Rail travel in Britain reaches record levels
1 August 2013 | By Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
New statistics published by the ORR show that rail use is on the rise as Britain’s railways clocked up 1.23 billion journeys in 2011-12...
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Bombardier Transportation wins UK rolling stock contract
31 July 2013 | By Bombardier
UK train operator Southern Railway orders 116 cars with an option for a further 140...
Growth boost for HS2 as taskforce membership confirmed
31 July 2013 | By Department for Transport
A skilled team, including Sir Howard Bernstein and Sir Albert Bore, are joining the HS2 Growth Taskforce...
Major improvement work for the West Coast Main line at Watford
30 July 2013 | By Network Rail
Major improvement work on the West Coast Main Line at Watford will get underway in 2014...
Commuters to benefit from state-of-the-art electric trains
30 July 2013 | By Department for Transport
Southern signs £180 million deal for additional 116 train carriages with Bombardier...
Safeguarding the nation’s railway signalling heritage
29 July 2013 | By Network Rail
Twenty six of England's rarest and best preserved signal boxes have been given Grade II listed status...
Full steam ahead for the Fourth Railway Package’s Technical Pillar
26 July 2013 | By CER
CER and UNIFE emphasise their support for the Fourth Railway Package’s Technical Pillar...
Southeastern to add an extra 3,500 seats from January 2014
26 July 2013 | By Southeastern
Southeastern announced from January 2014 an extra 3,500 seats will be added to its most popular morning peak services...
Green light for Crossrail station at Woolwich
25 July 2013 | By Department for Transport (DfT)
TfL and DfT, sponsors of Crossrail, have confirmed that Crossrail services will call at Woolwich...
Groundbreaking factory train to cut years off Great Western Electrification
25 July 2013 | By Network Rail
A factory on rails will slash years off the time it will take to electrify the Great Western main line...
Reaction to Spanish rail crash
25 July 2013 | By Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
“Railways generally have a very high safety record, but it is disappointing to see two recent major incidents..."
Engineers respond to Spanish railway accident
25 July 2013 | By Institution of Mechanical Engineers
“It is still too early to say with any certainty exactly what happened to cause the tragic events in North West Spain..."
Now let’s get on and build it says transport boss as HS2 challenges are rejected
24 July 2013 | By Centro
Transport boss Geoff Inskip says now is the time to work together and press on with HS2...
Appeal Court categorically rejects all legal challenges to HS2
24 July 2013 | By Department for Transport (DfT)
Work on a new high speed railway will continue after the Court of Appeal rejected further attempts to derail the scheme...
Major investment for Southport-Wigan route
24 July 2013 | By Network Rail
Passengers travelling between Southport and Wigan will soon benefit from more reliable journeys...