Rail Business

Passengers making essential journeys will be welcomed back onto the Stourbridge Town branch line next week (w/c Mon 22 Feb) following the completion of improvement works. The line, which connects Stourbridge Town and Stourbridge Junction stations, has been suspended for a fortnight...

People who park their car at Cambridge North, Chelmsford and Ely rail stations will no longer have to use a pay machine, thanks to the introduction of Automatic Number Plate Recognition. Greater Anglia, in partnership with NCP, the UK’s largest...

Railway lines into London Euston station plagued by graffiti have been cleaned up for residents and passengers. Special teams from Network Rail and HS2 have cleared graffiti hotspots in Harlesden, Queens Park, Wembley Central and Euston so far in 2021. The...

Offensive graffiti on a recently replaced railway footbridge in Liverpool has been removed in a continued blitz against rail network vandalism across the North West. A special Network Rail clean-up team quickly got to work on Mossley Hill footbridge after...

GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the largest rail freight operators in the UK, has officially begun a new service from Portbury to Acton, in partnership with AI. Responding at short notice, there was the requirement for the GBRf team to...

Network Rail has reopened Narborough station footbridge, after completing major work to revamp, revitalise and future proof the historic structure. Since September, Network Rail has been working on the £850,000 project, which has seen the main footbridge span removed and...

Avanti West Coast supports work of charities, food banks and organisations local to its route to help people in need with donations of surplus food. Charities, food banks and organisations help Avanti West Coast distribute food to those in needFood...

Network Rail worker Rory Higgins, who is based in York, has been recognised as a Railway Hero, following his work to keep freight services moving throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. When the pandemic hit and the spotlight was on freight services,...

Passengers are being advised about urgent repairs to Birkenhead North station’s lifts after they were damaged by water. Heavy rain caused water to leak into the lift mechanisms during storms this winter. It means the ground floor entrances and some of...

The railway between Stonehaven and Montrose will reopen for passenger and freight customers on Monday, February 22, following the successful completion of repair works on a damaged bridge between the towns. The rail bridge – which dates from the 1840s...