Transport

Three miles of traffic have hit the M62 motorway this afternoon following a crash which closed several lanes of traffic.

I haven’t made plans for mid-August yet, but I do know that they won’t involve going anywhere near north Leeds. It seems unlikely I would be able to get there even if I had to.

Three of Yorkshire’s train operators have emerged as the worst performers in a set of national figures which reveal long delays and cancellations to have hit an 18-year high.

Ministers have joined forces to defend the controversial HS2 programme as they condemned opponents who they claimed are using the flagship rail scheme as a “political football” and undermining attempts to regenerate the North of England.

Rail passengers lost almost four million hours last year due to delays on Britain’s railways, new analysis has revealed.

The North will see a repeat of last year’s rail chaos unless the network is radically overhauled, the Shadow Transport Secretary has warned.

Power issues which led to almost 70 flights to and from Manchester Airport being cancelled on Sunday have been resolved, engineers said.

Rail passengers lost almost four million hours last year due to delays on Britain’s railways, new analysis has revealed.

It was a disaster no-one saw coming until it was inevitable.

ON Monday morning, in common with my fellow travellers, I shall take a deep breath before leaving the house and venturing forth to the station, in the hope that some sort of conveyance might turn up to get me to work before everyone else breaks for lunch.

A group of peers dealt the Government’s flagship high speed rail project a further blow last night by warning that it should not go ahead without a major rethink and a new assessment of its business case.

Motorists are being reminded that the A59 between Harrogate and Skipton is closed all week for resurfacing work.