Latest From Rail
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News 28 Mar
Nearly one million journeys projected for Northumberland Line in 2025
Projections come as latest station on the route is opened.
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News 28 Mar
UK passenger numbers continue to climb in later ORR stats - but Heathrow Express journeys drop
Overall numbers are up 7% year-on-year but four operators report a decrease on same period in 2023-24.
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Fleet 28 Mar
Harry Needle sells Class 47s - buyer of one outlines testbed plans
Four Class 47s have been sold with one set to have a main line and industry future.
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Opinion 28 Mar
Comment: Mumbai - a city of contrasts
Christian Wolmar sends us his thoughts from the railway of India
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News 27 Mar
GCRE delight as hundreds attend for climax of rail innovation competition
Twelve products are demonstrated at South Wales test site after receiving government funding.
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News 27 Mar
London Gateway expansion - which includes second rail terminal - to start this spring
DP World has approval to expand the port in a £1 billion investment.
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Fleet 27 Mar
Latest GBRf Class 69 livery pays tribute to long-lost testbed locomotive
69014 emerged in mid-March sporting a livery carried by a 1960s trial locomotive.
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People 26 Mar
DfT Permanent Secretary Bernadette Kelly to step down this summer
Kelly to retire from Department of Transport after eight years in the role.
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News 26 Mar
Deadline extended to enter National Rail Awards 2025
Deadline to enter this year's event is now Friday April 4, and it remains free to submit entries.
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News 26 Mar
"Not good financial management” - Scottish transport leader slams funding regime
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport Chief Executive makes plea for better planning.
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Features 26 Mar
Access for All awaits a clear pathway
Unfunded Access for All works at Britain’s stations has left Department for Transport ministers ‘considering their options’. Mel Holley unpicks the detail.
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News 25 Mar
Operator for first leg of East West Rail announced
Chiltern Railways has been confirmed as the operator of the first leg of East West Rail by the Rail Minister, Lord Hendy.
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Opinion 25 Mar
Guest Comment: Time to unlock rail’s potential
The Spring Forecast should reflect how rail can help the government deliver economic growth, says Railway Industry Association chief executive Darren Caplan.
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News 25 Mar
RAIB announces investigation into death of pedestrian at foot crossing
Pedestrian was struck by a train when using the crossing in February.
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News 25 Mar
DfT in discussions over feasibility of direct rail service to Switzerland
Rail Minister tells House of Lords department was working to increase the number of destinations accessible via Eurotunnel.
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News 24 Mar
Third open access firm announces plans to take on Eurostar on Channel Tunnel services
Gemini Trains, chaired by Lord Berkeley, has applied for depot space at Temple Mills.
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Network 24 Mar
Newquay branch reopens after four week closure to increase capacity is completed
New passing loop and signalling is installed along the Cornish line.
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News 24 Mar
Funding refusal frustrates volunteers after years of campaigning to Northern and Network Rail
Funding to refurbish the rundown building was pulled at the last minute.
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News 24 Mar
Thameslink apologises after MPs raise concerns about "underperforming" operator
MPs tell of how services on two key routes are “too often unreliable, late or cancelled”.
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Opinion 24 Mar
Comment: The complicated route to reorganising the railways
Philip Haigh examines how British Rail restructuring in the 1980s throws up similarities and contrasts with today’s plans for Great British Railways.
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Features 24 Mar
Railway 200 Then and Now: Pneumatic and even weirder propelled trains
Rammell’s extraordinary Pneumatic Railway - and the other offbeat propulsion methods that have been tried since.
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News 21 Mar
Grand Central plans new direct Cleethorpes London service
Rail operator Arriva has announced plans to introduce a direct rail service between Cleethorpes, Grimsby, and London.
Top Stories
Analysis: The cost of HS2… and how to get those costs under control
Phil Haigh examines the true cost of HS2… and what is being done to get those costs back under control
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.
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