Contactless ticketing will be introduced at more than 700 train stations in what the Government claims is an effort to “level up” the North and Midlands.
Improving rail links in the North and Midlands is an “absolute priority” for Boris Johnson, Downing Street insisted in the face of mounting anger about plans to scrap key projects.
Drivers on London Underground’s Night Tube are to stage a series of strikes from later this month in a dispute over staffing, a leading rail union has announced.