All news on the topic: Trains

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You can now book Interrail tickets more easily with passes from £12 a day
Rail Online, the international rail ticketing platform, has started selling Interrail tickets, making it easier to buy bundle passes to destinations including Germany, Italy, Spain and France
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Train commuters in despair as ticket office due to close months after re-opening
Hattersley station re-opened in east Manchester in February 2023 after a revamp costing £570,000 but the ticket office is already earmarked to close along with almost all others across England
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Man racks up £7,000 of train fines by pretending to be his old school friend
For three years, James Francis Kelly pretended to be a different man but British Transport Police investigated after becoming suspicious and ousted Kelly as a fraud
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Thousands stranded at Victoria Station as major signal failure causes chaos
Commuters have been left stranded at Victoria Station in London today as 'a serious fault' with the signalling equipment is being investigated by Network Rail Kent and Sussex
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'I visited one of the most haunted transport stations and heard chilling voices'
Anna Willis visited a network of rooms and passageways underneath Waterloo Station in London and was scared when she heard voices apparently coming from the walls
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Passenger grimaces as man takes shoes off and hoists feet up on window on train
A train passenger was left horrified when a man put his foot between the window and their seat, rather than putting it on the floor where it should be - someone suggested they 'tickle' his feet as punishment
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Shameless creep caught in train sex act claimed his twin brother was guilty
Dean Kaboleh yanked down his trousers and masturbated in front of a teenage boy on a train which had left Birmingham New Street in behaviour branded "disgusting" by police
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Map shows where ticket offices are closing - check if yours is shutting down
With our new interactive map, you can find out if your local train station ticket office is at risk of being closed down. To use it, simply put in your postcode and click 'search'
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Woman gives birth to premature baby on high-speed train during call with midwife
Little Anna was born prematurely on a high-speed train from Rome to Turin - and her mum was helped during the delivery by a midwife who was on a video call with Trenitalia staff
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Nearly every rail station ticket office in England 'set to shut under new plans'
The controversial Government plans, set to be unveiled tomorrow, will see Rail Delivery Group proceed with the proposals to close up to 1,000 offices at stations across England
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'I forced train passenger out of my reserved seat - but someone was in theirs'
The parent was travelling with two young children when they forced another group to vacate their reserved seats - in a move that appeared to infuriate their fellow passengers
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Planes pollute 13 times more than trains as rail found even greener than thought
A study conducted by Thrust Carbon on behalf of the Rail Delivery Group found that the carbon produced by the London to Edinburgh train route is roughly half of what was previously thought
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Horror pics show train wreck with 198 passengers derailed after hitting truck
New images show the grim derailment of an Amtrak train that came loose from its tracks after smashing into a Ventura County truck near Moorpark in Southern California
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'Rude passenger blocked me from boarding busy train - so I ruined his trip'
All is fair in love and war, but what about the battle to find a train seat? It's an all too common problem for passengers, but that doesn't mean everyone follows the same code of conduct
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'Our town has been destroyed since Eurostar closed its terminal here'
The Eurostar terminal at Ashford, Kent, has been closed since the start of the Covid pandemic and, despite some 23,000 people signing a petition, there are no plans to reopen it
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Woman blasts 'selfish' train passenger who hogged space and refused to move
A woman was disgusted after a 'selfish' and 'entitled' passenger onboard her train hogged up all of the leg space of her seat without asking and refused to move
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'Train passenger aggressively claimed last seat - so I got the ultimate revenge'
A man has admitted to getting 'petty revenge' on a passenger after they selfishly and 'aggressively' shoved him to claim the last remaining seat on the busy train
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'Pathetic' train passenger slated for rude remark to mum and son seeking seat
A man was admittedly disgusted after two selfish passengers refused to move their bags, which were 'hoarding seats on the train', to accommodate a mother and son
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Train passengers spot clever purpose for jagged roofs in stations
Have you ever wondered why many train stations have a distinctive roof design? It turns out the unique pattern has a practical purpose that many had no idea about
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Smoked mackerel and boiled eggs top list of foods - never to eat on a train
Over half of passengers always bring a snack with them for train travel - but 87% go out of their way to avoid those travelling with smelly foods
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Chicken loose on railway shuts down city trains as men with brooms chase it
The chicken was spotted on Mexico City’s subway system before workers including maintenance men and civil defence officers in hard hats, grabbed brooms, bin bags and gloves to try and rescue it
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Disabled passenger fumes as man's 'courteous' act deprives him of reserved seat
A passenger who always makes sure to reserve a train seat for their fiancé, who has a disability, wasn't happy at all when it emerged that a fellow passenger's 'courteous' act had deprived him of his seat
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Passenger labelled 'dirty' after angering fellow commuters on quiet train
The train passenger was slammed online when a video of his behaviour was shared online, where commenters criticised him for his lack of 'decorum' and common sense
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Inside the Flying Scotsman from fine dining to 'being transported back in time'
Fiona Whitty and mum Beryl take a luxury trip back in time on the Flying Scotsman after it turns 100 and rolled out of its permanent home at York’s National Railway Museum
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Sleeper trains cheaper than flights for families heading to Europe this summer
Cabins aboard Nightjet and European Sleeper services to cities including Berlin and Vienna can work out cheaper than the equivalent route via air, according to a new piece of Which? analysis