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King's Cross

LNER Azuma 800108 at London St Pancras. LNER.

News

LNER Azuma visits St Pancras as operator plans diversionary route ahead of ECML closures

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) Azuma train has conducted a significant test run between Leeds and London St Pancras during the early hours of March 28.

East Coast Main Line 31 Mar

Grand Central 180110 passes St Neots (Cambridgeshire) on December 6 2023. The company is seeking additional stops at Peterborough and new paths to Yorkshire locations. ALAMY.

News

Grand Central plans new direct Cleethorpes London service

Rail operator Arriva has announced plans to introduce a direct rail service between Cleethorpes, Grimsby, and London.

Open access 21 Mar

Feature

Euston’s HS2 green light…but questions remain

Euston will be the London terminus for HS2. But locals are fed up with the disruption and uncertainty about its timing and form.

Stations 11 Dec

Copenhagen tunnel network connectivity upgrade LNER

News

King’s Cross mobile 'breakthrough' will keep passengers connected

LNER funds project to give its customers mobile coverage on the move when travelling through tunnels outside London King’s Cross Station.

LNER 29 Jan

News

NR wants industry to benefit from King’s Cross lessons

Lessons learned from the £260million King’s Cross remodelling project could serve as a blueprint for how disruptive works are carried out at other stations

19 May

News

FEATURE: King’s Cross clears its throat…

King’s Cross is in the midst of its largest track remodelling for nearly 50 years. PAUL STEPHEN talks to those in charge of the project

2 Mar

News

Part closures of King’s Cross to facilitate East Coast upgrade

Three-month part closure of King’s Cross station planned for next year as part of East Coast Main Line upgrade

3 Sept

News

EXCLUSIVE: Nervous operators force Network Rail to defer King’s Cross plan

King's Cross upgrade delayed with new dates being considered

5 Dec

News

Widening the horizons…

PHILIP HAIGH looks at the history of rail services through King’s Cross, Farringdon and Moorgate

19 Oct

News

EXCLUSIVE: Network Rail shaves £100 million off the final cost of King's Cross remodelling

Network Rail shaves £100 million from King's Cross remodelling costs

3 Jan

An artist's impression of the remodelled King's Cross. NETWORK RAIL.

News

EXCLUSIVE: Plans unveiled for £237m King’s Cross remodelling

King's Cross to partially close for remodelling

3 Jan

News

RAIB to issue safety digests

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) to issue safety digests into three accidents last month

7 Sept

The 2106 London King's Cross-Aberdeen/Fort William/Inverness sleeper stands at the London terminus on January 18, having been diverted from London Euston. RICHARD CLINNICK.

News

Sleeper MD considers King’s Cross potential

London King’s Cross is being viewed as a possible future station for the Caledonian Sleeper.

24 May

News

DfT sells King’s Cross development

The Government is selling the 67-acre King’s Cross development to Australian pension fund AustralianSuper, in a £371 million deal.

26 Jan

News

Photographic exhibition at railway stations

Pictures of rock stars on display at King’s Cross and Lime Street

19 Jan

News

Network Rail marks ten years of apprenticeship scheme

Network Rail’s Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme reached its ten year milestone on March 12.

13 Mar

Gallery

East Coast 91111 - For The Fallen

The naming of a Class 91 to mark the centenary of the First World War.

3 Dec

Feature

A decade of change

PAUL BIGLAND begins his latest All-Line Rover trip around the UK’s railways

Locomotives 17 Sept

Feature

A station fit for a King

STEFANIE BROWNE looks at the £550 million regeneration of London King's Cross

Maintenance and refurb 20 Feb

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Scottish main line will "end up with discontinuous electrification"

Electrification 14 Jul

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16 DB Cargo UK drivers switching to rival

DB Cargo UK 11 Jul

The sliding canal bridge at Keadby has required numerous repairs and maintenance in recent years, including a nine-day closure in February 2024. It failed 16 times between April 2024 and March 2025. NETWORK RAIL.

Repeated bridge failures force TPE to consider diversionary route

TransPennine Express 21 Jul

90021, hauling the 1610 Deepcar-Finsbury Park ‘Last Chance’ charter (which it worked from Doncaster RMT), stands at Peterborough on April 8 2023. The ‘90’ has been acquired by Freightliner from DB Cargo. PIP DUNN.

DB Cargo sells three more Class 90s for reuse

DB Cargo UK 7 Jul

An East Midlands Railway Class 222 approaches Braybrooke on the Midland Main Line. PAUL BIGGS.

Further MML electrification and York capacity projects paused

Midland Main Line 8 Jul

Stored SWR Class 701s and former West Midlands Railway Class 323s at Long Marston. JACK BOSKETT/RAIL.

UK "fails to provide trains people want or like"

Rail Live 2 Jul

Off-lease 221104 passes Wellington as part of a driver training run between Central Rivers TMD and Wrexham. ALISTAIR COX.

All three West Coast Main Line open access bid rejected

Open access 3 Jul

Artist's impression of a Class 222 in Lumo colours. LUMO.

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

6 Jun

An enforcing regulator that is independent of the government will be needed to protect the interest of sectors such as open access and freight, says one industry source. Colas Rail 70813 passes Plawsworth (near Durham) on the Wast Coast Main Line on September 17 with the 1541 Jarrow Prax to Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas empty bogie tanks. PAUL BIGGS.

Drivers' jobs safe after refinery owners enter administration

Colas Rail 8 Jul

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