Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday inaugurated a 290-mile stretch of passenger rail set to accommodate tourists. The first part of the 950-mile Maya Train line, however, is not set for completion until February, according to current estimates. The line,
British Transport Police (BTP) hopes its new app, which can send video footage live from a mobile phone to police, will lead to a “zero tolerance” climate for sexual harassment on tubes and trains. DCS Paul Furnell said sexual offences across the
A mum has been left horrified after a Northern Rail conductor allegedly threw her 15-year-old son off a train on his way to school. Jennifer Hurrell, the mother of teenager Marley, said he boarded the Wigan train at Appleby Bridge with his
The RMT union announced it had reached an agreement with train companies to pause industrial action following a bitter dispute that has dragged on for 18 months. Passengers may now be spared Christmas and New Year travel chaos. The deal, called a
Leftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Wednesday that private rail companies will soon be required to offer passenger services. Noncompliant rail carriers will be forced to allow government-owned trains to operate on their tracks. “This is not an expropriation, it
Switzerland’s national rail operator said Thursday the world’s longest rail tunnel won’t be fully reopened to train traffic until next September, again pushing back the target date for repairs of damage caused by a cargo train derailment. The Swiss federal railway operator,
Video has emerged of an inferno on a key train link in Russian-occupied Donetsk after heavy shelling by Ukraine. Kyiv’s forces have launched pinpoint strikes on fuel tankers in the eastern industrial city captured by Vladimir Putin’s forces one year ago. Disrupting
MPs have warned that plans to shut most railway ticket offices in England to save money “go too far, too fast”. The Commons Transport Committee wrote to rail minister Huw Merriman to voice its concern about how office closures would impact on
Railway traffic across the border of North Korea and Russia has surged since last month with unknown cargo. US-based Korean unification think tank Beyond Parallel examined satellite imagery of railcars and transportation facilities between the two countries and found traffic “far greater”
Former Prime Ministers have urged Rishi Sunak not to pull the plug on the HS2 high-speed rail link – but exclusive polling shows only a third of people want it built in full. The cost of the multi-billion pound plan has skyrocketed,