24 h. ago Birmingham New Street station chaos as emergency incident halts all trains

Emergency services were called to an incident this morning and services between Wolverhampton and New Street will be affected until 11am, National Rail have said

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24 h. ago Birmingham train delays LIVE as emergency incident sparks chaos at New Street

National Rail said all lines were closed as emergency services responded to an incident, with services impacted between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton

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49 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Euston station power failure halts Overground trains amid Tube disruption

National Rail is reporting that the disruption is likely to last through the rush hour

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4 d. ago London travel news LIVE: Trains into Charing Cross station halted by broken train

A freight train breakdown is blocking lines and causing major delays until 8am

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4 d. ago Girl, three, among those treated as robbery gang ‘pepper sprayed’ woman in Heathrow car park

Officers were called at 8.11am on Sunday to reports multiple people had been assaulted at the multi-storey car park at Terminal 3

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4 d. ago Armed police swarm Heathrow after pepper spray attack at Terminal 3

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault following the incident at a multi-storey car park at the airport

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4 d. ago Heathrow Airport locked down as armed police swoop and drivers told to stay put

Heathrow Airport has been swarmed by armed police, ambulances and fire engines following an incident at Terminal 3. Trains have been brought to a halt and drivers have been urged to stay in cars

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4 d. ago Travel chaos at Heathrow as trains halted amid police incident

Details about the nature of the issue remain limited, but services on the Heathrow Express and part of the Elizabeth Line have been suspended

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7 d. ago London travel news LIVE: Trains into busy City station halted by radio system fault

The issue means all lines are blocked between Moorgate and Drayton park in north London

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7 d. ago Birmingham New Street Station declared busiest outside London

Birmingham New Street Station declared busiest outside London - but our top 50 lists reveal some in our region are virtually deserted  Express & Star

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1 week ago London travel news LIVE: Overground chaos as Lioness line trains to Euston halted by track 'obstruction'

Safety checks at Wembley Central are disrupting Watford Junction–Euston services until 08:30

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2 w. ago Chaos at major London rail station as thousands of commuters are shut out in Friday night rush hour

Thousands of commuters say they are experiencing travel 'hell' after a signalling fault brought trains to a halt and has plunged Euston station into chaos.

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4 w. ago Sicily deserves better than the looming prospect of a giant bridge that will never get built | Jamie Mackay

Troubled waters over the world’s longest suspension bridge are no surprise. The Italian government should be funding public servicesA dozen or so times each day, as Italy’s southbound Intercity rail service arrives in the Calabrian town of Villa San Giovanni, the journey comes to a dramatic halt. The train is decoupled from its tracks, carefully loaded on to the deck of a ferry, and secured in place. The entire cargo then eases out into the Strait of Messina en route to Sicily. Invariably, this 25-minute crossing becomes an impromptu community moment. Passengers abandon their carriages, flocking to the ship’s top-deck snack bar to share freshly fried arancini, trade anecdotes, and admire the vista over Mount Etna’s distant peak, before returning to continue their journey by rail.For tourists and itinerant visitors like myself, the ferry crossing is a charming novelty. For local people, however, it has long been a defining part of their identity. In his 1941 novel, Conversations in S...

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4 w. ago Tributes to 'beautiful and kind' woman, 34, stabbed in the neck during 'unprovoked attack' in Birmingham city centre

Katie Fox, 34, suffered a serious neck injury after being brutally knifed just metres away from Birmingham 's New Street Station. Her family described her as their 'shining light'.

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