At a reception held at the House of Commons yesterday evening, Tuesday, 5 March, politicians from across the political spectrum, freight operators, and their customers gathered to discuss how to maximise the opportunity to grow rail freight[1], both no…
Brigg[1]’s controversial rail[2] timetable is under review by the government.
Brigg Train Station had a Saturday-only service since 1993. It was changed last summer to a Monday to Friday service.
But rail users and residents called the change “absolute…
People visiting Cleethorpes[1] over the weekend were left “saddened” to discover hundreds of dead sea creatures strewn across the beach in the wake of Storm Babet.
While members of the public – along with volunteers from Cleethorpes Wildlife Rescue – s…
British Transport Police has issued an update after a person was hit by a train in Lincolnshire. Emergency services, including British Transport Police, the East Midlands Ambulance Service[1], and the air ambulance, were called to Littlefield Lane in G…
Multiple East Midlands Railway routes remained closed, with trains unable to run after heavy rainfall flooded the railway and also caused a landslip.
East Midlands Railway said:
Flooding caused by Storm Babet continues to disrupt the EMR network with m…
Rail strikes grind Britain to a halt: Maps show where Aslef and RMT action will cripple commuters from today with Tube walkout bringing London to a standstill for three daysAslef strike will affect services at 16 train operators across England tomorrow…
Four motorists involved in a high-speed race that ended in the death of young woman have been warned that they are facing long jail terms.
The four young men – all from the Humber region – were found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving by a ju…
Hull’s Anlaby Road will be visited by mobile speed cameras in the coming days.
The A1174 Hull to Beverley road, at Woodmansey, and several rural routes will also be the focus of speed monitoring over the next week. Other roads are due to be visited by …
The busy M62 and an east Hull corridor will be visited by mobile speed cameras in the coming days.
The M62 in East Yorkshire and Saltshouse Road in Hull will be the focus of speed monitoring over the next week. Other routes due to be visited by enforce…
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discountsGet Simon Calder’s Travel emailFourteen months on from the start of the first national rail strikes since the 1980s, the disputes between the main rail unions and t…
Campaigners are calling for the A180 to be turned into a motorway following two serious accidents involving broken down vehicles.
A lorry driver, who is thought to have broken down in a live lane on the eastbound carriageway, has been left fighting for…
Two prolific thieves are among the latest people police are trying to track down as June proved a busy month for Humberside Police tracking down the region’s most wanted.
At one stage around seven criminals were being sought in June but that number has…
Progress on a new direct train line between Lincolnshire[1] and London has taken a key step forward, with LNER testing the route and stations. If the new route is given the green light, it would connect Cleethorpes[2] to the country’s capital – meaning…
Yesterday, Monday, 26th June, London North Eastern Railway[1] (LNER) ran a test train to Cleethorpes[2] in Lincolnshire[3] as part of an investigation to see whether it could operate direct services between the town and London[4] King’s Cross.
One of L…