Monday 11 December 2023 3:10 pm
London: The deserted passenger concourse at Paddington train station in west London
Train passengers on major routes through are being hit by fresh disruption, with Heathrow and the Elizabeth Line impacted.
Heathrow Ex…
Emergency crews work to restore service on the East Coast main line between Peterborough and Grantham – Twitter/@RiggeMortiss
Rail passengers have been left stranded by overhead power cable chaos for the fourth time in a week[1].
Hundreds of people…
Saj Chowdhury
Hello, I’m Saj Chowdhury, and welcome to the 21st edition of the Rail and Road pod. Now, when a station opens or new rolling stock hits the tracks. It can only happen once the Office of Rail and Road gives it the green light. This is call…
A close working relationship nurtured by mutual trust, respect and collaboration has been key to a solid partnership between Guyhirn-based Bretts Transport and The Pallet Network (TPN) for the past two decades.
Bretts, which is also marking 90 years in…
The family of a 79-year-old grandmother-of-six who died following a crash on a Cambridgeshire A-road have paid tribute to her. Eleanor Joy Williamson, of Silkstone Common, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, died after the silver Kia Sorento she was a pass…
Cambridge United have sacked head coach Mark Bonner following Tuesday’s 3-0 home defeat to Lincoln. United have lost three straight games and dropped to 18th place in League One, prompting the decision to part company with a man who has been at the clu…
“Road charging in some form is coming,” a council leader told a meeting of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority today (Wednesday).
Cllr Bridget Smith, the Liberal Democrat leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council, said there wa…
A moped rider was left with serious injuries following a crash in Gamlingay. Cambridgeshire Police[1] are now looking for witnesses to the incident on November 21.
The crash, involving the Piaggio moped and a BMW 1 series car, happened between 5pm and …
A 79-year-old woman has died following a two-vehicle crash on the A16 near Peterborough[1]. The incident has left two others with injuries, including one person who is in a critical condition in hospital.
A silver Ford Fiesta travelling eastbound crash…
Police have taken a severely damaged vehicle off the road – after it was spotted being driven in Cambridge. Officers from the Beds, Cambs & Herts Road Policing Unit stopped the car in the city over the weekend.
Police quipped that the ‘offside wing mir…
Yesterday (Friday 24 November), the Office of Rail and Road (ORR)[1] gave approval to open access operator Grand Central[2] to run services from Peterborough[3] station.
This will allow two existing Grand Central services in each direction to call at P…
A car ended up on its side after overturning on a Huntingdonshire Road. Police were called to Parkhall Road, Somersham at around 6.30pm on Friday (November 24) after a member of the public saw the incident.
The driver blew more than twice the legal alc…
Work is underway to make March[1] town centre “fit for the future”, with Broad Street already being churned up by diggers. This is part of an £8.4 million project, which has already seen changes made to Market Place.
The Broad Street section of the pro…
The approval will enable two existing daily Grand Central services in each direction to call at Peterborough between Monday and Saturday.
ORR supports new open access where it delivers competition for the benefit of passengers and can fit alongside e…