Rail travel

‘A jigsaw with pieces missing’: Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?
Housing

‘A jigsaw with pieces missing’: Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?

Experts toured new housing developments around England and found most were lacking access to public transport and focusing on car travel. But King Charles’ Poundbury development deserved praised, argued Transport for New Homes

Rail fares go up year after year – but it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s time to fix fares for good
Michael Solomon Williams

Rail fares go up year after year – but it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s time to fix fares for good

For people’s finances, for the good of the country and the good of the planet, it’s time to fix rail fares for good, writes Michael Solomon Williams

Rail company sparks outrage over ‘profiteering’ charge for water in London station: ‘Total disgrace’
Water

Rail company sparks outrage over ‘profiteering’ charge for water in London station: ‘Total disgrace’

‘This shows what we already know about the privatisation of the railway, it’s profit-oriented rather than people-focused’

Will Labour’s plan to renationalise rail really work? And will it make train tickets cheaper?
Transport

Will Labour’s plan to renationalise rail really work? And will it make train tickets cheaper?

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station
Transport

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station

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Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed
Transport

Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed

Travelling by train in UK has become a story of hope over expectation
Robin Ince

Travelling by train in UK has become a story of hope over expectation

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel
Rail journeys

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel

Help us find Britain’s most expensive train tickets
Activism

Help us find Britain’s most expensive train tickets

Top 5 literary train journeys, selected by Christine Mangan
Fiction

Top 5 literary train journeys, selected by Christine Mangan

‘We need the freedom to travel’: Disabled people fear train ticket office closures will leave them stranded
Disability rights

‘We need the freedom to travel’: Disabled people fear train ticket office closures will leave them stranded

As TransPennine Express is brought under government control, is full nationalisation the direction of travel?
Nationalisation

As TransPennine Express is brought under government control, is full nationalisation the direction of travel?

Climate campaigners slam decision to cut thousands of railway jobs
Employment

Climate campaigners slam decision to cut thousands of railway jobs