Aspirations remain to extend north and south but it’s thought a southern extension offers greater opportunity.

Union says two 24-hour strikes will take place in October in row over role of second staff member on East West Rail services.

Office of Rail and Road asking for representations after Eurostar complains about "unfair" process of London St Pancras Highspeed.

The long-awaited Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Strategy aims to provide 'comfortable, accessible trains and a railway that provides better value',

Siemens Mobility has showcased its new metro train for London Underground's Piccadilly Line at the annual InnoTrans trade exhibition.

Policymakers seeking to replicate London’s seamless transport ticketing are being urged to prioritise Digital Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG

0.6-mile tunnel on Cumbrian Coast Line has been closed since July 2025.

Reported assaults against rail workers and passengers rose substantially between April 2025 and March 2026,

CrossCountry is looking at introducing 27 new services, mostly in Scotland

Several blockades between London Paddington and Reading over the next decade, starting this winter, will mean diversions into London Euston via East West Rail.

Ageing assets dating back to 1959 struggling to cope with modern demands as Network Rail details constant trips and warns of future failures.

Thirteen of the GB Railfreight fleet of 30 have now been delivered to the UK.

Southeastern is set to trial a new express weekday service between Hastings and London Charing Cross

High-speed freight operator last ran a scheduled service between Birmingham International and Mossend in June 2025.

Rail passengers affected by train cancellations will be able to board alternative operators’ services free of charge under a national ticket acceptance scheme coming into force.

Further cost-cutting measures will see 22 services removed form the operator's timetable over the Christmas period.

Great Western Railway to take on 22 Class 158s, RAIL understands, with some then sub-let to Northern.

Stakeholders gathered at Alstom’s Litchurch Lane facility for the announcement and contract signing for the new TPE train order

Great Western Railway Managing Director, Mark Hopwood, suggests reliability issues show weaknesses in previous procurement plans.

The Scottish Government is to bring its executive transport agency, Transport Scotland, back into the core of government.

Drivers' union says older trains have been kept in service “partly because of ROSCOs’ desire to maximise financial return on assets”.

HS1 track access agreement between Virgin and London St Pancras Highspeed was approved last month.

Heritage trains to allow customers to travel by rail from Bewdley to Kidderminster and connect with West Midlands Railway services.

Operator has just one Class 175 in regular passenger service eight months after making Great Western Railway debut.

Passenger train services between Haywards Heath and Lewes have resumed, 18 days after the derailment on the East Coastway Line

ScotRail is to order at least 69 new trains which will be a mix of electric and battery-electric units.

Plaid Cymru government starts early conversations about Transport for Wales building new stations in Newport and Cardiff areas.

The RMT is to ballot its Chiltern Railway members over industrial action over how services on East West Rail will be operated.

Safety investigators from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) have launched an inquiry into 77mph derailment in Essex

DB Cargo UK is set to take over several freight paths used for Drax power station, RAIL understands, after winning the contract from GB Railfreight (GBRf).

CrossCountry’s only working control room was without power for almost 36 hours, leading to almost an entire day’s worth of services being cancelled.

Alex Hynes, Chief Executive of Department for Transport Operator, provides more detail about what a new strategy will address.

Nearly half a million litres of fuel spilled during a derailment in west Wales 2020 with three wagons catching fire.

One of the key people behind the electrification of the East Coast Main line (ECML), Donald Heath has died aged 86.

Tribunals rule in favour of RMT in relation to pay discussion from 2017 when East Coast franchise was operated by Virgin Trains East Coast.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander directly engaged senior rail officials last week to ask whether immediate blanket action was required

Alex Hynes, Chief Executive of the Department for Transport Operator, says the first priority is to reinstall the full EMR intercity timetable.

Duddeston Junction Viaduct will cross six lines east of Birmingham city centre with HS2 trains also set to be climbing and curving round towards Curzon Street station.

Rail Accident Investigation Branch publishes initial findings into derailment at Lewes on August 13 that left three carriages on their side.

Office of Rail and Road gives permission for Virgin and London St Pancras Highspeed to complete track access agreement.

DB Cargo UK has officially begun the search for a new owner after parent group DB Cargo AG decided to concentrate its core Central European operations.

West Midlands Rail Executive needs Department for Transport permission to end evening peak fare restrictions out of Birmingham.

Rail accident investigators are on site at the scene of a derailment on the East Coastway Line in Sussex between Burgess Hill and Lewes on August 13.

Working Group looks to establish a new "Nightstar" service to combat reliance on air travel

An estimated 95% of barcode tickets between Vauxhall and London Waterloo are used fraudulently, South Western Railway (SWR) has estimated.

Department for Transport admits Transport for Greater Manchester and Transport for West Midlands weren't notified of summer service reduction.

Issues with Aurora units, including brake problems, lack of fault-free running and faulty doors, revealed as statistics show scale of the challenge facing East Midlands Railway and Hitachi Rail.

The RMT has rejected a proposal from Chiltern Railways regarding a second person on board the new Oxford-Bletchley section of East West Rail (EWR).

Dozens of staff strike as RAIL hears about morale being at 'rock bottom' amid ongoing reliability issues with Class 810s and '222s'.