The hazards of the January Sales are officially over. This is, after all, the February edition of the rail engineer magazine. But did you emerge unscathed? Or are you right now sitting on a can’t-leave-that-there sofa? Or trying not to open the credit card statement? At sales time the high-street environment can be decidedly less [...]

Punctuality on the UK's railways was 88.7% during period 10, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. The data for Britain's train services covers the period from 11 December 2011 - 7 January 2012. This compares to 81.1%...

Neil Scales is quitting his job as chief executive of Merseytravel and heading for Australia and a new career as ceo of TransLink, the public transport authority in Brisbane, Queensland. Mr Scales has spent 15 years at Merseytravel and takes up his new post in March. ‘It was a hard decision to make and one [...]

Network Rail will be using the Christmas holiday break to remove the rail bridge over Sandhills Lane and slide two new U-type structures into place, at Sandhills railway station on Merseyside. 'As if that wasn’t complicated enough, part of the new...

ATOC has provided information for rail passengers on the impact of the Government’s decision to change the level of regulated fare rises in 2012: What is happening to rail fares next year? On 29 November, the UK Government announced that in...

Railway humour was out in force at this year’s RailStaff Awards. Staged at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham the evening had a Halloween theme. ‘Come straight from work have you, Julie?’ said a railway manager to a colleague who...

The fifth RailStaff Awards has been hailed as a great success. In what has now become a popular annual event the RailStaff Awards recognises the ingenuity, effort and professionalism of the men and women who deliver the railway round the...

Abellio Greater Anglia Limited has been chosen as the new operator for the 'Greater Anglia' franchise which is currently operated by National Express East Anglia and stretches across Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. The franchise is due to start in February...

After a record year with over a thousand entries, we're delighted to announce this years finalists, who have been voted for by you on the RailStaff Awards Website. These final ten (and twelve in two very popular categories) will be...

Punctuality on the railways reached 92.3% during period five, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. The data for Britain's train services covers the period from 24 July 2011 - 20 August 2011. This compares to 94.2%...