Unexpected limit in the UK train baggage areas
There is a baggage squeeze on the UK network. The growing pains on UK trains are down to a leisure travel surge, harking back to the days of day trips to the seaside resorts and...Read more
Celebrities and rail bosses were among hundreds trapped by downed wires in west London
It’s already entered folklore as the Great Paddington Dewiring. When a major terminal is paralysed, one of the world’s busiest airports has connections severed, a showpiece metro grinds to a halt, shoppers, celebrities and business...Read more
HS2 progresses in Birmingham and the West Midlands
Despite all the coverage of the cancellation of the northern section and the delayed construction timetable of HS2, work is proceeding on the core route. The civil engineering project to build the line between London...Read more
SPL Powerlines UK to implement geofencing technology
SPL Powerlines UK is set to integrate Tended geofencing technology Bedfordshire and the East Midlands to enhance the safety of its trackside workforce.Read more
Midnight Trains drops plans for Edinburgh to Paris sleeper
Plans have been put to sleep for a sleeper train to run all the way from Edinburgh to Paris. The French start-up company behind the ambitious plan says the hurdles of getting across The Channel...Read more
England’s new Derbyshire and South Yorkshire rail link moves closer
It could soon be all aboard a long-campaigned for rail service connecting the market town of Chesterfield in North East Derbyshire, with the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire. The Barrow Hill Line, which is...Read more
Controversial Calvert crossover as HS2 and EWR meet
Britain’s two contentious and controversial independently promoted rail developments have met. The crossing point for HS2 and East West Rail is in rural Buckinghamshire, and civil engineering has been completed on the grade-separated crossing. The...Read more
UK wants to enforce minimum rail services during strikes in new law
The UK government has announced the introduction of new strike laws aimed at protecting vital public services, particularly over the Christmas period. Minimum service level regulations will be implemented for rail workers, ambulance staff, and...Read more
Gatwick Airport station gets off to a flying start
The UK infrastructure agency Network Rail has cleared Gatwick Airport’s vastly refurbished station for take-off. A bigger and better Gatwick Airport Station had been promised by the quarter of a billion-pound makeover. The initial consensus...Read more
First Siemens-built Piccadilly line train goes through testing
Siemens Mobility is currently conducting testing on the upcoming Piccadilly line trains, employing both the test track and a climate chamber in Germany and Austria. These new trains are slated to commence passenger service in...Read more
HS2 cost projections and controversies still raise questions
Britain’s ambitious plans for a high-speed railway network have hit the buffers before even getting out of the station. The project has been savagely cut back from the once sweeping network, connecting almost all of...Read more
UK study finds festive season flights up to five times cheaper than rail
A recent travel analysis conducted by Forbes Advisor, the platform specialising in comparison and financial guidance, has unveiled a notable cost advantage in favour of air travel over rail transportation within the UK this holiday...Read more
Britain’s changing pattern of rail travel
When Great British Railways eventually succeeds Network Rail as the infrastructure and management agency for the UK network, it will inherit a much-changed railway. In terms of passenger usage, and the reasons customers give for...Read more