The Samaritans Lifesaver Award, recognises workers who have used all their communication skills and training to help protect a life on the rails. Megan Moore from ScotRail took home the prize at this year's RailStaff Awards. Megan was awarded for...

The great and good of the Rail Industry gathered at Birmingham’s NEC last night (Thursday 30 November) for the RailStaff Awards 2023. After another eventful 12 months for Rail, all were there to celebrate the outstanding efforts of the industry’s...

Passengers in Liverpool could soon benefit from a simpler, more affordable, and integrated transport network thanks to an agreement signed by Transport Secretary Mark Harper and Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram today (Thursday 16 November). The Memorandum of Understanding commits to...

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced the opening date for Kirkby’s new £80m Headbolt Lane station. The fully accessible station, the first to be served by the Liverpool City Region’s new publicly owned battery powered trains, is set to...

One hundred lucky members of the public got the chance to tour one of Birkenhead’s most iconic landmarks over the weekend after Network Rail organised rare access. The railway company teamed up with local organisation Big Heritage to provide six...

Rail customers will benefit from informed, safe and secure experiences at 156 stations following the awarding of a maintenance contract to critical communications specialists Telent. Telent will provide planned and reactive maintenance services for more than 4,000 security and information...

Experienced rail industry leader Mal Drury-Rose has been appointed to the twin role of Director of Rail for Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and Executive Director of the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE). The job involves leading on delivery of...

In a letter to industry, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has praised train operators and Network Rail for their disability awareness refresher training. ORR requires operators to deliver refresher training on disability and equality every two years and...

Network Rail has completed a range of essential upgrades to the railway between London Euston, the Midlands, North West and Scotland over the early May bank holiday. Between Saturday 29 April and Tuesday 2 May, teams carried out vital work...

Passengers travelling on the West Coast main line and North West rail routes are being advised to check before they travel ahead of multi-million pound railway upgrades over the early May bank holiday. Network Rail is carrying out major projects...