Rail passengers will now be able to travel with another company to finish their journey free of charge when their original train has been cancelled, the Government has announced.
Thameslink will upgrade seats likened to “ironing boards” to comfier alternatives across all of its trains, the Department of Transport (DfT) has said.
Rail bosses have confirmed that a line closed after a train derailed in East Sussex, injuring 30 people, will reopen in September as work is under way to remove the train.
The Department for Transport is encouraging eighteen-year-olds leaving school to consider a career as a train driver amid a shortage of people taking the job.
