8 h. ago Manchester to London commuter train will run for five months without passengers

Manchester to London commuter train will run for five months without passengers  The Telegraph

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10 h. ago Manchester 'ghost' train to London to bizarrely run without passengers after ruling

Manchester 'ghost' train to London to bizarrely run without passengers after ruling  My London

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12 h. ago Avanti to run Manchester to London morning commuter train without passengers after watchdog refuses to let them sell tickets for it

Rail firm Avanti said it was ‘disappointed’ by the watchdog’s decision

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13 h. ago Axed Manchester to London commuter train to continue running – but without passengers

The train, one of the country’s fastest intercity services, is popular with commuters – but they won’t be able to board it

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13 h. ago Axed Manchester to London commuter train to continue running – but there’s a catch

Axed Manchester to London commuter train to continue running – but there’s a catch  The Independent

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24 h. ago Passengers’ fury as Avanti ‘ghost train’ to London to run EMPTY following ruling

PASSENGERS have been left furious as Avanti are set to run an empty ghost train to London. In a controversial ruling from the rail regulator, the morning weekday service from Manchester to London will run without passengers for around five months. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has ruled the 7am Avanti West Coast...

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25 h. ago Manchester commuter train to London will run with no passengers

Manchester commuter train to London will run with no passengers  The Times

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28 h. ago Avanti to run Manchester to London morning commuter train without passengers

A ruling by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) means the service from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston will still depart each weekday  but will carry only staff for up to five months.

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33 h. ago 'Ghost' train to London to run without passengers following regulator's ruling

Avanti's weekday 7am train from Manchester to the capital will still make the trip but no passengers will be allowed on board

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5 d. ago Passengers arrested after storming runway to catch Wizz Air flight

The travellers smashed an emergency alarm and signalled for the pilot to stop

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5 d. ago Everything you need to know about Heathrow’s expansion plans

A third runway could allow airport to expand to 150 million passengers a year, nearly double the current scale

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6 d. ago Heathrow third runway: Simon Calder tackles the key issues facing airport expansion plans

A third runway could allow airport to expand to 150 million passengers a year, nearly double the current scale

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6 d. ago Bizarre moment late passengers chase their plane on the runway after missing flight

The late passengers reportedly smashed the emergency alarm to open the door onto the runway in an attempt to chase down the plane

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6 d. ago Late passengers chase their plane on the runway after missing the flight... and are arrested by German police

Two passengers late for their flight have been arrested by German cops after trying to chase the plane down on the runway of an airport. 

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2 w. ago South Africa to investigate ‘mysterious’ arrival of 153 Palestinians on plane

Passengers held on runway for 12 hours after landing in Johannesburg without travel documentsSouth Africa will investigate the “mysterious” arrival of scores of Palestinians who were kept on a charter plane at Johannesburg for 12 hours by border police because they did not have travel papers, the president has said.A group of 153 Palestinians arrived at OR Tambo international iarport in Johannesburg on a chartered Global Airways flight from Kenya on Thursday without departure stamps, return tickets or details of accommodation, according to the border authorities. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Train booking platform accused of encouraging 'unlawful behaviour' to avoid paying full

An online booking platform has been accused of running a marketing campaign encouraging passengers to break the law to avoid paying full-price train fares.

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2 w. ago London travel news LIVE: Disruption across the Tube as rush hour builds

Delays on the Tube are causing slightly longer journeys for some passengers, but trains continue to run across the network

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3 w. ago Bratislava trains crash as 'train runs red light' leaving passengers injured

Two trains have crashed in western Slovakia, leaving dozens injured, according to local media

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3 w. ago Hero of platform two caught on video: Moment brave rail worker confronted Huntingdon train 'knifeman' while telling passengers to run

This is the moment a brave railway worker approaches the suspect in the Huntingdon railway attack - before turning and warning passengers to keep fleeing.

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3 w. ago Plane passenger, 34, goes on the run after 'drunkenly attacking holidaymakers, cabin crew and a police officer', court hears

Brendan Lyons is said to have gone berserk during the flight from Muscat to London Heathrow on March 25.

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