Major rail projects including further electrification of the Midland Main Line and capacity around York have been officially ...

Jim Steer, Director of Greengauge 21, believes the Liverpool-Manchester Railway Board’s plan for a new line is not the ...

Mayors were celebrating windfalls in the Chancellor’s announcement of cash for local transport schemes. Yet the new money won’t go far, says Howard Johnston.

Passengers may not even notice the small name change, but track and train are now together under the leadership of Steve ...

The challenges in trying to draw up an electrification strategy and the alternatives to diesel traction formed one of several ...

Train drivers’ jobs at Colas, which operates trains in and out of the Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) in north Lincolnshire, are ...

The UK rail industry has suffered from a lack of rolling stock strategy over the past 30 years. The UK rail industry has suffered from a lack of rolling stock strategy over the past 30 years. That was ...

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Freightliner has announced two new five-year heavy haul rail contracts with Breedon Group. The agreements include a renewal of an existing cement transport contract and the launch of a new aggregates ...

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 Book your table today for RAIL’s National Rail Awards 2025, celebrating railway excellence from individuals and organisations. The ‘Railway Oscars’, Britain’s biggest and ...

The Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 Ltd have insisted the cost of HS2’s infamous bat mitigation structure remains around £95 million, as they broke down the costs for the work. The Department ...

Faced by continued delays in getting Class 701 electric multiple units into traffic, newly nationalised South Western Railway looks set to sign a £55.4 million contract with Porterbrook to retain 79 ...