Transport and Logistics Network
A few weeks ago, a new rail freight flow opened up in North Wales when GB Railfreight transported a train of Welsh slate aggregate from Llandudno Junction to Luton in Bedfordshire.
The freight flow has been made possible through a joint initiative betw…
A pair of burglars from the West Midlands sped away from police after stealing from a rural wedding venue in North Wales. Christopher Higgs, of Davis Road, Willenhall, andDavid Nyari, of Brerteton Road, Willenhall, appeared before a judge at Mold Crown…
A roadside site with planning in place is on the market with the deadline for bids about to close. Watkin Jones secured outline permission for the development just off the A55 near Llangefni on Anglesey.
The site includes permission for a petrol foreco…
A series of fuel protests are set to bring chaos to major roads across the UK today (July 4). Rolling road go-slow demos are reported to be planned on at least three motorways as well as a number of A roads.
Around 200 drivers in vans, trucks and cars …
A fuel protest is planned for the A55, A494 and M56 this weekend as concerns grow over the impact of sky-high fuel prices on drivers and businesses. It is set to start from Billie Jean’s Cafe, near Holywell, in Flintshire, at 9.30am on Saturday.
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A fast food chain’s plan to open its branch on Broughton Shopping Park 24 hours a day has been met with strong opposition by people living nearby. Canadian firm Tim Hortons, which is well-known for its range of coffee and doughnuts, opened its first re…
A six-tonne dumper truck filled with soil rolled down a hill before crashing into a garden wall in Llandudno. St Margarets Drive, off Nant-y-Gamar Road, was partially blocked on Thursday evening after the unmanned truck rolled down a hill and hit the l…
THE Llandudno Transport Festival returned to the town yesterday (April 30) for the first time in three years with an array of exhibitions at Bodafon Fields before parading into Conwy. Now its 30th year, the festival showed off more than 1,000 exhi…
Some North Wales rail services have been cancelled this weekend while crews use this huge freight train to carry out major engineering works. The workmen were spotted along a stretch of the track in the Old Colwyn area.
It means that services between R…
A lorry became stuck under a bridge in Flintshire, shutting a road and disrupting rail services. The incident happened on the A541 Wrexham Road in Cefn-y-Bedd, between the Brymbo turn off and The Hollybush pub.
Traffic delays were reported after skips …