Transport

A tights firm hit out at Transport for London's advertising rules today after it was forced to cover up part of a model's back in a campaign image.more

A major think tank has called for a "civility code" to stop Londoners from being so rude and unfriendly to one another. The influential Centre for London think tank wants to reverse the reputation Londoners have, calling for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists to treat each other with greater respect. more

Two major airlines have taken a startup under their wings in pursuit of cleaner air travel. Boeing and JetBlue were revealed to be backing Zunum Aero back in April, and now, the company has set a target release date for their small hybrid-electric airliner: 2022.more

INVENTOR ELON MUSK unveiled plans this morning to send cargo ships to Mars in five years and use rockets to carry people between Earth's major cities in under half-an-hour. The founder of SpaceX said a planned transport system, codenamed BFR (Big F**ing Rocket), would be downsized so it could carry out a range of tasks that would then pay for future Mars missions.more

This is the moving moment a young man stepped in to help an autistic boy who was suffering a difficult episode on a train journey. Single mother Gayna Pealling hailed Daniel Ball, 21, "my hero" after he stepped in to help calm down her five-year-old son Jack, who has autism and ADHD.more

Angel Tube station was placed on lockdown as police carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious package.more

Transport for London could stand to make more than £320 million by monitoring passengers' mobile phone use on the Tube, it has emerged. A major project to track Wi-Fi usage on the London Underground is being considered in an effort to better understand travel patterns - as well as boost advertising revenue.more

The Aslef union ditches a planned strike for Thursday following talks with Underground bosses in a dispute over work-life balance.more

Irish rail deals with a lot of passenger journeys - about 37 million each year in fact. And while the train is a perfectly pleasant way to commute, like all public transport, it does carry one constant threat - the fear of leaving behind your belongings. more

Passengers on board a packed rush-hour train forced open the doors and fled the carriage onto tracks after a man began reading lines from the Bible.more

A chef has been found guilty of attempting to murder a schoolgirl by removing her seatbelt and deliberately crashing the car in which they were travelling after he discovered his wife had killed herself. The crash happened hours after Lukasz Jarosz found the body of his wife, Aneta, in the bathroom of their home in Wilton, near Salisbury in Wiltshire, in January.more

Dublin Bus is set to permanently alter 21 of its routes through the city centre from this weekend in a move designed to help facilitate the Luas Cross City. From Sunday, buses will no longer be permitted to turn right at the bottom of Dawson Street, leading to a number of changes for some of the capital's most-used routes.more

Spain was the most popular holiday destination from Krakow Airport.more

An Air France A380 superjumbo jetliner taking more than 500 people from Paris to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Canada on Saturday following "serious damage" to one of its four engines, the airline said.more

Foreign drivers have racked up more than £1million in unpaid parking fines in central London. Motorists from France, Qatar, the UAE and Romania are the worst offenders, Westminster City Council said today.more

With an estimated shortage of more than 1000 truck drivers in New Zealand a new relocation package has been developed to attract heavy vehicle drivers from Ireland. The package will see processing costs for successful applicants and their families waived and further relocation assistance provided in a bid to attract drivers to the country.more

The whole London Underground network will be 'substantially disrupted' next Thursday by a planned strike by train drivers, Transport for London has warned.more

Commuters across Dublin this evening are rejoicing after it's been revealed that you can now charge your phone on Dublin Bus. Many passengers aboard busses have posted images on social media showing the new charging ports installed on the back of seats.more

Customers can bid on empty first class seats on Virgin's east coast service up to 30 minutes before their train departs using a free app called Seatfrog.more

Londoners suffered feelings of "disbelief and exasperation" at Transport for London's decision to ban Uber because they have come to rely on it as an essential transport service, the first analysis of public opinion reveals today.more

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said Uber had put "unfair pressure" on Transport for London (TfL), with an "army" of PR experts and lawyers.more

An 18-year-old man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder in connection with the bomb attack on a London Tube at Parsons Green.more

Four passengers have been arrested after a flight from Barcelona to Liverpool was diverted to Bristol Airport. The easyJet flight was diverted at about 11.30pm on Thursday due to an incident involving passengers.more

Uber has been told that it will be stripped of its licence to operate in London at the end of September.more

Commuters face a day of rail chaos as London Underground drivers stage a 24-hour walk-out in a dispute over working conditions.more