Transport

Most of the nation’s most popular domestic flights and some short-haul European destinations could be completed cheaper and faster by train, according to a new report. more

Network Rail Scotland had the worst delivery rates of planned improvements to railways in the past year compared with other branches across the UK. more

Councillor James McAsh, Cabinet Member for the Climate Emergency, Clean Air and Streets, said: “This is a great new app that will incentivise us all to walk, cycle or use public transport more.more

London Underground staff will go on strike for four consecutive days later this month as their long running dispute over pay shows no sign of ending. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) announced the walkouts last week as workers also fight for better pensions and conditions.more

A new study has claimed that two in five of London’s car owners will be "forced to change or give up" their current vehicle after the capital's ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) is expanded at the end of the summer. Researchers say more than a third of those living in the capital "will buy a new car sooner than planned" to avoid a £12.50 daily charge, which the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, plans to emore

Tube crime has soared by almost 40 per cent on pre-pandemic levels and fare-dodging has hit a record high, it can be revealed.more

A record number of complaints about taxi drivers last year has been linked to the introduction of a new regulation requiring licence holders to accept cashless payments for fares.more

Mayor will get £200m a year from Greater London expansion of clean air zonemore

The RMT has announced six days of strike action on the London Underground from July 23 in a long-running dispute over pensions, job cuts and working conditions.more

Train operators have announced plans for a mass closure of railway station ticket offices. Here the PA news agency answers 11 key questions on why this is happening and what the consequences will be.more

The mayor of London has "express power" to expand the capital's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) into outer London, the High Court has heard. more

More than 50 rail stations across the South-East will be converted to Pay As You Go ticketing by the end of the year, the Government announced on Tuesday. This will deliver cheaper and simpler journeys for thousands of London commuters and is hoped will attract more passengers back to the railways.more

Electric cars damage the road surface twice as much as those with internal combustion engines, and with their widespread use, the problem of potholes in British roads will increase, reports the "Daily Telegraph", citing research by scientists from the University of Leeds.more

Ministers want rail firms to push ahead with plans that RMT union has pledged to oppose.more

More than 20 councils across England are removing pay and display parking machines and asking people to pay using an app instead. more

Thousands of rail workers will strike on three days in July as part of a long-running dispute about pay and conditions.more

The impressive structure, which became a symbol of last year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, will decorate the city's largest railway station - Birmingham New Street. However, it will not be anonymous. In the public vote for her name, the proposal "Ozzy" won by an overwhelming majority.more

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the Oyster card on 30 June 2023, TfL has launched a new limited edition Oyster card to celebrate two decades of the iconic smartcard making travel via public transport around London quicker and easier for everyone. more

Commuters in the capital will soon be able to use contactless payments at train stations outside London. Thus, they will no longer be forced to buy tickets every time and show them when passing through the gate.more

Owners of the most polluting cars may soon have to pay more to park as councils across England are expected to roll out new charges based on a vehicle’s CO2 emissions. more

For the first time in Italy, regional authorities can reduce the speed limit on highways and roads for environmental reasons, i.e. to reduce the level of smog. This is made possible by one of the provisions of the decree that entered into force.more

Transport for London wants to increase the number of daily trips by bike from about 1.2m to 1.6m by the end of the decade by expanding the appeal of cycling to a more “diverse” range of Londoners and moving away from focusing on cycle commuters.more

Stockholm residents traveling between the islands of Kungsholmen and Soedermalm can already use the world's first autonomous ferry. For now, its operation is supervised by the captain, but ultimately the unit is to be unmanned.more

Data obtained by the BBC has found that roughly a third of the money came from penalty charge notices (PCNs), with the rest from daily charge payments. more

The entrance to South Kensington station on Exhibition Road may have been extensively remodeled to accommodate Orthodox Jews. The reason why this religious group does not use this entrance is because it is connected to the Science Museum - a facility where human remains are kept.more