Rail News

Figures released by Greater Anglia (GA) today highlight ongoing excellent punctuality standards being delivered for customers across East Anglia. Performance for the last 4-week period (ending 3 February) saw punctuality across the Greater Anglia network averaging 94.1% - using...

More then 80,000 new ‘payrolled employees’ across the North of England are eligible for the equivalent of three months free travel to work with Northern. The train operator has made the claim in response to the latest ‘Labour Market Overview’...

Network Rail teams are working around the clock at the site of a landslip in Baildon to reinstate train services as quickly as possible. Engineers have been on site since Monday 5 February after reports of cracks in an cutting...

A brand new West Midlands Railway (WMR) electric train fleet has carried its first passengers this week, marking the start of a new era of rail travel in the region. The first Class 730 to carry passengers in the region...

Greater Anglia is pleased to announce the introduction of Transport Safety Officers (TSOs) aimed at enhancing safety on the rail network in Essex, as part of a joint project. Six Transport Safety Officers will carry out patrols between Southend Victoria...

Contractors working for HS2 have removed a 4,000 tonne bridge over the M42 to make way for the construction of the new high speed line across the motorway near the Interchange Station construction site in Solihull. A team of 20...

Network Rail is investing £2.7 million to upgrade Manchester Oxford Road station, giving passengers a smoother experience as they travel through the city centre. Work begins in March 2024, and will redesign the front of the station. New ticket barriers...

Transport bosses have earmarked £1 million funding to develop proposals for new railway stations at Castle Bromwich, Coventry East, and near Tettenhall. The three locations have been shortlisted by the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) following a feasibility study which...

Network Rail is reminding customers to plan ahead and allow plenty of time as buses replace South Western Railway (SWR), Great Western Railway (GWR), and Southern trains between Southampton Central and Havant, Eastleigh and Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central...

Siemens Mobility is in the final stages of fitting out the new train factory in Goole, Yorkshire where up to 80% of the new Piccadilly line Tube trains will be produced, up from a figure of 50%. The factory,...