It's Christmas Eve in the 1950s and a lone railway worker is walking on night patrol near Ambergate when he is struck by how silent the night is compared to normal - no wind, no hum from the telegraph ...

Illegal number plates and lax rules about who can sell them are threatening national security and putting road users at risk, according to a report. "Ghost" plates can't be read properly - often due ...

Passengers welcome climbdown and say plan to turn Avanti West Coast service into ‘ghost train’ made no sense “I don’t think I’ve seen it this busy in years,” said Liam, a customer service specialist ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

How’s this for a station announcement? “The train at platform five is the 7am express from Manchester Piccadilly via Stockport to London Euston – but passengers cannot travel on this service.” That ...

The rail regulator has reversed a decision that would have prevented passengers from taking an early morning "ghost train" service between Manchester Piccadilly and London Euston. The Office of Rail ...

A plan to axe the 7am Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston train service has been dropped, it has now been confirmed. Industry regulator The Office Rail and Road (ORR) had earmarked the weekday ...

Rail bosses have done a u-turn on bizarre plans to turn a busy commuter service into a ‘ghost train’ - which only staff would have been allowed to travel on. Passengers who faced losing the fast ...

Avanti said it was "delighted" that the ORR had given permission to reinstate the service Plans to ban passengers from a peak morning train service between Manchester and London have been abandoned ...

Plans to ban passengers from a peak morning train service between Manchester and London have been abandoned after a U-turn by a government regulator. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) reversed its ...