The Leader reported that TfW’s new Class 230 trains operating the Borderlands Line between Wrexham and Bidston experienced “minor technical issues”[1] in their first week.
And speaking to the Railway Magazine, Andrew Gainsbury, TfW’s rolling stock stra…
A driver has been killed and his passenger is in a Stoke-on-Trent hospital after his car crashed into a bakery.
The Vauxhall Corsa hit the front windows of Gerrards Bakery, causing significant damage to the shop front in the early hours of this morning…
A motorcyclist who crashed his bike in Conwy has since died, police have said. Tony Hughes, 42, was involved in a “serious collision” in his home village of Mochdre, west of Colwyn Bay[1], on Tuesday, July 11.
North Wales Police[2] (NWP) officers were …
Transport for Wales (TfW) has said that one of the technical issues plaguing the Class 230 trains, which operate exclusively on the Wrexham to Bidston Line, is engine filters becoming blocked by pollen. …
One of the more controversial proposals being introduced by Welsh Government in this Senedd term is the plan to introduce a default 20mph limit on most 30mph roads. It has certainly divided opinion – with the Government and road safety chiefs citing th…
The amount of people who have been caught speeding in the first six months since the M4’s 50mph zone cameras went live has been revealed. The average speed camera scheme on a Newport[1] section of the motorway was implemented in the middle of November …
This work will involve removing and replacing track and ballast (the rocks that secure the track) to help maintain a safe and reliable railway.
Network Rail has started delivering materials and setting up the site and will continue every Sunday up unti…
Wrexham-based business reports major benefits as it transitions entire fleet from budget tyres to MICHELIN’s X Works range
Robustness, damage resistance and longevity fuels decision to adopt Michelin tyre policy
Concrete, mortar and screed supplier, …
Two people were taken to hospital after a crash on the A55 in Flintshire[1] yesterday evening (July 7). The collision was soon followed by a second crash nearby, causing traffic misery for motorists.
Emergency services were called to the first collisio…
Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced that the first of the Liverpool City Region’s new publicly owned battery powered trains will begin final testing on the network this week.
The fleet is now ready to enter final tests and driver training between Kirkby…
Villagers have voiced concerns after a lorry carrying “volatile items” burst into flames. The A525 near Bangor-on-Dee, in Wrexham, has been shut for since the incident, which happened in the early hours of Thursday, June 29.
A stretch of the road betwe…
On Thursday morning (June 29) NWFRS were called at around 4.30am to reports of a HGV fire on the A525. [1]
Crews battled the blaze and the road remained shut for a number of days, while repair work was completed.
Following the completion of the roadwo…
Fire crews tackled the blaze in Bangor on Dee on Whitchurch Road on Thursday morning (June 29).
There were no casualties in the incident, but the road remained closed due to a “possibility of contamination” according to Wrexham Council.
Today (Monday, …
Fire crews tackled the blaze in Bangor on Dee on Whitchurch Road on Thursday morning (June 29).
There were no casualties in the incident, but the road remained closed due to a “possibility of contamination” according to Wrexham Council.
Today (Monday, …