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Rail chiefs call for rises in road tax and aviation fuel levy to slash carbon emissions and encourage more people to travel by train Rail Delivery Group propose increasing fuel duty for the first time in a decade They also want to raise taxes on road and aviation fuel to cut carbon emissions AA argued … Read more
Night train to Nice? Rail body calls for sleeper trains to use Channel Tunnel due to rise in post-Covid eco-tourism Night trains, including from Brussels to Stockholm and Vienna, are being revived Rail industry has proposed to run sleeper trains through Channel tunnel It is in order to cater for growing demand for environmentally-friendly travel … Read more
Horde of travellers turn rail station car park into a TRAILER park by ‘taking over’ site with 50 caravans – with passengers warned to avoid area A member of the public took to social media, warning others avoid Spital station Rows after row of caravans were seen today parked on either side of the car … Read more
A rail union leader is warning of a national strike unless the Government gives ‘unequivocal assurances’ that the social distancing rules across the transport network will remain at two metres. The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) said the Government’s own review into the social distancing guidance clearly states that public transport presents a high risk … Read more
Rail union warns of national strike unless the government keeps the two-metre social distancing rule on public transport PM this week announced ‘one-metre-plus’ rules will come into force on July 4 The TSSA says trains and buses present a higher risk than other environments This is due to prolonged indoor contact between people from different … Read more
Trainer firm Vans scrap ad campaign showing teenager on rail tracks after complaint from heartbroken driver who saw youngster killed by her train Vans ad shows young woman holding a camera as she clambers onto platform Heather Waugh, a freight train driver for Network Rail Scotland, saw a 15-year-old boy die after he lay down … Read more
Police ask CPS to look into death of Victoria Station worker Belly Mujinga after finding no evidence man ‘spat at’ her before she died of Covid – as more than a million sign petition for justice Belly Mujinga died in April aged 47, a few weeks after incident at Victoria Station Senior detectives concluded incident did … Read more
Family of rail worker, 47, who died from Covid-19 after being spat on at Victoria Station fear the man responsible will never face trial Belly Mujinga, 47, died with coronavirus after being spat on at Victoria station Her husband Lusamba Katalay is not holding out for a prosecution Mr Katalay said the March 22 incident … Read more
Robert Tchenguiz is embroiled in a vicious spat with powerful City stockbrokers after his multi-million pound bet on the transport giant FirstGroup turned sour. City sources said that at least one of the brokers had threatened legal proceedings, claiming the flamboyant tycoon owes them millions of pounds. But Tchenguiz is understood to be furious with … Read more
Commuting by rail is healthier than driving and can cut the risk of an early death by 10%, new study finds Findings came after a 25-year study of more than 300,000 commuters Benefits likely because rail users walk to and from station at each end of journey Cambridge University researchers also found giving up car … Read more