Passengers travelling on the West Coast main line between Birmingham and London over the early May bank holiday are being urged to check before they travel. Track and drainage improvements are being made which will help to make journeys more...

With less than three months until the start of the summer holidays, Campaign for Better Transport and rail passengers are calling on train companies to change the way they sell advance tickets to encourage more people to travel by...

Cambridge and Peterborough-based teenagers with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have been shown the ins and outs of train travel by Great Northern and Thameslink. The ‘Try A Train’ event, hosted by station teams from St Neots and Stevenage,...

Having secured the purchase of the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre in Warwickshire last month, rolling stock financier and asset management company Porterbrook has confirmed its latest plans for the site to renew and electrify the 3.5km track. Once completed...

It’s that time again – the countdown to the RailStaff Awards has begun, and although 2023’s event set the bar impossibly high, this year it will be bigger and better than ever! Last year’s extravaganza wowed everyone in attendance. From...

LNER, the British Transport Police (BTP) History Group, ‘Raids Over York’ heritage project, and Normandy veteran Ken Cooke have joined together to commemorate the life of Robert Smith, an LNER railway police constable who served at York Railway Station...

West Midlands Trains (WMT) has signed a new long-term maintenance contract with CrossCountry to continue maintaining the long-distance operator’s Class 170 fleet at WMT’s Tyseley depot in Birmingham. The contract, which started this month, secures jobs in the region through...

East London and South Essex rail firm Trenitalia c2c Ltd (c2c) is celebrating a major operational milestone as its fleet of 357 Electrostar trains clock up 150 million service miles. C2c's fleet of 357 ‘Electrostar’ trains have recently completed an...

Passengers travelling between Wigan North Western and Preston stations on the West Coast Main Line are being advised to check before they travel because of damaged overhead power lines. Network Rail engineers are working as fast as they can to...

Arriva Rail London (ARL) has announced the appointment of Anjuli Ramburuth as the company’s finance director with immediate effect. Anjuli takes over the role from Steve Best, who became managing director in January 2024. Anjuli joins ARL from Arriva UK...