Transport and Logistics Network
A MAN has died following a late-night horror crash between a car and lorry outside Lockerbie.
Emergency services[1] raced to the scene of the fatal road smash on the B7076 near the junction with the A709 Dumfries to Lockerbie Road on Tuesday.
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A man has died following a crash involving a lorry and car in Dumfries and Galloway.
Emergency services were called to the B7076 near to its junction with the A709 Dumfries to Lockerbie Road around 11.50pm on Tuesday following a crash involving a BMW 1…
Hello and welcome to the April newsletter.
The last few months have been busy as we have progressed work protecting the interests of rail passengers and securing improvements across the consumer areas that we regulate.
Firstly, we reported[1] on an aud…
Weather warnings are in place for wind and rain as Storm Gerrit sweeps across the country. Travellers have been warned of delays and potentially hazardous conditions on their way home from the Christmas[1] holidays, with the storm forecast to bring win…
It was personified in the brave but quivering figure of George Robertson, a decent man always, now speaking for the community in which he lives, a man who had argued in his own home with Thomas Hamilton but who knew, in this age when personal freedom s…
A weather warning is in place as Storm Agnes batters Scotland on Wednesday, with serious wet and blustery weather affecting most of the country.
The first storm of the season is expected to bring winds of up to 80mph and approximately 60mm of rainfall …
An electric timber truck being trialled by James Jones & Sons made its first appearance at the Royal Highland Show last week. The 40-tonne artic is being used by the Stirlingshire headquartered haulier out of its sawmill in Lockerbie and wil…
Passengers have been warned to expect delays to their journeys after trains were disrupted by hot weather conditions.
Network Rail said track temperatures in the south and west of the country reached peaks of 47C on Tuesday with multiple lines disrupte…
POLITICIANS in the region have welcomed the termination of TransPennine’s rail operating franchise.
The UK Department of Transport (DfT) this week announced they will not extend FirstGroup’s National Rail Contract to operate TransPennine Express after …