Customer News

• E.ON Next has repriced its Next Fixed 12-month, Next Smart Saver and Next Steady tariffs.
• Tariffs could save customers, on average, up to £230 against current predictions for the July – September Energy Price Cap.

After half a century of the same journey, he's finally hanging up his railcard

LNER employs dozens of brilliant, hard-working and dedicated travel consultants along its East Coast route between Edinburgh and London, but few can lay claim to a role quite as distinctive as Paul Doughty’s. Alongside his part-time role at the travel centre at York Railway Station, Paul also serves as the current Sheriff of York, one of the city’s most historic and ceremonial public offices. 

TransPennine Express has unveiled newly refurbished staff facilities at Dewsbury station, giving a new lease of life to a long-unused part of the station.

The UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest will bring thousands of fans into Birmingham this evening (Thursday 7 May), meaning trains and stations will be busier than normal.

Students at Baltasound Primary School have been working with endangered species conservation programme, Species on the Edge, and Shetland for Wirds to find a local name for one of Shetland’s rarest beasties – the Plantain Leaf Beetle. Its new name is da ‘Peerie Red Scarred Wan’. 

Edinburgh Waverley station is supporting sustainable travel and local communities through a renewed partnership with The Bike Station, a charity dedicated to making cycling accessible to everyone.

The first time a child laughs, opens up about their day, asks to watch a film; these are moments that many might take for granted, but for foster carers in Wales, they symbolise one thing, a breakthrough.

• National recognition from EFL in end-of-season awards
• Hundreds of families from Batley and Dewsbury see live match for the first time

• Nine-day closure from 23 to 31 May between Ashford International, Maidstone East and Borough Green & Wrotham, with buses replacing trains
• Essential engineering works to improve long-term reliability, including track renewals, drainage upgrades and stabilising ageing rock cuttings
• Customers advised to plan ahead and allow extra time, with accessible replacement buses operating throughout the closure

Flexibility isn’t just something we offer, it’s something our people bring to life every day.

First Bus trialling the use of its electric bus depots to help balance the UK’s electricity system by adjusting when vehicles charge, reducing wasted renewable energy.

New services launch this may, and a new station later this summer, taking the number of destinations served by Great Western Railway to 200 for the first time.

A major milestone towards improving the accessibility of Hither Green station for Southeastern passengers has been achieved.

Customers are being reminded to plan their journeys ahead of engineering work on the railway between Ashford International, Maidstone East and Borough Green & Wrotham in the last week of May.

• E.ON Next has repriced its Next Fixed 12-month tariff.
• Tariffs could save customers, on average, £211 against current predictions for the July – September Energy Price Cap.

Calling all gardeners of East Ayrshire…the Council's annual garden competition is now open for nominations. 

A low-speed freight train derailment in Oxley will impact passengers travelling through Wolverhampton until the end of service today.

Counterfeit tobacco products with an estimated value of £7,000 have been recovered in Elgin and Buckie following joint enforcement activity led by Moray Council’s Trading Standards team, in partnership with Police Scotland.

Visitors to Gloucester Station can now step back in time thanks to a stunning new model railway diorama installed in the station waiting room.