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Refund row: Getting your money back on many rail tickets is now trickier
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (389+ words) Train Talk: Are tougher rules a retrograde step, or much-needed modernisation?" Regular rail travellers will have seen a big poster campaign at stations across the country over the last few weeks. They warn of a change in ticket refund rules,…...
Train operators clamp down on ‘completely bonkers’ ticket fraud
1+ week, 1+ day ago (756+ words) The Man Who Pays His Way: A gaping loophole in the system is being closed by the railway Earlier today, I booked a rail ticket from Derby to Nottingham, price "9.50. As I am currently in London, I had no intention…...
MPs drop to their knees to beg for 230-mile London train link
1+ week, 5+ day ago (489+ words) Two Members of Parliament resorted to an extraordinary plea in the House of Commons, kneeling to demand a direct railway link between London and the port town of Grimsby. Sir Edward Leigh and Martin Vickers both dropped to their knees…...
Passengers can travel on ‘Britain’s most beautiful rail journey’ for £1.50 this year
1+ week, 6+ day ago (453+ words) The 150-year-old line almost closed in the 1980s but campaigners helped save the picturesque route Passengers can travel on one of the UK's most beautiful railway journeys for just "1.50 this year. A series of events is being organised to celebrate the…...
Major European train station evacuated after suspicious bags found
2+ week, 1+ day ago (198+ words) Midi Station in the Belgium capital of Brussels had to be evacuated on Monday afternoon Brussels" largest railway hub, Midi station, was evacuated on Monday afternoon after police discovered suspicious bags, causing widespread disruption to all train traffic. The incident…...
Suspicious bags found as European train station is evacuated
2+ week, 1+ day ago (232+ words) Suspicious bags found as European train station is evacuated - Brussels' Midi Station, the Belgian capital's largest railway hub, was evacuated on Monday afternoon after suspicious bags were discovered. - The incident led to train traffic to and from the station being…...
How fast will HS2 be? The major change set for UK high-speed trains
2+ week, 1+ day ago (149+ words) HS2 will "prove its worth, says chief exec Mark Wild PA How fast will HS2 be? The major change set for UK high-speed trains - HS2 bosses are exploring the possibility of reducing the maximum speed of its high-speed trains as ministers seek to…...
HS2 trains ‘could run slower’ in effort to cut costs on embattled project
2+ week, 1+ day ago (498+ words) The trains were set to have a maximum speed of 360km/h, making them the fastest anywhere in the world HS2 bosses could explore the possibility of making the high-speed trains slower as ministers consider ways to cut spiralling costs on the…...
Trial begins over Greece train crash where 57 people - mostly students - were killed
2+ week, 1+ day ago (411+ words) 57 people, mainly students, died in the deadly Greek train crash in Febrauary 2023 A criminal trial opened in Greece Monday over a train collision that killed 57 people, many of them college students, in a disaster that horrified the country and revealed…...
Trial opens over Greek train crash that killed 57, many of them students
2+ week, 1+ day ago (351+ words) A criminal trial opened in Greece Monday over a train collision that killed 57 people, many of them students, in a disaster that horrified the country and revealed long-neglected safety failures. The February 2023 crash triggered a fireball on impact and left…...