Alex Bestwick
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Watchdog rules rail infrastructure deal could leave passengers worse off
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The UK’s competition watchdog has provisionally ruled that Hitachi’s proposed purchase of Thales’s rail infrastructure could drive up prices and reduce service quality for passengers.
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Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway celebrate two milestones in one
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The heritage railway will be doubling-up with a celebration of two important milestones next week.
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Snowdon Mountain Railway returns to the summit this month
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The Snowdon Mountain Railway trains will return to the summit for the first time since the start of the pandemic this month.
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Darjeeling Tours Ltd
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The forthcoming season sees our popular ‘Indian Magic’ tour, covering all three of India’s Hill Railways, running as usual, and following the success of our Darjeeling Mail tour last October, recreating the 1940’s Raj era train between Kolkata and Darjeeling in the hills, this tour is being repeated with several improvements. We also have a…
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What’s inside the July issue of Rail Express?
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Editor Richard Clinnick shares what to expect in the July issue of Rail Express, out next week.
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App to help blind passengers to use railway stations gets Government funding
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An app being developed to help visually impaired railway passengers is among the transport technology projects receiving new Government funding.
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Eurostar runs final direct Disneyland Paris service while Amsterdam route faces suspension
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Eurostar has ended its direct service to Disneyland Paris, while its Amsterdam link faces being suspended for nearly a year.
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National Railway Museum rated one of the best free days out in Britain
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The York-based museum is among the best free days out in Britain, according to a Which? Survey.
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Government deliberately squandered billions in rail dispute, RMT claims
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RMT has accused the Government of “deliberately squandering” billions of pounds in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
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Celebrate 160 years of the Underground at London Transport Museum’s ‘Big Build’ Depot Open Days
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Discover the story of the Underground at London Transport Museum’s ‘Big Build’ Depot Open Days event this June.