Ranked: These are the UK’s best and worst train firms rated on passenger satisfaction July 25, 2017 It's the moment you've been waiting for, beleaguered commuters. Independent rail watchdog Transport Focus spoke to 27,000 passengers to find out which services are on track, and has today released its bumper survey assessing passenger satisfaction with train operators. Read more: Crossrail 2 boost: Mayor and DfT agree next steps for £31bn rail route Here [...]
Canadian owners of HS1 sell high-speed line linking London and the Channel Tunnel to consortium of funds for over £3bn July 14, 2017 The Canadian owners of HS1, the high-speed railway connecting London to the Channel Tunnel, have sold it to a consortium advised by InfraRed Capital Partners and Equitix Investment Management. InfraRed advised third party funds including HICL Infrastructure Company and the National Pension Service of the Republic of Korea for the deal. HICL and the Equitix [...]
Crossrail 2 route shake-up: Transport for London’s business case proposal scraps Kings Road Chelsea station June 26, 2017 A controversial station at Kings Road Chelsea, set to form part of Crossrail 2, has been dropped from the latest business case for the planned rail route. In the business case which TfL sent to the government in March, and seen by City PM, the latest route for the railway running across London and the [...]
London Heathrow is no longer Europe’s number one airport for direct connectivity as Amsterdam’s Schiphol flies higher June 13, 2017 London Heathrow has been toppled from its ranking as the number one airport in Europe for direct connectivity, according to a new report from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has flown past the capital's biggest airport to take the top spot, with Frankfurt, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Istanbul Ataturk making up [...]
Here’s just how much of an impact long commutes have on health and productivity May 22, 2017 You may have suspected it, now a comprehensive study has confirmed it: long commutes are bad for people's health and productivity. A study of more than 34,000 workers across all UK industries, developed by VitalityHealth, the University of Cambridge, RAND Europe and Mercer, examined the impact of commuting, along with flexible and homeworking, on employee [...]
United Airlines: An abject lesson in how not to behave in a crisis April 12, 2017 Unless you were taking a break from the internet for the past two days, you would have come across a video of an elderly man – apparently 69, apparently a doctor – with his shirt rolled above his stomach, glasses slid down his face, blood dripping from his mouth, dragged down the aisle of the [...]
Government will pay long-suffering Southern rail passengers over £8m but many more could still claim compensation March 21, 2017 The government will pay out at least £8.85m in compensation to Southern rail annual season ticket holders due to months of disruption suffered by passengers. However, there have only been 36,979 claims so far from passengers for the special scheme to refund a month’s travel; under half of the number entitled to claim the compensation, [...]
Openreach is hiring 1,500 trainee engineers and trialling a new virtual reality experience March 20, 2017 Openreach is set to expand its workforce with 1,500 new trainee engineers hired over eight months who will work to extend the UK's fibre broadband network and improve customer service. The broadband provider will seek recruits from across Britain to fill new, full-time and permanent roles. Openreach will initially take on 119 recruits in April, followed by around 60 new [...]
Major work on the Westminster Bridge cycle lane revamp will cause travel disruption from next week until 2018 March 20, 2017 Work starts next week to develop two cycle lanes on Westminster Bridge that will cause nearly a year of disturbance, though Transport for London (TfL) has pledged to "minimise disruption". The bridge will become the fourth Thames crossing to get segregated bike lanes, and the south-side junction will be remodelled to make it easier to cross [...]
Southern rail will agree to fresh talks with the RMT if the union suspends all strike action March 20, 2017 Southern owner Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has extended an olive branch to the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union. Well, sort of. The train company has offered to meet the RMT for fresh face-to-face talks if the union suspends industrial action in its year-long dispute over changes to the role of the guard. Read more: Southern [...]
