Following this morning's announcement that regulated train fares will rise by an average of 8% in January 2012, the Association of Train Operating Companies has outlined what the changes will mean to the average commuter. What will these fare rises...

Merseytravel, the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination of public transport in Merseyside, will be introducing smartcard technology on its network this year. The cards, similar to Oyster cards, will be introduced in a bid to make ticketing easier...

Punctuality on the railways reached 92.2% during July, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. The data for Britain's train services covers period four of the year - from 26 June 2011 to 23 July 2011. This...

Craig Dobson is keeping up a 140 year old family tradition by being part of Network Rail’s apprenticeship scheme. Every generation of the family back to his great, great grandfather in 1871 has worked in the rail industry. His brother Andrew...

Punctuality on the railways reached 92.8% during June, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. The data for Britain’s train services covers the period from 29 May to 25 June 2011. This compares with 93.0% for the same...

Punctuality on the railways reached 93.7% during May, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. Trains being 'on time' is measured by passenger trains reaching their scheduled destination within a set time period. For long distance trains ‘on...

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport Norman Baker announced today that funding will be made available for certain Train Operating Companies and Cycle Towns to improve their bicycle and rail schemes: "Today, I am announcing £836,000 of additional...

Network Rail should be transformed over the next three years into around ten independent infrastructure companies, which in turn would work much more closely with train companies, according to a paper published today. The paper, published by the Association of...

Three new lifts linked by a new footbridge are now making life a lot easier for passengers using Hooton railway station. All four platforms at the station can now be used by anyone, whether they are disabled, parents with...

Network Rail has reported that train punctuality has bounced back to over 90% on time following the difficult winter conditions of December. The latest train performance results reported that 90.3% of trains arrived on time compared with 89.5% for the...