The rail schemes are three reopened stations, the reinstatement of the line between Bristol and Portishead, and 'significant ...

No trains are running on the West Coast Main Line between Scotland and England, because the line has been blocked. Transpennine Express says the track is blocked by a fallen tree near Beattock Summit, ...

The railway connection to a quarry in Yorkshire has been restored, 60 years after its previous siding was closed by British Rail. When tests are complete, GB Railfreight will be able to run aggregate ...

The Railway 200 Exhibition train ‘Inspiration’ is welcoming the first members of the public at Kidderminster station today. The train was at London Paddington for a formal launch yesterday, where rail ...

Updated 10.30 The Railway 200 exhibition train 'Inspiration' is opening its doors to invited guests from the media today, after leaving Derby yesterday afternoon. Railnews has published the first ...

Two Network Rail employees and a non-executive director are among the railway people recognised for their outstanding contributions in the King’s Birthday Honours list. Steve Scrimshaw, who joined ...

A new type of open access operator has signed a Track Access Contract with Network Rail. Go-op is a co-operative venture which is planning to run services through Somerset and Wiltshire between ...

The government’s £725 billion 10-year Strategy for infrastructure has received a generally broad welcome from the railway industry, but a council is criticising the omission of one scheme. The ...

Updated 13.32, 13.44, 14.00, 14.05, 14.09 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a four-year funding settlement for Transport for London as part of her Spending Review. There will be £2.2 billion ...

Govia Thameslink Railway and Network Rail have apologised to passengers for a weekend incident in which passengers were effectively trapped on a down train near Loughborough Junction for two hours on ...

Eurostar is planning three new routes, two of them from London. The British services will connect the UK capital with Frankfurt and Geneva, while the third will link Amsterdam and Brussels with Geneva ...

The RMT is calling for all outstanding open access applications to be rejected, and for the existing operators to be nationalised. The call comes in response to new trading figures from FirstGroup, ...