Rail services on the Midland Main Line have been severely disrupted after a person was struck by a train between West Hampstead Thameslink and St Albans City.Emergency services were called to the scene and are currently carrying out their work on the railway. As a result, the line between the two...
LNER has released nearly four million tickets for the upcoming summer travel season, giving passengers the chance to secure their journeys well in advance.The tickets went on sale on Thursday 12 March 2026 and cover travel dates up to Friday 4 September 2026, with the exception of the August bank...
Lumo’s upcoming open access service on the West Coast Main Line is set to introduce lower-cost travel options between Scotland, the North West of England and London.The operator has confirmed that tickets are now available for journeys starting from 10 July through to the end of the summer season....
One week after a devastating fire tore through a historic building beside Glasgow Central, Scotland’s busiest railway station remains largely closed despite appearing to have escaped serious damage. The blaze broke out at around 3:46pm on Sunday 8 March in a vape shop on Union Street before...
Transport for Wales and Network Rail have confirmed that the Railway 200 ‘Inspiration’ exhibition train will return to Wales this spring, with a stop planned in Swansea.The special exhibition train is scheduled to arrive at Swansea station from Sunday 26 April to Tuesday 28 April, following a...
Rail Operations Group has confirmed a new two-year agreement with Direct Rail Services to provide storage and maintenance for its Class 93 locomotive fleet at Crewe.Under the deal, the locomotives will be based at the Gresty Bridge depot, where engineering teams from DRS will deliver servicing,...
DB Cargo UK has named one of its Class 66 locomotives in tribute to Antony Slater, founder of the Plasmor Group, recognising a long-standing partnership between the rail freight operator and the concrete products manufacturer.Locomotive 66186 was officially unveiled with the new name during a...
Colas Rail UK has secured a five-year agreement with Network Rail to operate and maintain the organisation’s fleet of Mobile Maintenance Trains, strengthening its role in supporting railway infrastructure across Britain.The contract covers eight Mobile Maintenance Trains, built by Robel, which are...
Alstom has been selected to supply its onboard automatic train control technology for Paris Metro Line 8 as part of a wider modernisation programme across the network.The contract, awarded by RATP on behalf of Île-de-France Mobilités, will see Alstom provide its I-CBTC onboard automatic control...
Alstom has secured a long-term role in maintaining regional trains in western Sweden after the operator SJ was awarded a new contract to run Västtågen services.The agreement, awarded by Västtrafik, the authority responsible for public transport across Western Sweden, confirms SJ as the operator...
The Environment Agency has been appointed as the Lead Environmental Regulator for the East West Rail project, creating a single coordinating body responsible for environmental guidance and approvals.The decision forms part of a wider “regulation reset” introduced by the government, aimed at...
Austria’s national rail operator is continuing its push towards cleaner regional transport after placing another order for battery-powered trains.The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has ordered seven additional FLIRT Akku units from Stadler as part of its strategy to modernise regional services...
Regional rail services in Greater Poland are set to receive a new fleet of electric trains after regional authorities signed a major rolling stock agreement with Stadler.The contract, signed on 12 March between representatives of the Marshal’s Office of the Greater Poland Province and the...
Brightline is gearing up for a busy Spring Break period in Florida, linking travellers with a series of major events taking place across the state throughout March. The private intercity rail operator says the schedule will help families and groups of friends move easily between destinations as...
Construction has officially begun on a major new rail-served industrial development in North Texas after BNSF Railway and local officials gathered to mark the project’s groundbreaking.Leaders from the City of Gunter, including Mayor Karen Souther, joined representatives from BNSF Railway, Grayson...
Emergency services and railway staff staged a large-scale training exercise near Kidderminster earlier this month to ensure they remain prepared for a major incident on the rail network.The simulated emergency took place on Thursday 12 March near the Severn Valley Railway’s Kidderminster station....
Glasgow Central Station’s high-level platforms are set to remain closed until at least Wednesday 18 March as work continues to deal with the aftermath of a major fire in a neighbouring city centre building.The upper platforms have been shut since Sunday 8 March after a significant blaze caused...
Police have released images of a man they wish to identify following a reported sexual assault on a London Underground train.The incident occurred at around 10.30am on Wednesday 21 February on a southbound Victoria line service approaching Green Park station. According to investigators, a woman was...
A man has been convicted following a violent knife attack during the evening rush hour at a West London railway station, after an investigation led by British Transport Police.Aidan Watts, 20, of Cremorne Estate in Kensington and Chelsea, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm ahead of a trial that...
Detectives are appealing for help after an e-bike worth thousands of pounds was stolen from Stafford railway station earlier this year.The theft took place at around 6.40pm on Tuesday 10 February when a man entered the station’s cycle hub. According to investigators, the suspect removed a pair of...