June 26, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — Britain’s biggest rail union said Monday it would cut funding to Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labor Party and withdraw financial support from several key Labor lawmakers to protest the government’s transport policies, reports a wire...
June 21, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — Conductors at one of the country’s largest train operators said Thursday they will hold a series of mostly one-day strikes over the next six months, according to a wire service. Union leaders said the walkouts were planned because Arriva Trains...
May 30, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — Rail workers in the north of England have announced a 48-hour walkout over pay – the first dispute for the new Transport Secretary Alistair Darling, according to The Telegraph. The latest in a series of strikes by members of the Rail Maritime and...
May 29, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON, England — UK Transport Secretary Stephen Byers has resigned after months of upheaval in his ministry and criticism of his handling of the country’s rail crisis, according to CNN.com. He had faced sustained attacks since his now departed spin doctor...
May 29, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — Alistair Darling is the new transport secretary, replacing Stephen Byers who quit his job on Tuesday, BBC News reports. Mr Darling’s successor at the department of work and pensions is Andrew Smith, who leaves his job as chief secretary to the...
May 23, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — A wire service reports that the Crown Prosecution Service asked police on Wednesday to conduct a new investigation into the Paddington train crash, raising the possibility that rail corporations could be charged with manslaughter 2 1/2 years after the...
May 21, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — The government called for a fundamental change Monday in the way Britain’s railway lines are maintained after an interim report blamed a recent deadly train derailment on a faulty track-switching mechanism, a wire service reports. Since the...
May 20, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — A train crash that killed seven people this month may have been caused by a saboteur who loosened several nuts in a track-switching mechanism, a rail maintenance contractor said in comments reported Saturday. The Times of London and the Daily Express...
May 15, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — Britain’s rail chief was worried about casual, unqualified laborers being hired to repair tracks and railway points less than 48 hours before Friday’s fatal Potter’s Bar crash, a wire service reported. Initial inquiries into the...
May 14, 2002 | Headlines, UK Railways
LONDON — The government Monday confirmed that failure of a railway switching mechanism appeared to have been the cause of the Potters Bar train derailment, which killed seven people and injured 70, reports a wire service. “Early indications are that a set...
