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Gwyn Topham

Gwyn Topham is the Guardian and Observer's transport correspondent

July 2024

  • the yellow and blue front of an an Avanti West Coast locomotive

    Unions hail UK’s rail renationalisation bills as a return to ‘public service’

  • People watch the rising sun during the summer solstice at Stonehenge, 21 June 2024: they and the stones are seen silhouetted against the pale early morning light with long shadows cast across the grass in the foreground

    Ministers ‘inadequately briefed’ on alternatives to Stonehenge tunnel plan, lawyers argue

  • a delayed passenger snoozing at Manchester airport: he wears a straw hat pulled down over his face, a white hoodie, grey jeans and black trainers as he rests with his legs crossed, next to a huge black suitcase and two blue rucksacks. Other baggage and people can be seen in the background under bright, harsh lighting.

    ‘As prepared as we can be’: UK airlines and airports get ready for summer getaway

  • Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood, left, on a visit to HMP Bedford with Governor Sarah Bott

    UK politics: probation chief questions if there is ‘enough time’ for early prisoner release plan – as it happened

  • Labour summons bosses of worst-performing train operators to meetings

  • Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels will cost up to £4 at peak times, says TfL

  • ‘We’ll move fast and fix things’: the big transport issues for Labour

  • ‘Hard to argue against’: mandatory speed limiters come to the EU and NI

June 2024

  • Sign warning of potholes in country road

    From potholes to HS2, transport gets voters going – but some solutions are unsayable

    As Labour and Tories promise rail reform and court motorists, many experts think road pricing is inevitable

May 2024

  • Eurostar passengers at St Pancras International

    Why travelling on Eurostar from the UK is about to become much trickier

  • Traffic queues, 26 May 2023, for ferries at Dover, Kent

    Drivers warned of busiest bank holiday in years with 20m UK journeys forecast

  • Damage inside the plane

    British passenger dies after severe turbulence on London-Singapore flight

  • Ambulances lined up at dusk next to airport building with plane in sky above.

    What causes air turbulence and is the climate crisis making it worse?

  • US embassy owes £15m in congestion charge fees, says Transport for London

  • Ships in some UK port cities create more air pollution than cars

  • Hundreds of Virgin Atlantic cabin crew sue for unfair dismissal

  • Virgin plots rail return with proposal to run West Coast routes

  • UK rail faces fight to stay on track as climate crisis erodes routes

  • Train operator Lumo plans new direct service from Greater Manchester to London

  • Net zero U-turns will hit UK infrastructure, say government advisers

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