It has been a very busy year at the courts in Yorkshire[1] this year.
Criminals[2] who have committed a whole range of crimes – from shop theft to murder – have been put behind bars as they sat in the docks at the courts across our region. Yorkshire is…
To improve the display of information, train operator Northern is to install more than 100 new customer information screens at 77 of its stations.
They new screens have white LEDs that make them more legible from a further distance away. They also have…
Railway ticket offices across Lancashire will remain open after passengers – and the organisation representing them – objected in their droves to plans to pull the shutters down on the facilities for good.
The proposed closure of Chorley station’s ti…
Northern has launched a Flash Sale with over five million tickets for journeys across the North of England, including Blackpool, available from just 50p.
The Flash Sale closes at 6pm on Thursday (7 September). Tickets[1] are valid for travel between Mo…
Rail users are being encouraged to submit feedback on the controversial closure of hundreds of railway ticket offices as the deadline looms. More than 460,00 people have already responded to the consultation on the government plan to close the vast maj…
A council has added its voice to those calling for train station ticket offices to be saved from the axe, branding the potential closures as “disastrous news”. Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council[1] has unanimously backed a campaign to save the offic…
Multiple railway stations in and around Leicestershire are set to have their ticket offices closed, meaning people will be forced to use apps or self-service machines to buy tickets. A plan was unveiled earlier this week by the government to bring forw…
Hundreds of rail station ticket offices around the country are to close.[1]
The Rail Delivery Group, an industry body representing private railway operators, confirmed on Wednesday that up to 1,000 offices will be closed.
Some of the busiest stations i…
It was confirmed on Wednesday (July 5) that ticket offices at train stations across the UK will be closed permanently. Despite office closures, face-to-face will remain at some of the biggest stations across the nation, such as London Waterloo, London…
Ticket offices at Stoke, Kidsgrove and Stafford railway stations are to permanently close under Government plans revealed today (July 5). Up to a thousand ticket offices are to close at stations across the country.
Crewe – Cheshire’s busiest station – …
Ticket offices at 14 railway stations in Cheshire are to close permanently under Government plans revealed today (July 5). Up to a thousand ticket offices are to close at stations across the country.
Travellers will now be forced to use train operators…
Revealed: Full list of train ticket office facing closure includes some of Britain’s busiest stations including London Euston, Birmingham New Street and Manchester PiccadillyRail Delivery Group proposals could lead to most of the 1,000 offices closingC…
Ticket offices at train stations across the UK will be closed permanently, it has been confirmed.
The plans unveiled by government today bring forward proposals from Rail Delivery Group (RDG) – an industry body representing private railway operators – …
The opening date for a new leisure centre in Rainham has been revealed. The launch of the centre, based on Viking Way, is scheduled to be opened to the public on July 1.
The centre will be near the Tesco supermarket in the centre of the village. Constr…