Railnews is now taking its usual break at the end of the year. We wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy 2025, and we will be back on 2 January. Avanti train managers to stage new strikes Avanti ...

The charity Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed the Government’s plans to devolve more responsibility for train ...

Railnews is now taking its usual break at the end of the year. We will be back on 2 January. The last 2024 edition of the ...

Avanti West Coast train managers are to stage strikes from the end of December until May next year, after 83 per cent of ...

Train services on many routes are being disrupted this morning because of a fault with the GSM-R system, which allows train drivers to talk to signallers on a radio link. Operators mainly affected ...

FirstGroup is stepping up its open access ambitions by completing the buyout of Grand Union Trains and bidding for a new route to Somerset and Devon. First now owns Grand Union Trains GWML Holdings ...

The number of people employed in the administration of DfT Operator, which runs nationalised passenger operators, is set to rise from 25 to 100 by the end of the coming year. DfTO was known as the ...

The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act has received Royal Assent, and it means that public ownership of the former passenger franchises is now the default, rather than the last resort.

Rail passengers who have been charged a penalty fare or prosecuted for not having the correct ticket are being asked to tell the rail regulator what happened. The Office of Rail and Road is asking ...