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Infrastructure investment company I Squared has bought Arriva Group from German state-owned Deutsche Bahn.

A digitally signalled train has successfully run on an intercity mainline route for the first time in the UK.

Hitachi Rail has completed its acquisition of Thales' Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) business after a long-drawn-out process of securing regulatory approvals in multiple countries.

Four more Merseyrail stations will have new lifts installed to provide step-free access from the street to the train.

The long awaited Levenmouth rail link has officially been opened by Scottish First Minister, John Swinney in a ceremony on 29 May. As well as the official opening, it will begin welcoming passengers onto its services on 2 June.

Proper access requires accessibility and extra capacity.

The introduction of European Train Control System technology is a complex operation involving many different routes, operators and types of rolling stock. PHILIP HAIGH delves into the detail, and talks to the man responsible for the delivery of the East Coast Digital Programme

Nearly 7,500 food parcels have been delivered to Ukrainian Railway workers and their families, paid for by donations from British rail companies.

Former Virgin West Coast manager Chris Gibb is putting forward a radical alternative to the cancelled HS2 route between Birmingham and Manchester, writes Peter Plisner

Hitachi Rail has begun testing of the UK’s first intercity battery train. Peaking at a power of over 700 kilowatts has been retrofitted onto a TransPennine Express Class 802 “Nova 1” train and is a collaboration between TransPennine Express, Angel Trains and Hitachi Rail.