Learner drivers could soon be allowed on Britain’s motorways in training shakeup unveiled by government December 30, 2016 Susceptible to a spot of road rage? Well, impatient drivers better look away now. For the government has unveiled plans to let learner drivers have motorway lessons. That’s right: those learning to drive will be allowed to have driving lessons on motorways for the first time, as long as they're with a driving instructor in [...]
As freezing fog settles across the South East, here are all the travel delays and disruptions taking place in London in the run-up to New Year’s Eve December 30, 2016 New Year’s Eve can be a hectic period for travel, and this year has the added trouble of thick fog and ice causing concern, on top of a planned Southern rail strike. Drivers have been warned to be wary of fog and sub-zero weather conditions across large swathes of England. Freezing fog has settled in [...]
Transport for London warns Londoners that travelcards and daily fare caps will increase in the New Year December 29, 2016 Londoners have been warned not to get caught out by New Year public transport price hikes despite promises to freeze fares in the capital until 2020. Transport for London (TfL) said it did not have the power to stop a 2.3 per cent increase in the cost of travelcards because their pricing is set by the government. [...]
Failure to take off: Delta Air Lines ditches order for 18 Boeing Dreamliner 787s worth around $4bn December 28, 2016 US airline Delta has agreed to cancel an order for 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which is valued at more than $4bn (£3.2bn) at current list prices. Delta assumed the deal as part of its merger with Northwest Airlines in 2008 (which set it back $2.6bn in shares), though in 2010 it deferred the order [...]
Fog and mist is affecting flights out of Heathrow and City airports December 28, 2016 If you're taking advantage of the Christmas break to venture to sunnier (or snowier) climes, beware: fog is affecting flights into and out of Heathrow airport. The airport tweeted this morning that passengers should check flight status with their airline. Foggy weather may affect scheduled flights today. Please kindly check your flight status with your airline: [...]
Londoners face Christmas travel headache as Paddington closes, Moorgate experiences disruption and M1 shuts down December 24, 2016 Engineering works on railways across the country have left passengers facing disruption, with London one of the most badly affected areas. There are no trains to and from Paddington until next Thursday to make way for Crossrail work, while severe disruption is expected between Finsbury Park and Moorgate until lunchtime at the earliest due to an electricity fault. A number of [...]
Beat the January rail price hike: 10 ways to find cheaper train tickets December 23, 2016 Imagine the scene: It's 2 January, you're feeling a bit bloated and jaded after a week of Christmas excesses. You turn up to the rail station with a heavy heart as the reality of work sets in. The queues to renew your season ticket are horrendous and in the line of morose commuters you can [...]
Unite union suspends British Airways cabin crew’s Christmas strike December 22, 2016 British Airways cabin crew has called off its planned Christmas strike, the Unite union has announced. The union said a revised offer by the airline will be put to a ballot of more than 2,000 of its members. "It will be for our members now to decide if British Airways has done enough to meet [...]
RMT’s Great Western Rail strike will go ahead tomorrow December 22, 2016 A Great Western Railway (GWR) workers' strike will go ahead tomorrow, the RMT union confirmed today. RMT members who are cleaners on the rail network will take industrial action over "serious bullying, claims of discrimination and poverty working conditions" on the GWR train cleaning contract operated by Servest UK. Members have been instructed not to book on for [...]
Southern rail court documents reveal Aslef has grander plans on driver-operated doors December 22, 2016 The drivers union at the centre of the Southern rail dispute doesn't simply want to stop further roll out of driver-operated doors, it is determined to ban the policy across all train services. The question of who operates Southern rail train doors is pivotal in the dispute that has led to waves of industrial action and blighted the network for much [...]