Latest From Rail
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Features 23 Dec
Bradshaw’s Britain: Havant to Guildford
For his final foray onto the south of England’s rail network armed with Bradshaw’s 1863 Handbook, Stephen Roberts is on a section of the Portsmouth Direct Line.
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Opinion 23 Dec
Comment: open access, orders and changes on the railway
Our anonymous columnist looks at the wider implications of the open access order that staves off the threat of lay-offs at Hitachi.
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News 20 Dec
Freightliner to repurpose coal wagons for sustainable freight
Freightliner, in collaboration with the UK’s only railway wagon manufacturer WH Davis and Porterbrook, is spearheading a sustainable initiative to repurpose a fleet of redundant coal wagons into modern aggregate box wagons.
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News 20 Dec
GB Railfreight agrees four-year extension to existing aggregates transport contract
GB Railfreight (GBRf) and Aggregate Industries have announced a four-year extension to their existing contract, solidifying their partnership in the movement of essential aggregate materials.
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News 20 Dec
Network Rail Class 150 to be withdrawn and disposed of
The unit was built in the mid-1980s as a track monitoring unit
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News 20 Dec
Series of Scottish charters in 2025 announced after SRPS and Locomotive Services Limited team up
The joint venture has led to a number of diesel-hauled railtours being confirmed for 2025
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Features 20 Dec
Mystery Shopper RAIL review: South Wales
Our Mystery Shopper is in South Wales, visiting revitalised lines on a network that has new trains coming and a new Metro system on the horizon.
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News 19 Dec
December 2025 ECML timetable approved
Network Rail, Department for Transport and train operators have approved the East Coast main line timetable for 2025.
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News 19 Dec
'Endangerment on the railway' arrest made after Class 377 hits London Bridge buffers
British Transport Police and Rail Accident Investigation Branch investigating after incident last Friday
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Network 19 Dec
Surrey railway line to close for six days after ground mini landslip at embankment
Sensors detected ground movement at the embankment near Guildford
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Fleet 19 Dec
Firm chosen to handle overhaul of ScotRail Class 170s
Work to refurbish the Turbostars is due to start in October 2025
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News 19 Dec
Eastern Rail Services planning two charter sets after spotting gap in market
ERS has been providing carriages to operators for non-passenger use, but now wants to start offering charter rakes
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Opinion 19 Dec
Opinion: Go-op share prospectus
The new operator, now granted track access, is seeking funding. Our Industry Insider on what happens next.
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News 18 Dec
HS2: Capacity concerns raised again after Lord Hendy says Euston station will have six platforms
Lord Hendy said the HS2 Euston station will still have just six platforms, a decision made by the previous Conservative government
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News 18 Dec
HS2 Chair to step down as costs for project continue to rise
Sir Jon Thompson, the Chair of HS2 Ltd, has announced his intention to step down from his position in the spring of 2025.
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Fleet 18 Dec
First Class 555 EMU enters service on Tyne and Wear Metro
The first of the 46-strong fleet of EMUs has carried passengers for the first time
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News 18 Dec
Transport Committee Inquiry launched into boom-or-bust cycles
The Transport Committee has launched a new inquiry to investigate how the government can establish a stable pipeline of rail projects to secure the future of the industry.
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News 18 Dec
Solution to GWR's Sunday service problems 'not going to happen any time soon'
Great Western Railway has regularly had to cancel long-distance Sunday services
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Features 18 Dec
NRA 2024 winner: TfL makes time savings at Bank
Transport for London collected this year’s National Rail Awards Major Project of the Year for Underground's “most complex and technically challenging” project.
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Fleet 17 Dec
Procurement process to replace ScotRail HSTs gets under way
Scottish Government confirms plans to replace fleet of 25, with contract set to be awarded in 2025
Top Stories
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.
Keeping the wheels turning on Elizabeth line Class 345s
Philip Haigh visits Alstom’s Old Oak Common depot, to gain an insight into the work that goes to maintaining a modern train fleet.
Opinion: Additional train paths from a scaled-back HS2
Current assessments of HS2 are too gloomy, as several frugal tweaks are available to improve its business case in the changed rail market, says Stuart Porter.
Opinion: This is how we can make ticketing simple and transparent
Christian Wolmar reckons he has a simple plan to sort out the network's confusing fares structure and ticketing anomalies.
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