Passengers on the Esk Valley line now have a reason to start their day earlier, as Northern launches a new morning service from Whitby from Monday 15 December 2025.The new train departs Whitby at 07:24, reaching Middlesbrough at 09:00 and Newcastle by 10:20. The service is part of the wider December...
Rail industry colleagues from across the north gathered at York’s National Railway Museum on Wednesday (10 December 2025) for a festive carol service celebrating the holiday season and two centuries of Britain’s railways.More than 200 attendees joined in singing carols, listening to readings,...
Hull Trains has emerged as the top-scoring long-distance operator in the inaugural Rail Customer Experience Survey, highlighting the company’s commitment to passenger satisfaction.The survey, the most extensive of its kind to date, captures the experiences and opinions of travellers across the UK,...
Station Jim, the beloved Victorian railway mascot, has been restored and returned to his permanent home at Slough station, now proudly displayed in a custom-built cabinet on Platform 5.Great Western Railway (GWR) led the restoration project in collaboration with Museums Partnership Reading, Arts...
A new team of train service managers has started work this week at Scotland’s rail operating centre in Glasgow, marking the first time cross-border operators have been co-located in the state-of-the-art facility.The eight-strong team will operate around the clock, focusing on the performance and...
Network Rail is set to continue a major track replacement programme on the London Overground Mildmay line after an 11-day partial closure over the Christmas period. The work will extend into January and February, taking place over three weekends to complete essential upgrades.Engineers have already...
Network Rail has released figures highlighting the widespread disruption caused by vehicles striking railway bridges across Britain. Between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025, there were 1,666 reported bridge strikes, averaging one incident every five hours and resulting in approximately £12 million...
Rail passengers and local residents at Longport station in Stoke-on-Trent are facing a longer wait for essential improvements to the station’s footbridge.Work to upgrade the structure and staircases, part of a £1.4 million investment led by Network Rail and its principal contractor Story, began...
Major engineering work will take place in Deighton over the Christmas period as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), with activity running from 22:15 on Wednesday 24 December until 05:30 on Sunday 27 December. The work is scheduled while trains are not operating on the network.As part of...
Train services to and from London Waterloo will be disrupted over the holiday period as engineers carry out major upgrades near Queenstown Road. The works, taking place from Saturday 27 December 2025 to Sunday 4 January 2026, aim to improve both safety and reliability on one of Britain’s busiest...
A man who violently attacked two passengers with a glass bottle during a train journey has been convicted of Attempted Murder and Serious Assault following a British Transport Police investigation.Thomas Craig, 48, of Walton Street in East Renfrewshire, was found guilty on 28 November after a...
Police have issued an appeal to identify a man following a series of bike thefts across Surrey earlier this year. The image released is linked to seven thefts recorded between 5 May and 16 October 2025 at cycle hubs located at Walton-on-Thames, Woking, Guildford, and London Road...
Police have released images of a man they want to trace as part of an investigation into an assault at Edinburgh Haymarket Station. The incident took place at around 7.20pm on Saturday 25 October 2025.The individual officers hope to identify is described as white, in his late 30s to early 40s, of...
Police have issued a CCTV image as they investigate the robbery of a 14-year-old boy on a train between Egham and Hounslow.The incident occurred on Monday 8 September aboard the 2.27pm service. A man who boarded at Feltham approached the teenager, demanded his bike and threatened to stab him if he...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man allegedly tried several times to set fire to a woman’s hair on a Merseyrail service.The incident happened on the 5.50pm Formby–Liverpool Central train on Friday 7 November, shortly after a man boarded at Waterloo. While sitting directly behind the...
Are you looking to capture a glimpse of "The Bath Christmas Market Express" railtour on 12th December 2025? Promoted by Saphos Trains the tour is scheduled to be hauled by 71000 Duke of Gloucester with support from the LSL diesel fleet. The railtour is due to travel from Three Bridges to Bath Spa,...
On this day in 1981, severe winter weather contributed to one of the most tragic incidents on the Chiltern line when two diesel multiple-unit trains collided near Seer Green in Buckinghamshire. Heavy snowfall had settled across the route during the early morning of 11 December, restricting...
As part of its month-long holiday celebrations, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) is spreading some festive cheer in Littleton. On Saturday, 13 December, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Santa Claus and his helpers will be making a special stop at Littleton Downtown Station.Families, children, and...
CAF has won a new contract in France valued at around €250 million, further strengthening its presence in the French rail sector. The company will supply 22 Régiolis regional trains to SNCF Voyageurs for operations in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, also known as “Région Sud.”This...
Siemens Mobility and Railpool have announced plans to develop a new expert locomotive maintenance center at Verona Interporto, Italy’s largest integrated traffic hub. The companies have signed a preliminary agreement to purchase a 15,000 square metre plot from Consorzio ZAI, with a joint...