Trains and locomotives sounded their whistles and horns at midday yesterday to mark the launch of Railway 200. The ‘whistle ...

The King’s New Year Honours list includes a number of railway people who have been recognised for their services to the ...

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 Railnews podcast was published on 20 December, and the next print edition of ...

Avanti West Coast train managers are to stage strikes from the end of December until May next year, after 83 per cent of those voting in an RMT referendum rejected the operator’s latest offer. Strikes ...

The charity Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed the Government’s plans to devolve more responsibility for train services to the English regions. A new White Paper says: ‘Mayors will be given a ...

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 ...

Planned walkouts by around 300 RMT staff on Avanti West Coast which could have seriously disrupted services over the Christmas and New Year holiday have been suspended, after the employers made a new ...

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 ...

Train managers on Avanti West Coast who belong to the RMT are set to strike on three days over the Christmas period in a dispute over rest day working, and services will be disrupted on those days.

Network Rail will switch the large screen at London Euston back on tomorrow night. The screen had displayed advertisments but was left blank after protests about congestion and overcrowding which ...

Some train services are still disrupted today after a weekend of wild weather which caused damage to railways in many places, as Storm Darragh swept across Britain. The Met Office issued a rare ‘red’ ...

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 ...