Between April and August the number of persons holding Disabled Persons Railcards increased by 25% over the same period last year.

ScotRail is warning passengers of travel disruption throughout October as the next stage of the Fife electrification scheme begins this coming Saturday.

Today, a first look at the Alstom-built high-speed trains for Virgin has been released.

Next month, Saphos Train is running its tour ‘The Cumbrian Mountaineer’ hauled by a returning locomotive.

Later this month, Network Rail will be carrying out renewal work on a Grade II-listed swing bridge.

Over the next two weekends, improvement works, part of a wider £400m investment, will be ongoing on the West Coast Main Line.

A six-week consultation on extending the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) to Thamesmead and Beckton Riverside attracted, more than 550 replies,

The ‘Raise the Roof’ appeal launched earlier this year by the Severn Valley Railway has reached nearly half a million pounds, and the first contract for the work has been signed.

Llangollen and Corwen Railway is preparing for its Halloween celebrations.

Train operator Southeastern is to operate a new timetable from Sunday 11 October, with a promise that it will improve the reliability and punctuality of its services.

In August, a robbery occurred at Cutty Sark DLR station, and British Transport Police have now released images in connection with it.

A major milestone is being celebrated by Cemex UK and Victa Railfreight.

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released a report into an incident at the Bluebell Railway back in August 2025. A shunter was coupling up Fenchurch and Stepney during the Bluebell Railway’s 65th Anniversary mini-gala to return them to a nearby shed on the 9th August 2025. The two locomotives…

Dovetail Games has announced that the distinctive Freightliner BR Class 70 will be available for Train Sim World 7 from next Thursday, October 15th.

The Fancott Miniature Railway in Bedfordshire is appealing for donations to fund an extension to its inner loop.

Swanage Railway is appealing for donations to pay for the reconstruction of the Victorian entrance canopy at Corfe Castle station in Dorset.

A witness appeal has been launched following an incident in Birmingham.

The Wensleydale Railway has released images of a new look for Class 142 No. 142060. The Pacer has been in the shed for the last few months whilst undergoing a repaint. Work has now been completed to repaint 142060 into its new Northern Spirit livery. Other work has been completed…

The Office of Rail and Road has rejected plans from multiple operators for new services out of London Euston, citing capacity issues as the reasons behind their decision. The ORR says that an assessment found that adding more trains would increase delays and cancelled trains. The rejected services are Wrexham,…

On the 17th and 18th October, the Tanfield Railway is running its ‘Run It’ Gala and is recreating a forgotten steam locomotive.

Two weeks after the introduction of Welcome Points at railway stations across the country, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) is hailing them as an improvement in the railway network’s accessibility.

Two preserved railways, - one British and one French - recently celebrated 30 years since the two railways established a twinning arrangement.

The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway is hosting its Santa Specials throughout December.

Manchester’s Bee Network is the first transport system in the UK where customers can purchase their bus and tram tickets directly in Apple Wallet.

As part of the National Railway Museum’s ongoing transformation, a new temporary entrance will be opened.

The 762 Club , part of the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, has placed orders for new boiler components in its project to build replica Manning Wardle locomotives YEO and EXE.

Train services in and out of Manchester Airport railway station will be suspended for one day on Sunday, 6th December because of engineering works.

Following their earlier July offer, the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways have launched an October offer for local residents visiting the railway.

Following an incident in August, a British Transport Police investigation has been ongoing, with an image now released in connection.

Planned engineering works have overrun between London Paddington and Heathrow Terminals / Reading.

The Vale of Berkeley Railway, based at Oldminster Sidings in Sharpness, Gloucestershire has finally taken delivery of its long-awaited Collett coach.

This Halloween, passengers are invited to climb aboard an eerie train journey from Kidderminster to Arley and back.

Trains between Crianlarich and Fort William / Mallaig in the West Highlands will be replaced by buses for one week in November…

Train companies are warning passengers that rail services through parts of Gloucestershire will be disrupted over the next two weekends, 10th & 11th and 17th & 18th October 2026.

A major infrastructure project is set to begin in Merseyside this coming weekend.

Engineers have completed the construction of the central section of the 1-mile-long ‘green’ tunnel for HS2 at Wendover in Buckinghamshire.

Tyne and Wear Metro operator Nexus has revealed that two of its train drivers are active volunteers on a local heritage steam railway.

Dovetail Games has announced a new addition to Train Sim World 7, which launched earlier this month.

Network Rail has been carrying out upgrades to the East Coast Main Line as part of a £7.1 million investment.

Later this month, work will go underway in Lincolnshire to renew a section of track to make journeys more reliable.

In the first 100 days since it opened, the new station at Cambridge South has recorded over 400,000 passenger journeys.

Leo Kelly, aged seven years, has won the race to become a Hornby ‘Mini Conductor’.

The Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway is hosting its Steam, Steel, Road & Rail event this weekend on the 9th- 11th of October.

An assault occurred last month in East London, which the British Transport Police are investigating.

Network Rail is to carry out work between Tonbridge in Kent and Wadhurst in East Sussex during the upcoming school half-term holiday, which will disrupt services on the Hastings line.

This is an illustrated guide to the time when many railways around the world were British-owned and operated, or used British-built locomotives.

Freight operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) is to continue to provide transportation services to South Wales company 7 Steel for another eleven years - and will expand the services that it provides.

£311.5 million is being invested to electrify 118km of the railway in Fife. As part of this work, a footbridge is being installed.

Work has been underway at one of Britain’s busiest stations for the last two years, and it has now been completed.

Leeds station in West Yorkshire has been recognised with a top award for its support of neurodivergent passengers.