Leaves on the Line – the annual autumn nightmare for both train operators and infrastructure maintainers. They may look innocuous, but they can cause real problems. Light and colourful, they get blown by the wind, […]
International consultancy and construction company Mace has been appointed by Network Rail to provide consultancy services on its railway improvement programme for the North West and Central Region, known as Project Alpha. A Network Rail […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released the compensation paid to passengers by train operating companies (TOCs) in the financial year 2019/2020. A total of £89.4 million was paid out in England and Wales to […]
As train operators change their timetables to increase train services after the COVID-19 national lockdown, and then change them again in response to heightened local restrictions, rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) […]
After 24 years, the government has announced the end of rail franchising as the long-awaited Williams Report, still not seen in public, is acted upon. This first step towards bringing Britain’s fragmented rail network back […]
Five years to the day since Her Majesty The Queen opened the Borders Railway between Edinburgh, Midlothian, and Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders on 9 September 2015, the Campaign for Borders Rail continues to argue […]
Boulderstones bridge, which takes the A530 Middlewich Road over the railway between Crewe and Chester, has been renewed by Network Rail in a £5.7 million project and the line reopened to passengers. Middlewich Road will […]
As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown slowly eases, the UK’s heritage railways are starting to come out of hibernation and are opening again for enthusiasts and tourists. To help them do this safely, the Heritage Railway […]
Plans are proceeding for the reopening of the line between Walsall and Wolverhampton, last used for passenger services in 2008 but kept open since then for freight. New stations will be opened at Willenhall and […]
The Welsh Government has approved an ‘Emergency Measures Agreement’, under which it will spend up to £65 million over the next six months to help Transport for Wales Rail Services cope with the ongoing effects […]
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