Transport and Logistics Network
A police campaign to get knives off our streets has started in Gloucestershire amid fears about young people carrying bladed weapons. Operation Sceptre runs until Sunday (May 21) with special amnesty bins placed in police stations[1] in the county
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A major route through the Cotswolds was reopened by police this morning (Monday, May 15) after a serious crash involving a car and a motorbike on Sunday. The collision happened at around 1pm yesterday on the A429 Fosseway and the road was reported as b…
The A429 Fosseway in Gloucestershire has been closed overnight due to a serious crash between a car and a motorbike earlier today (Sunday 14 May, 2023). The road has been blocked in both directions since the dsmash which happened at about 1pm today.
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Next week, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway[1] (GWSR) is running three days of ‘Southern Mid-Week Services’ from Tuesday, 16th to Thursday, 18th May.
Services will be hauled by the railway’s resident Southern Railway rebuilt Merchant Navy…
Investigations into a fatal crash on the A417, which left one woman dead and another seriously injured, will continue today (Friday, May 12). The two-car collision, which occurred near the Air Balloon roundabout in Birdlip, closed the stretch of road f…
A major stretch of the A417 in Gloucestershire could remain closed until 8pm today (Thursday, May 11) after a fatal crash[1] claimed the life of a woman in her 40s from the Cotswolds. The collision near the Birdlip junction at 9pm last night (Wednesday…
A serious crash on the A417 has closed the major Cotswolds route[1] in both directions overnight into Thursday morning (May 11). It involved two vehicles and has seen a huge emergency response.
The incident, which was first reported at around 9.35pm on…
Travelling by train is not something I do regularly, but it is a mode of transport that most of us have used. The idea behind this opinion piece comes on the back of the launch of Train Tripper[1], a new website designed by Gloucestershire[2] Community…
Residents say lorry drivers are using the route through Middle Duntisbourne and Duntisbourne Abbots near Cirencester as a detour, often when the A417 is closed which happens fairly frequently due to accidents.
HGVs are getting stuck in narrow lanes, ru…
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) has announced that a 97-year-old Southern Railway (SR) 2-6-0 light passenger steam locomotive completes the roster of visiting engines for its Cotswold Festival of Steam in May.
The locomotive is SR…