5 h. ago Just Eat delivery man branded 'hero' after 'rescuing' stranded train passengers

Train passengers hoping to spend the day at the beach got stuck on a bridge and were left sweltering in yesterday's heat – but fortunately, respite came in an unlikely form.

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22 h. ago Evacuated London train passengers forced to walk along tracks on hottest day of year

Evacuated London train passengers forced to walk along tracks on hottest day of year  The Guardian

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23 h. ago Just Eat driver tosses water to evacuated London train passengers ‘slowly cooking’ in heatwave

Just Eat driver tosses water to evacuated London train passengers ‘slowly cooking’ in heatwave  Metro.co.uk

Society

24 h. ago Rail passengers have to walk along tracks on hottest day of year so far after fault brings trains to halt

Rail passengers have to walk along tracks on hottest day of year so far after fault brings trains to halt  Sky News

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24 h. ago Thameslink passengers evacuated after being 'trapped on train with no air con' in scorching heat

Nearly 1,800 passengers had to be freed after a train became stuck at Loughborough Junction

Society

26 h. ago Passengers evacuated from trains in London as temperatures soar

Passengers evacuated from trains in London as temperatures soar  BBC

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56 h. ago North Kensington fire: Nine rescued and dozens evacuated as blaze erupts at block of flats

Trapped residents were rescued from windows and baconies

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3 d. ago Moment passenger threatens to 'break train manager's face' as LNER releases shocking bodycam footage showing tirades of abuse

Dramatic video filmed on a London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service on the night of March 16 showed the man confronting the member of staff at the onboard café bar.

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3 d. ago Eurostar passengers see dozens of train services cancelled or delayed

‘Ventilation cut off, no communication, it’s getting hotter,’ one customer says

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4 d. ago The Platform Trap: Mallorca makes life miserable for the unsuspecting rail passenger

Train Talk: the island needs to encourage more holidaymakers to use the excellent metro system

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5 d. ago ‘The railway that got the world on track’: a walk through 200 years of history in County Durham

A new trail follows the 26-mile route of the world’s first passenger train journey on the Stockton and Darlington RailwayIt was as strange a sight as you could stumble upon in the English countryside. As a muggy summer’s day began outside Shildon, Durham – rain threatening, bees drowsy in the hedgerows – I found myself standing on an embankment, surveying two rows of colossal stone teeth jutting through the earth. It looked as if someone had buried a sleeping giant.“You wouldn’t believe it by looking at it, but this is one of railway history’s most amazing feats,” my companion, rail expert Richie Starrs, said as we gazed down at the molars beneath our feet. A closer look revealed they were abandoned rail sleepers, laid out between the hawthorns and along which coal wagons were once pulled uphill by steam traction locomotives. “This is the Brusselton Incline, a section of the original Stockton and Darlington Railway. Nationally, it’s a story that’s not well known, but it’s one we’re ...

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1 week ago SPFL club forced to scrap pre season friendly due to orange walk

Raith Rovers' scheduled meeting with Stirling Albion has been cancelled with the Fife club now away to Linlithgow Rose instead

Politics

1 week ago Inside the new £400m UK train line that will never be used by normal passengers

The new £400million project, in the mountains of Neath Port Talbot, will have miles of railway tracks and station platforms - but it's not for everyday passengers

Economics

1 week ago Europe's 'longest' train journey between two beautiful countries is 1,075 miles

The Snälltåget train takes passengers on a scenic adventure, beginning in Malmö, Sweden and arriving at Innsbruck, Austria, a mere 22 hours and 1,720 km later

Politics

1 week ago Train passenger plea issued in search for man who vanished a month ago

Police believe William Shine may have travelled to Machynlleth on May 9

Politics

1 week ago At least 5 killed as passengers fall off overcrowded train in India

Incident occurred when passengers hanging from open doorways of Pushpak Express collided with others doing the same on a train approaching from the opposite direction

Events

1 week ago Moment 'fare dodger' is warned he could be committing fraud after only paying for short part of his journey

The train passenger was stopped by a revenue protection officer at the barriers at London Waterloo station after arriving on a South Western Railway (SWR) service.

Events

2 w. ago International Insider: SXSW London’s Royal Debut; Evacuations & Events In Germany; Cybercrime Investigation

International Insider: SXSW London’s Royal Debut; Evacuations & Events In Germany; Cybercrime Investigation  Deadline

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2 w. ago Medieval cold case is SOLVED: Vengeful noblewoman had her priest lover murdered after 'betrayal' that forced her to do Game of Thrones

Records traced by an expert criminologist suggest the murder of John Forde in 1337 was orchestrated by her lover, noblewoman Ela Fitzpayne in revenge for his alleged betrayal.

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2 w. ago Waterloo Station: Commuter chaos as major London Tube station evacuated

Waterloo Station: Commuter chaos as major London Tube station evacuated  Daily Express

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