A man has died after falling from a subway platform and being struck by a train at a Philadelphia station in the early hours of Wednesday, authorities have confirmed.Philadelphia police said Terrell Burton, 41, was fatally injured at the SEPTA Broad Street Line’s Hunting Park Station at around...
A 31-year-old man was killed early Wednesday after being struck by a train in Ogden, prompting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.Police were called to the area near 3550 Pacific Avenue shortly before 5am following reports that a pedestrian had been hit by a train....
The opening of Liverpool’s planned £100m Baltic station has been pushed back by two years, with the Liverpool City Region mayor confirming the project is now expected to be completed in 2029 rather than 2027.The station, intended to serve the Baltic Triangle area, has been delayed because Network...
A man who targeted a teenage girl at Cosham railway station has been jailed for a year after admitting a sexual assault uncovered through a British Transport Police investigation.Barnaby Money, 46, from East Hill Road in Ryde, appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on 15 January, where he received a...
Police have confirmed the death of a person on the railway near Kirkham following an emergency response earlier today.Officers and paramedics were called to Kirkham and Wesham railway station at 9.18am on Wednesday, January 21, after a report was made of a casualty on the tracks. Emergency services...
Passenger numbers on Northern services climbed to their highest level since the pandemic last year, with close to 100 million journeys recorded across the operator’s network in 2025.The train company logged 98.6 million passenger journeys during the calendar year, marking a 10% rise compared with...
Rail union RMT is set to protest outside Transport for London’s board meeting next month as it intensifies its campaign against outsourcing and calls on Mayor Sadiq Khan to bring TfL cleaners back under public control.The demonstration will take place from 9.30am on Wednesday 4 February outside...
A fatal derailment on Barcelona’s commuter rail network has left a train driver dead and at least 37 passengers injured, five of them seriously, as Spain’s rail system reels from a second deadly crash in just two days.The Rodalies train came off the tracks on Tuesday night after striking a...
Police are seeking witnesses after an elderly man was assaulted during a train journey to Gravesend earlier this month.The incident occurred at around 4.35pm on 1 January 2026, when a train guard approached a passenger to inspect his ticket. Officers say the man became aggressive during the...
Police are urging victims and witnesses to come forward following a reported sexual harassment incident on the London Underground involving a man travelling from Holborn to King’s Cross.The incident took place at around 12.45pm on Tuesday, 13 January 2026. Officers say a man was seen smoking on...
Passengers using Greater Anglia services between London and Essex are experiencing disruption this evening following a police incident on the railway.Police were called to reports of a person at risk of self-harm on the line between Stratford and Shenfield. The individual has since been located and...
Bedford Borough Council has been told it will not recover more than £32m already spent on plans and construction work for a new railway station, after the project was paused and reconfigured.Councillors were informed that the authority will not be reimbursed for an estimated £32.1m incurred while...
Passengers using the West Coast Main Line are expected to see long-term improvements as Network Rail moves forward with a wide-ranging programme of renewal on the heavily used route linking London, the Midlands, the North West and Scotland.Network Rail has set out the next phase of work aimed at...
Passengers using the West Coast Main Line are expected to see improvements in reliability following a new joint working arrangement introduced at a railway control centre in Warwickshire.London Northwestern Railway has strengthened its presence at Network Rail’s Rail Operations Centre in Rugby by...
Independent businesses have become the dominant presence at South Western Railway stations, now accounting for three quarters of all retailers across the network as smaller enterprises continue to expand their footprint.Although familiar national brands remain part of the mix, including the recent...
Around 50 households were temporarily forced to leave their homes after a train derailed in Bedford County early on Tuesday, prompting a multi-agency emergency response and ongoing traffic disruption.County officials said the derailment occurred near Wartrace at about 7 a.m., leading to evacuations...
An MP has held talks with senior rail officials amid growing calls for safety improvements following the death of a teenage boy at a railway foot crossing in Somerset.Harry Basham, who was 17, was fatally struck by a train as he made his way to work near Taunton at around 07:00 BST on 24 October....
Police have identified the man whose body was discovered beside a railway line in Carmarthen, following an emergency response that disrupted services over the weekend.The discovery was made on the morning of Saturday, January 10, after passengers travelling through Carmarthen reported seeing what...
SNCF Voyageurs has approved a further investment in its future high-speed fleet after its Board of Directors signed off an additional order for 15 new-generation Avelia Horizon very high-speed trains. The deal is valued at around 600 million euros, with the new trains scheduled to enter service from...
DB Cargo UK has agreed a deal to sell 25 Class 66 freight locomotives to Romania’s largest private rail operator, Grup Feroviar Roman, marking a significant transfer of rolling stock from the UK to mainland Europe.The multi-million-pound agreement will see the first locomotive, 66014, depart DB...