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A champion of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the rail industry has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list. Ruth Busby, People and Transformation Director (Regional) for GWR and Network Rail Wales and Western, said she was...

Most regulated rail fares will be capped at 4.9% instead of the July RPI figure which has been historically used Lower fare cap comes after government delivers target to halve inflation by the end of the year Rail fare increase is significantly lower than...

With 2024 almost upon us, everyone across the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) team would like to extend their gratitude to passengers for their support during what has been a ground-breaking year for the programme.  From the construction of platforms and...

As people settle down to commence their New Year festivities, engineers working on Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) will start work at Mirfield station. The upgrades, which are part of a major, multi-billion-pound programme of railway improvements between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds...

Those hoping for a late Christmas getaway are being warned to travel earlier by Great Western Railway.  Planned engineering work means no trains will run between London Paddington and Reading on Sunday 24 and Wednesday 27 December; and reservations for...

RAIB has today released its report into a freight train derailment at London Gateway, Essex, 24 December 2021. Summary At around 05:45 hrs on 24 December 2021, 5 wagons of a 33-wagon intermodal freight train derailed at low speed as the...

Deliveries of HS2’s tunnel segments have begun from Hartlepool, using the UK’s rail network to minimise road traffic and drastically reduce carbon emissions. STRABAG, the company manufacturing the pre-cast concrete segments for HS2’s next London tunnel drives, opened a new...

Network Rail’s Southern region has announced Mark Goodall as its route director to lead the Wessex route, one of the busiest networks in the country which includes all services out of one of England’s busiest railway station, London Waterloo. Mark is currently...

A Cumbrian railwayman who is Carlisle station’s longest serving member of staff has achieved 50 years’ service on the West Coast Main Line.   Team Leader, Brian Farish, 67, who has worked on the railway in Cumbria for five decades...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, saw the first Central line train to be overhauled as part of the £500m Central Line Improvement Programme (CLIP) today (Friday 15 December).  Following significant testing over the summer period, the first newly refurbished...