Railways Illustrated
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UK must ‘step up our game’ over electrification of railways
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Improvements to Britain’s railways must speed up as new figures show less than 40% of the network is electrified, the Campaign for Better Transport charity has claimed.
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PREVIEW: December issue of Railways Illustrated
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Grab the December edition of Railways Illustrated for the best coverage of today’s railway scene.
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Cumbria passengers to get multi-million-pound track upgrades
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Passengers in Cumbria are being advised to plan their journeys next month when Network Rail upgrades track near Bootle station.
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Fees for rearranging advance rail journeys disrupted by Covid-19 to be scrapped
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Additional charges for rearranging advance railway journeys disrupted by COVID-19 regulations will be scrapped, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.
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UK railway news round-up
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This week, it has been revealed the cost of HS2 could rise by an extra £800 million due to “more significant challenges than anticipated.”
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Network Rail joins campaign to highlight abuse of staff
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Network Rail has joined a campaign to highlight abuse suffered by customer-facing workers.
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Heroic train driver recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
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A train driver who volunteered to work as a paramedic treating coronavirus patients during the initial crisis has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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Crossrail governance handed over to Transport for London
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The Elizabeth line has reached its complex final stages with Crossrail Ltd working to complete the remaining infrastructure so it can fully test the railway and successfully transition the project as an operational railway to Transport for London (TfL).
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Scotland’s Railway hits key punctuality milestone
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Train punctuality on Scotland’s Railway has reached its highest level since 2018, according to new figures.
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The COVID Conundrum
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Editor Mark Nicholls ponders the serious issues surrounding coronavirus and the UK’s railways, in particular what can be done to bring passengers back.
