Scotland’s Railway now has a fleet of over 1,000 carriages, an increase of over 28 since the start of the current Abellio franchise. As ScotRail completed its rollout of Class 385 trains into passenger service […]
With the increase in electronic tickets and contactless payments, sales of traditional paper tickets for railway journeys have declined markedly. Last year, London Overground sold one million fewer tickets than it did in 2016, with […]
Loram UK has been awarded an £8 million contract over the next five years for the maintenance of Network Rail’s New Measurement Train. Known as the Flying Banana because of its distinctive yellow livery, the […]
Train operator TransPennine Express (TPE), which introduced a fleet of three classes of new trains last year, has now admitted that issues connected with the launch had affected its service to passengers. In compensation, the […]
Mark Hopwood has taken over as managing director of South Western Railway (SWR). Jointly owned by FirstGroup (70 per cent) and MTR Corporation (30 per cent), SWR took over the South Western franchise from South […]
Manchester Metrolink’s new £350 million Trafford Park line (TPL) will start operating from April, subject to final testing and driver training. Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham made the announcement to mark the start of […]
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has announced that it has launched an investigation into the recent fatal accident at West Midlands Trains’ depot at Tyseley, Birmingham. Rail Inquirer understands that, at about 20:00 on […]
The Rail Freight Forward coalition has published a contingency management handbook in an effort to avoid major disruption to the European railway network, such as happened at Rastatt in 2017 when a tunnel under construction […]
A new, larger entrance to Transport for London’s Finsbury Park station has been opened, creating a new step-free route into the station that will ease congestion for passengers. The upgrade has provided lifts to the […]
Discussion continues about the use of hydrogen-power for trains and trams, with four Alstom Corradia iLint trains in service in Germany on the Buxtehude-Bremervörde-Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven line in Lower Saxony and a further 27 units on order […]
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