RailUK Writer

The Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, has updated parliament on its plans for a review of Transport for London’s (TfL’s) future financial position and structure. This review was one of the conditions for the extraordinary...

Tyne and Wear Metro’s new train depot at Howdon is close to completion. Set to officially open this summer, the former landfill site has been transformed. New tracks and overhead lines are in place and a new maintenance shed...

A new entrance at London Paddington station will improve the flow of passengers, reduce travelling time through the station and help maintain social distancing. The new access is located near platform one, next to Sainsbury’s and the ticket office, and...

Network Rail has issued a safety warning to users of level crossings after a family of four was found taking photographs on the tracks at a level crossing in Hutton between Shenfield and Billericay on the Southend Victoria branch...

Following news that Jonathan Willcock will be leaving Alstom to join Skanska, Alstom UK & Ireland has announced that Jason Baldock has been appointed signalling systems & infrastructure managing director effective from 7 September 2020. Jason, who has 24 years’...

Network Rail will be carrying out renewals 520 projects worth £105 million over August Bank Holiday. Andrew Haines, Network Rail chief executive, said: “Throughout this pandemic, we’ve continued to work on the railway to make it more reliable and to...

A development consortium has announced a £3 billion plan to create a sustainable new business, leisure and residential destination and world leading economic hub around HS2’s proposed Birmingham Interchange station. Arden Cross is a 140-hectare (346-acre) site to the east...

HS2 London contractors have launched a major social legacy programme called Empowering Communities, intended to benefit communities along the final part of the HS2 route into London.  Andrew Stephenson MP, the HS2 Minister, announced that Empowering Communities is the first...

A new report by Greengauge 21 - ‘Cities, Coronavirus and Public Transport’ - examines the impact of Coronavirus on cities and public transport. It argues that cities have always relied on public transport and the economic recovery of cities...

The heritage Churnet Valley Railway has announced that it will reopen on 1 August 2020 with a post-Lockdown steam-hauled train timetable, refurbished coaches and, for ‘one- night- only’, a special curry train.  As the Covid-19 lockdown eases after four months,...