Alex Bestwick
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Minister insists HS2 ‘is being built’ amid reports of the project being scrapped
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A Government minister has insisted the HS2 railway line “is being built” following reports that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are in talks about scrapping the project’s second stage.
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Network Rail fined £6.7m over fatal rail crash
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Network Rail has been fined £6.7 million after admitting health and safety failings over a rail crash that claimed three lives in 2020.
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From the archive: The pace quickens
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An update on the progress of the Channel Tunnel by P. W. B. Semmens MA, C.Chem, FRSC, MBCS, MCIT from November 1990
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Network Rail admits health and safety failings over fatal crash
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Network Rail has admitted health and safety failings over a rail crash that claimed three lives.
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Network Rail due in court over fatal crash
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Network Rail is due in court over a train crash which claimed three lives in 2020.
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What’s inside the October issue of Rail Express?
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Editor Richard Clinnick breaks down what you can expect in the latest issue of Rail Express.
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First look at new designs for National Railway Museum’s Station Hall exhibition
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The National Railway Museum has released details of its new permanent exhibition planned for Station Hall, including concept designs for York’s former goods station.
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More than 680,000 responsed to consultation on ticket office closures
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More than 680,000 responses were submitted to a consultation on proposals for a widespread closure of railway station ticket offices, Transport Focus and London TravelWatch have said.
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44 percent of trains delayed or cancelled in first half of 2023
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More than two out of five train services in Britain during the first half of the year were delayed, new figures show.
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The Talyllyn Railway: powered by volunteers
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The Talyllyn Railway is a historic heritage railway located in Tywyn, Mid Wales. Of global importance, it holds the distinction of being the world’s first preserved railway, paving the way for the preservation and restoration of many other historic railways around the world.