Bethan Roper was returning home from a Christmas shopping trip when she died on the train on 1 December 2018 [PA Media] A major rail operator has been fined £1m for breaching health and safety law ...

Rail passengers have been urged not to travel on any Great Western Railway (GWR) main lines on Sunday, 15 December. The company normally links London Paddington with South Wales and the West of ...

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A warning has been issued that Great Western Railway services between Bristol and Bath will be affected by essential improvement work this half term. Network Rail engineers plan to replace track ...

Train passengers faced delays in Somerset this morning as two swans were on the rail line. Great Western Railway (GWR) told passengers services between Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads may be delayed ...

The West’s main rail company GWR has been fined £1 million for not doing enough to prevent the death of a passenger who was killed when she looked out of an open window on a train between Bath and ...

A major rail operator has been fined £1m for breaching health and safety law when a young woman suffered a fatal injury after placing her head outside a droplight window. Bethan Roper, 28, was killed ...