Tag: Railway
Toilet roll lorry crashes into low railway bridge in London
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Totally wiped out! Toilet roll lorry crashes into low railway bridge in London, sparking traffic chaos with roads gridlocked and South Eastern train services suspendedHuge blue HGV pictured wedged in a crumpled heap ...
‘Thirty dead’ as Russian missile hits Ukrainian railway station
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'Thirty dead and 100' wounded as Russian missile hits Ukrainian railway station packed with hundreds of desperate civilians trying to flee fightingUkraine's state railway company announced attack on Kramatorsk's stat...
Women leave prams for Ukrainian refugees at Polish railway station
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Mothers' love knows no borders: Women leave prams for Ukrainian refugees with babies at Polish railway station in heart-warming gesturePrams have been left at Przemysl railway station in Poland in a heart-warming ges...
Fire near railway track into Paddington Station causes rush hour chaos
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Fire near railway track into Paddington Station causes Monday morning rush hour chaos for commuters on Great Western Railway and Heathrow ExpressPassengers suffered severe delays and were stuck on the trains for up t...
Michael Portillo is BACK with his Great Coastal Railway Journeys
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Michael Portillo is BACK to discover the beauty of Britain's beaches and cliffs in his Great Coastal Railway Journeys that take him from the lochs of Scotland to Dorset's Jurassic CoastMichael Portillo is back with h...
Extinction Rebellion activists are CLEARED of obstructing railway
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Now jury unanimously CLEARS three Extinction Rebellion activists of obstructing railway in rush hour stunt after claiming their 'Christian faith and fears for their grandchildren' justified their actionsPhilip Kingst...
Cornish railway that has to use coal from KAZAKHSTAN
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Cornish railway that has to use coal from KAZAKHSTAN: Steam railway imports coal from 3,100 miles away after ban on British mining forced pit in Wales to closeBodmin and Wenford Railway had been supplied by Ffos-y-Fr...
Waterloo is no longer Britain’s busiest railway station after pandemic
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Waterloo is no longer Britain's busiest railway station after Covid pandemic causes commuter numbers to slumpStratford was named as Britain's busiest railway station, displacing Waterloo Waterloo had claimed the top ...
National Railway Museum will investigate STEAM TRAIN links to slavery
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National Railway Museum will investigate STEAM TRAINS for links to slavery and colonialism in £9,000 research projectProject will examine the economic, social and infrastructural legacy of steam The £9,000 project w...
Britain’s biggest model railway costing £150k is set to go on display
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Britain's biggest model railway is set to go on display: Man, 53, spends £250K over six years to painstakingly recreate train junction in Yorkshire from 1983 that was his favourite childhood spotSimon George, 52, has...
Pictured: Boy, 14, stabbed to death at Glasgow railway station
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Pictured: Boy, 14, who was stabbed to death at Glasgow railway station in 'shocking act of violence' - as detectives launch murder probeEmergency services were called to Glasgow's High Street station yesterday Boy, 1...
Knifeman stabs boy, 14, to death at Glasgow railway station
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Knifeman stabs boy, 14, to death at Glasgow railway station before passengers on passing trains witness shocking aftermathEmergency services were called to Glasgow's High Street station yesterday Boy, 14, was taken t...
Pictured: Lorry driver, 45, stabbed to death outside railway station
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Pictured: Lorry driver, 45, stabbed to death outside railway station as police arrest 27-year-old for his murderVitali Skrypniak, 45, was stabbed outside Belvedere station in south-east London Ukrainian, from Lviv Ob...
Railway enthusiast’s model train collection sells for £100,000
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Railway enthusiast's model train collection made up of more than 300 pieces he'd collected over his lifetime sells for £100,000 after he diedNigel Thornley was a train enthusiast from Chester who died earlier this ye...
Motorist caught driving 4×4 along railway line is jailed for 15 months
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Motorist caught driving 4x4 vehicle along RAILWAY line in stunt that caused eight-hour delay for passengers and £23,000 damage is jailed for 15 monthsAaron O'Halloran, 31, drove his Mitsubishi 4x4 through a railway s...
ALEX BRUMMER: What a way to ruin the railway
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ALEX BRUMMER: What a way to ruin the railway Amid escalating costs and post-Covid pressure on the public finances, the Government is under increasing pressure to officially halt work on the Eastern leg of HS2 connect...