Rail Business

The first three conductors recruited to work on the new Northumberland Line have started their training with Northern – as the closing date for 12 further vacancies approaches. David Nattress, Kevin Watson, and Cameron Young are the first of 15...

Northern has appointed Mark Gardner as its new head of operational standards. In this role, Gardner will be responsible for developing, implementing and reviewing all operational safety processes and procedures for the train operator. Gardner, from Leeds in West Yorkshire, has...

Following consultations with passenger bodies, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has this morning rejected plans to close hundreds of ticket stations across the country within the next three years. He said: “The consultation on ticket offices has now ended, with the...

Hitachi Rail has been given clearance to proceed with its €1.66 billion acquisition of Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems business today. The publication of the European Commission’s (EC) approval means that the deal has now received clearance from all 13 competition...

Campaign for Better Transport is calling for a Best Price Guarantee, a low-cost monthly public transport ticket, and rewards for frequent travellers in the form of Rail Miles as it launches its blueprint for fares and ticketing reform at...

ScotRail services between the Central Belt and Aberdeen and Inverness will return to normal from today (Monday 30 October) following a weekend of heavy rain. A Met Office yellow weather warning had been in place across North East Scotland since...

It’s the end of an era for train driver Phil Read who made his final station stop today (Friday 27 October), retiring after more than 37 years of driving trains. Phil joined CrossCountry as a train driver in July 1998...

Northern customers have celebrated Halloween early with a spooktrackular ghost train between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly. The trip by Northern helped kick-start the countdown to Halloween and celebrate a host of monstrously good events across Manchester city centre, including 'MCR...

Greater Anglia has donated several accessibility ramps to the North Norfolk Railway, to help customers with accessibility needs who travel on this popular heritage line. The train operator has donated seven ramps to the North Norfolk Railway, a heritage line...

Almost 10 years ago, a skinny black cat showed up at one of Northern’s Lancashire depots cold and hungry. The team at Blackpool took him in and named him 'Max'. And he must have spread the word that the depot...