Transport

Sydney train strike: chaotic shutdown averted after 11th hour crisis talks with union

A chaotic two-day shutdown of Sydney’s train network has been averted at the 11th hour after the state government caved to rail union demands to run 24-hour services to...

Sydney trains to shut down for four days as union action escalates

Sydney’s train network could be out of action for days because of industrial action, throwing New South Wales’...

Power cut and cars smashed in NSW as ‘nightmare’ storms ravage east coast

Homes are without power and businesses and cars have been damaged as the clean-up begins after major east...

Green signal given for first UK co-operatively owned railway service

The UK’s first co-operatively owned railway service could begin running trains in the south-west of England late next...

UK flying taxi firm pins hopes on investors as cash runs short

On a dreary November day in the Cotswolds, England, the VX4 – a cross between a plane and...

Ex-Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson forced to ‘crawl off’ train

Tanni Grey-Thompson, the former Paralympic athlete, has spoken of her anger after being forced to drag herself off a London North Eastern Railway (LNER)...

The Guardian view on the future of public transport: time to invest and think big | Editorial

Following the general election, the National Audit Office (NAO) released a report that offered a tragicomic epitaph to successive Conservative governments’ spectacular mismanagement of...

New Australian aviation ombudsman could force airlines to pay cash compensation for delayed flights

An ombudsman will police how airlines treat customers and enforce a passenger rights charter to ensure timely refunds and possibly cash compensation for delayed...