Actualités _British_Railways
The Great British rail replacement rip off: passengers to pay £90 for bus journeys
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 10:36:00 GMT
While passengers will be eligible for partial refunds due to delays, a full-price ticket will still be required to board the bus ...
Royaume-Uni : première nationalisation d'un opérateur ferroviaire
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 05:30:00 GMT
C'est une première au Royaume-Uni. En mai prochain aura lieu la nationalisation de l'opérateur de transport ferroviaire, South Western Railway, a annoncé ce mercredi le gouvernement britannique. Cette ...
Le Royaume-Uni renationalise ses chemins de fer… trente ans après avoir démantelé le British Rail
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:30:00 GMT
Trente ans après la privatisation des chemins de fer et le démantèlement du British Rail, le gouvernement travailliste de Keir Starmer, au Royaume-Uni, s’apprête à lancer le mouvement inverse.
Sixty years, £300m and 18 miles: Our newest rail line reveals why we can’t build anything in Britain
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 01:19:00 GMT
It has taken decades to build this Northumberland railway – proving the catastrophic state of infrastructure construction in the UK ...
On New Year’s Day British heritage railways will sound their whistles at the same time – here’s why
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 04:33:00 GMT
At exactly noon on January 1, drivers from 65 heritage railway sites in the UK, and even a few across the world in nations like South Africa and Sierra Leone, will sound their whistles as loudly as ...
‘No way to run a railway’: How the Sunday blues have depressed Britain’s weary train passengers
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:29:00 GMT
The system ‘can’t be right, and it never has been right’, says expert, as the government promises to reset relationship with the rail industry ...
London North Eastern Railway recognised for its work identifying vulnerable people
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 04:28:00 GMT
British Transport Police has awarded ‘Safeguarding on Rail Scheme’ accreditation to London North Eastern Railway for its work identifying vulnerable people.
Brexit Britain looks to Europe to help fix its railways
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:44:00 GMT
With money tight, ministers are looking for novel ways to finance new trains. The solution might lie across the channel.
NER 69023 Joem
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:00 GMT
And then remarkably 54 years after they were first introduced British Railways built a further batch at Darlington, 20 in 1949 and 8 in 1951, bringing the class total to 113. These 0-6-0T's were used ...