The first visitors to Locomotion in Shildon can now book their tickets online ahead of the museum’s reopening on Wednesday 19 May as national Covid-19 restrictions are eased.  Visitors will be able to see the original Locomotion No.1 on display...

Avanti West Coast Service Manager Bob Bigsby bids farewell to colleagues. After joining the railway in 1967, Service Manager Bob Bigsby retiresHe is one of the longest serving employees on the West Coast Main LineHis distinguished career on the railway...

A giant crane lifted two new bridges into place at Warrington Bank Quay station this Easter to make future rail journeys more reliable for passengers and freight. Time-lapse footage release by Network Rail today (Tuesday 6 April) shows the huge...

Passengers are benefitting from more reliable step-free access at Macclesfield station after a major overhaul of its lifts. They reopened to passengers today (Thursday 1 April) after the lift cars and mechanical equipment were replaced over the last 12 weeks. The...

Customers travelling on all of FirstGroup’s rail companies including Avanti West Coast, Great Western Railway (GWR), Hull Trains, South Western Railway (SWR) and TransPennine Express (TPE) have the opportunity to donate their Delay Repay compensation to the Group’s UK...

Passengers at Birmingham New Street are being urged to check their platforms throughout 2021 while major signalling upgrades take place to improve future journeys. A rolling programme of platform closures started in January so signalling equipment at the country's busiest...

A total of 140 million rail journeys were made in Great Britain in October, November and December 2020 and season ticket usage by passengers increased to 23% of pre-Covid levels, according to official statistics by the Office of Rail...

Train journeys are being made more reliable on the West Coast main line thanks to major work to stop tracks inside a Victorian-built railway tunnel from flooding. Network Rail engineers will improve drainage in Crick tunnel on the Northampton loop....

As schools go back this week, Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) have received thanks and praise from families across the industry for the invaluable help received during home schooling and lockdown. RBF have awarded direct financial support to over 100 families...

A cat had a lucky escape at London Euston station after it was spotted on the roof of an Avanti West Coast train which was about to speed to Manchester. Wide-eyed and terrified, the cat was seen curled up on...