Covid
Passengers encouraged to travel safely as covid restrictions eased
With many shops and businesses open again and schools set to return after the Easter break, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), bus, tram and rail operators are preparing to welcome more people safely back on to public transport services. This...
Company News
The Severn Valley Railway launches livestream camera network
The Severn Valley Railway is launching an exciting new service for supporters and visitors - a network of livestream cameras with a round-the-clock feed showing rolling stock movements at key locations along the line. The camera feeds will go...
Industry News
Passengers reminded of three-day closure at King’s Cross station 23rd-25th April
No trains will run to or from London King’s Cross on Friday 23, Saturday 24 or Sunday 25 April as major upgrades are made to the signalling system The following changes will also be put in place: Friday 23 April LNER trains...
Company News
Train app helps passengers to avoid busiest carriages
South Western Railway (SWR) customers will be able to avoid overcrowded carriages under plans for technology that provides real-time information about the busiest trains. The innovative system uses onboard CCTV cameras to anonymously ‘count’ the number of passengers in each...
Rail Business
Sheep put themselves in shear danger taking a short-cut on busy Cambridgeshire rail line
Network Rail staff were called out to Queen Adelaide village in Ely on Wednesday 7 April at 9:45am after reports of sheep making a wrong turning at the level crossing and taking a short-cut down the Ely to Peterborough...
Infrastructure
Major railway investment for station footbridge in Telford
Nearly a million pounds is being invested to replace a public footbridge to provide a better way for people to cross the railway in Telford. The old footbridge linking the south of Oakengates station to Station Fields and Hancocks Drive...
Rail Business
Debden Underground station becomes step-free
Debden is the latest Tube station on the eastern section of the Central line to become step-free Two new lifts and a pedestrian bridge give step-free access from street to platform Transport for London (TfL) has announced today that Debden Underground...
Rail Business
Let’s travel with confidence this summer as GWR announces staged timetable improvements
Longer trains and some additional train services are to be provided from Monday to help people returning to rail travel as part of the government’s lockdown easing roadmap to do so safely and with confidence. While current government advice remains...
Infrastructure
New Midland Main Line station a step closer as Network Rail improves track layout
Work is ramping up to remodel the track and make way for the new Brent Cross West station. Over the Easter weekend, Network Rail lifted and moved some of the redesigned track between West Hampstead and Mill Hill Broadway. The project,...
Industry News
Iconic Ribblehead viaduct repaired for ‘Staycation Summer’
Work to restore the world-renowned Ribblehead viaduct for rail passengers and tourists in North Yorkshire is now complete. From today (Friday April 9) visitors to the Ribble Valley can see the iconic piece of Victorian railway architecture in all its...
Latest News
Passengers encouraged to travel safely as covid restrictions eased
With many shops and businesses open again and schools set to return after the Easter break, Transport for Greater...