Passengers are more likely to have a less crowded journey if they travel on Mondays rather than mid-week, analysis of latest travel trends has revealed.
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The boss of Eurostar has said its trains between the UK and Paris are carrying 30% fewer passengers. Chief executive Gwendoline Cazenave said with post-Brexit border checks and current levels of border staff, there were "bottlenecks" in stations.more
Ferries between Dover and Calais will be disrupted by a national strike in France on Thursday. P&O Ferries said services to and from the French port will be suspended from 07:00 GMT for nine hours. more
Most train services in France will be cancelled tomorrow, as will some flights operated by Orly airport. Disruption to the Paris metro is also expected, French media report. Transport Minister Clement Beaune is predicting a "Black Thursday".more
Aslef will this week give notice to Transport for London that it plans to ballot its 2,000 members over feared changes to pensions and working conditions.more
Sadiq Khan has been warned by his own transport chiefs that he risks effectively shooting himself in the foot if he decides to increase Tube and bus fares by less than national rail fares.more
Until March 31 carriers from the EU, including Poland, have more lenient solutions regarding access to the road transport market in Great Britain. Such an approach will reduce the negative effects of the new regulations on Polish carriers, assessed the head of the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure, Andrzej Adamczyk.more
Reckless cyclists and all e-scooter and e-bikes could be banned from part of the Thames Path in a bid to protect pedestrians. Those who flout the ban would be fined £100 under the proposals being consulted on by Hammersmith and Fulham Council.more
British railway workers, who are affiliated with the RMT trade union, went on strike today, which will last until tomorrow, then resume on Friday and continue until Saturday. This means most UK rail services will be closed on these days. Train drivers from the ASLEF trade union are also organizing a separate strike on Thursday.more
Border Force staff are beginning the second in a series of strikes at UK airports until New Year's Eve. Around 1,000 members of the PCS union, many of whom work in passport control, will walk out from 28 to 31 December. Rail disruption will also continue on Wednesday and Thursday, with TSSA union members at Great Western Railway and West Midlands Trains on strike.more
The roll-out of super-fast 4G mobile connectivity on the Tube has expanded to part of the Northern line. Transport for London said its new 4G network had been switched on overnight between Archway and Kentish Town, including Tufnell Park station, on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line.more
UK drivers are embarking on an estimated 20m car trips to see friends and family in the run-up to Christmas Day. The RAC said traffic will build steadily from Monday before peaking on Friday and Saturday, which is Christmas Eve.more
More than 130 bus operators outside London will begin capping single adult fares at £2 next month as part of a government-funded scheme to help people save money. more
More than 500 road accidents took place in the Netherlands tonight due to black ice, according to the road management agency Rijkswaterstaat (RWS). According to its spokesman, there are usually 10-15 accidents on a Sunday. A 26-year-old woman died at the scene of an accident in Nijverdal in the north of the country.more
Rail chiefs and unions faced fury on Monday for running no trains from more than 40 stations in London and the wider South despite there being no strike action.more
Sadiq Khan has been given the green light by ministers to continue to use council tax to bail out Transport for London.
In a statement, issued by Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove, the government has agreed to allow London’s Mayor to add an additional £20 to benchmark Band D council tax bills from next April to help TfL balance its day-to-day budget.more
The two-day rail strike, which began today, and the wave of frost and snow that is sweeping through the country, is making transport in the UK very difficult, and in some places even completely paralysed.more