👤 Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

12 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
12
2026-09-06 – 2026-10-20
Claims per article
18
220 extracted in total
Hedged claims
7%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,000
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
42%
Technology
25%
Economy/Business
17%
Crime & Law
8%
World
8%
Most-tagged topics
LondonEuropeanGreat British RailwaysManchesterAbtaAlstomAngel TrainsBeacon Rail

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.26 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-18 · The Guardian · Technology
Flight chaos affecting hundreds of thousands caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error
7 outlets covered this event
2026-09-20 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
Chiltern Railways enters public ownership in Labour nationalisation push
3 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-25 · The Guardian · Politics
‘Major milestone’: TfL to launch new public bus operator in London
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-20 · The Guardian · Politics
New Bradford railway station will ‘transform travel across the north’
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-19 · The Guardian · World
Masts removed from bomb-laden WWII ship in Thames in bid to avoid explosion
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-19 · The Guardian · Politics
UK government promises disabled air passengers better safeguards
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-06 · The Guardian
Travellers to EU face renewed queues as border-check flexibility rules expire
🔮 Travellers to the EU could face renewed border queues as flexibility measures for the bloc’s entry-exit system officially come to an end – although numerous sources have indicated that some member states will not enforce biometric checks. assertive
2026-09-18 · The Guardian
Drivers ignoring roadwork closures to skip queues ‘wilfully putting lives at risk’
🔮 Often there’s plant, there’s machinery, the surface may already been treated. assertive
2026-09-18 · The Guardian
Flight chaos affecting hundreds of thousands caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error
🔮 The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, said the industry regulator the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) would now “check their findings” and investigate Nats’ plans. assertive
2026-09-20 · The Guardian
Chiltern Railways enters public ownership in Labour nationalisation push
🔮 The Department for Transport (DfT) said the move would bring more reliable services, with plans to end what it termed the “daily frustration” of overcrowding. assertive
2026-09-25 · The Guardian
‘Major milestone’: TfL to launch new public bus operator in London
🔮 A publicly owned company, Buses for London, will start running services in the capital next year, Transport for London has announced. assertive
2026-10-02 · The Guardian
Bosses of three firms that supply trains to UK railways made £3.5m last year
🔮 Heidi Alexander told the Labour conference on Monday that if Great British Railways owning trains would best serve taxpayers and passengers, then we should do it”. assertive
2026-10-09 · The Guardian
Virgin unveils its future cross-Channel train as it gears up to take on Eurostar
🔮 Flash interiors, fancy food and maybe even a bar: Virgin has unveiled a mock-up of its future cross-Channel train, with a pledge to create “something genuinely new”. assertive
2026-10-13 · The Guardian
Britons travelling to Europe told not to apply for delayed Etias visa waiver
🔮 Non-EU citizens, including UK travellers and those from other visa-exempt countries including the US, Australia and Canada, will soon need to pay €20 (£17) for an electronic waiver to enter the Schengen zone under the European travel information and authorisation system (Etias). assertive
2026-10-14 · The Guardian
Uber begins self-driving robotaxi trial in Manchester
🔮 The GMB and ADCU unions have both said thousands of drivers jobs will be lost and have called for help for those affected. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Guardian
UK government promises disabled air passengers better safeguards
🔮 Disabled passengers will have better safeguards when flying, the government has pledged, including protection from damaged wheelchairs and support from trained staff. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Guardian
Masts removed from bomb-laden WWII ship in Thames in bid to avoid explosion
🔮 The work was carried out because of concerns that the masts, which had remained visible above the water near Sheerness, could collapse in on the deadly cargo and blow up the ship. mixed
2026-10-20 · The Guardian
New Bradford railway station will ‘transform travel across the north’
🔮 A new railway station will be built in Bradford to “transform how people travel across the north”, the government has announced. assertive
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