News
-
Watchdog rules rail infrastructure deal could leave passengers worse off
Posted
by
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.
-
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway celebrate two milestones in one
Posted
by
The heritage railway will be doubling-up with a celebration of two important milestones next week.
-
Snowdon Mountain Railway returns to the summit this month
Posted
by
The Snowdon Mountain Railway trains will return to the summit for the first time since the start of the pandemic this month.
-
What’s inside the July issue of Rail Express?
Posted
by
Editor Richard Clinnick shares what to expect in the July issue of Rail Express, out next week.
-
App to help blind passengers to use railway stations gets Government funding
Posted
by
An app being developed to help visually impaired railway passengers is among the transport technology projects receiving new Government funding.
-
Eurostar runs final direct Disneyland Paris service while Amsterdam route faces suspension
Posted
by
Eurostar has ended its direct service to Disneyland Paris, while its Amsterdam link faces being suspended for nearly a year.
-
National Railway Museum rated one of the best free days out in Britain
Posted
by
The York-based museum is among the best free days out in Britain, according to a Which? Survey.
-
Government deliberately squandered billions in rail dispute, RMT claims
Posted
by
RMT has accused the Government of “deliberately squandering” billions of pounds in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
-
Manchester station upgrades announced but long-term extra platforms plan axed
Posted
by
A £72 million package to improve railway services in Greater Manchester has been announced, but a long-term project to add extra platforms to the city’s busiest station has been scrapped.
-
How does the SVR keeps its steam locomotives in good shape? Now’s your chance to find out
Posted
by
Inside the motive power depot at Bridgnorth, SVR engineers maintain, overhaul and restore the railway’s steam locomotives. Usually, it all happens behind closed doors, but on selected weekends in June and July, that’s set to change.
