👤 Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

2026-10-29 · The Guardian · World

How did the Spain train crash happen and what will investigators be asking?

26 outlets covered this event

2026-09-18 · The Guardian · Technology

Flight chaos affecting hundreds of thousands caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error

7 outlets covered this event

2026-09-20 · The Guardian · Economy/Business

Chiltern Railways enters public ownership in Labour nationalisation push

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2026-10-31 · The Guardian · Other

Railway engineering work over Christmas will cause 10 days of disruption

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2026-10-19 · The Guardian · Environment

Masts removed from bomb-laden WWII ship in Thames in bid to avoid explosion

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2026-09-25 · The Guardian · Politics

‘Major milestone’: TfL to launch new public bus operator in London

2 outlets covered this event

2026-09-06 · The Guardian

🔮 Travellers to the EU could face renewed border queues as flexibility measures for the bloc’s entry-exit system officially come to an end – although numerous sources have indicated that some member states will not enforce biometric checks. assertive

2026-09-18 · The Guardian

🔮 Often there’s plant, there’s machinery, the surface may already been treated. assertive

2026-09-18 · The Guardian

🔮 The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, said the industry regulator the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) would now “check their findings” and investigate Nats’ plans. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Guardian

🔮 The Department for Transport (DfT) said the move would bring more reliable services, with plans to end what it termed the “daily frustration” of overcrowding. assertive

2026-09-25 · The Guardian

🔮 A publicly owned company, Buses for London, will start running services in the capital next year, Transport for London has announced. assertive

2026-10-02 · The Guardian

🔮 Heidi Alexander told the Labour conference on Monday that if Great British Railways owning trains would best serve taxpayers and passengers, then we should do it”. assertive

2026-10-09 · The Guardian

🔮 Flash interiors, fancy food and maybe even a bar: Virgin has unveiled a mock-up of its future cross-Channel train, with a pledge to create “something genuinely new”. assertive

2026-10-13 · The Guardian

🔮 Non-EU citizens, including UK travellers and those from other visa-exempt countries including the US, Australia and Canada, will soon need to pay €20 (£17) for an electronic waiver to enter the Schengen zone under the European travel information and authorisation system (Etias). assertive

2026-10-14 · The Guardian

🔮 The GMB and ADCU unions have both said thousands of drivers jobs will be lost and have called for help for those affected. assertive

2026-10-19 · The Guardian

🔮 Disabled passengers will have better safeguards when flying, the government has pledged, including protection from damaged wheelchairs and support from trained staff. assertive

2026-10-19 · The Guardian

🔮 The work was carried out because of concerns that the masts, which had remained visible above the water near Sheerness, could collapse in on the deadly cargo and blow up the ship. mixed

2026-10-20 · The Guardian

🔮 A new railway station will be built in Bradford to “transform how people travel across the north”, the government has announced. assertive

2026-10-29 · The Guardian

🔮 How could this happen? assertive

2026-10-31 · The Guardian

🔮 Under the contracts that replaced the franchising system since the pandemic, train operators’ income comes from fees paid by the DfT instead of depending on fare revenue, with the taxpayer instead taking any profit or loss from ticketing income or refunds. Avanti, which is due to be taken into public ownership next year as part of Great British Railways, paid out more than £50m in 2025-26, and is expected to pay out more than £70m this financial year. mixed

2026-10-31 · The Guardian

🔮 Work will close London’s Paddington station – affecting intercity trains to the west of England and Wales until January – as well as Birmingham New Street, the UK’s busiest station outside the capital, for five days over the holiday period. assertive

2026-11-01 · The Guardian

🔮 London’s mayor has called for a cap on the numbers of robotaxis on its streets, with the UK government poised to allow fully driverless vehicles to operate in the capital. assertive