Rail Business

TransPennine Express has unveiled newly refurbished staff facilities at Dewsbury station, giving a new lease of life to a long-unused part of the station. Transformed by an investment of more than £80,000, the first-floor space, once home to a dance...

New services which launch this month and a new station later this summer, will take the number of destinations served by Great Western Railway (GWR) to 200 for the first time. GWR's new timetable, launching from Sunday 17 May, represents...

This morning (Wednesday 6 May), the Cairo Monorail began carrying fare-paying passengers with trains assembled and tested at Alstom's Derby Litchurch Lane Works. It is the first time a British factory has exported rolling stock since 2008, when Derby...

Visitors to Gloucester Station can now step back in time thanks to a stunning new model railway diorama installed in the station waiting room. The detailed display, unveiled by the Mayor of Gloucester, recreates Gloucester station across multiple eras, spanning...

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has today called on the Government to turn words into action, following the Government’s response last week to the Transport Select Committee report on rail investment. Commenting on the Government’s response, RIA Chief Executive Darren...

Rail operator c2c Railway has announced its annual performance statistics for the 12 months to 31 March 2026, and the results put the train operating company top of the industry charts for service punctuality and reliability. The latest annual Railway...

First Rail London has announced a new management team that has begun operating the London Overground on behalf of Transport for London (TfL). Heading up the team as managing director is David Statham, currently the commercial director for First Rail. He...

One of the most-anticipated rail projects in the south west took a major step forward on Friday 1 May, as contracts worth £200 million were signed at Bristol Temple Meads to deliver two brand new stations and reinstate the...

The Government has rejected the premise of a select committee inquiry that rail investment has been subject to systemic ‘boom and bust’, other than in respect of rolling stock.  In its response to the Transport Committee’s Rail Investment Pipelines report,...

Great Western Railway (GWR) and Network Rail Western (NR) are bringing the leadership of the flagship London Paddington station under a single team as part of a series of moves designed to bring track and train closer together for...