Covid

Southeastern has confirmed that due to an increase in staff availability, more train services can be reintroduced to its timetable. From Monday a small number of extra trains will be running, with the remainder of services restored by Monday 31...

Northern Rail staff cleaned the operator’s carriages almost one million times in 2021. The rail operator is taking extra care to ensure its trains and stations are as clean as possible for its customers, and a total of 952,514 cleans...

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...

The UK’s biggest rail franchise is offering twice-weekly rapid lateral flow tests to its colleagues who can’t work from home. It’s part of a Government scheme to help stem the spread of Covid-19 and give added reassurance to staff,...

Five customer service staff at London Euston station have been recruited to give Covid-19 jabs in a major push to get people vaccinated across the capital. The Network Rail staff have been given special training so they can be called...

Avanti West Coast has completed its overhaul of the Voyager fleet, following a six-month programme. The £8.3 million overhaul, which was carried out at Bombardier’s depot in Ilford, east London, includes new Standard Class seats covers and carpets as well...

HS2 is helping to support students who have deferred their university place due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by offering them work experience. To help students who had planned to study this year, but were offered a deferred...

Train operator Avanti West Coast has helped raise over £2,000 for Railway Children by donating a number of items to the charity’s week-long Rail Aid fundraiser. In total, eight station signs from Crewe Station were bought by rail enthusiasts, eager...

A new fifth platform has been constructed at Stevenage station as part of the Stevenage Turnback project. This will allow services from Stevenage to run to London Moorgate, assist with commuter services from Hertford on the East Coast main line...

The Department for Transport has announced that the annual fare increase will be delayed until 1 March 2021, when regulated fares will then increase by 2.6%, calculated, as always, as being RPI+1. As a result of the delay, key workers,...