20 h. ago What to know about a stabbing attack aboard a train in Britain

A routine train journey in eastern England turned chaotic when multiple people were stabbed on Saturday evening

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21 h. ago Severe travel disruption 'expected until end of day' after LNER train stabbings

People who are planning to travel today (2 November) have been urged to check their train journey as major disruptions are expected following the stabbings on an LNER service to London

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23 h. ago Full steam ahead! A night on the Britain's most romantic train journey, the Caledonian Sleeper

There is no feeling quite like pulling out of Euston on this journey across the border to Scotland, says Jonathan Prynn. Here’s why every Londoner should take the trip

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2 d. ago I did an extreme Lapland day trip with my kids with husky sledging and Santa meets and was home for bedtime

TAKING your kids to see Santa in Lapland is a dream for many parents wanting a truly magical Christmas experience as a family  - but can be very expensive. So I've I found a holiday hack that saved me thousands on a trip to the Christmas village in Finland, as long as you don't mind...

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3 d. ago I grew up in the South West – it has the best Christmas markets, including one that feels like medieval times

THE UK must be home to hundreds, if not thousands, of Christmas markets - but having explored many across the UK, the South West is home to the best. Devon comes alive in the winter months - the moors become snowy, small villages have pubs with glowing fires and towns become decked out with huge...

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3 d. ago 'Sunniest' European city that's 4 hours from Manchester and 19C in November

Southern Spain still has sunny days at this time of the and is the perfect place to escape the gloomy days in the UK. One particularly lovely spot is Cordoba, which is approximately an hour's train journey from either Malaga or Seville,

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6 d. ago London travel news LIVE: Victoria and Jubilee lines hit by severe delays

A signal failure and faulty engineer's train is disrupting key routes into the city

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1 week ago A train tour of Europe’s cool northern capitals: from London to Vilnius, via Berlin and Warsaw

My epic rail journey to some of the continent’s most creative and edgy cities mimics a cruise – I hop on and off, eat too much and soak up the cultureThe people queueing for the Eurostar at London St Pancras station, rushing in from the rain in hoodies, look noticeably less enthusiastic than the usual holiday crowds. But then, we aren’t heading to the usual hot, heady holiday destinations of Spain or the south of France, but boarding a train to north-east Europe. For me, it will be a journey of more than 1,000 miles – via Amsterdam, Berlin and Warsaw to Vilnius – visiting some of the coolest capitals in the north. At least in terms of temperature.As England sweltered this summer, and Spain reached a hellish 46C, it made sense to head away from the heat on what is now fashionably being called a “coolcation”. I left in August, with a suitcase full of jumpers. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Poetry in motion: the most joyous four hours I’ve ever spent on a train | Adrian Chiles

The plug sockets may not work and there isn’t a trolley service, but the Heart of Wales Line is a friendly, bustling, beautiful treatI’ve had this book lying around at home, Lonely Planet’s Amazing Train Journeys. I don’t think it’s been opened since I was given it six years ago. Of the 60 rail trips recommended from around the world, six are in the UK. Back then, the one that jumped out at me was a rail line I’d never heard of, between Swansea and Shrewsbury, even though the Swansea area is where I spend most of my time. On my way to work in Manchester I’d often travelled this way – east along the main line to Newport, then north on the pleasingly scenic Welsh Marches Line.But this wasn’t Lonely Planet’s choice. They’d gone for the Heart of Wales Line, which takes an improbably direct route, cutting across Mid-Wales from Llanelli to Craven Arms. Into my bucket list this journey went. But the thing with a bucket list is that, once you’ve turned the corner in the direction of bucket-...

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1 week ago Chinese students who exploited loophole to claim £140k in train refunds on delayed journeys are jailed

Li Liu, 26, and Wanqinq Yu, 25, exploited a loophole in the system while living together at their student flat in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

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1 week ago The UK’s ‘poshest train’ is coming to Manchester this Christmas with tickets from £395

There are still tickets available for the luxury train journey which includes a seven-course meal and champagne

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1 week ago World's fanciest train announces new overnight route to Italy's Amalfi Coast

The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is set to journey all the way from Paris to the Amalfi Coast in Italy. Its inauguration will be on May 4, 2026. The train trundles out of the French capital for an overnight journey to Pompeii

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2 w. ago Popular Christmas market with thousands of bargains 'for everyone' coming to Scots towns

An epic indoor Christmas market that "has something for everyone" is coming to three Scottish locations and it's perfect for thrifty shoppers

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2 w. ago Warning to travellers as train nightmare looms for thousands during Christmas period

Thousands of train passengers across the UK are being warned to expect delays and cancellations over the Christmas period due to major engineering work on the railways.

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3 w. ago Two in five train journeys on public services after Greater Anglia nationalised

Greater Anglia became the third operator to be taken into public control by the Labour Government.

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3 w. ago Thousands of passengers set for Christmas travel disruption due to train engineering works

Passengers are being urged by Network Rail to check online journey planners and book tickets way in advance

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3 w. ago Thousands of Christmas train journeys to be disrupted by engineering work

Network Rail insisted the festive period is the ‘best time’ for it to carry out major projects.

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3 w. ago Tiny market town with proper pubs on one of the world's most scenic train journeys

I love a Welsh market town, especially if it's got bags of character and history and proper pubs where you can get a round in without having to remortgage your house

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4 w. ago Sainsbury’s and Argos announce thousands more jobs for Christmas season

Sainsbury's is hiring 17,000 seasonal roles and Argos is hiring 2,000 from today

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