Transport

The first in a new fleet of DLR trains was unveiled on Wednesday – boasting air conditioning, walk-through carriages, USB charging points and a new colour scheme.more

The growing number of electric vehicle charge points and outdoor restaurant tables is making it harder for disabled people to move around their communities, according to a new report. more

Londoners have slammed the new layout of Bakerloo line trains. It came after one commuter shared a photo of the new seating online. more

Return tickets could be scrapped in demand-based system as part of wider reforms to ‘broken model’, says transport secretary.more

PKP Intercity is lowering ticket prices starting March 1 this year. Base prices for TLK and IC category connections will be on average about 11 percent lower than those currently in force, while for EIC and EIP categories - about 15 percent lower on average. - informed the carrier in yesterday's announcement.more

Return tickets will be scrapped and new digital ticketing introduced under reforms of the British rail system expected to be announced this week. The two-way tickets, which offer a discounted rate, will be replaced by “single-leg pricing” which will mean that the price of two singles will be the same as the current return fare, according to the Telegraph. The idea was trialled by London North Easmore

London mayor Sadiq Khan has said he “absolutely regrets” his planned hikes in transport fares and council tax - which are both set to be the highest in at least a decade.more

The “world’s first” full-sized driverless bus service is launching in Edinburgh this spring. The automated bus service will run along a 14-mile route from Fife to Edinburgh, as part of a £10.4 million combined UK Government and industry funded project. more

Air France has cancelled 10 per cent of its short- and medium-haul flights due to strikes and protests in France announced today against the government's pension reform, the airline announced yesterday. Long-haul flights are to operate normally.more

With strikes announced for tomorrow against the government's pension reform, French public transport will face major disruption that day, Transport Minister Clement Beaune warned yesterday.more

The HS2 rail line will go all the way to London Euston, the chancellor has said, following a report the scheme may no longer reach the capital's centre. more

The sight of motorised vehicles could soon be a thing of the past in a large area of one London borough.more

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. more

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

Purchase of weekly, monthly and annual season tickets falls from 1.2m to around 220,000, per four week period, in under a decade.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

London's roads remain the most congested in the world, with more time being lost to traffic jams than before the pandemic, researchers have found.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

Rail passengers are facing a fourth consecutive day of travel disruption on Friday as RMT union members launch a fresh 48-hour walkout.more

The No Trousers Tube Ride will return to London this weekend for the first time since the pandemic.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