Emergency services are responding to a major railway incident near Bedford after reports that two trains have collided.British Transport Police confirmed it was dealing with reports of a collision involving two trains in the Bedford area, while other emergency services have also been called to the...
British Transport Police have issued a CCTV appeal as part of an investigation into an incident on board a ScotRail service between Edinburgh Waverley and Cowdenbeath.The incident took place on Saturday 11 April 2026 on the 7.49pm service from Edinburgh Waverley.Officers have released an image of a...
British Transport Police detectives have issued an appeal after a woman was sexually assaulted on a Jubilee Line train travelling between London Bridge and West Hampstead.The incident happened at around 1.40pm on Thursday 28 May. The woman was sitting on board the train when a man, believed to have...
British Transport Police have issued an appeal after a passenger with mobility issues was assaulted on board a train travelling to Luton Airport Parkway.The incident happened at around 3.20pm on Wednesday 3 June, when the victim asked another passenger to move so he could sit down.According to...
On this day in 1900, a fatal collision at Slough railway station exposed the danger of a fast express passing signals at danger on one of Britain’s busiest main lines. The crash happened at 1.41pm on 16 June on the Great Western Main Line, when a London Paddington to Falmouth Docks express ran...
Rail passengers travelling through the Purley area are facing major disruption after structural damage was found on a bridge, forcing all lines through the station to close.The problem has added to existing disruption in the area, with planned engineering work already reducing the number of tracks...
Avanti West Coast’s Class 805 Evero trains have passed five million miles in service, marking a significant point in the rollout of the operator’s newer intercity fleet on the West Coast Main Line.The bi-mode trains entered passenger use in June 2024 and form part of Avanti’s wider Evero...
The family of 15-year-old Harrison Aylott have paid an emotional tribute after he died on the railway in Blockley earlier this week.British Transport Police officers were called to the line at around 8pm on Monday 8 June following reports of a casualty on the tracks. Paramedics also attended, but...
British Transport Police detectives have issued an appeal after violence broke out on a platform at London Bridge railway station.Officers were called to the station at around 11.50pm on Monday 11 May following reports that a group of men had been fighting. By the time police arrived, most of those...
British Transport Police have launched an appeal after a woman was subjected to indecent behaviour on a train travelling towards East Croydon.The incident happened at around 6.30am on Friday 22 May, after a man boarded a southbound service at Clapham Junction. Officers say he exposed himself to a...
British Transport Police detectives have issued an appeal for help after a woman was sexually assaulted on an Elizabeth Line service travelling through east London.The incident happened shortly before 11pm on Saturday 6 June, when a group of buskers boarded an eastbound train at Whitechapel station....
Wrexham & Shropshire was one of the shortest-lived but most fondly remembered train operators of the modern British railway. It did not have a vast network, a famous inter-city brand or decades in which to establish itself. Instead, it offered something simple and unusual: a direct, high-quality...
East Midlands Railway has shown off the first fully refurbished EMR Connect train, marking a key stage in a £30 million upgrade of services between Corby and London St Pancras International.The Class 360 unit is the first train from the EMR Connect fleet to be completed under the programme and is...
Rail passengers are facing disruption after a person was hit by a train between Kirkcaldy and Dundee.All lines between the two locations are currently closed while emergency services attend the incident.Trains running through the affected section may be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes or...
Passengers using services between Nuneaton and Rugby are facing major disruption after a bridge partially collapsed, blocking all lines through the area.The incident means trains running between the two stations may be cancelled, delayed by up to 60 minutes or diverted via Birmingham.Services may...
Lines between Stevenage and Peterborough have reopened after emergency services completed their work following an earlier incident in which a person was hit by a train.Services are now beginning to recover, but passengers are still being warned to expect disruption while train movements return to...
The British Rail Class 175 Coradia is one of those trains that never became a national icon, but mattered greatly to the routes and passengers it served. Built by Alstom at Washwood Heath in Birmingham between 1999 and 2001, the class was part of a new generation of diesel multiple units intended to...
Passengers travelling between Stockport and Sheffield are facing disruption after a tree blocked the railway at New Mills.All lines through the affected area are currently blocked, with trains subject to delays of up to 60 minutes, cancellations or revised schedules.A team is on the way to the site...
On this day in 1892, two passenger trains collided at Esholt Junction in Yorkshire, killing five passengers and injuring 26 passengers, along with four railway staff. The crash happened at 3.34pm on Thursday 9 June at the point where the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway divided, with one route leading...
On this day in 1866, a serious railway collision took place inside Welwyn North Tunnel, north of Welwyn station in Hertfordshire, on the Great Northern Railway. The accident happened late on 9 June, at about 11.36pm, after a train of empty coal wagons came to a stand in the tunnel and was then...