Rail Business

Work on the Midlands Rail Hub is set to begin after ministers provided an initial £123 million funding injection. The transformational upgrade project is part of the Government’s plan to improve transport across the region and beyond, boosting the capacity...

FirstGroup, the leading private sector transport operator, today announces that its popular open access rail service Lumo is in discussions with Transport Scotland and Network Rail to extend some of its London-Edinburgh trains to and from Glasgow. Having identified opportunities...

A control room train services manager for Govia Thameslink Railway hopes to visit all 2,580 of Great Britain's railway stations in just six weeks. Dave Jones, 34 of Three Bridges, West Sussex, expects to average 62 stations a day in...

Train operator Lumo has shared data detailing its economic contribution and emissions saved by its all-electric service. The data, which is shared across the two reports, revealed that the East Coast Main Line operator saved 60.6 kilotons of CO2 last...

On 20 February, the Government published its Draft Rail Reform Bill. This proposes the creation a new Integrated Rail Body (IRB) that brings together decisions on infrastructure and train operations. The IRB would become Great British Railways (GBR) as...

In a big step forward for the East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP), new technology has now been successfully commissioned between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin, bringing digital signalling on the East Coast Main Line a step closer. Engineers have worked...

Ministers yesterday (Tuesday 20 February) put forward their plan for the future of the railways, publishing a draft Rail Reform Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny. The draft Bill sets in motion a plan to deliver punctual and reliable services, simpler tickets,...

East London and South Essex train operator c2c has achieved prestigious White Ribbon accreditation, demonstrating its commitment to tackling gender inequality, and violence towards women and girls. White Ribbon is the UK’s leading charity engaging men and boys to end...

Rolling stock financier and asset management company Porterbrook has agreed a deal to take a 49% stake in Brodie Engineering. The Kilmarnock-based company is the only active rail engineering business in Scotland, specialising in heavy maintenance, refurbishment and overhauls for...

Train operator Southern is to introduce an extensively redesigned and improved timetable for its Hampshire and West Sussex customers in June this year. The improvements to weekday and Saturday schedules include new and more frequent services with expanded capacity on...