UK First of a Kind competition sees self charging and speedy logistics among winners
Self-charging battery trains could make their way onto Britain’s railways, transforming the future of transport after receiving government funding, as part of the First of a Kind 2022 competition. The ‘FOAK’ awards are already on...Read more
UK Strikes enter bleak midwinter
After negotiations took a setback at the weekend, trades union members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) have voted to turn down an offer tabled by employers. The rejection means a widespread strike...Read more
Key Carlisle rail routes back in business following freight derailment
Passenger trains were back on track on Wednesday morning on the Tyne Valley line between Carlisle and Newcastle and the Settle to Carlisle line between Carlisle, Appleby and Skipton. The services were suspended when a...Read more
UK government publishes 5-year plan for Network Rail
The UK government’s Department for Transport has published its railway plan in England and Wales for the period of April 2024 to March 2029. This is known as Control Period 7 (CP7) and represents a...Read more
Eurostar might not be driving home for Christmas
Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) will stage a walkout on December 16, 18, 22 and 23 in a dispute over salaries, the union announces on Wednesday. RMT warns...Read more
UK East Coast Digital signalling upgrade means January diversions
Enabling work at weekends in early January and mid-February will mean diverted services on the East Coast Main Line. The work will hasten the introduction of digital signalling ETCS to the route famous for the...Read more
RMT calls off its strikes for 5, 7 and 9 November
Train travellers in the United Kingdom won’t have to brace for the impact of a suspension of services across the network as the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) suspended its strikes...Read more
UK transport policy meltdown ongoing but overshadowed by turmoil in Downing Street
Never mind the prime ministerial resignation, Great British Railways (GBR) could be scrapped and strikes could be outlawed. Such is the febrile level of disarray in the UK government that not one, but two major...Read more
Spanish armada to relaunch British open access bid
An ambitious plan for express trains between South Wales and London, and eventually between Central Scotland and London, may be back on the rails. Grand Union Trains, an ‘open access’ operator was initially refused permission...Read more
Kent railway from early 1850s to close for one week of rehabilitation
Network Rail will get to work on the Tunbridge Wells to Hastings line later this month in a bid to make improvements to the earthworks on the line, which runs through the counties Kent and East...Read more
Leading British heritage railway welcomes third intake of apprentices
Often regarded as volunteer outposts for retired railway staff and enthusiasts, the image of heritage railways has always been one of tourist attractions and nostalgic trips down memory lines. In fact there is much more...Read more
UK railway industry calls on Government to reduce uncertainty
The Railway Industry Association, which represents the supply chain the UK, has kept up the pressure on the reshuffled Conservative party administration in the UK government. The RIA has told Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the new Transport...Read more
UK transport secretary delivers high-level speech, short on low-level detail
Literally hundreds of rail-related projects to be progressed. That was the promise of Anne-Marie Trevelyan, speaking ahead of her much anticipated speech to the annual conference of the Conservative Party, on Tuesday in Birmingham. However...Read more