Travel

Passengers are still not being told they could get a cheaper fare at 70% of train station ticket machines, according to a progress report from the Department for Transport into promised improvements to train ticketing.

Train passengers face disruption while travelling over Christmas with more than 250 sets of engineering works planned, plus industrial action on a number of routes.

Passengers travelling home for Christmas are being sold tickets for trains that won't run, according to the transport watchdog.

Major travel disruption is continuing today (Monday) due to wintry weather across the UK, with disruption to some flights, many struggling to get to work and 100s of schools closed.

Passengers face the biggest hike in rail fares for five years with ticket costs set to rise by an average 3.4% next month.

A new railcard to cut the cost of peak-time travel for 16 to 18-year-olds who are studying or training is to be trialled from early next year.

Commuters on some routes can use a 16-25 Railcard to save up to £700 on a year's train travel, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal, due to a simple trick which will also work with the new 26-30 Railcard.

If you buy a new diesel car from 1 April next year, you'll pay up to £500 more road tax in your first year of owning the vehicle.

Full details of how the trial of the new 26-30 Railcard will work have been revealed, just a day before the Chancellor is expected to announce a nationwide roll-out of the card in the Budget.

British Airways will introduce a new boarding policy from December, but despite reports claiming it'll force those with hand-luggage only tickets to board last, it insists that decision has not yet been made.