Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham has emphasised the importance of a stronger rail link between the North East and North West of England. The former Labour MP for Leigh was speaking at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum on Friday afternoon as part of a These Islands event panel which also included current […]
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FOI reveals that 21 per cent of LNER’s last trains from London to Sunderland don’t make it all the way
A recent Freedom of Information request has revealed that 21 per cent trains on the LNER’s final daily service from London King’s Cross to Sunderland trains don’t reach the final stop. The FOI request sent to London North East Railway confirmed that between January 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019 […]
Sunderland students give their opinion on current public transport
Public transport. Love it or hate, it is a huge thing used daily and is what many people rely on. Everyone and their goldfish has most likely used public transport at some point in their life and everyone’s experiences are different. Did you get a seat instantly? Was it too […]
Nexus to carry out Tyne and Wear Metro track replacement work in Gateshead
Nexus, the public body which runs the Tyne and Wear Metro, is to carry out a major programme of track replacement work in Gateshead, which will mean some disruption to services over three weekends. The work will see 1.6 kilometers of line replaced between Gateshead Stadium and Felling as part […]
Virgin Trains go digital with new m-tickets
Virgin Trains are going digital with new m-tickets in a bid to end the orange paper train ticket. The train operator will make m-tickets available to Virgin customers travelling on all routes along the east and west coast mainlines. The bar-coded m-tickets, which customers download to their smartphones or other mobile […]
More Virgin trains to run between Newcastle and London from May
Virgin Trains have announced 42 new services a week between Edinburgh and London this May, boosting seat capacity by 22,000 a week on the route, which is an increase of nearly a third. The service will now run every 30 minutes for most of the day, giving those in Newcastle more […]