Electrification

Head of UK Projects at Furrer + Frey, Noel Dolphin told Rail Live numbers could fall even further.

Network Rail is to carry out work on the route north of Wigston, where wires currently end.

First run is significant milestone in project to have electric traction on passenger services later this summer.

Industry warns government of "lost continuity and damaging supplier confidence".

Preserving the past takes passion and perseverance. Chris Howe reports on the successful effort to find a home for a discarded Merseyrail Class 57 electric unit

More units went to Newport Docks in late April and early May for disposal at Sims Group.

"There is too little detail from the government on how exactly funding will support the ambitious plans we have."

Local politicians want to push case to get wires into Oxford years after plan was abandoned.

Parallel's from the past in our present: Our first extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825-2025.

Four-carriage set dating back to 1932 made first appearance on national network in late January.