Rail Business

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visited Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, on Friday (6 December) to celebrate a significant agreement for the Hitachi Rail Limited factory which has secured an order to manufacture 70 new rail cars for leading transport...

The UK’s largest train operator is offering free use of an innovative sign language app to remove barriers for passengers who are deaf or suffer hearing loss – and help them travel with confidence across its 11-county network. Customers will...

Transport for London (TfL), Network Rail and Google have launched Google Street View within stations across central London, enabling even easier journey-planning. From today (5 December), customers can now access Google Street View within 18 stations across the Tube, Elizabeth...

Arriva Rail London (ARL), which operates the London Overground on behalf of Transport for London (TfL), has more than doubled its target to deliver 50,000 meals to those in need across the capital. Throughout October, ARL teamed up with food...

Northern has issued a reminder to employees of registered charities that they are eligible for 25%-off travel on their 2,500 services a day across the North of England. The saving, which is delivered in partnership with Network - a company...

Louise Haigh has resigned as UK transport secretary after news emerged that she incorrectly told police a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013. In a statement, Haigh said that she was mugged while on a night out when she...

The latest statistics from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) show that train fare revenue between April 2023 and March 2024 rose by 14% to £10.4 billion compared to the previous twelve months, but at a slower rate than passenger...

England cricket legend Stuart Broad CBE joined South Western Railway (SWR) on 27 November to celebrate the rollout of the Arterio fleet, officially naming one of their trains the Nighthawk in London Waterloo. The former One Day and Twenty20 captain...

A limited train service will resume at Northampton station on Thursday (November 28) following severe flooding earlier this week during Storm Bert, operator London Northwestern Railway has confirmed. Due to ongoing infrastructure challenges caused by the flooding, a reduced hourly...

Campaign for Better Transport is urging the Government to prioritise trams and light rail in its Integrated Transport Strategy, due today (28 November), and to do more to help speed up the introduction of new tram networks to British...