 per cent were over capacity. Routes into Blackfriars, Paddington and Fenchurch street suffered [...]
Tube strike 2015: Travel advice for Thursday – No Tube, but DLR, London Overground, trams, rail and 200 extra buses will run July 9, 2015 The Tube strike is on, and that means you're likely to run into problems if you're travelling in London on Thursday. Here's everything you need to know to prepare and plan for your journey. When? No services will run on Thursday at all after the 24-hour strike began on Wednesday evening. There may still be [...]
Investigation launched into Network Rail reliability after delays and cost overruns June 12, 2015 Network Rail is to be investigated by Britain's rail regulator after it was accused of delivering poor punctuality and reliability on some of its key routes. The routes, some of which are the busiest commuter routes in the country, were "below requirements", according to the regulator, the Office of Road and Rail (ORR). They are operated [...]
South West Trains will be “cancelled, delayed or revised” until 9pm at least after a person was hit by a train April 27, 2015 Trains across the whole South West network are facing severe disruption after a person was hit by a train earlier today. The operator warned that trains could be “cancelled, delayed by up to 90 minutes or revised at short notice”, with disruption expected to last well into rush hour. Originally the group had [...]
UK national train strike: Heathrow and Gatwick Express routes to be disrupted by Network Rail bank holiday walkout May 21, 2015 UPDATE 2.45pm: The RMT has followed the TSSA union in suspending strike action after an improved offer from Network Rail. The looming Network Strike threatens not only to derail travellers' plans to get around the country, but even those looking to go abroad after Heathrow Express announced it would run during shortened operating hours on Monday 25 and Tuesday [...]
The UK’s heatwave is sending commuter trains into meltdown July 1, 2015 The heat is playing havoc with commuter trains. Network Rail has imposed speed restrictions on parts of the network between 11am this morning and 8pm this evening in an attempt to prevent train tracks from buckling as temperatures soar. Read more: Britons can't stand the heat above 28 degrees (that's seven degrees hotter than [...]
Royal Institute of British Architects awards the gongs for the year’s best cutting edge building designs May 21, 2015 If you work in London, you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to great architecture. Whether we’re renaming iconic office buildings like The Gherkin, dining in converted churches in the East End or catching a train from an 18th century masterpiece, we take our superb architectural blend of the contemporary and the historic for granted. [...]
Forget nationalisation: UK railways need a radical dose of devolution August 12, 2015 It's been a torrid time for Britain’s railways lately. In the last six months – as many a hard-pressed City A.M. commuter will know – there have been bad tempered strikes on the Tube and commuter railways. Channel Tunnel trains have had to run the gauntlet of tyre-burning port workers in Calais as well as [...]
Treasury to sell £1.5bn of Royal Mail June 4, 2015 CHANCELLOR of the exchequer George Osborne announced plans for a £13bn round of privatisations yesterday, as he added the sale of £1.5bn of Royal Mail to the £11.8bn sale of Lloyds Bank currently underway. And if he brings forward plans to sell down the government’s holdings in bailed-out bank RBS, he could add tens of billions of [...]
Don’t Look Now remake: Why Hollywood keeps resorting to reboots April 29, 2015 Don't Look Now, the 1976 horror film, is the latest classic film to get a modern makeover. The spooky psychological thriller, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, is one of the most critically acclaimed horror films of all time and is widely regarded as a classic of the genre. A [...]