Latest From Rail
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News 6 Mar
Rail reliability data at stations launched as government pushes for greater accountability
Rail passengers across England can now access real-time data on the punctuality and reliability of their local train services, as new station-level statistics have gone live.
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News 6 Mar
CrossCountry planning to reinstate additional services on key routes from May
Industry consultation has been held on plans to reinstate additional services on Reading and Bristol routes.
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News 6 Mar
How a 'UK first' has been achieved at HS2's Delta Junction viaduct
HS2 Ltd has completed the first viaduct section at the Warwickshire site.
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Opinion 6 Mar
Comment: How clear are the government’s objectives for GBR?
Passengers… ticketing… open access… the role of Network Rail… Christian Wolmar believes we have yet to see a defined structure for key parts of rail.
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News 5 Mar
Industry seeks greater detail on rail reform consultation as leaders highlight areas of concern
Speakers at an All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group meeting outlined areas they'd like more detail on.
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Fleet 5 Mar
Separate supply chain problems hit both West Midlands Railway DMU fleets simultaneously
Operator's Class 172 and '196' fleets are affected by separate supply chain problems at the same time.
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Fleet 5 Mar
First refurbished CrossCountry Turbostar enters service
First unit was outshopped in late February, with whole fleet due to be refurbished by 2028
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News 5 Mar
DP World moves 100,000 containers by rail from Southampton in 18 months
More than 100,000 containers have been moved by rail from DP World's Southampton hub since September 2023.
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News 5 Mar
Next Northumberland Line station set to open this month
Newsham will become the third station open on the line between Ashington and Newcastle.
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Opinion 5 Mar
Comment: Will DfT’s plans for the railway really be any different?
Philip Haigh considers how the government will turn its 'A Railway fit for Britain’s future' document from consultation stage into anything like reality.
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Features 5 Mar
How far will split tickets and railcards take you on UK rail?
Fancy a coffee? In Scotland? All for around £40 return (not including the coffee)? Peter Plisner reports on mad days out by train.
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News 4 Mar
High Speed Rail Group calls for "Euston-Crewe core" in "affordable, realistic" HS2 plan
HSRG wants the Government to take HS2 as far as Crewe to help drive economic growth and boost capacity.
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News 4 Mar
Grand Union writes to DfT after U-turn in stance on cross-country open access plan
Grand Union Trains' Cardiff-Edinburgh service was one of eight open access plans objected to by DfT.
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Network 4 Mar
Portsmouth blockade complete after life-expired timbers replaced
Nine-day engineering possession allows work to be completed, with other upgrades due later in the year.
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News 4 Mar
Case for Oxford electrification set to be made again as infrastructure remains 'totally unused'
Local politicians want to push case to get wires into Oxford years after plan was abandoned.
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News 4 Mar
RIA urges greater positivity over passenger and revenue upturn
Railway Industry Association wants the industry to talk itself up more to help encourage more customers onto the network.
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Features 4 Mar
Railway 200 Then and Now: Electrification's tale of Volk and volts
Parallel's from the past in our present: Our first extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2025.
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News 3 Mar
Launch date and first locations for Railway 200 exhibition train announced
Railway 200 touring train will be launched by Network Rail in late June.
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News 3 Mar
How Southeastern Javelin was retrieved from siding three months after going through buffers
EMU was removed from siding at Ramsgate nearly three months after end carriage went off the rails.
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News 3 Mar
Open access operator and council's proposed Shrewsbury "parkway" station take step forward
Wrexham, Shropshire and Midlands Railway working with Shropshire Council on plans.
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News 3 Mar
GBRf to use synthetic fuel to power locos hauling trains for renewable energy company Drax
GB Railfreight has signed a 12-month deal to use HVO on Drax services.
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News 3 Mar
Network Rail to host events for Oxford locals explaining long-running project
Major road into Oxford has been shut since April 2023 and won't reopen until the summer of 2026.
Top Stories
An open invitation or mixed messages for open access ?
Ministers appeared to back the latest open access deal guaranteeing private operation within a nationalised railway. Peter Plisner looks at the state of play.
Comment: Open access operations - is the government for or against?
The government has been sending mixed messages over its support for open access. Christian Wolmar looks at where this leaves the investing operators.
How AI is improving safety on the UK network
Often portrayed negatively in the media, Artificial Intelligence is an innovation that can be a force for good - as it certainly is on the railways.
Comment: A critical year for HS2’s prospects beyond Birmingham
With HS2 under the spotlight at two Parliamentary committee hearings in December, Philip Haigh examines the plans for a reset in 2025.
Comment: how my predictions for 2024 measured up
Looking back to this time last year, it seems his crystal ball was on good form for 2024, says our regular columnist Christian Wolmar.
Analysis: Rail freight sector must bide its time for a clear strategy
How is our new government faring on rail reform? In our Manifesto for Rail series, Howard Johnston turns in this issue to freight.
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