Sleeper tickets from Birmingham go on sale
A Caledonian Sleeper service is to start calling at Birmingham International from January, connecting the West Midlands with the Scottish Highlands. It will be the first major change to a sleeper route since the Night Riviera between London and Cornwall ceased to include a separate sleeping car for Plymouth 20 years ago.
New CAF trains enter service in DocklandsThe first of a fleet of 54 new trains for the Docklands Light Railway has gone into service. The five-car trains, built for Transport for London by CAF at Beasain in Spain, have been delayed by more than a year because of compatibility problems with the DLR’s existing control systems, but TfL said it now expected the full fleet to be in service by the end of next year.
New peace hopes on Underground after pay offerThe RMT is considering an improved pay offer from Transport for London for its 10,000 members on London Underground. TfL is attempting to end the dispute which led to disruptive strikes earlier this month by proposing a three-year settlement.
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