Rail Business

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today published its annual Rail Industry Finance (UK) statistical report. The report shows the income, expenditure and government funding of the UK rail industry for the financial year 1 April 2022 to...

In preparation for the launch of contactless pay as you go across its entire rail network, c2c is introducing a new and simplified fares & ticketing model and revised peak travel times on Sunday 3 December. This will make...

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has given the go-ahead for Grand Central, an open access operator, to serve Peterborough railway station, offering more journey opportunities and choice to passengers. The approval will enable two existing daily Grand Central...

A 12-year-old train enthusiast has become the youngest person to adopt one of Northern’s Merseyside stations. Keiran Glover is volunteering at St Helen’s Junction after contacting Northern’s community team when he read about station adoption on the train operator’s website. Growing...

Passengers at five Sussex stations will have more trains to choose from when Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) introduces its new timetable from Sunday 10 December. In response to requests from the local communities of Preston Park and Hassocks, their stations...

Those hoping for a late Christmas getaway are being warned to plan ahead by GWR, as engineering work is set to impact train services. Work on HS2 is already well underway to deliver trains to Old Oak Common; as part...

The previously mothballed rail line, which runs between Okehampton and Exeter, was restored in just nine months and delivered £10m under budget, opening two years ago to the day today. Since then, more than 550,000 passenger journeys have been...

A new look Gatwick Airport station has today (Tuesday 21 November) opened to passengers, transforming the journey from train to plane and giving passengers travelling between Brighton and London easier, faster, more reliable journeys. The bigger, better, and brighter station...

Community rail projects have been given the go-ahead thanks to funding from West Midlands Railway (WMR). Grants of up to £10,000 were made available through the latest round of WMR’s “Your Community, Your Fund” scheme, funded by the Department for...

Churches and other community hubs in rural Lancashire and Cheshire are prepared for the worst of the winter weather thanks to Railway Mission and Avanti West Coast. Railway Mission, a Christian faith-based charity that provides the chaplaincy service to the...