November 19, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — The Associated Press reports that train drivers have named Dec. 14-15 and Dec. 21-22 as the strike dates in separate disputes over pay, Aslef said. The First North Western drivers held 48-hour strikes every weekend between September and late October,...
November 15, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc. said on Thursday it had obtained a design contract from Britain’s Railtrack worth C$18.7 million ($11.8 million) to resignal a line in the East Midlands area, reports Reuters. The work will start this month and should be...
November 15, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — The Rail Regulator, Tom Winsor, has Friday published an initial consultation document on the interim review of Network Rail’s track access charges, according to Dow Jones Newswires. Commenting on the interim review Friday, Tom Winsor said:...
November 4, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — Passengers on a packed London train say a man who couldn’t get on a crowded train rode on the outside “like Indiana Jones,” according to a report at ananova.com. They said he couldn’t squeeze on board, so rode on a footplate at...
November 4, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — Train services across northern England were disrupted Saturday as conductors held a one-day strike in a long-running pay dispute, reported the Associated Press. Several hundred conductors at Arriva Trains Northern have staged more than 20 days of...
October 31, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
NOTTINGHAM, England — Trains in and out of Nottingham were delayed today after a suspected Second World War bomb was discovered in Derby, the Nottingham Evening Post reported. Commuters were evacuated from Derby Midland Station shortly after 8am when workmen...
October 23, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — Train services on a busy railway line between London and south Wales were disrupted Tuesday after a large inflatable Ronald McDonald blew off the roof of a nearby McDonald’s restaurant, according to the Associated Press. A spokeswoman for...
October 10, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — The Associated Press reports that London Mayor Ken Livingstone brokered an agreement Wednesday to end a paralyzing series of one-day strikes on London’s Tube, giving beleaguered subway riders a rare bit of good news. Livingstone has little control...
October 7, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — The Associated Press reports that train drivers in northern England walked off the job Saturday for the second in a series of weekend strikes over their continuing pay dispute. Train company First North Western said it would run more than 200 buses to...
October 3, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — As London’s subway system reopened Thursday after the second one-day strike in a week, Prime Minister Tony Blair condemned the job actions and urged union leaders to bring them to a halt, according to the Associated Press. “The strike in...
