By Iwan Stone[1] and Eirian Jane Prosser[2] Published: 10:03, 6 January 2024 | Updated: 17:45, 6 January 2024
Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and businesses have been wrecked as flood waters dre…
New figures released by the Office of Rail and Road have highlighted the number of entries and exits from each station in that time.
Ayr was the most used station during this period, with over 800,000 entries and exits from the station.
The least-used…
Today (Tuesday 14 November) the Rail Safety and Standards Board[1] (RSSB) has launched its Sustainable Rail Blueprint.
The Board intends that the Blueprint will provide a new framework to support Great Britain’s rail industry to progress efficiently to…
A Mr A Mackay prepares the last diesel train to run on North Leith Suburban Line, at Central Station in 1962.Leith Central Station, situated between Leith Walk and Easter Road[1], operated from 1903 until 1952, with the large passenger hub offering fou…
Britain used to lead the way on rail. But systemic funding and planning issues, combined with the fragmented management of the network, has tipped the modern domestic system into a state of chaos. Industrial action has caused misery for travellers alr…
SCOTLAND has been hit with flash floods with parts of the country in lockdown over landslips with trunk roads closed and public transport axed.
Scots have been asked to consider if their journeys are “really necessary” after a total of 21 flood warning…
Strong winds are set to batter the county
Author: Sophie Squires & Ellie Ng, PAPublished 39 minutes ago
Cornwall is preparing for the arrival of Storm Agnes, which is set to bringing damaging winds and big stormy seas.
The first named storm of the seas…
Network Rail’s update to passengers comes as firefighters continue to tackle the blaze at the derelict Station Hotel building next to the railway station itself.
Train services to and from Ayr were suspended immediately on the discovery of the fire at …
The A814 beside Loch Long is marked as unsuitable for heavy vehicles
A councillor has asked officials to help ensure that the A814 between Garelochhead and Arrochar is not used as an alternative route by HGVs in severe weather.
A report revealed tha…
The work will take place on the A78 southbound carriageway – from the Three Towns to Irvine – between the Pennyburn Roundabout and the Garnock Rail Overbridge.
This section of the road will be closed off by Amey, which is carrying out carriageway patch…
Suffolk Constabulary has issued an appeal for witnesses following a road traffic collision[1] involving a tractor and a lorry.
The incident, which occurred on Wednesday (August 2), resulted in a man being airlifted to hospital for treatment of serious …
A bus driver killed a young man after being distracted by a phone call from his wife.
Gavin Aitken, 49, was behind the wheel of a company car when he ploughed into a motorbike on which Liam Scott was riding pillion. The 21 year-old – who had been set t…
By summer 2021, it appeared Christmas was canceled. The nation’s largest ports were reporting record volumes of imported containers stuffed with toys, kitchen supplies, office chairs and so on. At some of these ports, most notably the ports of Los Ang…
PGT’s Katie Irvine calls regional haul the “the happy medium” between over-the-road and local routes.
Photo: PGT Trucking
For the past few years, regional haul has been noticeably increasing in popularity among drivers, who more than ever are express…