Transport

Train drivers belonging to Aslef walked out at 16 rail companies on Wednesday resulting in no services on major London commuter routes.more

Planned strikes on the London Underground have been called off following "significant progress" in talks over jobs and conditions. About 3,000 Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union members were due to strike on Wednesday and Friday.more

Travellers face a week of disruption as rail services are hit by a fresh round of walkouts by train drivers and London Underground workers in a long-running dispute over jobs and pay.more

The rail network and London Underground will be hit by strikes at the end of September and start of October. Here's what you need to know.more

Families travelling to London by train will have to pay 16% more on average after the day travelcard is scrapped, a charity has warned. more

Car drivers could be charged up to £4 to use the Blackwall tunnel or Silvertown tunnel, according to official documents. Transport Secretary Mark Harper has approved an updated request from Transport for London to erect road signs informing drivers that they will need to pay to use the tunnels from 2025.more

Thousands of London Underground station staff are to strike next month in a long-running dispute over jobs and conditions. The stoppages by members of the RMT will take place on 4 and 6 October, and, according to the union, will shut down tube services in the capital.more

Half of city residents increasingly demand that the authorities introduce environmentally friendly transport, according to a Deloitte report. 64 percent cities intends to acquire partners who will help develop environmentally sustainable means of public transport - it was added.more

Passengers across the UK face further disruption after Aslef announced yet more industrial action. Members of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, have timed their latest walkouts to disrupt the Conservative Party Conference.more

North London boroughs are the most dangerous areas to drive in the capital, according to a study, with the most collisions per billion vehicle miles. more

Latest figures from the Office of Rail and Road show that only 82.5 per cent of its trains arrived on time between April and June – down 5.6 points on the first three months of the year.more

The mileage of local roads in England being resurfaced or treated to avoid potholes has fallen to its lowest level in five years, research has shown. more

Plans for a high-speed ferry to and from Canary Wharf that would enable cyclists and pedestrians to cross the Thames in two minutes have been unveiled. River operator Uber Boat by Thames Clippers is proposing up to six crossings an hour at peak times from Surrey Quays from 2025, with journeys costing £2 to £3.more

More high-speed mobile coverage in stations and tunnels on the Tube network has been announced.more

The first Tubes stations in London's West End have received high-speed mobile coverage. 4G and 5G is available at Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road ticket halls and on the Central line between the stations. Further sections of the Northern and Central line will be getting coverage in the coming months.more

While the timeline for completing the Metrolink seems to stretch endlessly into the future, delivery plans for the project are set to come into focus, finally. Two weeks ago, a group of consultants led by Dublin-based Turner & Townsend was appointed to oversee the delivery of Ireland’s first metro railway.more

Britain's busiest railway stations with the highest rates of cancelled trains this year have been revealed. As of 31 July, Huddersfield has had more than 5,500 scheduled trains cancelled - the highest rate at 13%. BBC analysis of National Rail data also shows that almost half of the trains that ran across Britain were at least one minute late.more

Temperatures on the Tube are rising steadily with the “all-year summer” heat on the Victoria line sparking a soaring number of complaints.more

From Friday, you can no longer rent an electric scooter in Paris. The day before, operators took the last of 15,000 from the streets. vehicles. Paris has thus become the only European capital without electric scooters.more

Large parts of the country will have no train services on Friday as the latest major strike action takes place. Members of Aslef, the train drivers' union, who work at more than a dozen train companies, have walked out and will to work refuse overtime on Saturday. Up to 20,000 RMT union members at 14 operators will also strike on Saturday in a long-running dispute more

Large sections of the London Underground network lack toilet provision, according to a new report. The research has shown fewer than a quarter of stations in zones 1-3 have toilets. The longest "loo desert" are the 12 stops between Morden and Elephant and Castle on the Northern line, the report says.more

In a bid to supercharge the local economy, Havering Council in north-east London is exploring the possibility of a new tram network. The ambitious plans aim to connect the northern and southern ends of the borough, opening up fresh avenues for commuters and businesses. more

Cabs may soon be the best monitored facilities in Poland. More transport companies may implement systems to improve passenger safety, we read in yesterday's "Rzeczpospolita."more

Passengers who greet bus drivers as they embark or disembark have a small positive impact on drivers' wellbeing, a survey has suggested. more

Drivers are being warned of traffic chaos over the bank holiday weekend next weekend, with more than 14 million journeys expected.more